Drona
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Plot synopsis:
Drona is the compelling modern tale of one man's spectacular voyage through the labyrinths of mystic myths and legendary legacies. As good and evil clash in this contemporary fantasy fable, a breathtaking journey beckons you into a world of mythic heroes and malicious magicians, of cunning curses and absolute innocence.A world, where spells can turn live-flesh to cold stone. A world, whose whispers lay closely guarded in a land of mirages. A world thriving with thrills, a world of mystical magic, a world where adrenalin bursts out into a riot of colours. A world of audacious adventures, a world of fantastical folklores.Drona is a slick, twenty first century tale that travels across continents but is profoundly and proudly Indian.Plot OutlineFrom the times, when time itself was a newborn baby, the universe has kept one secret carefully camouflaged within its folds. A secret, which if unraveled, could unlock the destruction of mankind and the entire cosmos.Today, only one man can protect the universe's precious secret and thus, save the human race from absolute annihilation.DRONARooted in the vibrant tapestry of Indian mythology, Drona is the compelling modern tale of one man's spectacular voyage through the labyrinths of mystic myths and legendary legacies. Of a journey that will force him to face his fears and make him the hero he was born to become.As good and evil clash in this contemporary fantasy fable, a breathtaking journey beckons you into a world of mythic heroes and malicious magicians, of cunning curses and absolute innocence. A world, where spells can turn live-flesh to cold stone. A world, whose whispers lay closely guarded in a land of mirages. A world thriving with thrills, a world of mystical magic, a world where adrenalin bursts out into a riot of colours. A world of audacious adventures, a world of fantastical folklores.The world of Drona!

Review: Even the music is pain to the ears, the location crap, the computer graphics too fake, the costumes a shame to the Indian film industry and finally an acting worst than first time auditions..
Had I not been watching it with family and friends, I would have walked out.As I am talking to a director I am going to give you feedback on each aspect your film fails on and and suggestions.STORY: I read in your interview on how this story was so special to you.
You know I seriously got the impression that what you did was watch a few dozen Hollywood fantasy films, pick and mix whatever you liked and made a collage, not a film.All you did was lift the common Hollywood quest story for immortal elixir, plastered Indian names on it, and called it Indian.
Every time the hero appears, cue slow motion and take several shots from every angle of the hero posing with his sword raised making angry faces(which is what the hero ever did) Tacky costumes and sets rejected from a Hollywood film.
Perhaps you should have consulted the SFX technicians on the other Bollywood turkey Love Story 2050, they at least got the electricity effects to decent standards.The car-chase scene with some cut-in shots of a CGI car looked like they were from an older racing computer game.The particle effects looked like they were the test version of The Mummy.
SONGS: I am not going to say too much, they are like everything in your film, awful and misfits.ACTING: Well, you might have actually destroyed Abhishek Bachchan and Kay and Kay's acting careerIn short Golide, don't be surprised if you are nominated and win for nearly every category at the Bollywood Razzies this year.
Though Bachchans are having legendary status as far as acting is concern,but they don't have eye for good script,often miscalculate the effect of script, Drona -very good example of misjudgment by Bachchans.It is said that each and every movie signed by Abhishek first approved by his parents(Amitabh&Jaya).On paper story looks interesting,thrilling,action-packed but on screen its just opposite.Only positive point in movie is Priyanka Chopra,she leaves her mark by strong performance.In acting Abhishek is very poor as alwayes.
Yet he has to learn the facial expression in front of camera.Its better to watch "Krissh" forth or fifth time than wasting money,mood & weekend on Drona.
ZERO IN ACTING...ZERO IN COSTUMES...ZERO IN ANIMATION..ZERO IN ORIGINALITY..and the sets look so artificial that even a 2 year old can tell the difference.There should be an option of rating 0/10 on IMDb,b'cause this movie deserves a BIG 0..
