<span class=normal>Raajneeti proved the theory yet again<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>This is exactly what Prakash Jha realised over half a decade back when the germ of Raajneeti was first sown in his mind. He started gathering actors who could get him the desired results. Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal and Naseeruddin Shah were the early birds to gain a go-ahead and Jha started working on a political drama that obviously had its roots in India. He sprinkled the narrative with ample dramatic moments coupled with action sequences that made Raajneeti and out and out rooted affair. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Moreover, he even shot a major part of the film in Bhopal, a city which is known for its ethnicity rather than being a film location. Many wondered if this was a wise decision after all since with stars like Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, he could have opted for a far glossier outing. However, he stuck to his vision of making Raajneeti for a pan-India audience and knew that if he followed excellence, success would follow. Well, a certain Rajkumar Hirani would definitely agree to this! <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Milan Luthria agreed too...<BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p> A Mahesh Bhatt protege, Milan Luthria too had earlier tried his luck with core multiplex films like Taxi No. 9211 and Hat Trick. While the former did reasonably well, the latter was a box office disappointment. This is when the man decided to take a breather and went back to his roots. For someone who had begun with a film like Kachche Dhaage (Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan) - a quintessential masala potboiler - a decade back, Luthria realised soon enough that he couldnt alienate a large part of the country by choosing to aim only at multiplex audience, something that he was guilty of doing in his last couple of outings. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>He took a breather, got writer Rajat Arora on board for something that would well go down in history as one of the best retro flicks made. Amongst all films that one can remember from past and present, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai clearly goes down as one film which truly makes audience relive the cinema of the 70s. If one liked the dialogues and performances of actors like Raj Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Prem Nath, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra and their ilk right through the 70s, it would be impossible to ignore the effort that has stood out in OUATIM. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>No wonder, audience has been left totally satiated with the experience of watching this retro gangster flick which relies heavily on dramatic moments that are present in aplenty right through those couple of hours and a little more that follow. Twists and turns in the narrative remind one of the 70s while the punch lines have been loved by the audience, mainly because of an extra effort that has gone into all the dialoguebaazi.</span>