Amisha Patel did much to rebuild her career in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic. Now, she's taken one step further with an exciting new photoshoot for the magazine Man's World. American-educated Amisha once worked for Morgan Stanley, which recently lost its investment banking status and became a standard deposit-baring bank.
Amisha became a star overnight in 2000, thanks to her performance in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, for which she won a Best Female Debut Award. She followed this with many other excellent roles including Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, which won her a Special Performance Award; the underated Elaan; the excellent Mangal Pandey: The Rising; Ankahee, in which she played the role of a mute girl, learning sign language in order to do so; Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd.
Amisha is currently working on Run Bhola Run opposite Govinda and Chatur Singh Two Star with Sanjay Dutt. Amisha has been a top actress now for nearly ten years. What's kept her at the top? "My versatility is my USP," she says. "I can play a school girl, a mother and a seductress with equal ease, I hate any man who tries too hard to impress or whose swagger says, 'Look At Me'.''
Sonia takes Aditya to his birthplace, to his mother, Queen Jayati Devi [Jaya Bachchan]. Aditya gets to know his roots, but Riz and his army catch up with him. Thus begins Drona's journey…
Given the fact that DRONA rests on a thin plot, there's not much that director Goldie Behl can do to salvage the show. Yet, Goldie has executed two sequences with style. In fact, these two sequences stand out like an oasis in a desert. The first, when Kay Kay turns Jaya Bachchan into a statue. The second, the train sequence. Awe-inspiring sequences!
DRONA is also high on VFX and a couple of sequences are well implemented. Note the petal storm towards the latter part and also the one when Kay Kay drags Priyanka into his yacht. Sameer Arya's cinematography is, quite surprisingly, inconsistent this time. The lighting is too dark at places. The production design [Tania R. Behl] is innovative.
Jaya Bachchan is grace personified. The only regret is, she gets less footage. Abhishek does very well. He plays his part most convincingly. Priyanka's introduction is fantastic, but her 'Babuji kehte hain' dialogue gets on your nerves after a point. Kay Kay fails to impress. Navneet Nishan hams.
On the whole, DRONA lacks soul. At the box-office, the publicity blitzkrieg might ensure good returns in its opening 4-day weekend, but the cracks should start appearing sooner than expected, since the film fails to keep you hooked. Its fall is imminent!
