In his acting debut, Tigmanshu Dhulia, with a striking command over his role, is ‘bang’ on. He gustily brings to life Sardar Khan, peaking his performance with devilry, crudity and cuss words, while ably toning it with comic moments and a human touch. Manoj Bajpai, in this fully loaded role, is spectacular. History repeats, in (Francis Ford Copolla’s)‘Godfather’-style, as the sons-of-Sardar add their meaty parts to this bloody enterprise, of potent men with powerful ‘pistols’. While he’s married to the feisty and hot-tempered Nagma (Richa Chaddha), who bears him three sons (including Nawazuddin as Faizal), he sleeps around, philanders and marries the doosri aurat, Durga (Reemma Sen) a Bong firebrand, no less. He’s a hot-gun really, in bloody war and in bed.
But revenge grows in the genes son Sardar Khan (Manoj Bajpai), swears (on his bald pate), that he won’t grow his mane or rest until he has Ramadhir’s blood on his hands. Growing gang rivalry compels him to flee his territory, and resettle as a mazdoor in Ramadhir Singh’s (Tigmanshu Dhulia) coal mines, where he’s betrayed and murdered. And revenge is best served hot, ‘ koyla’ hot! Shahid Khan (Jaideep Ahlawat), a good-willed- goonda, impersonates the dreaded Sultana daku (the real Gabbar of colonial India) and loots British trains.
In this complex drama, with mobs of men (where you almost forget kitne aadmi the) and myriad shades (mostly dark), the word to remember is Revenge.
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