Department is an upcoming Hindi action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati in lead roles. The film was shot using several Canon EOS 5D cameras. The movie has been given an "A"certificate.
The film has Amitabh Bachchan as Sarjerao Gaikwad, a gangster-turned politician, Sanjay Dutt as Inspector Mahadev Bhosle, the leader of an encounter squad, Rana Daggubati as Inspector Shivnarayan, an encounter specialist, Anjana Sukhani as Kammo, Shivnarayan's wife, Vijay Raaz as Sawatya, Mumbai don, Abhimanyu Singh as D.K., right-hand man of Sawatya, Lakshmi Manchu as Mrs. Padmini Mahadev Bhosale and Nathalia Kaur in a special appearance.
Nilesh Girkar is the writer of story, screenplay and dialogue. The soundtrack is composed by Dharam Sandeep, Bappi Lahiri and Vikram Nagi. The album had amazing response. Musicperk.com rated it 7.5/10 quoting "Get ready for an out and out dance fest with not a single song giving your legs and hips even a tiny break".
Department focuses on conflict of interest in police department. Exploring in his films the dark underbelly of the underworld is what Ram Gopal Varma is known for. After making underworld dramas, the filmmaker puts the spotlight on the dark secrets of the police department through his film Department, releasing Friday.
Department focuses on a group of encounter specialists working with the Mumbai Police force and their different perspective towards the underworld.
Concerned about the underworld`s increasing terror and other criminal activities, the top cops along with the home secretary and the home minister hold a secret meeting and decide to form a special unit called - The Department. The team includes inspector Mahadev Bhosle (Sanjay Dutt), leader of the encounter squad, and Shivnarayan (Rana Daggubati), an encounter specialist. Both the cops have different ways of dealing with the gangsters. While Shivnarayan follows principles and ethics, Bhosle is completely opposite. The film shows conflicts of interest and struggle for power among the cops.
The film has been extensively shot with the 5D and 7D cameras, and the filmmaker fondly calls it "rogue filmmaking".
Department is a hard hitting action drama and RGV wanted to apply a completely new language of cinema in terms of both its camera work and editing. The technology and methodology he adopted in the course of filming Department is what he would call `rogue filmmaking`. Department has not been shot with canon 5D alone... it`s just one of the 7 types of cameras used. It`s been shot in multiple formats with 5D, 7D Lumix Gopro Sony Nx5 and 60D... each camera was used for its own uniqueness in capturing a shot. Even Sanjay admits he was amazed to see the minute details that the camera has captured.
Varma`s films are incomplete without a raunchy number and this time he has roped in Brazilian model of Indian descent Nathalia Kaur to perform on the song Dan dan Cheeni, which is a tribute to Tamil superstar Rajinikanth. The song was earlier offered to Sunny Leone, but she couldn`t do it.
A new version of Amitabh`s iconic song Thodi si jo pee li hai from 1982 release Namak Halal has been used. In this number, Sanjay shakes a leg with the megastar.
Also Varma`s films are incomplete without controversy. Here too screen-play writer Danish Raza filed a police complaint against the director for allegedly not paying him his dues for the film.
Department would be the first film in all probability where the lead actors or rather all the performers have enacted the role assigned to them without talking into the camera. Department has democratized the art of cinematography by introducing a series of cameras to shoot a sequence. The consequence is that the actors do not know which camera to talk to, to enhance their performance, rather they would have to let their acting skills do the talking and let the camera pick up the skill and allow the audience to be a judge of the narrative.
If one were to talk in the context of Department, it is a film based on the life of policemen, and the trials and travails that they face day in and day out, the use of the imaginative camera angles could turn out to be a USP. For the actors of the likes of Big B who talks through the camera with the audience, filming of the Department was a big challenge as he did not know which one to talk to! So, one could see one of another hallmark of the performances in the acting career of Big B in Department.
Department is a story of a power struggle between the police and the gang lords, and in such kind of a canvas the element of surprise related to action is facilitated in a big way through imaginative camera angles. Crime stories indeed become fascinating when the camera explores imaginative positions.
If the experiment of Ram Gopal Varma succeeds in Department, it indeed would be a watershed day in the history of film making in India as anybody who has content in mind would be able to shoot a film through the cameras available in the market. One would not have to rely on heavy cameras to make a movie, rather the new generation cameras would help the filmmaker to realize the dream.
The film has five songs. RGV has used three music directors (Dharam Sandeep, Bappa Lahiri, Vikram Nagi).
The first song is Paroma P. Dasgupta's song Dan Dan Cheeni which is like any other item song. Kammo is the next song which is sung by Mika. It is nice to hear Sudesh Bhonsle after a long time. Next is The Theme of Department sung by Sandeep Patil; the song does justice to the title given to it and takes you deeper in the plot based music. Movie moves forward with another of the forgettable numbers Bad Boys. Ritu Pathak's voice is able to hold listeners. Last song is Mumbai Police and on many counts can be called the highlight of the film. Sung by Sanjay Dutt and Farhad Bhiwandiwala, the song will demand attention. Voiceover and the lyrics complement each other and are fun to listen to. Overall, the music of Department is another great product out of RGV camp.
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