| Ek The Power Of One (Hindi Movie) |
| | Producer | Jaswant Khera | | Director | Sangeeth Sivan | | Music | Pritam | | Writer | Pankaj Trivedi | | Release Date | 27-Mar-2009 |
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Cast
Bobby Deol, Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Sachin Khedekar, Shreya Sharan, Chunkey Pandey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjay Mishra, Jaspal Bhatti, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Zarina Wahab, Upasna Singh
Movie Report
Ek The Power Of One directed by Sangeeth Sivan is a remake of successful Telugu film Athadu. The film revolves around the story of a criminal who is reformed after having love and affection from a simple and loving family. The film has a perfect mix of action, here-and-there humors, lots of sentiments, a long-time love story and an inexcusable traitor.
Nandu (Bobby) and Shekhar (Pradeep Kharab) are childhood pals who have taken to crime and contract killing at a very young age. They get mentored by a goon Sawtya (Jackie Shroff) during their growing up years. Now as grown ups, Nandu becomes the most dreaded assassin in town and Shekhar his accomplice who always helps him in getting away from the scene of crime within minutes.
Opposition leader Anna Mhatre [Sachin Khedekar] hires Nandu to assassinate him, while he is addressing a rally for his election campaign. But just before Nandu is able to lock his target, another shot is fired, leading to the cold blooded murder of Anna Mhatre. Nandu is shocked; he manages to make an escape by leaping onto a running train.
On the train Nandu meets Puran [Akshay Kapoor], a simple boy from Punjab who is returning back to his homeland after a long gap. Puran, in his excitement of returning to his family after so long, narrates his side of the story to Nandu.
Just then Police arrives and in the commotion that ensues mistakenly shoot Puran. Nandu yet again succeeds in fleeing the scene. He heads straight to Puran's house but is mistaken as Puran by his family. Unable to reveal the sad truth, Nandu starts staying in their house impersonating Puran. There he encounters Puran's childhood love Preet (Shriya). He takes it upon himself to solve all the problems that Puran's family is facing. But his happiness is short-lived as a quirky but intelligent CBI officer Nandkumar Rane (Nana) hot on trail to nab Anna Mhatre's assassin lands up in Hoshiyaarpur at Puran's doorsteps. Will Nandu be able to come out of the crisis?
Performance wise, Bobby Deol has nade an excellent comeback with this film. Nana Patekar is just incredible as a cop. Both Bobby and Nana have brilliant timing. Shriya has a convincing approach. Pradeep has done well as Bobby's friend. Jackie Shroff is fine with his character.
On the whole, The film is aimed at the masses but could have been a better one had some loose end taken care of and the narrative kept tight. But it is not a bad film and may work well for you if you literally have nothing else to do and go in without any expectations. At box office the film will doa fair business. Good to watch for hardcore Bobby and Nana's Fans.
