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==Plot==
==Plot==
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The plot opens with news about a bomb blast in Muzaffarnagar. Vijay Harshvardhan Malik ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a reputed and ethical journalist, whose news channel India 24x7 is under severe financial decline owing to Malik’s staunch ideals. Amrish Kakkar ([[Mohnish Bahl]]), an ex-employee of India 24x7, runs the top-rated news channel Headlines 24 which thrives primarily on aesthetics. Jay [[Sudeepa|Sudeep]], Malik’s son who returned from America after completing his MBA, runs his father’s channel albeit being in discordance with his ethics. Jay sets out to launch some new shows, much to the chagrin of his father and their new employee, a bright and budding journalist Purab Shastri ([[Riteish Deshmukh]]).
Vijay Harshvardhan Malik ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a reputable journalist who is the owner of India 24x7, a news channel which has been struggling financially owing to Malik’s moral and ethical idealogy. Amrish Kakkar ([[Mohnish Bahl]]), a former employee of India 24x7, runs the thriving Headlines 24, a news channel which has grown primarily because of [[Aesthetic Journalism|aesthetic journalism]]. Malik's son Jay ([[Sudeepa|Sudeep]]), who had recently returned to India from the US after completing his MBA, runs his father’s channel going against his father's ethics. Jay yearns to launch new channels much to the disapproval of his father and employee, Purab Shastri ([[Riteish Deshmukh]]), a budding journalist.


Things take a turn when Nalini Kashyap ([[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi]]), the COO of India 24x7, is discovered to be a mole who has been leaking information to Kakkar in exchange for money, thus giving Headlines 24 a head start for launching shows which were originally conceptualised by Malik and Jay. The latter ends up having a meltdown as he had borrowed 300 million rupees from the market in order to launch his new shows. Unable to pay off his investors, and with India 24x7 failing miserably with TRPs, Jay’s brother-in-law, Naveen Shankalya ([[Rajat Kapoor]]), proposes a treaty with a corrupt politician Mohan Pandey ([[Paresh Rawal]]), who orchestrated the Muzaffarnagar bomb blast. Naveen joins forces with Pandey in order to modify all industrial policies when he comes to power, therefore becoming the country’s biggest industrialist.
Nalini Kashyap ([[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi]]), the COO of India 24x7, is revealed to have been taking bribes from Kakkar in order to leak information about launching shows which were initially conceptualised by Malik and Jay. Malik had borrowed {{Indian Rupee}}300 million from investors to launch new channels and with India 24x7 failing miserably, Jay’s brother-in-law, Naveen Shankalya ([[Rajat Kapoor]]), proposes a treaty with corrupt politician Mohan Pandey ([[Paresh Rawal]]), who orchestrated a bomb blast in [[Muzaffarnagar]]. Naveen partners with Pandey to modify all industrial policies, and in the process he rises to power and therefore becomes India's biggest industrialist.


Pandey plans a conspiracy, wherein the current Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda’s ([[K. K. Raina]]) confidante Atul Kumar Dubey (Debashish Mitra) and another man allegedly named Khanna (Anuj Tikku) are held under duress by Pandey, whilst being directed by Jay on tape, discussing the aftermath of the bomb blast, and subsequently framing Hooda for using the incident as a pretext to generate fear amongst the public and get a bill passed. Jay, having underestimated the severity of the consequences and driven by the incentives that will enable complete control over the media monopoly, shows the video tape to his father and convinces him to “expose” Hooda immediately. Malik, being the most honest and influential media personality, succumbs to his son’s haste and takes this fabricated news to the public. This results in a government overthrow, and Hooda is forced to resign due to the false allegations of his involvement in the bomb blast. Many media outlets distort the footage of Hooda’s responses to tailor it to the false news. Dubey and Khanna are assassinated by Pandey to ensure there are no loose ends, whilst Khanna’s identity and whereabouts are still under a lot of speculation from everyone else. In the following elections, Pandey happens to be the frontrunner for Prime Minister.
Pandey organizes a conspiracy in which the Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda’s ([[K. K. Raina]]), his associate Atul Kumar Dubey and another man allegedly by the name of Khanna are coerced by Pandey, whilst being ordered and recorded by Jay to discuss the aftermath of the bomb blast and falsely implicate Hooda of organising the blast as a method to create fear amongst the public. Jay presents the footage to Vijay and convinces him to expose Hooda to the public immediately. Malik, being honest and respected, addresses the fabricated news to the public. This leads to a [[coup d'état]] and various journalists sabotage the footage to make Hooda seem guilty. Pandey assassinates Dubey and Khanna to ensure that there are no obstacles, whilst Khanna’s identity and whereabouts are still under speculation from the public. In the elections, Pandey becomes the frontrunner to be elected as Prime Minister.


