Ek Ruka Hua Faisla review :
An almost scene by scene adaptation of the Hollywood classic Twelve Angry Men (1957); director Basu Chatterjee's Ek Ruka Hua Faisla was a wonderful attempt at creating an intense drama within the four corners of a dingy room where twelve jurors argue over a murder case. Years later, Vivek Agnihotri tried a similar setup in his The Tashkent Files (2019) which was also much appreciated.
Twelve jurors assemble in a room to decide if a nineteen year old guy accused of killing his father is guilty or not. Initially, all but one declare him guilty but slowly and steadily as the discussion moves on to reveal some startling facts, the sides change...
Basu Da's direction was brilliant as ever and the performances he extracted from the cast truly deserves praise. Pankaj Kapur, K. K. Raina, S. M. Zaheer, Anu Kapoor - in fact all of them are truly outstanding. Pankaj Kapur's climactic rant is handled even better than the original movie..
I don't think Ek Ruka Hua Faisla released in theatres (in Mumbai) and was a direct to Doordarshan release in July 1986 just like Mahesh Bhatt's Janam (1985). Both the films were highly acclaimed by the critics. They were multiplex movies made in an era of no multiplex!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
An almost scene by scene adaptation of the Hollywood classic Twelve Angry Men (1957); director Basu Chatterjee's Ek Ruka Hua Faisla was a wonderful attempt at creating an intense drama within the four corners of a dingy room where twelve jurors argue over a murder case. Years later, Vivek Agnihotri tried a similar setup in his The Tashkent Files (2019) which was also much appreciated.
Twelve jurors assemble in a room to decide if a nineteen year old guy accused of killing his father is guilty or not. Initially, all but one declare him guilty but slowly and steadily as the discussion moves on to reveal some startling facts, the sides change...
Basu Da's direction was brilliant as ever and the performances he extracted from the cast truly deserves praise. Pankaj Kapur, K. K. Raina, S. M. Zaheer, Anu Kapoor - in fact all of them are truly outstanding. Pankaj Kapur's climactic rant is handled even better than the original movie..
I don't think Ek Ruka Hua Faisla released in theatres (in Mumbai) and was a direct to Doordarshan release in July 1986 just like Mahesh Bhatt's Janam (1985). Both the films were highly acclaimed by the critics. They were multiplex movies made in an era of no multiplex!!
Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.