ROUTINE GOOD VS EVIL TALE

WHEN corrupt politicians make life miserable for the common man, the army should intervene to set things right. Or so this movie, Hiten Films’ Military Raaj, seems to advocate.

Major Anand (Mithun Chakraborty) is an honest military officer with an enviable track record. However, he has a direct altercation with Prakash (Vishwajeet Pradhan), the son of a corrupt politician, Yeshwant Roy (Prem Chopra). Thanks to his father’s political clout, Prakash gets Anand transferred to the training centre, the Indian Military Academy. But Major Anand is unperturbed and vows to train each cadet in such a way that they would never flinch from taking on the wicked politicians and annihilating them. Among his cadets at the IMA are Aditya Pancholi, Siddharth Dhawan, Irfan and Gautam, with whose help he fights the politicians and emerges a winner. At long last.

From the start, the film fails to hold the interest of the audience. The script could have been more taut. On the music front, only one song, Balle balle, is hummable.

Performance-wise, Mithun Chakraborty makes an effort to impress. Sadly, he has no heroine to keep him company in the film, although there is a glimpse or two of Jayaprada’s framed photograph on his table. But who she is we are not told. A dead wife, perhaps, or a long-lost love?

Aditya Pancholi appears wasted as the IMA cadet. Pratibha Sinha too, has little to do. Siddharth Dhawan, Irfan and Gautam hardly leave an impact. Baddies, Prem Chopra and Vishwajeet Pradhan have no great scope to perform.