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Since the begining of IPL 2010, we haven't seen any great movie coming from the Bollywood. After the T20 worldcup, there were high hopes on Kites but it failed to perform among Indian audience.  I have been waiting for Raajneeti since the first day I saw the trailer. Rajneeti aka Rajniti is filled with super stars like Katrina Kaif, Ranbeer Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgn and Manoj Bajpayee.

The film revolves around those people who run the system of a country. Ranbir Kapoor, the younger brother has a life beyond his immediate family, is least interested in politics, is settled in with a girlfriend abroad.

Arjun Rampal plays the elder brother role, fully in the intricacies of his family’s trade with his ego.

These two brothers Samar and Prithviraj could well be the ‘80s siblings Rajiv Gandhi (reserved), and Sanjay Gandhi, from the Gandhi dynasty. After his father’s assassination, young Samar (Ranbir) slips in his family’s dirty pond.

It is all about the Rajput family and who's the heir to a political legacy: the eldest son (Manoj Bajpayee); or the younger brother and his progenies (Prithviraj, Samar). To complicate things more, a step-brother (Ajay Devgn), a locally popular Dalit youth leader comes into the picture.

Nana Patekar manipulates the whole politics from the backroom. In rajneeti, or politics, he says, “Faisle sahi ya ghalat nahin hote. Unka mol toh maksad poora karne ke liye hota hai. Chahe jaise bhi ho. (Decisions taken are never right or wrong. Their worth is restricted to meeting an immediate end: by hook, or by crook).”

You can say that the movie is directed or narrated to set the Mahabharat around India’s present democracy, given the business of competitive politics is just as dynastic. The political party itself is the new monarchy.

Ranbeer Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Arjun Rampal they all were top notch. I am pretty sure the movie will do justice to the Indian audience (not like Kites). Raajneeti reminds us of Gangaajal and Apaharan (Ajay Devgan's strong performances).

I am surprised after such a strong performances, Ajay Devagan is one of the most under-rated actor in Bollywood.