Purab, however, senses foul play as he had witnessed Khanna at Malik’s birthday party as well as procuring some photographs to prove so, thus he begins to question the legitimacy of his mentor’s ethics when Malik appears to be oblivious to Khanna’s identity. His suspicions increase as his attention is drawn towards the substantial benefits the channel is reaping despite plummeting financially shortly before the fake news made the headlines.
On the other hand, Purab begins to suspect foul play as he had previously noticed Khanna at Malik’s birthday party as well as having earlier taken photographs as evidence. His suspicions rise as his attention is drawn towards the growing number of benefits the channel is receiving in spite of being in financial decline prior to the news being revealed.


An interview with Pandey, wherein Purab attempts to expose his criminal history, gets scrapped by Jay, who threatens to terminate Purab and subsequently replaces him with another colleague, Anand Prakash Trivedi ([[Rajpal Yadav]]), to interview Pandey. Purab, now realising that Jay is benefitting from Pandey’s support, decides to go undercover under the alias “Khanna” to incite a reaction from him. Jay, distressed about the text message from Khanna’s impostor, leads Purab to Khanna’s residence, where Purab breaks in and uncovers Khanna’s identity. He discovers that Khanna is Jay’s college mate from America.
During an interview with Pandey, Purab attempts to expose Pandey's criminal activity but is prevented by Jay, who threatens to fire Purab. Purab, having realised that Jay is benefitting from Pandey’s support, decides to go undercover under the alias “Khanna” to get a reaction out of him. Jay, distressed about the text message he received from Khanna’s impostor, takes Purab to Khanna’s residence, where Purab reveals Khanna's true identity. Purab discovers that Khanna is Jay’s friend from college.


Upon Nalini’s insistence, Purab reluctantly pays a courtesy visit to Kakkar, who appears to be having the same suspicions. Despite being aware of Kakkar’s intent to overthrow his mentor’s channel, Purab ultimately submits the evidence he has with the hopes that Kakkar will expose the truth about the scandal. Nevertheless, Kakkar turns out to be just as corrupt when he takes this evidence to Pandey and extorts a huge sum of money from him, in exchange for not exposing their dirty game. Purab, angered by Kakkar’s hypocrisy, goes to confront him whilst secretly filming their conversation about the conspiracy in its entirety.
Upon Nalini’s insistence, Purab reluctantly visits Kakkar, who appears to be having similar suspicions. In spite of being aware of Kakkar’s intent to overthrow his mentor’s channel, Purab ultimately submits the evidence he has with the hope that Kakkar would reveal the truth behind the scandal. Nonetheless, Kakkar is revealed to be just as corrupt when he brings the evidence to Pandey and extorts a large sum of money from him, in exchange for not exposing their crimes. An enraged Purab confronts him whilst secretly recording their conversation about the conspiracy.


Purab, now left with no other option, decides to confront Malik and reveals the details of the conspiracy as well as all the evidence that he had collected, including Kakkar’s testimony. Malik, distraught upon realising that he was responsible for the governmental collapse, decides to go on-air one final time to expose all the characters who were involved in this charade, including his own son. In the midst of the swear-in ceremony, Pandey is placed under severe scrutiny and subject to public outrage as Malik’s segment is concurrently being telecasted. Malik’s daughter Priya ([[Simone Singh]]) decides to leave Naveen and takes their son Tinu with her. Jay, unable to bear the guilt, commits suicide by jumping off the balcony of his apartment. Kakkar hires a high-profile lawyer to help escape his predicament, whilst Malik, Nalini, Trivedi and many others resign from India 24x7 to start a new chapter.
Purab, left with no other option, reveals the details of the conspiracy to Malik as well as the other evidence he had collected, including Kakkar’s testimony. Malik, distraught upon realising that he was responsible for the governmental collapse, decides to go on-air to expose all the people who were involved in scandal, including his own son. In the midst of the swear-in ceremony, Pandey is placed under severe scrutiny and is subject to public outrage as Malik’s segment is concurrently being broadcasted. Malik’s daughter Priya ([[Simone Singh]]) decides to leave Naveen and takes their son Tinu with her. Jay, unable to bear the guilt, commits suicide by jumping off the balcony of his apartment. Kakkar hires a high-profile lawyer to help him avoid legal punishment, whilst Malik, Nalini, Trivedi and multiple other employees resign from India 24x7 to begin a new chapter. Purab is subsequently chosen by Malik to run India 24x7 as only he has the courage to expose corruption.

