drona review - 2

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Film: DRONA

Rating: 1.75/5

Banners: Rose Movies & Eros Entertainment

Cast: Abhishek Bachchan,Priyanka Chopra,Kay Kay Menon,Jaya Bachchan, Akhilendra Mishra, Master Veer Arya

Music: Dhruv Ghanekar

Cinematography: Sameer Arya

Director: Goldie Behl

Producer: Shrishti Arya

Release Date: October 02, 2008

Story:

A poor story, the movie begins with the kid Aditya (Veer Arya) who grows up in a foster family and as expected he becomes a victim of humiliations and harsh treatment. Aditya gets uses to this and slowly grows up to be a young man (Abhishek). Meanwhile, there is an evil wizard Riz Raizada (Kay Kay Menon) who is believed to be the direct descendant from the Asuras and his only aim in life is to get hold of the much coveted Amrit and become an immortal but for that to happen he needs to locate someone called Drona and destroy him since he happens to be the guardian of the holy potion. Riz does not know who Drona is. As fate would have it, Aditya comes across Riz in an unexpected situation and noticing the Kada on his wrist, Riz recognizes that Aditya is Drona and soon he and his army are after this young man. Luckily for him, he is saved by the beautiful Sonia (Priyanka) who is a warrior and to make things clear, she takes him to the roots of his origin. Aditya meets his mother Maharani Jayati Devi (Jaya Bachchan) and discovers that he is Drona, the guardian of the secret to immortality. Soon, he is chased by the army of Riz and what happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come up with a thin story line so a lot depended on the presentation and the narration. Though the presentation was perfect, it was the narration that went absolutely wrong and that is expected since the script was weak. The screenplay was alright but the key technical areas like music and cinematography were a major letdown. Even the dialogues were not punch packed and the story was written shoddily. Editing was missing completely during the second half and the production aspects were just about okay. The costumes sizzled and the other departments could not make their presence felt. Abhishek was perfect and came out with a truly impressive performance but sadly his role was not etched out well which failed to provide the impact. Priyanka looked impressive but not much to show her skills again. Kay Kay Menon made a mockery of himself since he looked more like a jester than a dreaded villain. Jaya Bachchan was elegant while Navneet Nishan was annoying. The others did not have much to do in the movie.

Conclusion:

The film takes off on a slow mode and while the first half loses out on the extra time for building up the plot, the second half takes the patience out in order to put the dots together. A crisp editing would have really helped the movie get into a fine shape and the unwanted songs at situations was another pain. Technically, the film has definitely got few breathtaking scenes but content wise, it turned out to be a major failure. Commercially, the movie can gain whatever it can during the first few days but in no time, the flaws will be out and the ship will sink.