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Satheesh
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Gangster Review
- 4/14/2014 11:11:15 AM
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'Gangster' is a fiasco of colossal proportions, the preposterous plot points of which are fired at you in quick succession. It's an exhausting mess of a movie that suffers from the severest of all mishaps - that of an almost imaginary, non-existent script.
Akbar Ali (Mammootty), grows into a man, having been witness to the gory murder of his family. Years later, he wreaks vengeance on the men who had slaughtered them, and emerges into a don of fearful repute. In the nineties, he shifts base to Mangalore from Mumbai, and forms a peace treaty with the two hoodlums of Mangalore - Mani Menon (Kunchan) and Uncle Sam (John Paul). And all remains well, until Anto Pandhare (Shekhar Menon), Uncle Sam's godson enters the fray.
The tale is as old as the rusty port of Mangalore on which it is based, and has zilch new to offer. Which is why the focus shifts on to the treatment, and here Aashiq Abu does take a daring step forward and makes his gangster rooted firmly on the soil on which he stands. He is a man with some raw emotions, and does have the capability to accept defeat.
Sadly though, this is the sole merit of the film that takes a while - the entire first half, in fact - to get its feet on the ground. By then, the man has had his share of losses, and the wait starts for his rejuvenation. He takes off to Ajmer, and after a song, and some therapy later, lands back in Mangalore, with a single mantra chant flowing from his lips - that of revenge.
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