May be he relied too much on his childhood friend Goldie Behl, the director of the movie, who could not deliver the goods for himself and his friend.Drona simply fails to generate any kind of interest right from the start.
Both the writer and director seem to be confused in what to make, a fantasy movie, a super hero movie or a super girl movie.The annoying fact is that Priyanka Chopra looks more convincing and gorgeous in her super girl get-up than Abhishek as Drona.
And I can bet that Amitabh, Jaya and Aishwarya, all being intelligent & experienced film personalities, knew at the back of their minds that this is not gonna work.Last Words : The only worth watching thing in Drona is, the fight sequences by gorgeous Priyanka Chopra in a well suited get up..
firstly I would like to recommend IMDb- the site to have separate rating scheme, where films such as this can be rated in negatives.my plot - On an unfortunate evening, I decided to watch DRONA.
The story, dialogue, acting, characters were all so terrible, poorly drawn out, stereotypical that I just couldn't bear to watch this one fully I walked out just as Kay Kay, who plays the villain, was introduced and hearing his hammy dialogue proved to be the straw that broke this camel's back.
Even the two points are only for the special effects that I didn't see (copied from a slew of Hollywood adventure films) and for Priyanka Chopra (who's entrance also I sadly missed).Apparently Goldie has already decided that he's going to do a sequel.
Lot of things in the movie has no direct or indirect link to the main story.Priyanka Chopra, I pity her.
This is seriously Chota Bachchan's tribute to his dad's disastrous TOOFAN(1989) The film is a mix of Cinderella and HARRY POTTER and makes no sense Suddenly it's shifted from a city to a desert Suddenly comes Priyanka to save Abhishek the truth of the Drona is a sleepy bore Even the mother- son scenes the romance everything is so dull, lifeless It makes KRISSH look a classic Seems like Bachchan wanted to compete with Hrithik hence this was like a way to satisfy his ego The film also looks like RUDRAKSH another terrible movieGoldie shows no progress since BISKH Abhishek keeps a bored look throughout, his look too is bad Priyanka is monotonous Kaykay overacts and resembles Amrish Puri from old films Jaya is bored.
An ordinary boy, who is adopted and lives in a distant town, who is constantly hated by his adopted mother and brother, finds out that he is not an ordinary person and has a female body guard, who takes him back to where he originates from where he meets is his mother.Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan, this is directed and co  written by Goldie Behl.Firstly the songs come into my mind and the only song that is worth really mentioning is the very first one "Humko Mil Gayi," which is of jazz swing genre and is quite memorable.
The others  not really worth mentioning.Abhishek still does look a bit on the unfit side and really needed to build his body for this role as a warrior but perhaps Hrithik Roshan may have been ideal for his physique as this does require a lot of action.
Unfortunately there was not much for Jaya Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon, who is a good actor, should have had his role as the evil Riz Raizada, sketched out in a more powerful manner on the script.
Unfortunately for Priyanka Chopra, who has performed her role well and does look good in action sequences, this is not a hit movie and I sincerely hope that her next movie, "Dostana" does better then this one and "Love 2050."Conclusion: This is a fairytale that has miserably gone wrong ..
Frankly speaking the day Drona was announced I was desperate to watch d movie....then about a year later its first trailer came...and yes it was awesome and I loved the VFX in the teaser....waited till the day it released...then next day extreme reviews abt the movie were published, some calling it bad cinema with VFX over substance and some as a breakthrough in Indian Cinema...bt doesn't matter reviews are not for ppl like me...
the VFX were so immature..m in no way comparing it to Hollywood...but it deserves to be compared with any other Asian or Indian movies....the animation quality in this movie was below expectations...the first big animated scene of the movie where Riz Raizada clones himself was pathetic...bad animation ...it looked like a ammature have been hired to perform this task...so were the blood droplets effects ....only the Sand Particles effect was good ...but rest were average....what the hell David Bush was doing...I believe he had worked on the movie in an unprofessional manner...
