Story: Once a man, Shiva Kumar (Dilip Arya) turns to a life of crime when local tyrant Daddan wreaks havoc on his family life. Before Shiva could wrap his head around the string of murders he had committed out of sheer anger and intense vengeful tendencies, the gullible geezer was already under the wings of the dacoit, Raja Rangoli (Jeetu Shastri), in f Bundelkhand. That burning desire for revenge, coupled with able aid from corrupt government bodies and an army of baaghis, sends him on a 28-year-long journey of brutality in and around the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the 80s and 90s.
Release date: 7 February 2020
Director: Ritam Shrivastava
Producer: Rizwan Ahmed
Star Cast: Dilip Arya, Laura Mishra, Indraneel Bhattacharya, Jitendra Shastri
Music director: A. R. Rahman, Qutub-E-Kripa, Abhay Sopori, Sandesh Shandilya
Review: Inspired by true incidents from the bygone eras, Ritam Srivastav’s gang war/revenge saga ‘Taanashah’ has a raw and real feel to its narrative.Right from the costumes to the thick Bundeli accent, the writer-director seems to have got the pulse of this crime drama right. The cast and crew, too, have sweated it out on field — the cinematography, despite being set in a secluded village in the interiors of UP.
Protagonist Dilip Arya as a vulnerable hillbilly-turned-cold-blooded dacoit has rendered a commendable performance, never losing grip over his conniving character of Shiva. What doesn’t work for this otherwise convincing tale of bloodshed fuelled by revenge is its plot progression — the diegesis is predictable till the very end and has melodramatic moments that were introduced perhaps to add weightage to the plot, but they end up looking forced upon instead. The background score is a constant reminder of a recent cult film from the same genre, which is a major setback for ‘Taanashah’.
A crucial character played by Jeetu Shastri has hammed it up for the cameras and that partially takes away from the seriousness of the film. True, Ritam Srivastav has done justice to the movie to a considerable extent, but the script lacked originality in ways more than one; a few interesting twists and turns would have done the trick for the film.
Release date: 7 February 2020
Director: Ritam Shrivastava
Producer: Rizwan Ahmed
Star Cast: Dilip Arya, Laura Mishra, Indraneel Bhattacharya, Jitendra Shastri
Music director: A. R. Rahman, Qutub-E-Kripa, Abhay Sopori, Sandesh Shandilya
Review: Inspired by true incidents from the bygone eras, Ritam Srivastav’s gang war/revenge saga ‘Taanashah’ has a raw and real feel to its narrative.Right from the costumes to the thick Bundeli accent, the writer-director seems to have got the pulse of this crime drama right. The cast and crew, too, have sweated it out on field — the cinematography, despite being set in a secluded village in the interiors of UP.
Protagonist Dilip Arya as a vulnerable hillbilly-turned-cold-blooded dacoit has rendered a commendable performance, never losing grip over his conniving character of Shiva. What doesn’t work for this otherwise convincing tale of bloodshed fuelled by revenge is its plot progression — the diegesis is predictable till the very end and has melodramatic moments that were introduced perhaps to add weightage to the plot, but they end up looking forced upon instead. The background score is a constant reminder of a recent cult film from the same genre, which is a major setback for ‘Taanashah’.
A crucial character played by Jeetu Shastri has hammed it up for the cameras and that partially takes away from the seriousness of the film. True, Ritam Srivastav has done justice to the movie to a considerable extent, but the script lacked originality in ways more than one; a few interesting twists and turns would have done the trick for the film.
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