Review of Tanhaji . . .
Om Raut directed his first hindi feature film Tanhaji based on real historical story of an unsung hero Tanhaji Malusare (Ajay Devgn) who was lieutenant of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Sharad Kelkar). Story set in Maharashtra's Kondhana which was taken over by Mughal Aurangzeb (Luke Kenny) with the help of Udaybhan Rathod (Saif Ali Khan).
As i am big fan of Ajay Devgn not only his versatile acting but also always love to see him in heroism type roles. Whether it was Sultan Mirza of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai or Singham he nails the roles all the time and people appreciate him and what's the best thing about Ajay is he doesn't have haters i mean to say i have never seen any film lovers say I don't like Ajay like what they talk about Khans or Kumar. Not all but most of his films can be watched with family and he tries his best to deliver complete entertainment. It's his century with this one. From Phool Aur Kante 1992 to Tanhaji 2019 he worked in different genres of films such as romantic like Phool Aur Kante, Diwale, Comedies like Ishq, Golmaal, Action like Singham Cop Drama like Gangajal, Political drama like Rajneeti, Apaharan, Thriller like Drishyam, Emotional like Zakhm & some unusual like Raincoat. Overall for me he's the perfect for the word HERO what we call in Bollywood. He has his own fan followings he may not be able to beat the stardom of Khans specially Salman Khan & Shah Rukh Khan but I don't compare him with them generally because all the time not Khan's all films work neither Ajay is giving flops so all the stars have their own way of working. I remember once Salman Bhai said in one interview that "there is no competition among us for the business even i believe that everyone's films do well at Box-Office and if Aamir makes records then i should break then SRK should break it then Ajay Akki all should cross the mark and this cycle should keep going because at the end our main purpose is to provide entertainment to the audience.
So after Salman Bhai, SRK, Akki now Ajay Devgn is the one who debuted in 90s and crossing 100 films.
About Tanhaji i would say in very short time two hindi films came of similar genre two stories of Maratha warriors. Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat which couldn't do well at Box-Office last year but as i wrote it was very informative and well executed story but due to some other minus points unfortunately they didn't get expected audiences. Tanhaji co-produced and starred by himself who has the potential to bring the audience at cinemas. Ajay not only produced but promoted this film so well and after watching first day i can say that i have never seen any of his films previously like scale of presentation. Earlier he did multiple cast films but this canvas is something mind blowing. As one of my filmy friend Tapan Pattani Sir wrote it's going to be the first super hit film of 2020 and I'm agree with him also i can say that it has potential to become biggest grosser of Ajay's career.
Not going to tell more about the story but Om Raut's direction is so justified the story. Technical aspects are well handled and it really doesn't seem his first film it's like he has years of experience in large scale film making. Screen play is very engaging and many scenes are terrific what audience wants to see in one big budgeted historical war drama they gave their best to present it. Writing is quite usual somewhere but somewhere very impressive specially dialogues for Hinduism/Bhagwa/Marathas/Kondhana etc but dialogues for Udaybhan Rathod could have been better.
Music is not up to the mark because like Baahubali this one also needs at least 2-3 chart buster tracks to celebrate the big film with more joy but what made me impressed so much is background music. Just OUTSTANDING. When the show ended one kid from the audience was chanting Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra which was background music played at many times in fight sequences or entry scene and i was so happy to see this.
Cinematography is brilliant. Special VFX superbly added. Never seen before in any Ajay's films.
Ajay is master in giving best entry scenes all the time from his very first film to till date his entry scenes deserve claps and whistles. Climax battle, interval block etc are well made scenes.
Every Actor in his life plays one role and we can say that he/she was born and became actor to play this role. Yes Sharad Kelkar gave his best earlier oftentimes but the role of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj is the one which earns him more respect. Unbelievably so so so natural. From his look to his act everything is just so perfect. Awesomeness in his character. Kudos to him for that. Divya Solgama Sir in his review said in coming years we are going to remember his face as an image of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Kajol lends very good support to Tanhaji's character being his wife Savitribai Malusare.
Last but not least when we have a strong heroism character like Tanhaji then we always expect damn thrilling villain against him and Udaybhan Rathod aka Saif Ali Khan brings that villainous badass thrill to make battle more intriguing. From his entry scene to entire film he is out and out dangerous. He looks Kickass and acts like the same madness he showed in the character of Langda Tyagi in Omkara. From Kacche Dhage to Omkara to Tanhaji this duo of Ajay-Saif proves one of the best co-starring happened. I can't consider it as best of Saif but yes he is terrific here and to make it more clear about his character there's also one story they have included that how he adopted Mughal way.
So on the whole it's first big film of hindi film industry in 2020 which has potential to start the 100cr club for this year & can be seen by family audiences to be more informed about the unsung warrior. I wish Ajay Sir may bring a lot to this series of The Unsung Warriors.