in the era where Bollywood is try to get near to Hollywood in terms of technology....such things let you down...Love Story 2050 had much better quality of VFX courtesy Sun Microsystems....So is the case with action sequences ..not exciting at all...except the first one with Priyanka.Now the story..the content was no different from any other average fantasy movie..bt what mattered was direction....which was Okay just like any good episode of Hatim(TV series on Star Plus) Director didn't succeed in creating an exciting environment which is required for such a theme...Though Goldie Behl must be appreciated for the thing that he didn't allow Priyanka-Abhishek love story to take over the real film......
And performances now...Kay kay Menon and Priyanka Chopra all the way....many ppl called Kay Kay as clown more than a villain...I strongly disagree.he was The JOKER...he was as funny and as good as The Joker from Batman series...Priyanka Chopra, first thing a well designed warrior look for her, she was awesome in all her action sequences and other scenes .
After Bachchan senior had starred in Bollywood's biggest flop till date which undoubtedly is Ram Gopal verma's Aag, it's now Abhishek's turn to better him with Drona, a localized blend of Harry Potter, The Matrix and some silly special effects stolen from Hollywood!
Surely, the fantasy trip of Drona is an absolute apology of a film.The story begins with a narrative of the origin of the vase of elixir that the gods left on earth under the safekeeping of a family of Royals who became ‘Drona’s.
A morose Abhishek living, probably in Prague has a chance encounter with sorcerer Riz Raizada, a wasted Kay Kay Menon, leading to a chain of events that bring him to India and Queen Jayati (Jaya Bachchan) with Priyanka Chopra playing his bodyguard Sonia.While you ponder over the weird name of Riz Raizada for a villain or an overused name of Sonia for Chopra, the story drags through from Europe to Rajasthan.
Chase sequences picked from Hollywood are not bad, but the poor background score makes it seem silly.To sum it up in Matrix Lingo, A bored Adi/Anderson is made to realize his nature by Sonia/Trinity just as he needs to battle with Raizada, an Asura and his men who are like agents.
How come Priyanka Chopra was looking so modern when actually she had a serious responsibility as bodyguard of Drona, since this is a mythology based movie.
Let me end by saying that if you have your expectations set right and if you like films in the line of LOR, this is definitely for you.
The fact that Im writing this review after 5 years of watching the movie in 2010 is enough to tell you people how much I hated it....Terrible story, awful casting , terribly bad acting, copying plots, attire the list is very long...what added to these was very poor sound quality of the theater where I was watching these movie with my family...I choosed to sleep rather than going though the torture....please never ever make such a low quality movie....I feel sorry that legendary Jaya Prada was casted in such a poor quality movie....I guess this is one of the worst movies bollywood ever produced..
Bollywood was able to create its first F-grade movie with a trash story, weird songs, unoriginal costumes (including a cameo with Naseeruddin Shah wearing a store-bought LOTR Gandalf costume), and unnecessary special effects.
If the movies are to be put in this ideology then we have to say that Drona, having a very good concept failed completely in its implementation.
Now Drona has to find out the way to Amrit and rescue his mother, and at the same time protect Amrit from Riz. The rest of the story is around how he finds the Amrit, the missing magical sword, and his struggle against Riz. The script writer and director has fallen in a typical Bollywood movie trap.
Still I feel he had done his best to sketch Riz. I specially amazed by his expressions in the last scene, where after killing Drona, he sees the light.
Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in a sword and sorcery movie from Bollywood?
Alas for a fantasy film, there's nothing groundbreaking in its special effects, action sequences or story, and if some kind of benchmark was to be set, then this would likely be at the level of Krull, and even then, Krull had a more coherent and intriguing premises than Drona.In Goldie Behl's creation, Drona refers to the long lineage of kings entrusted to protect the Nectar of Immortality, which demigods of the universe had decided to hide on Earth, under the constant eye of their chosen protector.
