Zila Ghaziabad Review

One line review : A weak story with a dull presentation and no stability in the theme

Positive Points : Locations used for shooting gives a feel of U.P

Negative points : Weak Story, Very frail direction, stale action sequences, no uniformity in dialogues

Plot : Zila Ghaziabad depicts a real life gang war of the 90's between two groups one led by Satbir Gujjar (Vivek Oberoi) and another led by Mahendra Fauji (Arshad Warsi) in Ghaziabad. Fauji is the right hand of Ghaziabad's political figure Dharam Pal (Paresh Rawal) commonly referred as 'Chairman'. Fauji has freshly come back from his jail sentence. The chairman's other helping hand is Satbir Gujjar (Vivek Oberoi) whom he seeks to take legal advice as Satbir is a law graduate. Satbir hails from a very dignified Family having two brothers and strives to serve the village by working as a school teacher or 'Master' as pronounced locally. Paresh's arch Rival is Rashid (Ravi Kishan) with whom Dharam Pal develops a clash on a Property matter. Rashid will do anything to defeat Dharam Pal. After knowing that Dharam Pal's henchman Fauji needs some money to marry his sister, Rashid offers him more than double and fetch him on his side. Here Dharam Pal's brother-in-law who is the Trojan horse of his life attacks Fauji's family and blames Satbir for the same. Arshad furious about this, sets out to take revenge and with it continues the series of blood bath only till witty Police officer Pritam Singh (Sanjay Dutt) enters the scene and solves the matter in his own weird ways.

Action Direction : Action Director Kanal Kannan has nothing new to do; the stunts are repeated ones which are seen earlier many a times.

Script : The script totally fails to depict, present or even justify the hype of the story. It seems that too many cooks have spoilt the broth. In an attempt to add content like action, item songs, romance, violence etc., all in one, the movie remains nowhere. The dialogues lack North Indian accent; moreover it sounds as of Haryanvi or Rajasthani ones. A scene where a daughter holds the hand of a Satbir in the presence of her dad seems unbelievable in the conservative society prevailing. The biggest question is the vulnerable character of Satbir who is initially shown as a good guy but ends up drinking, helping a corrupt like Chairman and being violent. It has errors such as Rashid, who is a declared criminal stand in elections publicly, how Satbir and Fuji keep meeting police in spite of being declared as Wanted. Pritam Singh's character is also a big question mark. With a great personality he ends up doing unexpected patch ups between the gangs.

Music : Not one song is such which can stand out. Both the item songs fail to make the audience hymn the song. Music director Amjad and Nadeem fail in delivering a good Background score. The scene where Vivek vows to avenge for the death of his brother seem crude with out of place background score.

Direction And Other Technical Aspects : Unwanted Twist and turns; improper placement of song sequences; Ashutosh Rana's Character is forcefully inserted one and wasted. An attempt to cash Multi-starer hype.

Performances : Sunil Grover gets into the skin of the character portraying Chairman's betraying Brother in law. Divya Dutta has again delivered a superb screen performance after 'Special 26' Ravi Kishan has played an apt negative character. Arshad Warsi succeeds to play raunchy Fauji. Vivek Oberoi fails to move out of a chocolate boy image. Eijaz Khan, Chandrachur Singh play their part well. Sanjay Dutt comes through whatever he has done with. Paresh and Ashutosh are underutilized. Charrmee Kaur is average.

Final Verdict : If you are a Die-Heart fan of Sanjay Dutt or if you have nothing interesting to do then only you may take a risk to bear this movie otherwise 'Kai Po Che' or 'Special 26' can prove a better option.