Mohan Das - A Man Lost In His Own Nation Hindi Movie
Cast&Crew
Release Date: 04 Sep 2009
Genre: Social
Language: Hindi
Director: Mazhar Kamran
Producer: Abha Sonakia
Music Director: Vivek Priyadarshan
Cast:
Sonali Kulkarni as Meghna Sengupta
Nakul Vaid as Mohandas
Sushant Singh as Bishnath
Reviews
Mohan Das - A Man Lost In His Own Nation movie is based on the character Meghna Sengupta who is currently working as a news correspondent in a news channel in New Delhi.
The story of the movie takes a trun when one day she receives a video tape from an unidentified man from Madhya Pradesh, Anuppur claiming that he is the actual Mohandas and somebody else has stolen his identity and has started living as him.
Meghna was urged by the story very much and in hopes of covering a local town scam, she decides to pay a visit to the village of Anuppur. She soon come to know that Mohandas is a topper in his academics and belongs to the poor community of basket weavers. He soon makes it to the white-collar post in Oriental Coal Mines and thus was joyed with the same. But he kept waiting to get the job and some time later he discovers that comebody else is working on his job and also has stolen his identity. Meghna Sengupta, a correspondent working at a news channel in New Delhi, one day receives a videotape from a remote place in Madhya Pradesh, Anuppur. On the tape, a battered young man claims to be the real Mohandas and alleges that someone else has stolen his identity. Someone else is living as 'Mohandas'.
Intrigued by what looks like an unusual small-town scam, Meghna makes a trip to Anuppur. There, she unearths a more harrowing and surreal story. Mohandas is a topper in studies from the poor community of basket-weavers and is overjoyed at long last when he is selected for a good white-collar post in Oriental Coal Mines. But he is kept waiting and waiting to actually get the job. Long afterwards, when he has given up and reconciled to it, he learns that someone else has assumed his name and has already taken his job! When he rushes to protest, he is beaten up and thrown out.
Meghna places this story in the media. Harshvardhan, a lawyer from the district, takes this case of stolen identity to court with the intention of hauling up the usurper. With more bizarre results.Irony and satire run as undercurrents as the film plumbs the absurd levels to which democratic institutions can be manipulated today. It is also an allegory of how a fake identity displaces the real one in contemporary times. Mazhar kamran, the renowned cinematographer who is infamous for his radical ideas as SATYA has teamed up with Vertika Films
, in his directorial debut, to present you ‘MOHANDAS- A man lost in his own nation’. It is a Kafkaesque tale of the plight of Indian people struck in between the corruption and trafficking plagued in the entire nation.
MOHANDAS the movie is a warning that the essence of humanism is not crushed out by the macabre forces of technological progress- as described by eminent Hindi poet of India, Kunwar Narain. It is a classic cinema with a bold political theme all molded flawlessly in the traditional Indian style cinematography with dance, drama and songs.
Beyond the glitz and shines of the metros: exists a world where you can be sure of nothing! Nakul Vaid as Mohandas beautifully portrays the real life plight of a man who is robbed away of his own identity and is thrown away. He fights back against the gruesome world for proving his actual identity in front of the entire nation. Whereas Kasturi- Sharbani Mukherji is seen standing strong behind her husband Mohandas as a pillar of support during the time of crisis. Sonali Kulkarni as Meghna Sengupta is the key to solving the mystery of identity crisis of Mohandas. Being a strong headed woman who believes in following her own instincts in pursuit of her objectives, she doggly runs behind the trail of answers to solve this nerve wrecking puzzle of life of common man in between total corruption and crime. Along with her in this mission of justice is Harshvardhan Soni- Aditya Srivastava who is the fiery committed lawyer and a fighter till the end whose heart burns for desire of justice and forces him to pursuit the truth at all cost.
EXPECTATIONS
Mohandas. The first question that comes to mind when one looks at the title is - 'Is it a film about Gandhi?' Then you realise that it is a film about a man in the current times searching for his identity. 'Ok, so what's the scope of music here' - that's the next question which comes to mind. With relatively unknown names dominating the credits, whether it's the lead actor or the producer or the director or the composer (Vivek Priyadarshan) or the lyricists (V.K. Sonakia, Yash Malviya), you are completely clueless about 'Mohandas'. Add to that zero promotion and buzz and expectations are bound to be sub zero!
