Paanch: is a raw and gloomy crime flick.
Unreleased till today, this Anurag Kashyap’s debut venture is worth a watch. Slated to release in the year 2003, the movie ran into trouble with the censor board for excessive violence and demanded many cuts.
The film narrates the story of a rock band named “Parasites”, a group of 5 dope heads namely Luke (Kay Kay menon), Murgi (Aditya Shrivastav), Joy (Joy Fernandes), Pondy (Vijay Maurya) and Shiuli (Tejaswini Kolhapure), who desire to make it big in the music industry. A longing to record an album makes this penniless group fall into life of crime. Then comes the phase of double crossing, murders and falseness, devastating their lives.
Coming to the performances, Kay Kay Menon is outstanding as the hot headed, impulsive guy. Aditya Shrivastav has great potential as an actor, I really liked him in Gulaal. Joy Fernandes and Vijay Maurya are good, Tejaswini Kolhapue is passable.
The music by Vishal Bharadwaj is a let down, may be 7 years before it would have sounded a tad better. Anurag Kashap’s writing and direction is good considering it was his debut. It’s a dated fim so you wont find another Dev-D or Gulaal in it. One more thing, I really didn’t find anything brutal for the censors not to clear it, hope it sees the light of day soon. Finally, don’t expect it to be a cracker, but it’s worth a watch.
Rating: 3/5
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