MANGAL & SEHAR

Had the opportunity of watching two very good movies this weekend.

The first one was Mangal Pandey - The Rising. Every Indian knows who Mangal Pandey was and how his act of killing British Officers is said to have signalled the start of the revolt of 1857. The movie can be said to be historically accurate as not much is known of Mangal Pandey, however, the makers of the movie more than make up for this lacuna by the brilliance of sets and costumes and the attention given to detail of costumes, customs, besides other important things.

HT gave it a four star rating ... I would definitely consider it a one time watch.

Another good movie is Sehar... a good cop drama comes out after some time, the movie is definitely in league with other contemporary Cop movies like Gangajal and that Manoj Bajpai movie (I forget the name) that came out some time back.

The movie is loosely based on real incidents that took place in UP sometime back. The plot is about Mafia of the Cowland being effectively neutrilised by Motivated and Dedicated Cops.
A must watch.