Purab is subsequently chosen by Malik to run India 24x7 as only he has the courage to expose the power imbalance.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 23:33, 3 July 2024

Rann
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Screenplay byRam Gopal Varma
Story byRohit Banawlikar
Aman Singh
Based onYellow journalism
Produced byMadhu Mantena
Sheetal Vinod Talwar
Starring
CinematographyAmit Roy
Amol Rathod
Edited byNipun Gupta
Music byScore:
Amar Mohile
Songs:
Dharmaraj Bhatt
Jayesh Gandhi
Bapi-Tutul
Sanjeev Kohli
Imran-Vikram
Amar Mohile
Distributed byPVR Pictures
Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Big Bang Films Production
WSG Pictures
Release date
  • January 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)
Running time
137 minutes
CountriesIndia
Canada
SpracheHindi
Budget₹30 Crore
Box office₹13.7 Crore Crore

Rann (transl. Battle) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sudeep, Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, and Gul Panag.[1] The film was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.[2][3] The film explores the reality of sensational nature of news and mass media and political nexus.

A strategy mobile video game based on the film was also released by Indiagames as a promotional tie-in.[4]

Plot

Vijay Harshvardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan) is a reputable journalist who is the owner of India 24x7, a news channel which has been struggling financially owing to Malik’s moral and ethical idealogy. Amrish Kakkar (Mohnish Bahl), a former employee of India 24x7, runs the thriving Headlines 24, a news channel which has grown primarily because of aesthetic journalism. Malik's son Jay (Sudeep), who had recently returned to India from the US after completing his MBA, runs his father’s channel going against his father's ethics. Jay yearns to launch new channels much to the disapproval of his father and employee, Purab Shastri (Riteish Deshmukh), a budding journalist.

Nalini Kashyap (Suchitra Krishnamoorthi), the COO of India 24x7, is revealed to have been taking bribes from Kakkar in order to leak information about launching shows which were initially conceptualised by Malik and Jay. Malik had borrowed ₹300 million from investors to launch new channels and with India 24x7 failing miserably, Jay’s brother-in-law, Naveen Shankalya (Rajat Kapoor), proposes a treaty with corrupt politician Mohan Pandey (Paresh Rawal), who orchestrated a bomb blast in Muzaffarnagar. Naveen partners with Pandey to modify all industrial policies, and in the process he rises to power and therefore becomes India's biggest industrialist.

Pandey organizes a conspiracy in which the Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda’s (K. K. Raina), his associate Atul Kumar Dubey and another man allegedly by the name of Khanna are coerced by Pandey, whilst being ordered and recorded by Jay to discuss the aftermath of the bomb blast and falsely implicate Hooda of organising the blast as a method to create fear amongst the public. Jay presents the footage to Vijay and convinces him to expose Hooda to the public immediately. Malik, being honest and respected, addresses the fabricated news to the public. This leads to a coup d'état and various journalists sabotage the footage to make Hooda seem guilty. Pandey assassinates Dubey and Khanna to ensure that there are no obstacles, whilst Khanna’s identity and whereabouts are still under speculation from the public. In the elections, Pandey becomes the frontrunner to be elected as Prime Minister.

On the other hand, Purab begins to suspect foul play as he had previously noticed Khanna at Malik’s birthday party as well as having earlier taken photographs as evidence. His suspicions rise as his attention is drawn towards the growing number of benefits the channel is receiving in spite of being in financial decline prior to the news being revealed.

