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Film EMI Movie Review

The movie EMI revolves round the central theme ‘Liya Hai To Chukana Padega’ (If you have borrowed, you need to return), and the merit of the film being the originality of thought on a pertinent subject of getting the goodies of life on loans – personal, home or credit cards. The debutant director Saurabh Kabra has scored a point with a four pronged story.

The movie EMI begins with the first character Ryan (Arjun Rampal) a self employed DJ who aspires and lives life kingsize and is a habitual defaulter. He happens to meet Nancy ( Malaika Arora Khan), at the disc and falls head over heels at her beauty. The flamboyant Ryan wants her in his life.His craving for a life bigger and better gets all the more stronger. With it his credit limits too soar…..

The second character is Prerna ( Urmila Matondkar) an unemployed widow, who is coming to terms with her husbands suicide. Her objective is to get the insurance amount, post which life would be easy for her and her 5 year old daughter. But she has to prove that her husband did not commit suicide which can be done at a price. She gets into personal loan as a quick fix to this and all her pressing needs…..

The third character is that of Anil and Shilpa ( Ashish Choudhary and Neha Uberoi), a working couple who want to begin their lives together entering into sacrament of marriage. But have a long wish list of having their own home, own car, a laptop and most importantly a foreign destination honeymoon. They end up into personal loans, home loans and credit card payments. Everything seems fine till they decide to call off the relationship…..

The fourth character is that of Chandrakant ( Kulbhushan Kharbanda) a retired father and his only son ( Pushkar Jog), who wants to go abroad for further studies because it’s the current trend. The fathers savings are just not enough to fund the son’s dreams and he is forced to consider a education loan as the only way out……..

All of these characters turn up to be defaulters due to unavoidable circumstances which are of their own making. Enter Sattar Bhai ( Sanjay Dutt) owner of Goodluck Recovery Agency the saviour for those caught in debt trap, most sought after by banks, telecom companies and various multinationals. From bhaigiri to business to politics to social work – that’s how Sattar wants to progress in life. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business – Loan Liya Hai to Chukao and his cronies following the strong arm tactics.

Will Sattar succeed in using this principle while dealing with the disparate characters?

Director Saurabh Kabra has kept a uniform tempo throughout the movie and has been aptly supported by cinematographer Paramvir Singh. Khalid Azmis dialogues fit the bill. Music is not that great, except for the title song sung by Sanjay Dutt.

Sanjay Dutt rules the roost with his performance and has got into the soul of the character. Arjun Rampal is equally good. Ashish Choudhary is also worth a mention. Malaika Arora Khan is sizzling in the dance numbers. Neha Uberoi is okay. Kulbhushan Kharbanda is class act. Manoj Joshi, DayaShankar Pandey and Snehal Dabhi add the requisite masala.

EMI has a synergy with real to life instances; it may seem to take a deviation from facts. But on the whole does convey the fragility of today’s lifestyles based on EMI’s and to borrow responsibly if there be a need.

The Indian Film Industry

Indian films began in 1896 when an agent from France brought his movie equipment and showed moving pictures in Bombay. That was an important point in Indian history and the start of the development of the Indian film industry.

The first film made in India was released in 1913 by Dadasaheb Phalke. The film’s title was Raja Harishchandra. It was a mythological film that has since been produced several times.

There are now different types of film industries in India categorized by their regions. These are: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi and Assamese films.

The first Indian film shown in India was the movie Alam Ara which was released in 1931. It was also the first movie that had sound effects; the movie was called a “talkie” because it was the first time the actors were heard talking in a film. This was again the beginning of a new era for the Indian film industry.

During the 1930s and 1940s Indian films began to have a modern outlook and adopted the emerging societal ideas and practices of the decade. Film makers added major innovations to their films. In 1935, the movie Devdas was released. It wasan important film of the decade. The film was directed by Pramathesh Barua. The movie was based on a love tale and presented the distinction between femininity and masculinity.

The world-famous Bollywood was a Hindi film industry that started in the 1970s. It is inspired by the American film industry’s Hollywood. Bollywood is now one of the leading film industries in the world which has released many movies and introduced popular actors and actresses.

The Golden Age of the Indian film industry began in the 1940s. Some of the best films were produced during this decade until the 1960s. The films Pyaasa and Kaagaz ke Phool were two of the movies produced during the Golden Age.

In the 1950s, the Parallel Cinema movement began, led by the Bengalis. Some of the movies produced during this era were Neecha Nagar and Two Acres of Land.

The Indian modern cinema was introduced in the 1960s. It was when romance movies and action films became popular in the Indian film industry. During the mid-1970s until the 1990s, Indian cinema began producing films about bandits and gangsters.

The Indian film industry continues to produce and release movies that reach the world beyond Bollywood. Indian film producers are known to make lengthy movies, with some films lasting three hours or more.

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