Rush : Movie Review

Movie review: Rush

(Thriller) 3 out of 5 Star NDTVMovies Review
Director: Shamin Desai


Business Rating: 2.5/5


RUSH  Is An Average Emraan Hashmi Film


Pluses:
Emraan Hashmi delivers an honest act, Neha Dhupia looks sizzling and acts well in most of the parts, Aditya Pancholi leaves a mark,editing is superb

Minuses: 
Poor screenplay, inconsistent camerawork, climax is sudden, except one song other hampers the pace of the film


Verdict: 
Watch it for only and only Emraan Hasmi




Music by :Pritam Chakraborty
Distributed by :Percept Picture Company with Showman International
Release date(s) : October 24, 2012 [1] posponed oct 26 2012
Country :India
Language :Hindi


Star Cast :
Emraan Hashmi.... Sam Grover
Sagarika Ghatge.... Ahana Sharma
Neha Dhupia.... Lisa Kapoor
Aditya Pancholi.... Roger Khanna
Murli Sharma
Rahul Singh
Dune Kossatz
Genna Cloud
Dunay Nortje
Alekh Sangal

Shooting Location(City & Country :
Goa
New Delhi
India
Malaysia

Tracklist :

1) Fukraa - Jazzy B & Hard Kaur

2) Chup Chup Ke - Shaan & Rizwan-Muazzam

3) Chup Chup Ke ( Film Version ) - Ash King & Rizwan-Muazzam

4) Mumkin Nahi - Anupam Amod & Tulsi Kumar

5) O Re Khuda - Adnan Sami & Javed Bashir

6) Hote Hote - Ash King & Hard Kaur

7) Rab Ka Junoon - Inderpreet Singh"

Watch Rush Movie 2012 Official Trailer

Ouch, the TV channels won't be flattered. Rush, like Ram Gopal Varma's Rann three years ago, rushes into the cut-throat world of TRP-driven competition among news channels where news, if not discovered is created in the newsroom. So RGV told us in Rann.

And now late director Shamin Desai's Rush takes us into the ostensibly murky chatroom politics of news channels where news-baron Roger Khanna (Aditya Pancholi, unintentionally hilarious) gets reporters, civilians, politicians and criminals bumped off to make news. Just like that.

Far-fetched, yes. But Rush has its adrenaline rushing moments in the second half when the narrative picks up momentum and moves steadily towards a climax that is not entirely edge-of-the-seat. But certainly the popcorn on your lap is likely to ignored for a bit as ambitious crime reporter Sam Grover (Emraan Hashmi) gets sucked into a web of crime created by his over-reaching dangerously-connected boss.

Rush is not the first film about a young ambitious professional losing moral and ethical equilibrium to attain success. Recently, we had Kunal Khemu in Blood Money and Paoli Dam in Hate Story reaping the bitter fruits of their savage harvest.

More closely, Rush resembles Goldie Behl's Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai where Abhishek Bachchan got trapped into a glamorous web of grime by media baron Jackie Shroff. Sushmita Sen had played the suave chic assistant to Jackie who took Abhishek under her sexy wings.

In Rush it's Neha Dhupia, every bit as suave and chic as Sushmita, playing the media baron's right-hand woman who gets too close to Emraan for comfort. And yes, they even share a furtive kiss in a long-shot to ensure Emraan's hardcore following doesn't commit suicide.

Rush does have its sluggish chunks in the storytelling. But the narrative gathers strength from the basic plot structure where a television journalist is shown to be on the run. Some of the chase sequences are expertly done. And the whole theme of the newsmaker's descent into compromised journalism makes for some riveting moments.

While many of the characters are sketchy, some like the sharp-shooter (played by Murli Sharma) who befriends our journalist-hero provide the plot with a spicy if not completely pungent propulsion.

The entire episode after the murder of Emraan's journalist-friend Rikin (played by TV actor Alekh) makes for absorbing viewing.

Emraan as the backbone of plot performs decently. He has more speaking lines and less kissing to do here than in all his recent films. Whether the verbosity actually translates into something substantial or not is debatable.

Rush has the bone though not enough meat to make for a juicy fare on the excesses of television journalism. It leaves you wondering what director Shamin Desai would have done with his film making career had he lived.