Satyagraha
- 2013
- 2h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
5.4K
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A corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when a personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption.A corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when a personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption.A corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when a personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Kareena Kapoor
- Yasmin Ahmed
- (as Kareena Kapoor Khan)
Manoj Bajpayee
- Balram Singh
- (as Manoj Bajpai)
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- TriviaThe film, starring Amitabh Bachchan as social activist Anna Hazare, was shot mainly in Bhopal and New Delhi. The state-of-the-art news studio set was built in Bhopal as it offered more space. Ralegan Siddhi (village of Anna Hazare), a small village in Maharashtra with a population of roughly 2,500 people, served as one of the main shooting locations.
- GoofsThroughout the film, Manoj Bajpai, in between his speeches, is heard to be murmuring to his aides, but his lips don't move.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Comedy Nights with Kapil: Ajay Devgan and Prakash Jha (2013)
- SoundtracksSatyagraha
Sung by Rajiv Sundaresan (as Rajiv Sundaresan),Shivam Pathak & Shweta Pandit
Music composed by Salim Merchant and Salim Merchant (as Salim-Sulaiman)
Lyrics written by Prasoon Joshi
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Non Cooperation with Satyagraha
Well there is a scene in the movie where Manoj Bajpai (arguably the best performer of the movie) mocks Satyagraha movement of Mr Ambitabh Bacchan. He ridicules the protesters because of their corporate (read westernized) culture ,rock bands (hard to believe)and serving of eateries at a site of a hunger strike.The scene captures the essence of the movie which tries to be too serious about the topic but fails to stir an emotion in the audience. The actors don't have well defined roles ,songs are irrelevant ,cinematography below par (believe me I have stayed in Bhopal for more than two years and she has much better places to shoot than a couple of sets and educational institutions which are shot so many times that somewhere down the line you pray you were HANUMAN so that you can burn down those sets to ashes) and direction well Prakash Jha direction personifies his role in the movie (Watch out for the beggar in the crowd).The protesters in all the scenes seem to be more zealous than they actually should be ( to add some somber tone afterall we are not there to watch a Rohit Shetty film). The movie lacks any emotion and even the most heart breaking or heart aching ones leave you unaffected. On the acting front I would say Manoj Bajpai has done a decent job , Ajay Devgn is totally wasted , Karina seems more fashion conscious for a professional journalist and Amitabh Bachhan is more of an authoritarian (without violence) than a Gandhian.All in all the movie is a waste of time with a runtime of about 3 hours. Go outdoors or watch a repeat run on TV rather than wasting your time on this.
4/10.
4/10.
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- Sep 1, 2013
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $738,525
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $412,148
- Sep 1, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $1,223,419
- Runtime2 hours 32 minutes
- Color
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