Raajneeti
The movie centers on Bhasker Sanyal, a firey leftist politician whose private mistake leads him into self-imposed exile and spawned a secret consequence that shakes the destiny of the political future of the state.
18 December 1977, Gujarat, India
17 June 1951, Bombay, State of Bombay, India
28 December 1979, Hisar, Haryana, India
25 October 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 September 1982, Mumbai, India
23 April 1969, Belwa, Bihar, India
16 July 1984, Hong Kong
26 November 1972, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
29 September 1958, Bombay, State of Bombay, India
1 January 1951, Murud-Janjira, State of Bombay, India
27 February 1952, Patna, Bihar, India
2 April 1969, New Delhi, India
20 July 1950, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India
July 03, 2016
Once you settle into the film, it veers from its original promise and descends into a bloody and incoherent mess.June 03, 2010
The partly stiff-acting and tear-inducing reveals shroud the film's more earnest efforts at dissecting the bureaucratic, back-alley dealings.June 07, 2010
More pulpy than political, this Godfather-ripoff Hindi electoral drama is a candidate for oblivion in U.S. theatres.June 04, 2010
The film -- full of romance, intrigue and fraternal strife -- is too diffuse to score political points. Or to have much impact.June 04, 2010
Prakash Jha aims for something trenchant about thwarted destiny and ugly ambition in modern Indian democracy but mostly winds up with a convoluted and tonally awkward Godfather rehash, with nary a character worth rooting for.June 05, 2010
A contrived, overlong, convoluted and emotionally hollow political thriller that's high on production values and style, but low on substance, palpable suspense and poignancy.June 10, 2010
Its adult and hard-hitting subject matter probably won't bring in masala-loving family crowds, but it offers a lesson with long-lasting emotional and moral impact for thinking audiences.