KURUKSHETRA

Sanjay Dutt is back again, only two weeks after creating a storm with his performance in Mission Kashmir. In that movie he played an army man, this time he dons a uniform again, playing a police officer!

It's another hard-hitting move. As a police officer, Sanjay Dutt is as good as they get. He believes in fighting against crime, using honesty and resistance. However, the force is full of bad, two-faced people who are the total opposite of Mr. Dutt. They know he will never agree with their way of thinking, and are quite scared of him too! It's a similar scenario with the criminals.

Sanjay is married to Mahima Choudary, and although they love each other, their relationship is not amazing because Mahima feels her husband loves his job more than her.

A terrible crime occurs in Sanjay's territory. Two evil guys trap a girl in a hotel room and rape her. To make things even more complicated, one of the guys is the son of the Chief Minister (Om Puri).

Its time for Sanjay to fight for what he wants in life…justice! However, Om Puri is not going to make things easy for him, and will use all his power and contacts to make his son a free man. Its time to find out who will come out stronger - truth and honesty, or evil. It's a battle to the end.

Everybody knows that Sanjay Dutt and director Mahesh Manjrekar have the potential to make onscreen magic. After all, they already have a 'Vaastav' to their credit. However, you just need to read the storyline above to find out that it is not original. Good cop fights the system? YAWN!

It should be enough to send anyone to sleep, but its not! Fans of Vaastav will probably enjoy this movie aswell. Mahesh Manjrekar is a talented director and knows how to make a decent film, so even though he has a typical storyline, he can still make it watchable. The first half is definitely better, but the second half isn't too bad either.

Although Sanjay Dutt was better in Mission Kashmir, he has given another sound performance in this movie. As an actor, he has improved no ends and that improvement continues with each new film of his.

Mahima does not have an amazing role, but handles it well. If you want to compare it to Vaastav, then she does a better job than Namrata Shirodkar. Doing emotional scenes is one of her strong points and this becomes apparent in Kurukshetra.

In conclusion, Kurukshetra faces tough competition at the box office from Mohabbatein, but has stood its ground. The fact that it is a completely different film should work to its advantage.