MUSIC
At the very onset, one is convinced that the music of Mohandas would be primarily situational and catering to the theme of the film. That is exactly the case as Kailash Kher begins his 'alaap' for 'Apni Khoyi Hui Pahchan' which has lyrics by V.K. Sonakia. A sad number about a man searching for his identity, 'Apni Khoyi...' moves at a slow pace which justifies the genre of the movie and the kind of music that one expects to be associated with the film. Situational, depressing and not really the kind that helps sell an album.
Thankfully there is some relief with Alka Yagnik and Shaan pairing up for 'Nadi Mein Ye Chanda' which is written by Yash Malviya. A poetic love song that goes back to the 70s, the song has a melodious base to it. Though the song doesn't break any new grounds and follows a conventional route, it's the Indian touch in arrangements that makes 'Nadi Mein...' a nice hear. Soon after comes yet another situational theme track where the opening chorus reminds of many a Subhash Ghai tracks that one has heard in the past. With an all male outing, 'Bol Tu Kaun Hai Be' is a conversational number that sees Kunal Ganjawala getting into an agitated and revolutionary mode. Appearing to be a mime outing, 'Bol Tu...' (that also appears in a 'remix version') is a V.K. Sonakia written track that carries a sense of angst to it with the male protagonist answering queries around his real identity.
Since majority of makers can't really do without an item number, there is one in Mohandas as well with Sunidhi Chauhan (and who else?) coming behind the mike for 'Kaho Na Kaho Aise Batiya'. With a small town/village setting to it, this Yash Malviya written number moves at a fast pace and again carries an out and out Indian flavour to it. Barely passable. In an absolute unexpected twist, the music CD also incorporates some chartbuster dance numbers that neither fit into the genre of Mohandas nor do they turn out to be a major reason for going for the album. 'Baras Ja' [Fareb], 'Janabe Ali - Remix' [Bardaasht] and 'Shake It - Remix' [Naksha] may have worked as independent pieces when released a few years back but don't really add much value to Mohandas.
OVERALL
Mohandas has a situational thematic score combined with a love song and an item number. Even the makers would be aware that music won't be the selling point of the film by any means.
Cast&Crew
Release Date: 04 Sep 2009
Genre: Social
Language: Hindi
Director: Mazhar Kamran
Producer: Abha Sonakia
Music Director: Vivek Priyadarshan
Cast:
Sonali Kulkarni as Meghna Sengupta
Nakul Vaid as Mohandas
Sushant Singh as Bishnath
Reviews
Mohan Das - A Man Lost In His Own Nation movie is based on the character Meghna Sengupta who is currently working as a news correspondent in a news channel in New Delhi.
The story of the movie takes a trun when one day she receives a video tape from an unidentified man from Madhya Pradesh, Anuppur claiming that he is the actual Mohandas and somebody else has stolen his identity and has started living as him.
Meghna was urged by the story very much and in hopes of covering a local town scam, she decides to pay a visit to the village of Anuppur. She soon come to know that Mohandas is a topper in his academics and belongs to the poor community of basket weavers. He soon makes it to the white-collar post in Oriental Coal Mines and thus was joyed with the same. But he kept waiting to get the job and some time later he discovers that comebody else is working on his job and also has stolen his identity. Meghna Sengupta, a correspondent working at a news channel in New Delhi, one day receives a videotape from a remote place in Madhya Pradesh, Anuppur. On the tape, a battered young man claims to be the real Mohandas and alleges that someone else has stolen his identity. Someone else is living as 'Mohandas'.
Intrigued by what looks like an unusual small-town scam, Meghna makes a trip to Anuppur. There, she unearths a more harrowing and surreal story. Mohandas is a topper in studies from the poor community of basket-weavers and is overjoyed at long last when he is selected for a good white-collar post in Oriental Coal Mines. But he is kept waiting and waiting to actually get the job. Long afterwards, when he has given up and reconciled to it, he learns that someone else has assumed his name and has already taken his job! When he rushes to protest, he is beaten up and thrown out.
