Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Richard Mccabe, Atul Kumar, Puja Sarup

After Kaminey and Haider, the duo of Shahid Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj is back and this time with a period love-story Rangoon. Set in the times of Second War War, the film is a love triangle between Saif Ali Khan, Kangna Ranaut and Shahid Kapoor.

Rangoon is the story of Julia who is a star and is in a toxic relationship with her producers. To boost the morale of Queens Army stationed in Burma, Julia is asked to perform and sent with her troop against her will. There she falls in love with her bodyguard Subedaar Nawab Malik and thus begins a love triangle. Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the film brings back the flavour of the 40’s with its music and Gulzar’s writing.

At two hours and forty seven minutes, Rangoon doesn’t satisfy either as a period love story or a rousing drama about India’s fight for independence. Working on a big canvas, Bhardwaj has enough grandeur and glamour (the sets and costumes are striking) but is short on an engaging narrative. The overblown and protracted climax, with a touch of Tarantino thrown in, makes one giggle. And no it’s not Bhardwaj flashing his sardonic humour card which he does rarely here. The filmmaker does seem short on ideas as evident in how often Julia uses the phrase “Bloody Hell”. By the end of Rangoon, viewers are likely to use it to sum up the film.
Source: indiatoday.intoday.in