Underworld dons, sibling love, bouncers and four friends - it is this
familiar Bollywood world that debutant director Vikram Chopra delves into
in his action-comedy "Fight Club", featuring an ensemble cast
of 14 actors.
"Fight Club", releasing Friday, is a fast paced unconventional
film that promises a joy ride for movie buffs.
After last year's encouraging audience response to first timers - Pradeep
Sarkar's "Parineeta" and Onir's "My Brother Nikhil"
- more and more directors are trying their luck in Bollywood with something
different.
The revival of the action genre is one pet subject.
"Fight Club" is about four friends - Vicky (Zayed Khan),
Karan (Dino Morea), Somil (Riteish Deshmukh) and Diku (Aashish Choudhary)
- who always stick together and can do anything for each other. They
form a Fight Club to provide a platform to people who want to settle
scores with their enemies in an unusual manner.
Sameer, played by Sohail Khan, is a bouncer with a local club and prefers
to talk with his fists rather than words. He also joins the club, but
has a mission to accomplish.
After a sequence of events, the four friends shift to Delhi to oversee
the smooth running of the nightclub, Crossroads, plagued by underworld
kingpin Anna's (Sunil Shetty) mind games.
But this menacingly powerful don has a weakness - he dotes on his younger
brother Mohit, played by Yash Tonk, and protects him fiercely. When
Mohit is killed, Anna explodes and decides to take revenge. Anna's right
hand man Sandy, played by Rahul Dev, adds fuel to the fire.
Amrita Arora, Diya Mirza and Neha Dhupia add romance and glamour to
this action flick with interesting variations.
Sohail and Ravi Walia have produced the film.
Let's see whether Sohail, who has also penned the script, manages to
pack a punch with this film at the box-office.