Arjun Ranawat naam hai mera. Review on Garv

''Arjun Ranawat naam hai mera. Main maut ko takiya aur kafan ko chadar banaakar odta hoon... jai hind''..... This and other dialogues are on which the film Garv: Pride and Honour (earlier called Sangharsh) rests.

The Story

The film is all about ''Ma. Po. Se.''... Maharastra Police Seva(Force).

Arjun Ranawat(Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan(Arbaaz Khan) are two brave police officers who under the leadership of Commissioner Samar Singh(Amrish Puri), decides to take the law in their own hands in order to teach the underworld dons a lesson. As usual, this angers certain individuals who are associated with the underworld gangs. But things take a different turn when the underworld don played by Mukesh Rishi changes the state government for Rs.60 crores and the commissioner gets

transferred. Salman's mother(Farida Jalal) and sister Rakhi(Akanksha) are targeted by the gangsters. Salman decides to take revenge, but because of one dreaded reason doesn't want to... he wants death instead.

Stars, Cast and Performance

Debut director Punit Issar already had Salman in mind while writing the film, and Salman hasn't let him down. Bulging biceps, ever increasing delts and lats and good dialogue delivery has made him apt for the role. Arbaaz Khan also played his part well. He plays the best buddy of Salman in the film.

Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Mukesh Rishi... all delivered well. Others such as Kulbushan Kharbanda, Govind Namdeo and Shivaji Satam was also good. Farida Jalal was at her best playing mom to Sallu and Akanksha. But Akanksha needs to tone up her acting.... And the biggest ''surprise'' of the film was indeed Shilpa Shetty. I had

earlier read in the previews that she plays the female protagonist, but I can hardly remember a single dialogue of hers. She was there only for songs and dances... the one thing she does best!!!

Good Points

The movie scores well in camera effects, music, songs, dialogues, action and power-packed performances by the cast. The item number by Reshma Bombaywalla is also nice to see. Sajid-Wajid and Anu Malik has done a good job... almost all the songs are nice and hummable(as claimed by Punit Issar).

Not-so-Good Points

The movie falls flat in story. Its the same old masala story....hindu-muslim, police force, underworld mafia, family drama, and of course much of dhishum-dhishum !!!! No new turn to the story.

Overall

Being Issar's directorial debut, this is a rather good work. Editing and direction were upto the mark. This is a typical hardcore commercial film. But due to too much of actions, it is not for the weak-hearted. Some hardcore dialogues also makes it a non-family film.

The film is a must-see for all Salman fans. Its all about Salman. From bodybuilding in open lawns to dancing at bars to fighting crimes, Salman's all-in-all.