one more ram gopal verma. the film poster reads thus  : satya – inside view of the underworld. company – overview of the underworld. contract – underworld meets terrorism.

post aag – the sholay remake, rgv recovered some lost respect by making sarkar raj, n killing abhishek bachhan in it :)  but he went back to his silly ways with ‘contract’. its about a military commando who resigns his job as he thinks family is more important than life. then in a temple blast , his wife n kid face unfortunate death. he then acts as an undercover cop in a mafia gang… rises up in rank and trust, kills many dons, goons, cops, politicians in the process and finally gets to meet a high profile terrorist whom the country is after since long… he manages to kill the terrorist too… as his mentor is murdered somewhere in between, no one knows his real identity now (story upto here like leo di caprio’s departed). but the last twist is, he prefers his new life and wants to continue killing terror in all forms.

cast and crew is dominantly south indian – andhra actors especially, and they are trying to talk in marathi. the movie has a lot of flaws like the cop talking from don’s house in dubai to his mentor police inspector but still no one knowing.. terrorist suspecting him as a cop but he talking out a high profile terrorist out of suspicion!!

all in all silly movie, ram gopal verma kinda psycho cinematography from all sort of angles, shots from behind coffee mugs, from under the table where you can see only people’s legs n shoes on screen etc…

my rating : sorry.

my warning : BEWARE.

saturday night, the usual favourite 10pm show at sathyam. shuchita n vishal, and this time vinay too had come. after the popular prince jewelry add (we all can repeat it now with them though we don’t understand and we whistle n clap too, it’s the pre movie norm at sathyam for our gang) movie finally started. 

for the uninformed, batman is a comic series character, created way back in 1940s, who saves people, averts crisis and has punished various goons. batman’s secret identity is bruce wayne, a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist. due to the murder of his parents in childhood, he has promised himself to punish all evil intentioned.

this time the villian was ‘the joker’ … good makeup, his lips apparently are torn up in a smiley shape all over his face .. convincing cruelty    funny dialogues…

this one was a complete entertainer.  lots and lots of smart gizmo action,  good looking bruce wayne   befitting situational storyline…cinematography requires special mention ..  batman flying high up over the  skyline of gotham city is nice to watch.. a couple of high violence scenes making it appear more violent than it actually is..

it’s the type where popularity is also a li’ll leveraged in the right proportion -   joker torturing someone and suddenly a husky voice from behind completing his dialogue – “i’ll tell you how..” and lot of claps n whistles when camera turns to batman.. 

after the interval the boys ganged up and were doing some work related ‘khusar pusar’ (slang for whispering).. shuchita was very engrossed sitting next to me, n i was tired and must admit i might have closed my eyes for a couple of minutes max (partial disclaimer in the rating) . hence providing some other rating too..

my rating : *****

overall rating of our gang : ****1/2

times of india critic rating : **** ½

mtv  public poll rating : **** ½