The Film: Parwana
Starring: Ajay Devgan & Amisha Patel
Director: Deepak Bahry
Producer: Bahry Films
RATING: 2/10
Bahry Films. Parwana (A) is a routine film about terrorism and corrupt police officers. Parwana, an orphan (Ajay Devgan), robs the rich to pay the poor. One day, he gets entangled in a terrorist act although he is not a party to it. Arrested for the same, he becomes the victim of a sinister plan and breaks free from the jail to prove his innocence. While doing so, he busts a racket that shakes the very foundation of the police force. He also saves Bombay city from catastrophe.
The story (Rajeev Kaul and Praful Parekh) is oft-repeated and of the kind one has seen in umpteen films of the seventies and eighties. The screenplay is no better than a childish attempt. Logic has been thrown to the winds and hotch-potch writing is passed off as screenplay. Writer-director Deepak Bahry still seems to be living in the 1980s when illogical dramas like these could pass off with the less demanding audience.
Many questions crop up in the viewers. minds but there are no answers to them right till the end of the film! Why would Parwana.s guardian, a police officer, arrest him in the first place, when he himself is convinced that Parwana is not a terrorist, has not been clarified. The police officer.s wife, who swears by Parwana, suddenly loses all faith in him and begins to curse him. Again, she gets convinced in a minute about his innocence and supports him unconditionally soon thereafter.
Illogicalities such as the above put the viewer off badly after a point of time. The police commissioner shooting himself dead instead of killing Parwana also does not appear too logical. Climax is extremely predictable and, what.s more, it is also devoid of any thrill. Some dialogue are mass-appealing.
The film has taken a long time in the making and the giveaway is the hero.s varying hair style and hair colour in different shots of the same scene!
Ajay Devgan does a fine job although the script is half-baked. Amisha Patel has no role worth talking about. She is there more because a heroine was necessary to complete the cast than for anything else. Amisha.s performance is alright. Pooja Batra also has a minuscule role and does a fair job.
Ketaki Dave is sincere and evokes laughter in comic scenes. Sadashiv Amarapurkar leaves a mark. Akhilendra Mishra does fairly well. Gulshan Grover gets limited scope and is okay. Kader Khan is his usual self in comedy. Sharat Saxena adds his bit of polished but routine villainy. Jagdeep is good. Nawab Shah, Pramod Moutho and the rest of the supporting artistes barely fill the bill.
Deepak Bahry.s direction is as listless as his writing. He tries to cater to the front-benchers and masses in small centres but even their expectations have now gone up. Music is average. .Maine jo pallu gira diya. and .Pyar to hota hai pyar. are the better numbers. The climax song is boring. Song picturisations are fairly nice.
Action scenes (Veeru Devgan) are of the kind one used to enjoy in the eighties and nineties. Damodar Naidu.s camerawork is fair. Production and other technical values are alright.
On the whole, Parwana is a dull fare. At the box-office, it has some chances in circuits like U.P. and at small centres. Business in cities, however, will be below the mark.
