Monday, November 24, 2008

EMI


EMI is a film based on a real life incident. The film has been directed by debutant director Saurabh Kabra. He has just depicted the pros and cons of availing loans. There are four stories in the film which run parallel and overall there is Sattarbhai (Sanjay Dutt) who runs an agency which recovers loans from defaulters.

Sattar, owner of Good Luck Recovery Agency, is the saviour and the solution for all those caught in the debt trap. From Bhaigiri to business to politics to social work -- that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from Bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics.

Most sought after by banks, telecom companies and various multinationals, today his Good Luck Recovery Agency is a leading recovery agency. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business -- Loan liya hai to chukana padega.

But will Sattar succeed in using this simple principle when dealing with disparate characters and cases like Anil-Shilpa (Aashish Chowdhary-Neha Uberoi), Chandrakant (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), Ryan-Prerna (Arjun Rampal-Malaika Arora Khan) and Urmila Matondkar.

On the acting front, Sanjay Dutt remains as solacing factor turning spotlights on him and it's a great comeback after wretched results of Kidnap. Arjun Rampal is brilliant in his performance. His encounters with Sanjay Dutt are fiestas of laughter. Malaika Arora appears just for glamour quotients and she is gorgeous. Urmila Matondakar is fine, she is a mature actress. Aashish Chowdary and Neha Uberoi, they're ridiculous.

On the whole, EMI is a film that'll have most of audiences reflecting themselves on those individualistic characters in frame. Brimming up with an extraordinary theme of 'loan mania' haunting down cosmopolitan cities-to-remote villages, Saurabh Kadra draws special attention. Nevertheless, it's a terrific letdown as he doesn't tread with same efforts on scripting. Anyways EMI is a middling piece of work.

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