Meghna places this story in the media. Harshvardhan, a lawyer from the district, takes this case of stolen identity to court with the intention of hauling up the usurper. With more bizarre results.Irony and satire run as undercurrents as the film plumbs the absurd levels to which democratic institutions can be manipulated today. It is also an allegory of how a fake identity displaces the real one in contemporary times. Mazhar kamran, the renowned cinematographer who is infamous for his radical ideas as SATYA has teamed up with Vertika Films
, in his directorial debut, to present you ‘MOHANDAS- A man lost in his own nation’. It is a Kafkaesque tale of the plight of Indian people struck in between the corruption and trafficking plagued in the entire nation.
MOHANDAS the movie is a warning that the essence of humanism is not crushed out by the macabre forces of technological progress- as described by eminent Hindi poet of India, Kunwar Narain. It is a classic cinema with a bold political theme all molded flawlessly in the traditional Indian style cinematography with dance, drama and songs.
Beyond the glitz and shines of the metros: exists a world where you can be sure of nothing! Nakul Vaid as Mohandas beautifully portrays the real life plight of a man who is robbed away of his own identity and is thrown away. He fights back against the gruesome world for proving his actual identity in front of the entire nation. Whereas Kasturi- Sharbani Mukherji is seen standing strong behind her husband Mohandas as a pillar of support during the time of crisis. Sonali Kulkarni as Meghna Sengupta is the key to solving the mystery of identity crisis of Mohandas. Being a strong headed woman who believes in following her own instincts in pursuit of her objectives, she doggly runs behind the trail of answers to solve this nerve wrecking puzzle of life of common man in between total corruption and crime. Along with her in this mission of justice is Harshvardhan Soni- Aditya Srivastava who is the fiery committed lawyer and a fighter till the end whose heart burns for desire of justice and forces him to pursuit the truth at all cost.
EXPECTATIONS
Mohandas. The first question that comes to mind when one looks at the title is - 'Is it a film about Gandhi?' Then you realise that it is a film about a man in the current times searching for his identity. 'Ok, so what's the scope of music here' - that's the next question which comes to mind. With relatively unknown names dominating the credits, whether it's the lead actor or the producer or the director or the composer (Vivek Priyadarshan) or the lyricists (V.K. Sonakia, Yash Malviya), you are completely clueless about 'Mohandas'. Add to that zero promotion and buzz and expectations are bound to be sub zero!
MUSIC
At the very onset, one is convinced that the music of Mohandas would be primarily situational and catering to the theme of the film. That is exactly the case as Kailash Kher begins his 'alaap' for 'Apni Khoyi Hui Pahchan' which has lyrics by V.K. Sonakia. A sad number about a man searching for his identity, 'Apni Khoyi...' moves at a slow pace which justifies the genre of the movie and the kind of music that one expects to be associated with the film. Situational, depressing and not really the kind that helps sell an album.
Thankfully there is some relief with Alka Yagnik and Shaan pairing up for 'Nadi Mein Ye Chanda' which is written by Yash Malviya. A poetic love song that goes back to the 70s, the song has a melodious base to it. Though the song doesn't break any new grounds and follows a conventional route, it's the Indian touch in arrangements that makes 'Nadi Mein...' a nice hear. Soon after comes yet another situational theme track where the opening chorus reminds of many a Subhash Ghai tracks that one has heard in the past. With an all male outing, 'Bol Tu Kaun Hai Be' is a conversational number that sees Kunal Ganjawala getting into an agitated and revolutionary mode. Appearing to be a mime outing, 'Bol Tu...' (that also appears in a 'remix version') is a V.K. Sonakia written track that carries a sense of angst to it with the male protagonist answering queries around his real identity.
Since majority of makers can't really do without an item number, there is one in Mohandas as well with Sunidhi Chauhan (and who else?) coming behind the mike for 'Kaho Na Kaho Aise Batiya'. With a small town/village setting to it, this Yash Malviya written number moves at a fast pace and again carries an out and out Indian flavour to it. Barely passable. In an absolute unexpected twist, the music CD also incorporates some chartbuster dance numbers that neither fit into the genre of Mohandas nor do they turn out to be a major reason for going for the album. 'Baras Ja' [Fareb], 'Janabe Ali - Remix' [Bardaasht] and 'Shake It - Remix' [Naksha] may have worked as independent pieces when released a few years back but don't really add much value to Mohandas.
OVERALL
Mohandas has a situational thematic score combined with a love song and an item number. Even the makers would be aware that music won't be the selling point of the film by any means.
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