My ratings for large scale presentation and power packed performances by the leads.
3.8/5.
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . .
As i am big fan of Ajay Devgn not only his versatile acting but also always love to see him in heroism type roles. Whether it was Sultan Mirza of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai or Singham he nails the roles all the time and people appreciate him and what's the best thing about Ajay is he doesn't have haters i mean to say i have never seen any film lovers say I don't like Ajay like what they talk about Khans or Kumar. Not all but most of his films can be watched with family and he tries his best to deliver complete entertainment. It's his century with this one. From Phool Aur Kante 1992 to Tanhaji 2019 he worked in different genres of films such as romantic like Phool Aur Kante, Diwale, Comedies like Ishq, Golmaal, Action like Singham Cop Drama like Gangajal, Political drama like Rajneeti, Apaharan, Thriller like Drishyam, Emotional like Zakhm & some unusual like Raincoat. Overall for me he's the perfect for the word HERO what we call in Bollywood. He has his own fan followings he may not be able to beat the stardom of Khans specially Salman Khan & Shah Rukh Khan but I don't compare him with them generally because all the time not Khan's all films work neither Ajay is giving flops so all the stars have their own way of working. I remember once Salman Bhai said in one interview that "there is no competition among us for the business even i believe that everyone's films do well at Box-Office and if Aamir makes records then i should break then SRK should break it then Ajay Akki all should cross the mark and this cycle should keep going because at the end our main purpose is to provide entertainment to the audience.
So after Salman Bhai, SRK, Akki now Ajay Devgn is the one who debuted in 90s and crossing 100 films.
About Tanhaji i would say in very short time two hindi films came of similar genre two stories of Maratha warriors. Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat which couldn't do well at Box-Office last year but as i wrote it was very informative and well executed story but due to some other minus points unfortunately they didn't get expected audiences. Tanhaji co-produced and starred by himself who has the potential to bring the audience at cinemas. Ajay not only produced but promoted this film so well and after watching first day i can say that i have never seen any of his films previously like scale of presentation. Earlier he did multiple cast films but this canvas is something mind blowing. As one of my filmy friend Tapan Pattani Sir wrote it's going to be the first super hit film of 2020 and I'm agree with him also i can say that it has potential to become biggest grosser of Ajay's career.
Not going to tell more about the story but Om Raut's direction is so justified the story. Technical aspects are well handled and it really doesn't seem his first film it's like he has years of experience in large scale film making. Screen play is very engaging and many scenes are terrific what audience wants to see in one big budgeted historical war drama they gave their best to present it. Writing is quite usual somewhere but somewhere very impressive specially dialogues for Hinduism/Bhagwa/Marathas/Kondhana etc but dialogues for Udaybhan Rathod could have been better.
Music is not up to the mark because like Baahubali this one also needs at least 2-3 chart buster tracks to celebrate the big film with more joy but what made me impressed so much is background music. Just OUTSTANDING. When the show ended one kid from the audience was chanting Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra Ra which was background music played at many times in fight sequences or entry scene and i was so happy to see this.
Cinematography is brilliant. Special VFX superbly added. Never seen before in any Ajay's films.
Ajay is master in giving best entry scenes all the time from his very first film to till date his entry scenes deserve claps and whistles. Climax battle, interval block etc are well made scenes.
Every Actor in his life plays one role and we can say that he/she was born and became actor to play this role. Yes Sharad Kelkar gave his best earlier oftentimes but the role of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj is the one which earns him more respect. Unbelievably so so so natural. From his look to his act everything is just so perfect. Awesomeness in his character. Kudos to him for that. Divya Solgama Sir in his review said in coming years we are going to remember his face as an image of Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Kajol lends very good support to Tanhaji's character being his wife Savitribai Malusare.
Last but not least when we have a strong heroism character like Tanhaji then we always expect damn thrilling villain against him and Udaybhan Rathod aka Saif Ali Khan brings that villainous badass thrill to make battle more intriguing. From his entry scene to entire film he is out and out dangerous. He looks Kickass and acts like the same madness he showed in the character of Langda Tyagi in Omkara. From Kacche Dhage to Omkara to Tanhaji this duo of Ajay-Saif proves one of the best co-starring happened. I can't consider it as best of Saif but yes he is terrific here and to make it more clear about his character there's also one story they have included that how he adopted Mughal way.
So on the whole it's first big film of hindi film industry in 2020 which has potential to start the 100cr club for this year & can be seen by family audiences to be more informed about the unsung warrior. I wish Ajay Sir may bring a lot to this series of The Unsung Warriors.
My ratings for large scale presentation and power packed performances by the leads.
3.8/5.
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . .
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