Ferocity (Hindi)

Animal (Hindi) blew my mind, not because of the level of violence (given Manga and Tarantino we have seen worse) but the attempt at opening up a raw genre of Punjabi gangster-Industrialist movie that shows raw use and abuse of power. Rannvijay (Ranbir Kapoor) channels his inner animal into gratuitous violence - the raison d etre being an unfulfilled "daddy issue" - trying to win his father's affection - but who knows...? Estrangement, an ambiguous moral code, an easy descent into violence, even against one's wife (Geetanjali) and manipulation (Zoya). An unusually unique attempt by Sandeep Reddy Vanga to bring out the best and the worst in a man - you will relate to Rannvijay, occasionally gasp at his behavior, maybe even want to reach out and help... he is an unstoppable force and the only thing that ties him down however frugally are his father and his children

16/20

Easy Sell

If you have seen the brutal Indian “retail sales” culture firsthand, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year strikes an immediate chord. Harpreet Singh Bedi (aka Rocket Singh) is the quintessence of naivete and idealism (and that too not backed by great grades, as a trainee), and totally out of place in cutthroat computer retailer AYS (At Your Service) where sales clearly predominates over service. Things come to a head when Rocket Singh in all his innocence almost loses the firm a client whose liaison is clearly on the take. The firebrand in the Sardar takes over, he moonlights with a bunch of likeminded people and starts a renegade firm within the firm – Rocket Sales Corporation – that creates a proposition around impeccable service and very soon gets a small but valuable client audience. The encroachment is not lost upon ATS and its honchos – and Rocket Sales is unearthed and swiftly amalgamated. But not so the service culture and the loyal customers. This movie will strike a chord with anyone who has hated the quarter-on-quarter run rate and commission-driven sales culture. Not the least because Rocket Singh (Ranbir Kapoor) clicks as the naïve newbie with fire-in-the-belly beneath the baby face

13.5/20