Genre: Crime Action
Language: Hindi
Duration: 140 minutes
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Cast: Salman Khan, Aayush Sharma, Sachin Khedekar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Mahima Makwana, Sayaji Shinde, Upendra Limaye, Jisshu Sengupta, Nikitin Dheer, Rohit Haldikar
Music: Ravi Basrur, Hitesh Modak
Editing: Bunty Nagi, Sarvesh Parab
3 Interesting Observations:
Let's start with my 3 observations after watching the movie -
... Sachin Khedekar is totally invested in the movie. He holds on to his character from start till end with elan and conviction.
... Aayush Sharm is invested in his career. In spite of being a villager, he sports chiseled looks and golden-ish beard and moustache.
He makes full show of - muscular body; all possible emotions like crying, laughing, smirking, threatening and mocking; fight sequences, dance movements and romance.
... Salman Khan is also invested in Aayush's career. He has less screen time than his protégé and no heroine!
Even in the scenes, where the cop in him is reprimanding the criminal in Aayush, he doesn't emanate the vibes of ill-will or hate. It appears as if a guardian is disciplining a young adult.
Plot:
Centred around the plight of poor farmers forced to sell their lands to rich and exploitative zamindars and industrialists, the movie opens with Rahul aka Rahulya's (Aayush Sharma) family being forced to relocate from their village to Poona, once his father Dattaram Patil (Sachin Khedekar), suffers blows and humiliation at the hands of his boss, to whom he had already sold his land and works there as the gatekeeper!
Once in Pune, Rahulya's anger and restlessness puts him on a non returning spree of crime and soon enough he becomes a dreaded and eccentric gangster of Pune and indulges into the heinous acts of land grabbing from poor farmers. Alongside, he also does few Robinhood acts and romances Manda (Mahima Makwana), a girl who runs a tea stall.
Rajveer Singh (Salman Khan) is a know-all, daring and righteous Sikh cop, who decides to clear the crime in the city by turning the gangsters against each other. But when it's Rahulya's turn to get eliminated, he comes and saves him!
Finally everyone gets eliminated. Watch the movie to see how and by whom!
Analysis:
Antim is an Hindi adaptation of the Marathi film Mulshi Pattern, but the latter's treatment is starkly different from the former.
The latter focuses on the plight of farmers and their families upon being forced to leave their land and dignity back in their village to earn a livelihood in the city by doing menial jobs and undignified treatment.
While the former focuses on action scenes, superhero image of Salman Khan and new hero image of Aayush Sharma.
The movie's star cast is good but storyline contradicts itself a couple of times. The chemistry between the lead pair is nil. The direction and music are average.
Conclusion:
On the whole, it's an average movie filled with bullets, slow motion and cheesy dialogues.
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