As a standalone movie Aakrosh is a decent effort that should have come around 2000. In 2010, the Bollywood cinema has gone a few more miles ahead. However, it can't be denied that Aakrosh come out as nice movie which sticks to the topic most of the times but fails to retain the sting throughout. A rip off Mississipi Burning, Aakrosh is almost a quarter good, which, I must add, is impressive. Let’s have a look what were the problems with Aakrosh:
Not-so-convincing Story Line: MB's biggest asset was the element of reality in the fiction. Based on a true incident, MB had a strong backing of reality. Aakrosh took a realistic background and laced it with fiction which was so alien to the backdrop. Given the incidents which laid the foundation, the way Officers handle situation when some politics is involved is too spicy to digest.
Interpretation Of Characters: Bollywood has to understand the between heroism and super heroism of characters. The enthusiasm shown by Akshaye's character was understandable but the anger in eyes of Ajay had flames of prejudice. Ajay should have underplayed the role. His character's anger should have settled down over the time.
Romantic Angle: The love story of Ajay Devgn and Bipasha was absolutely not required. Why does she help help Ajay? She hates her husband, she still love Ajay and she has empathy for the weak. But while MB subtly put ethics over anything else, Aakrosh prefer to keep it hazy. In MB, though there is a little romance between respective characters, absence of back story and very subtle portrayal makes it more convincing.
Racism Vs Casteism: Both practices are very similar in nature. However unlike upper castes, whites never considered blacks as a part of society. They were considered unwanted and their removal had no impact on the social structure. Upper castes have defined rules for lower castes and they turn violent only when the rules are breached. This is the core difference between caste and race based discrimination, however, both are equally condemnable.
Based on conversation between Sujoy Ghosh and Arun Purushothaman
Not-so-convincing Story Line: MB's biggest asset was the element of reality in the fiction. Based on a true incident, MB had a strong backing of reality. Aakrosh took a realistic background and laced it with fiction which was so alien to the backdrop. Given the incidents which laid the foundation, the way Officers handle situation when some politics is involved is too spicy to digest.
Romantic Angle: The love story of Ajay Devgn and Bipasha was absolutely not required. Why does she help help Ajay? She hates her husband, she still love Ajay and she has empathy for the weak. But while MB subtly put ethics over anything else, Aakrosh prefer to keep it hazy. In MB, though there is a little romance between respective characters, absence of back story and very subtle portrayal makes it more convincing.
Racism Vs Casteism: Both practices are very similar in nature. However unlike upper castes, whites never considered blacks as a part of society. They were considered unwanted and their removal had no impact on the social structure. Upper castes have defined rules for lower castes and they turn violent only when the rules are breached. This is the core difference between caste and race based discrimination, however, both are equally condemnable.
Based on conversation between Sujoy Ghosh and Arun Purushothaman
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