Expectations
Gone are the times when our Hindi film industry used to narrate those typical stale tales and rode only on the star power and its melodious music. In today's times it's the content which rules in favour of a good film. The stars and other factors might help the makers rake in quick money, but in a long run it's the good content which survives at the box office. With the rise of globalization, many young filmmakers have emerged with unique tales related to different parts of India. 'Laal Rang' is one such film which revolves around the illegal blood bank operating in integral parts of Haryana. The promos related to this film are decent enough to generate good amount of expectations, but the low promotion and multiple releases might work against the box-office results of the movie.
Story
'Laal Rang' is a story of Rajesh (AkshayOberoi) a diploma student. Rajesh meets Shankar (Randeep Hooda) who runs an illegal blood bank. Rajesh gets fascinated by Shankar's working style and the money involved in it. Rajesh and Shankar become partners in crime and enhance their business to a higher level. With the quick money, Rajesh starts to enjoy the luxuries and impresses his girlfriend Poonam (Piaa Bajpai). Things run smoothly until, Sp Gajraj Singh (Rajniesh Duggall) gets a hint of this illegal business running in his part of jurisdiction. Gajraj Singh sets up to crack the case which connects him to Rajesh and Shankar.
The 'Glitz' Factor
The basic story idea is fantastic and very interesting. You will love the modus operation of Randeep Hooda and Akshay Oberoi related to the illegal blood bank. The cinematography by Dhirendra Shukla is of top notch and all the aerial shots add as bright colours to this film. The music is decent, but fails to go with the flow of the film. Randeep Hooda is good in his role. Exclude him from the film and fifty percent of the film's positive points gets deducted. The bromance between Randeep and Akshay is good. Rajniesh Duggall is decent in his part. Rajendra Sethi lends good support.
The 'Non-Glitz' Factor
The narrative style is super slow and dragging. Every scene is presented in a lethargic manner due to which the intensity of the scene and your interest in the film starts diluting. It dilutes to the fullest as in between the movie keeps dragging with unnecessary scenes and multiple side tracks. The length of the film also tests your patience and leaves you with boredom at various intervals. The overdose of Haryanvi language also acts as a negative point as, the dialogues are not clearly audible in many key scenes. The movie could have been shortened by at least thirty minutes or so. Director Syed Ahmad Afzal came up with a brilliant one liner idea in his last film 'Youngistaan'. He failed to do proper justice to the unique theme and similarly ends up doing the same here as well. He narrates the tale of 'Laal Rang' in a very outdated manner due to which the whole impact of the film gets lost..Akshay Oberoi looks good but, fails to act. Piaa Bajpai, Shreya Narayan, Meenakshi Dixit and Ashutosh Kaushik have hardly anything to offer.
Final 'Glitz'
'Laal Rang' has a great theme attached to it which should have been told in an interesting manner with the help of good actors and an experienced director. This colour of excitement and aggression ends up being the colour of boredom.
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