A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

OVER ALL AWESOME,IN REALITY POLITICS IS THE WAY IT IS SHOWN IN THE MOVIE,, DIRECTOR PRAKASH JHA DONE GREAT WORKIN MOVIE

First of all being a Prakash Jha's film, me as his fan expected some real piece of art but i feel sad to tell you that this movie is an ideal one to be called a BUMMER. I thought that this movie 'Raajneeti' would acquaint me to the techniques, methods and tricks used by politicians to persuade the public to vote for them.Or would be based on some concept which have never been catered before. But what I really got was ruthless killing, people going rouge and nothing but seeing bloodshed throughout the movie. It just works on the same ideas like people coveting for power and in search of it killing others and same honesty of poor is portrayed in the movie. None can call it even a nice piece of work. This movie will show you nothing but murders, bomb blast, people getting shot dead. It makes politics look all bad and will create a feeling of repulsion for it. So according to me please don't watch this movie and instead go out somewhere else with your family and spend some good time with the money you save.

A typical political story, revolving around the 'mahabharata' within and outside the Samaajwaadi party in Madhya Pradesh, with party members striving to reach the top against opposition from other members, to the extent of even resorting to crime and involving innocent members of the family. The film gives a clear description of how Indian politics are. All actors have played their parts well, music score is good, there are few thrills that are noteworthy, and the story is shot such that it's hard to say who's right or wrong really. The film is a long one but worth a watch. There's only a club dance song, no other dance numbers. Some dialogues are very different from what you'd expect to find in conventional cinema, like 'jo aasmaan par thukta hai, thuk usi ke muh par aake girta hai' .Worth a watch

I understand that I am probably one of the last few people to review Raajneeti. Too bad I took a lot of time to decide whether I wanna watch it or not.Forty long minutes after I started watching it, I had started planning dinner and to-do list of work the next day. And then came the scene which made me sit straight and pay more attention. Followed by another one… and another one… Yes, Raajneeti took forty minutes to become interesting and for the next fifty minutes or so, continued to be so.Let me put something straight first. Even the first forty minutes were not bad. It wasn't like I was watching Tushaar Kapoor playing Terminator or something as horrendous. There was nothing wrong with what was going on but still something was missing. The individual performances were quite decent but the narration and screenplay were not tight enough to keep me engrossed. The first scene that hit me was the party meeting invasion by Ajay Devgan, followed by Nana Patekar's visit to Ajay's area and so on.The other snag in the story was the little stint of Naseeruddin Shah that started the whole affair. shoddily and implausibly written, although well executed. Of course, parallels to Godfather started becoming more and more obvious. Where middle of the story was gripping, fast paced and cleverly written and executed, it's the climax that left a bad taste in mouth. You are showing politicians who are aiming to become 'Mukhya Mantri' of the country and they are killing people with their own hands and running on the streets with guns in their hands? Sounds believable, doesn't it. I don't deny the existence of bloodshed in politics, but the likes of president-elects do not act like contract killers, do they? Nor do we see three generations of one political family being killed during one election campaign.My favorite adaptation of Godfather still remains Virasat. If there could be a second, it would be Sarkar. Raajneeti is not a bad movie, but it's not a great movie. With a better screenplay of first half an hour and a more realistic climax, it could have been a great one because the individual performances were quite brilliant.Talking about performances, to me, Nana Patekar was the show stealer. He had a beautiful character to portray and how well he portrays it, is anybody's guess. He used his body language and smile to perfection. Thoroughly enjoyable performance from the veteran. Raajneeti's very own Luca Brasi with a local touch… the gentle respectable mentor.Then there was Arjun Rampal. I was one of those who thought that this guy would never be able to act. I liked him in Rock On, he was one of the good things in it, but in Raajneeti, he was excellent. He does remind you of Sonny from the Godfather with his demeanor and aggression. I think Prakash must have told him to read the book before offering him the role. To me, he was more Sonny than Kay Kay Menon of Sarkar because Sonny was not suppressible or manipulated. Here is an actor who took his work seriously and was there to prove a point.This is the first performance of Ranbir Kapoor that I have seen. Yes. First. It was a complex character and not as positive as the real Michael of Godfather, or Abhishek of Sarkar or Anil Kapoor of Virasat. This one had negative shades in it. He was not a loyal lover like both of them. He was selfish and manipulative. He did not mind killing to get his way even though he appeared very soft and sweet natured. A character with so many shades needs a good actor to deliver and Ranbir does. A fine performance overall. He is definitely a better actor than Imran Khan. Solo hit material.Manoj Bajpai gets a meaty role after a long time and it was good to see him. Ajay Devgan was typecast. The actor badly needs variety of roles and that does not mean foolish 'Golmaal' and 'All the Best' comedies. Try something like 'Pushpak' may be? Nikhila Trikhas as Ajay's mother was a bad choice for the role. Her confrontation scene with Ajay toward the end was probably the worst of the entire movie and added to the climax woes. Limited description of Naseer's role was also a downside of the movie considering that it was a high-flying political family we were talking about.Katrina Kaif was also a bad choice for that role. As usual, she fulfilled the glamour quotient alright but failed to deliver on performance promise. Her expressions in the confrontation scenes with Ranbir and then Arjun could put plastic dolls to shame. Sarah Thompson, who played Sarah, was much more natural than Kat. Shruti Seth is a pleasant surprise.Prakash Jha needs improvement. That's the only thing I can say about him. Director's role starts where the writer's finishes. Yes, the revenue of the film will contradict what I am saying but my opinion holds. My biggest criticism would be his effort to create sympathy for people who are blood thirsty and enjoy killing, not regret it. Anil Kapoor of Virasat and even Abhishek of Sarkar had different motives for killing than Ranbir of Raajneeti; hence, the sympathy was justified. In Ranbir's case, deliberately or not, it was not justified.Raajneeti, irrespective of its commercial success, has some serious flaws. Had it been for below par acting, it could have been a big disaster. However, the credit goes to Jha for casting Nana, Ranbir, Arjun and Manoj Bajpai who saved the ship which would have otherwise badly sunk.