The demands of the Maoists, their targets are clearly delineated, the violence and ruthless killings are portrayed with full force, but the slow pace, poor background score and a couple of indecent performances work as hurdles.
The fire scene in the village looks somewhat authentic, but the blast scene looks as if it was created by a student of animation fresh ot of college. Funny!
Overall, Manoj Bajpayee of Gangs of Wasseypur fame adds authenticity to the movie with his performance.
While Juhi played by Anjali Patil, another Maoist accompanying him alongside too gets some limelight. Arjun Rampal as a dashing police officer looks decent, but Abhay Deol takes away the spotlight from him.
Esha Gupta playing another police officer who is Adil's lady love, doesn't have too much to do, but she does justice to whatever role she got. .
I will give 2.5/5 stars for Prakash Jha's flick. It may interest you to witness the Maoists on silver screen and is thought-provoking but if you are well aware about the Maoists' demands, don't expect anything new.
