Department (2012)

That was an excellent one.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

RGV gave us several great gangster films from SHIVA, SATYA, COMPANY to SARKAR after which he lost his head. He was the man who gave a new lease to many actors and launched several great actors, directors and also explored underbelly of underworld brilliantly.In SARKAR he discovered new techniques like unique camera angles, background music.etc but that got repetitive soon and he made rubbish films like JAMES and several moreDEPARTMENT is another gangster underworld film, One expects it to be hardhitting sadly it gives a big headache and is a yawn!In this film all you remember is the Camera-work, This time around RGV has used such weird angles that give u a headache and make you feel you're watching some amateur video on youtube with big stars. The film does have some well handled twists but the camera-work takes away all the impact and makes the film look stupidIn one scene we have Deepak Tijori(remember him) moving with a kettle to pour tea and camera moving with him, Or in some scene we have the camera placed on a striker The film does have some good scenes like Amitabh's scenes with Rana and also some scenes of Bachchan alone, while some between Sanju and his wife In RGV's underworld films like SATYA, COMPANY, SARKAR the action scenes appeared real but here there are most artificial seem inspired by Singham and other such fares.The climax fight scene is the most funniest oneDirection by RGV is mediocre Music seems forced, The THODI SI PEELI number falls flat with overweight Ganesh Acharya cutting a sorry picturePerformances too disappointAmitabh Bachchan with a hoarse voice reminiscent to AGNEEPATH and character similar to SARKAR but with a funny touch is the sole actor who stands out, he plays his character in a way only he can play though not his best yet he livens up the proceedings Rana was average in DMD, he still seems stiff and needs to loosen up, yet a good try, he is superb in action scenes, RGV made lot of noise about his Hindi lessons which does show improvement here but still his Hindi is a bit out of place Sanju Baba after a riveting AGNEEPATH seems bored and looks overweight and uncomfortable, surprisingly the last film RGV worked with Sanju was DAUD(1997) which too was a flop Vijay Raaz does his role well which is underwritten Madhu Shalini annoys more with her stage like acting Anjana Suknani is average, Abhimanyu Singh who was terrific in RAKHT CHARITRA(2010) is terrible here and overacts Madhu Shalini is good, Deepak Tijori is alright

RGV is a force to reckon in Hindi movies, but this movie is a bummer, the likes of 'Darna Mana Hai" from his Camp. The script is bad and loose. The worst camera work of any movie. If the directors idea is to convey the thinking process or a controversy, you do that with the script, not the vertigo generating and going in circle camera work as in the Hospital scene. The action which seems to come at a regular interval is expected in a picture dealing with underworld, but the item dances also seem to come at a regular interval, with Sanjay Dutt's character, avraciously indulging in the dancing to the underworld tunes! Amitab Bachchan, looks aged, and for an actor of his caliber, this part is a cheescake. There is nothing in this movie that has a stamp of the famous RGV banner. It is too drawn out with repetitous and boring conversations. Not worth the expectation and clear disapppintment. The camera guy should find a day job for the sake of the Industry.

I fail to understand why the Indian Cinema produces films that are completely worthless. To begin with the film had a star cast ranging from Big B to Sanju Baba & the direction was managed by none other than RG Verma. Seriously RGV what was going on in that brain of yours? The actors failed to deliver a good performance, the direction was extremely poor & I was unable to figure out where to movie was headed. All the scenes seemed to be shot by an amateur camera crew and there was a repetition of the same camera angle over & over again. If you are planning to watch this film it is my duty to stop you. Overall this movie does not even deserve a 1/10. It is simply awful.

This is the worst movie ever made in Indian film history. It is an amalgam of awful screenplay,horrible direction and poor action action. Nothing is even close to good.It is better not to watch the movie. I do not know why Ram Gopal Varma keep making lousy movies. I went to the movie not expecting much fun but to just pass the time . But the movie is so bad that i came back with a headache.If you want to make a good movie, focus on the story, on speeches, on the intellect, on actual acting instead of crappy action I can see for free on a TV series My rating for this movie is 0.P.S. I think the people who rate this film more than a 5 either haven't watched the other Underworld films, were paid-off, or are insane. It just doesn't deserve anything more than a pass.