Dev (2004)
Movie Overview
Release date: 2004
Runtime: 172 min
Genre: Drama
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Rati Agnihotri, Milind Gunaji, Harsh Chhaya, Amruta Subhash, Ehsaan Khan,
Director: Govind Nihalani
Produced by: Govind Nihalani
Critics (4)
Users (5)
My Rating
Dev is the saga of Dev and Tej's friendship, a bond stronger than blood ties in which Farhaan emerges as the wedge driving them apart. The story unfolds against the vitiated atmosphere of present times where innocent lives become fodder for political expediency. The spark of terrorist violence unknowingly set off by Farhaan under the aegis of the corrupt politician Latif engulfs the whole city in its flames. Tej transgresses beyond the boundaries of law in his passion to eliminate anti-national crime. Dev is faced with the spectre of the tragic human cost and a moral compulsion to act. The stakes rise beyond self-interest. Dev and Tej are set on a path of dramatic collision. Even as Dev and Farhaan's fate gets irreversibly linked, two soldiers whose allegiance may be to different causes but admiration for each other's courage and integrity brings them together.
Critics Reviews
Rediff India | 2004-06-11
When he comes head-to-head with Dev, it makes for very interesting viewing.
Though he and Dev have been friends for over 30 years, he becomes a victim of the system, doing a classic good-cop-turned-bad routine.
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The film needs to be cut short by at least twenty minutes.
Farhaan ignites the spark for the plot points that is meant to be a story of relationship between a dead honest and dedicated cop Dev and a Special Police Commissioner Tejinder Khosla.
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It has a stellar cast, good music, good background score and some good performances.
Amitabh Bachchan is the most outstanding in the film.
And the junior Bachchan does show moments of brilliance.
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Govind has tried to make Dev is not an entertaining film.
Even Kareena's song in the movie is not intolerable.
Needless to say that the performance by Bachchan is superb.
Performances by Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor are no less commendable.
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User Reviews
Communal Politics, the source of all evils!
Abhishek Bundela@imdb | 2004-06-18
SPOILER!! Its not the first time that this sensitive issue been a major plot for an Indian film. But surely its the first time when these clashes between two communities is been given a different and more practical point of... Read more at imdb.com
Brilliant script, great acting!
birdoberoi@imdb | 2004-06-14
Well, there are a lot of movies that have been made about the Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India, and this is one of them. What is refreshing is the honesty some film-makers put into their stories - something John Matthan started... Read more at imdb.com
amazing , awesome, inspiring ( minor spoilers)
runninblue@imdb | 2004-06-13
The best movie i have seen in a long long long time.. The movie is loosely based on the gujarat riots and the machinations thereof..i.e the complicit role of the chief minister of the state with communal elements and collusion... Read more at imdb.com
Very Unique
sajmal23@imdb | 2004-06-14
This Film was a real experience of what can go on inside the police force. Beautifully presented with Kareena Kapoors best acting so far made it a film to watch. The film which depicts the tortures of muslims and hindus... Read more at imdb.com
For anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet... Go see it!
tumharabaap@imdb | 2005-03-25
For anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet... Go see it! It will move you; not in the English sense, but the Hindi one... It will Hilao you! And it'll strengthen your will to stay on in this country despite... Read more at imdb.com
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