Movie: Raajneeti Cast: Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajai, Ajay Devgn
Rajneeti signifies the advent of new age Indian politics in style.
Plot
It is a story about Bharti, daughter of a successful politician, who is against her father's ideals and joins BhaskarSanyal (Naseeruddin Shah), the fire-brand leftist leader, who has the ability to single handedly challenge the most powerful leaders. But a private mistake makes Bharti an unwed mother of Sooraj (Ajay Devgan) who is adopted by a backward class couple. Meanwhile, Bharti's brother Brij Mohan (Nana Patkar) gets her married into a powerful political family. Bharti is blessed with two sons PrithviPratap (Arjun Rampal), heir to the powerful political legacy and impatient to seize the top position, and Samar Pratap (Ranbir Kapoor),who is completely alien to the game of politics until the day his father is shot by his cousin Virendra Pratap (Manoj Bajpai),who is also in the race to make it to the top.
Samar unlike his brother, who is all brawn, is a silent player who strategically tries to overthrow VirendraPratap. Meanwhile, Sooraj, who has risen from backward class with anger in his heart, aids Virendra in all his treacherous motives. Indu (Katrina) is a beautiful, passionate daughter of a rich businessman. She is all in love with Samar does not reciprocate the feelings. Until, one day Indu is married off to Prithvi, only because her dad is ready to fund his campaign to become Chief Minister. Everything seems to be going fine until one day Sarah, Samar's love interest and Prithvi get killed by a bomb planted by Virendra Pratap. Indu and Samar are torn apart as both of them lose the love of their life. In the last part of the story Indu decides to fight the election as the widow of late Prithvi Pratap. The zeal, courage and anger in her heart are reflected in her speech which earns her a landslide victory.
Must-see
The story is very entertaining and enlightening. All the actors have immersed themselves in their roles and the credit goes to the ace director, Prakash Jha.