Rann (2010)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Social, Drama
60 %
Total Reviews: 22
Sahi: 13 Nahi: 9

Review Summary: Ramgopal Varma is itching to tell a new story in his movies. You may garland him for his efforts or loathe him if you feel letdown but you need to ha...

Average Critic Rating: (2.91)
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Plot: Vijay Harshwardhan Malik ( Amitabh Bachchan ), the ethical CEO of struggling television channel India 24/7, is losing the ratings battle with a rival channel headed by Amrish Kakkar ( Mohnish Behl ). Malik's son Jai ( Sudeep ) makes a deal with a wealthy and corrupt politician, Mohan Pandey... Read more

Rann - Movie Reviews

After the politician, if one were to pick a profession that was as scorned, it would have to be that of the TV journalist.
SIFY
Rann
Indian Express
Ram Gopal Varma is itching to tell a new story in his movies.
SIFY
Rann is director Ram Gopal Varma's expose of electronic media. The film looks at the corruption of television news. How the maddening race for TRPs forces news channels to compromise journalistic ethics, resort to sensationalism, and convert news into the
NDTV 
Ramgopal Varma is itching to tell a new story in his movies. You may garland him for his efforts or loathe him if you feel letdown but you need to ha...
Bollywood Hungama
Vijay Harshvardhan Malik heads a television news channel that swears by its ethical code of relaying news and only news. Naturally it begins to lose the TRP race to its rival channel that excels in sensationalism. The media baron's ambitious son tries to
Times of India
Bad news!
Rajeev Masand
There are a couple of moments in Rann involving a seemingly anonymous call to super tense Sudeep or Big B coming to terms with the humiliating truth about his son are reminiscent of vintage Varma, Then again, a messy climax, witless and uninspired writing
Rediff 
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Sudeep, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Rajpal Yadav
Full review on Indicine
Indicine
Strictly for tolerant audience
Full review on Great Andhra
Great Andhra
Amitabh Bachchan, this man has done it before and again he does it with tremendous ease. By his sheer simplicity of getting into the skin of the character makes an average film worth watching.
Full review on India Glitz
India Glitz
He allows the bhashan to go on and on until you are beyond caring
Chirtamala
Director : Music : Lyrics : Starring :Ram Gopal Varma  Dharmaraj Bhatt, Sandeep Patil, Jayesh Gandhi, Bapi-Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli and Amar Mohile   Vayu, Sarim Momin, Sandip Singh and Prashant Pandey  Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish
Glam Sham
Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan went on a tirade declaring that Rann would give you a peephole look into the cable-clogged running of a news channel.
Mid-Day
It is for the intelligentsia, and they are the ones who will truly be able to appreciate the movie for what it truly is – a movie with its heart in the right place.
Bolly Spice
This time, in Rann, the maverick film-maker does an expose on the games the heavyweights in the media play to further their interests. RGV goes into the newsrooms and also behind it and throws light on the politician-industrialist-media nexus. Also, it''s
Full review on OneIndia
OneIndia
The background music is good
Smash Hits
Realistic but too idealistic, recommended though
Full review on Bharat Student
Bharat Student
Rann, surprisingly and fortunately, falls in the first category of realistic movies. Blending five diverse subtexts – disintegration of media, yellow journalism, corruption, cut-throat competition and intense, dirty power play – into one heady, eclectical
Planet Bollywood
We have seen Ram Gopal Varma exposing the politician- underworld nexus, we have seen him present rea...
Sulekha
The Next Time You Watch News, Think About It!
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Gulte