INDIA New England News
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
Mahesh Manjrekar probably made The Power because he wanted to play out his Marlon Brando/Amitabh Bachchan fantasies. You don’t find much of a reason otherwise, for this film to be made. In this umpteenth reimagining of The Godfather, Manjrekar, besides directing, also casts himself as the patriarchal head of a family of underworld lords.
Well, Manjrekar sure knows a thing or two about underworld drama. When he burst onto the Bollywood scene all those years ago with Vaastav, he did tweak a few rules of the genre within the mainstream domain.
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The Power review
Bollywood actors Vidyut Jammwal, Jisshu Sengupta, Prateik Babbar, Shruti Haasan starrer The Power has finally hit the Zee Plex. Mahesh Manjrekar probably made The Power because he wanted to play out his Marlon Brando/Amitabh Bachchan fantasies. You don t find much of a reason otherwise, for this film to be made. In this umpteenth reimagining of The Godfather, Manjrekar, besides directing, also casts himself as the patriarchal head of a family of underworld lords.
Well, Manjrekar sure knows a thing or two about underworld drama. When he burst onto the Bollywood scene all those years ago with Vaastav, he did tweak a few rules of the genre within the mainstream domain.
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Vidyut Jammwal in The Power (2021) | Galani Entertainments/Pen Studios
It’s heartening to know that the nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola’s
The Godfather, the Hollywood crime drama continues to inspire Hindi filmmakers. Mahesh Manjrekar’s
The Power borrows most of its plot points from Coppola’s inter-generational drama, but throws in an extra angle to distinguish itself – a feud between lovers.
Devi (Vidyut Jammwal) and Parveen (Shruti Haasan) are the verge of converting romantic banter into wedding vows. Devi is this movie’s Michael Corleone – he is all set for a career as a chef in Singapore, far from the underworld over which his father Kalidas (Mahesh Manjrekar) rules.