The Power (2021 Indian film)

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The Power
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Official release poster
Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Written byMahesh Manjrekar Siddharth Salvi
Produced byVijay Galani
Pratik Galani
Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
Aksshay Jayantilal Gada
Starring
CinematographyRakesh Rawat
Edited bySarvesh Parab
Music by Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
Pen India Limited
Galani Entertainments
Distributed by Zee Plex
Release date
  • 14 January 2021 (2021-01-14)(India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Power is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by Pen India Limited and Galani Entertainments. [1] It stars an ensemble cast featuring Vidyut Jammwal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shruti Haasan, Zakir Hussain, Sonal Chauhan, Medha Manjrekar, Prateik Babbar, Sachin Khedekar and Jisshu Sengupta. [2]

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The Power was released on the online streaming service Zee Plex on 14 January 2021 and received mixed reviews from critics who praised the cast performances, action sequences and technical aspects, but criticised its pace, screenwriting and direction. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Plot

Devidas "Devi" Thakur is the Singapore-returned youngest son of crime lord Kalidas Thakur, who wants nothing to do with the family business. Devi is in love with his childhood friend Parveen alias Pari, who is the daughter of his father’s close associate Anwar. When Kalidas refuses to get involved in smuggling drugs with another drug lord Francis D'costa, an assassination attempt is made on him and Anwar becomes the suspect.

Before proving his innocence, Anwar is killed by Kalidas's son-in-law Ranjeet Venkat Shankarnarayanan. Pari vows to avenge his death and swears on her unborn child that she will wipe out the entire Thakur bloodline, including Devi. While Kalidas is in coma, Devi takes over Kalidas' business and shuts down their illegal activities, where he kills Francis for attacking his father. Pari sides with Kalidas' rival Vishambhar Rana and sets out to annihilate the Thakur family.

Ranjeet, who wants to take over Kalidas' position, sides with Rana to finish Kalidas, Devi and his brother Ramdas Thakur. Ranjeet gets thrashed by Ramdas for thrashing his wife and Ramdas's sister Rathna, where Ranjeet traps and kills Ramdas with a chainsaw. During a resulting gang war, Kalidas fakes his death and learns about Ranjeet and Rana's involvement in Anwar and Ramdas' death. Rana makes Pari assume that Devi kidnapped her child Ishan, where Pari and Rana heads to the shrine where Devi is completing Kalidas' fake ritual.

Despite injuries, Devi finishes Rana and clears the misunderstandings with Pari. Devi soon dies to his injuries, where Pari gets devastated and dies with Devi. In the aftermath, Kalidas and his wife Uma, along with Rathna and Ranjeet leave for Goa. Kalidas reveals Ranjeet's wrongdoings and Rathna kills him, where they burn down their car and leave to another city to start a new life.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "With a tighter, finer screenplay and more consistent performers, The Power could have been a befitting response of this decade to the Sarkar franchise, but a lacklustre narrative, among other things, brings the power down to level zero." [7] Joginder Tuteja of Rediff gave 2.5/5 stars and noted "If the film had been crisper with solid drama in the second half too, The Power could have been more powerful." [8] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave 1.75/5 stars and wrote "'The Power' is engaging to begin with, but as it rolls along it becomes clear that it falls in the ‘if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all’ category of underworld dramas." [9] Samrudhi Ghosh of Hindustan Times wrote "The Power, with its creative bankruptcy, brings nothing new to already done-to-death iterations of The Godfather . [10]

Music

The Power
Soundtrack album by
Released21 January 2021
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length5:47
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Salim–Sulaiman chronology
Coolie No.1
(2020)
The Power
(2021)
Official audio
The Power - Full Album on YouTube

The music for the film was composed by Salim–Sulaiman with lyrics written by Kumaar . The single "Oh Saaiyaan" was sung by Arijit Singh and Raj Pandit while the female version was sung by Aishwarya Pandit [11]

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Oh Saaiyaan" Kumaar Salim–Sulaiman Arijit Singh, Raj Pandit3:21
2."Oh Saaiyaan (Female Version)"KumaarSalim–SulaimanAishwarya Pandit2:26
Total length:5:47

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