Allah Ke Banday Movie Review - Naseeruddin Shah to take a lead

<b><a href="http://bollywood3000.blogspot.com/search/label/Allah%20Ke%20Banday%20Movie?&max-results=5">Allah Ke Banday Movie</a> Review - Naseeruddin Shah to take a lead: </b>In his first film as a director and actor, Faruk Kabir attempts to take an unflinching look at the sordid realities of life in a squalid, crime-infested Mumbai slum. Allah Ke Banday is a story about children without childhood as we know it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TiCO8op_NpI/TPAv5Cvaz-I/AAAAAAAAaKk/Ht5xTOmcIZg/s1600/Allah-Ke-Banday-Movie-Revie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TiCO8op_NpI/TPAv5Cvaz-I/AAAAAAAAaKk/Ht5xTOmcIZg/s1600/Allah-Ke-Banday-Movie-Revie.jpg" /></a></div>The central characters are two preteens Vijay and Yakub who push drugs, pull off smash-and-grab robberies, and fire country-made guns with aplomb. As irony would have it they land up in a juvenile home for a crime they did not commit. Inside the reformatory they are physically abused and sodomized by senior inmates in complete connivance with the limping, evil warden (Naseeruddin Shah) who vows to make every day a living hell for the two ‘born killers’.<br /><a name="more"></a><br />So what was to be a place of reformation turns out to be the breeding ground of the two juveniles to grow up as hardened criminals. Finally, when the doors to freedom are flung open after 11 long and tortuous years, Vijay (<a href="http://bollywood3000.blogspot.com/search/label/Sharman%20Joshi?&max-results=5"><b>Sharman Joshi</b></a>) and Yakub (Faruk Kabir) have their aims set - to rule the crime world. Vengeance is also on their mind, but takes a back seat as the film veers off into a needless romantic track and shootouts aplenty.<br /><br />The two friends rear an army of children to run every sort of unlawful activity until an idealist teacher (Atul Kulkarni) butts in to thwart their progress.<br /><br />The story is bleak, dark and somewhat disturbing because those who live by the gun find no light at the end of the tunnel. May be a black hole that sucks everything up.<br /><br />Allah Ke Banday is a promising debut by Faruk Kabir but is not void of amateurish rawness in direction and acting. The writer-director can’t seem to decide if he wants to make a realistic arthouse film or a Bollywood masala caper. Shot quite well at locations that lend realism to the film, Allah Ke Banday loses credibility with its repeated stabs at exaggerated style and affected gravitas reminiscent of the Ram Gopal Varma films. The excessive use of background score - deafening at times - does no good either.<br /><br />What stands out is the restrained performance by Sharman Joshi who’s pretty much under the skin of his level-headed Vijay as against the hot-tempered Yakub enacted by Faruk. Naseer has a very small role but he works his magic in those fleeting moments. Atul Agnihotri isn’t in form this time, may be because his character is just too idealistic. <a href="http://bollywood3000.blogspot.com/search/label/Anjana%20Sukhani?&max-results=5"><b>Anjana Sukhani</b></a> does well in a miniscule role.<br /><br />To sum it up, Allah Ke Banday could have been a riveting film and a telling statement about ‘children at war’. Alas, it’s nothing more than a flawed attempt at a tale about loss, revenge and redemption.

Allah Ke Banday Movie Review - Naseeruddin Shah to take a lead

Allah Ke Banday Movie Review - Naseeruddin Shah to take a lead: In his first film as a director and actor, Faruk Kabir attempts to take an ...

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Sonal Sehgal in Strapless blue dress at Allah Ke Banday Music Launch

<b>Sonal Sehgal in Strapless blue dress at Allah Ke Banday Music Launch: </b>Sonal Sehgal, looking stunning in a blue strapless dress, supported her husband Naresh Kamath at the music launch of Allah Ke Banday on Monday, September 28.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TiCO8op_NpI/TKSSnip_IDI/AAAAAAAAXtE/pTOrGEeENP0/s1600/Sonal+Sehgal+in+Strapless+blue+dress.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sonal Sehgal in Strapless blue dress</td></tr></tbody></table>Naresh Kamath is part of Kailasa band that scored music for Allah Ke Banday.<br /><a name="more"></a><br />Sonal, 29, paired her tiered dress with matching peep-toe ankle strap heels, golden clutch and a pink trendy necklace.<br /><br />Her dark long hair draped her shoulders and framed her face. She wore plum lipstick and light makeup that accentuated her peaches and cream complexion.<br /><br />Sonal was recently seen in Nagesh Kukunoor's Aashayein with co-star John Abraham.<br /><br />In the film, she sported a no makeup look and was shown in a live-in relationship with John Abraham; a scene showed them in a steamy lip-lock.<br /><br />Fashionista Sonal is a runway favorite with designers; she recently walked for Rahul and Gunjan at Blender's Pride Fashion Week.

Sonal Sehgal in Strapless blue dress at Allah Ke Banday Music Launch

Sonal Sehgal in Strapless blue dress at Allah Ke Banday Music Launch: Sonal Sehgal, looking stunning in a blue strapless dress, supported he...

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Anjana Sukhani in floral mini skirt at Music Launch of 'Allah Ke Banday'

<b>Anjana Sukhani in floral mini skirt at Music Launch of 'Allah Ke Banday': </b>Anjana Sukhani  exuded femininity and grace in a pink top with a bow and floral mini skirt at the music launch of her new film Allah Ke Banday.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TiCO8op_NpI/TKSQvdB-X9I/AAAAAAAAXtA/IdhzQDlKcIc/s1600/Anjana+Sukhani+mini+skirt+Music+Launch+Allah+Ke+Banday.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anjana Sukhani in floral mini skirt</td></tr></tbody></table>Anjana, 31, wore a flutter sleeve top with a chunky satin bow on its scoop neckline; and pleated gray and pink floral print mini skirt.<br /><a name="more"></a><br />She accessorized with white bow topped peep-toe pumps and a pink clutch.<br /><br />Her voluminous hair draped her shoulders and framed her face. She wore thick eyeliner, pink/purple hue eye shadow, dark lipstick and bold rouge.<br /><br />Anjana's recent Telugu release Don Seenu, that became a box-office hit, has Bollywood make the bee-line to get remake rights. Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan have shown keen interest in the remake of the comedy action film.<br /><br />Anjana is most excited about prospects of her sharing screen space with Salman Khan.<br /><br />"I've shared screen space with Salman during Salaam E Ishq but didn't get to interact with him then, and that's been one of my wishes. Hope the wish comes true with the Hindi remake," Anjana told TOI.

Anjana Sukhani in floral mini skirt at Music Launch of 'Allah Ke Banday'

Anjana Sukhani in floral mini skirt at Music Launch of 'Allah Ke Banday': Anjana Sukhani  exuded femininity and grace in a pink top ...

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