During an interview with Pandey, Purab attempts to expose Pandey's criminal activity but is prevented by Jay, who threatens to fire Purab. Purab, having realised that Jay is benefitting from Pandey’s support, decides to go undercover under the alias “Khanna” to get a reaction out of him. Jay, distressed about the text message he received from Khanna’s impostor, takes Purab to Khanna’s residence, where Purab reveals Khanna's true identity. Purab discovers that Khanna is Jay’s friend from college.

Upon Nalini’s insistence, Purab reluctantly visits Kakkar, who appears to be having similar suspicions. In spite of being aware of Kakkar’s intent to overthrow his mentor’s channel, Purab ultimately submits the evidence he has with the hope that Kakkar would reveal the truth behind the scandal. Nonetheless, Kakkar is revealed to be just as corrupt when he brings the evidence to Pandey and extorts a large sum of money from him, in exchange for not exposing their crimes. An enraged Purab confronts him whilst secretly recording their conversation about the conspiracy.

Purab, left with no other option, reveals the details of the conspiracy to Malik as well as the other evidence he had collected, including Kakkar’s testimony. Malik, distraught upon realising that he was responsible for the governmental collapse, decides to go on-air to expose all the people who were involved in scandal, including his own son. In the midst of the swear-in ceremony, Pandey is placed under severe scrutiny and is subject to public outrage as Malik’s segment is concurrently being broadcasted. Malik’s daughter Priya (Simone Singh) decides to leave Naveen and takes their son Tinu with her. Jay, unable to bear the guilt, commits suicide by jumping off the balcony of his apartment. Kakkar hires a high-profile lawyer to help him avoid legal punishment, whilst Malik, Nalini, Trivedi and multiple other employees resign from India 24x7 to begin a new chapter. Purab is subsequently chosen by Malik to run India 24x7 as only he has the courage to expose corruption.

Cast

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh praised the film and its cast, especially Amitabh Bachchan.[5] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave the film four stars, calling it a "riveting experience."[6] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL gave the film 3.5 out of a possible 5 and said, "Overall, 'Rann' is quite an inspirational fare. It might just teach you to own up and admit that you were wrong at point."[7] [8] [9][10][11] while other critics complained that the film is cliché.[12][13]

Music

Rann
Soundtrack album by

Amar Mohile
Dharam-Sandeep
Bapi-Tutul
Sanjeev Kohli
Jayesh Gandhi
Released2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length29:06
LabelTimes Music
External audio
audio icon Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's music is by Amar Mohile, Dharam-Sandeep, Bapi-Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli and Jayesh Gandhi; the lyrics are by Prashant Pandey and Sarim Momin. The title song, "Rann Hai", was written by debut lyricist Vayu. The background score of the film was scored by Dharam-Sandeep, and the track named "Sikkon Ki Bhook" was also composed by the duo. Lyrics was by Vayu Srivastava.[14]

No.TitelLength
1."Sikkon Ki Bhook" 
2."Remote Ko Baahar Phek" 
3."Kaanch Ke Jaise" 
4."Rann Hai" 
5."Gali Gali Mein" 
6."Besharam" 
7."Mera Bharat Mahaan" 

References

  1. ^ "Rann: Complete cast and crew details". Filmicafe Media Inc. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Rann -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010.
  3. ^ "2010 films2010". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Rann". dedomil.net. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  5. ^ Taran Adarsh (29 January 2010). "Rann". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  6. ^ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Rann". Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  7. ^ Noyon Jyoti Parasara (28 January 2010). "Rann". AOL India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  8. ^ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Movie Review: Rann". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "RGV replaces Jana Gana with Vande Mataram". Times of India. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  10. ^ Rajeev Masand (29 January 2010). "Rann, embarrassingly ill-researched". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  11. ^ Mayank Shekhar (29 January 2010). "Mayank Shekhar's review: Rann". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  12. ^ Gaurav Malani (27 January 2010). "Rann: Movie Review". Indiatimes Movies. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  13. ^ Anupama Chopra (29 January 2010). "Review : Rann". NDTV. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  14. ^ https://www.saavn.com/s/song/hindi/Rann/Sikkon-Ki-Bhook-Anthem-Of-Rann/Eh4lVjJ0WX0
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