Director
VIshal Bhardwaj
Leading Actors/Actresses
Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kappor
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Language
Hindi
Awards
N/A
Date of Release
2006
Producer
Kumar Mangat Pathak
Setting and Context
India. Meerut, Western Uttar Pradesh - 2006
Narrator and Point of View
POV is that of Omi and Landga
Tone and Mood
Serious, Dramatic, Humorous
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonists are Omi, Dolly. Antagonist is Langda.
Major Conflict
Omi has appointed Kesu to be his successor over Langda, his most qualified and loyal man. This causes Langda to seek revenge against Omi.
Climax
Omi smothers Dolly to death, then takes his own life once he realizes she didn't betray him. Langda is killed by Indu once she sees how her actions have help Langda's treacherous plot to come to bear.
Foreshadowing
The sex scandal foreshadows Langda creating a scandal between Kesu and Omi.
Understatement
It is understated that Indu will kill Langda in the end.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to the reality that our choices have a deep impact on those that we keep closes to us. Central to the plot is how the truth can be manipulated in such a way that we believe even a lie to be reality when we don't search out the truth and find it for ourselves.
Paradox
Langda is the qualified, seasoned successor to Omi. Paradoxically, Omi appoints Kesu over Langda to be his successor.
Parallelism
The MMS sex scandal parallels Langda's use of a sexual scandal between Kesu and Dolly to take down Omi.
