It’s a blow to the head and shiver to the soul. Here death is neither feared nor revered; here the air smells of poesy, and gunpowder, of roses wilting in the midst of the war. The bullets fly without mercy and peace gets carved on the bones of the world. The patriotic bloodbath, (with no communal push and pull), gets you frozen to your seats, and in one blink, you lose in the land of shadows.
The BGM is where you find the tempo, the turn and the slow motions, through what Dhurandhar carries itself. With each tune and tonality, with each swell and twirl, scenes are seen and felt. Music makes the film more of canvatic, with characters sketching their own slot of power play and betrayals.
Ranveer Singh brings in a sensational comeback with Dhurandhar. He buoys the narrative, pulling the punk tempo from the setting. Nothing goes missed, no spaces, no gashes—he builds the drama, he builds chase, that darts you right in the second half of the film. His hallucinations remain the cinematic ushers. He is the ‘killing machine’ as Ajay Sanyal calls him.
While he takes the punk, the villain squad looks ripped—mostly predatorish, bloodthirsty, gregariously theatrical, and larger-than-life. Akshaye Khanna as the Rehman Dakait, who gives death like a butcher; Arjun Rampal as Major Iqbal, synonymous with slaughter. We loved Donga, aka Naveen Kaushik; he deserves applause for his menace right before his blow.
Sanjay Dutt is the merciless SP Chaudhary Aslam, armed with his wit, bullets and swag. Rakesh Bedi as Jameel Yamali, while remaining a key instrumental in the power play, his presence adds to the comic relief. R. Madhavan as Ajay Sanyal commands the intrusion of Dhurandhar, with a compact screen presence—we wanted to witness more of him.
Cheers to Dhurandhar!
IWMBuzz rates it 4.5/5 Dhurandhar Review: Ranveer Singh Powers This Saga Of Bullets & Roses
