Director: Prawaal Raman
Producer: Raju Chadha, Amit Kapoor, Vikram Khakhar
Writer: Prawaal Raman
Starring: Randeep Hooda, Adil Hussain, Richa Chadda, Tisca Chopra, Alexx
O'Nell
Cinematography: Anuj Rakesh Dhawan
Editor: Nipun Gupta
Production company: Wave Cinemas, Cynozure Networkz
Release dates: October 30, 2015
Story line: The movie revolves around Charles, an enigmatic con man and a
vicious killer, and the lives he touched with his inescapable charm and
mysterious personality.We follow Charles, who is literally evil personified, as
he manipulates innumerable people to facilitate his jail break. The thin line
between his victims and accomplices include a copywriter of an international ad
agency clinging on to Charles for hope, a royal princess seeking adventure in
an otherwise bland life, a young hippie girl hopelessly drawn towards him, and
an innocent law student Mira madly in love with the dreams sold by Charles
amongst various others - from a financial wizard, an extortionist from Haryana
to a helpless prison supervisor. Bit by bit, the character of Charles is
revealed through all those who encountered him. Probably the only person who
interacted with Charles the least, Commissioner Amod Kanth, was affected by him
the most. We see the impact of Charles on all through the eyes of Amod Kanth -
and their ever raging battle of good and evil, where good eventually wins but
evil always resurfaces. This story, set in the 1980s, shows how Charles escapes
from Indias most securely guarded prison and is then subsequently arrested once
again in Goa. It reveals the story behind the seemingly simple cat and mouse
game between Amod Kanth and Charles. But more importantly, the movie gives the
world a peek into the dangerous mind of Charles, how he led different people to
perceive him differently, how he filled the vacuum in their lives and ultimately,
his dark world where right and wrong blend into a charming and mystique grey
existence.
Know more about the captain of the Ship, the
director: Prawaal Raman started
his career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma and assisted him as
second unit director in "Jungle" and "Company ". Post
Company, Ram Gopal Varma assigned the project "Darna Mana Hai" to him
as the director.The multi starrer film released in 2003 was one of the most
critically acclaimed film. His next directorial
film, Dr. Ajoy Kumar is in its pre production phase. He has produced
documentaries for Prayas, an NGO in New Delhi operating in more than 7 states
in India
In 2012 Due to the increasing suicide amongst school students,
Prawaal Raman organised an anti-suicide campaign with Jeevan NGO and Loyola
School which had a series of seminar. Guest speakers were Randeep Hooda, Rahul
Bose, Sunita Menon, Nishikant Kamat, Satyakaam Gupta and Prawaal Raman,
himself.
He has been a guest speaker for leadership training program for
Praxair, organized by Abacus Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi in 2012
where he spoke about mutual faith and trust within a corporate structure. He
has also been a guest speaker along with Tisca Chopra at Masina Metro Hospital
and spoke about how to deal with people suffering from bipolar disorder
My Gut Feel and comments:
These are very few
trailer I have seen in recent time which appealed me in one go and “Main aur Charles” is one of them. Look
and presentation reminded me “Once upon a time in Mumbai” trailer.
This movie is not a biopic
of Charles Sobhraj however revolved around one incident of him breaking out from
Tihar jail.
Prawaal Raman the
director of this movie started his career assisting Ram gopal verma and
delivered two good movies as director “Darna
Marna hai” and “404”.
Main aur Charles he scripted 5 years back
and waited for right time and production
team who would do justice to his vision which seems experimental, interesting
however extravagant at the same time as it demands recreating the magic of 80s
which add to production cost.
Randeep Hooda and
supporting cast seems well in shape and in character which add spice to dish
and makes it an appealing film to watch out coming weekend. Chances seems low ,
Prawaal Raman going wrong this time as it looks like whole team seems had put honest
efforts and delivered a decent movie with acceptable flaws and presented a commercial movie captivatingly.
After reviewing all
the facts and figures and going by my gut feeling I am giving this movie 3 out
of 5 stars one night before the release.