And in order to push this Drona into action, it had taken the villainous wizard Riz Raizada (Kay Kay Menon) a diabolical scheme to freeze Drona's mom (Jaya Bachchan) into suspended animation, and thereafter some really convenient plot development that allows the audience to follow Drona around in a rescue mission of sorts.Drona's abilities actually don't come off as well-defined, and you would've wondered at the amazing ability of his to fight off his opponents through various wire-fu moves.
For a villain he had some of the best moments in being always one step ahead of the hero, until of course the decisive moment in the finale which was a real disappointment.No doubt Drona tried hard to be a one of a kind film in a genre seldom seen from Bollywood, but it contains more misses than hits, and lacked that fundamental quality that it's always about the story first, then special effects and action second.
I don't watch a lot of bollywood flicks , 'cause at most of the times, they really not just let you down, but kills you to very extent.But to be honest (though i was bored at moments) all in all I liked the movie.
only the very first song was annoying .Script was OK , a few dialog's were great , visual effects were crappy but priyanka and abhishek were good.
This movie is should be officially declared undisputed worst movie of all time this movie beats love story 2050 hands down i wish i could get my money back i hate my self for wasting 3 hrs of my life for this movie If could have my way i would ask for compensation for pain i have gone after watching this movie honestly this movie is that bad i tried real hard to like something about this movie but i failed to do so .My final comment if u really hate somebody make him watch this movie Rating -1/10.
Before the release I was hoping that it does not turn out to be like the rubbish Love Story 2050 because it is a high budget special effects movie with Priyanka Chopra in it but thankfully Drona turned out to be better than I expected.
Basically he is the only man who can protect the universe's precious secret and thus, save the human race from absolute annihilation.Drona may be like a Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones movie, but with an original story.Drona is loaded with top notch special effects and spectacular stunts.
The whole film was filled with pulse pounding excitement, visually impressive scenes, excellent background score and was filmed in exotic locations in Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.Abhishek Bachcan and Priyanka Chopra who plays his bodyguard have learned the ancient Sikh martial arts form called Gatka for the movie and have done a really good job at it as well as their acting.
The movie starts with a boys living with family and was given trouble by aunt.he is unknown of his powers which he got from generation to generation.villain needs nectar.and only drona can find that,who saves that from many generations.
If bollywood still thinks that Indian audience is just a bunch of dumb asses, Please think again and again ...So I was saying, What do we get in the movie, Abhishek, who looks completely disinterested, his eyes looks like he had just woken up and hadn't had a bath since his childhood avatar.
We can say that only good thing was Priyanka Chopra, as she looks good and more confident and played her character well.Movie sets, may it be Raajpur or Villain's layer , they looks sooo cheap, that even TV serials are doing better these days.
You just know that OK now action is happening but actually nothing great is happening on screen, even the train sequence, that looks good in trailers, was a big big let down.
My mom and I decided to watch the movie and were quite looking forward to it, too, what with all the hype over the film in the media.
I'm giving this movie one star only because of Priyanka who actually looked pretty good, although even she failed to deliver in certain areas.
It doesn't have a real love story and it doesn't get into the depth of the characters.Priyanka looked throughout the film like a gypsy.
She does look Indian at the end of the film where she tells her son Drona's tale.
I could watch the film just because he looks so good.
Earlier this year the science fiction genre got a first with love Story 2050, but where Love Story faltered in ever way, being only watchable due to the fact that it was a science fiction Bollywood film, Drona actually has some substance going for it.
Regardless of whether you enjoy the film or not, there is definitely hinted at for potential sequels.The acting side of Drona is not as good as hoped.
Jaya Bachchan is underused, and Priyanka Chopra is not entirely up to scratch, though her performance is thankfully better then that from love Story 2050.
His character is similar to the likes of Kefka from the popular video game Final Fantasy 6 - he is a villain who seems somewhat maniacal, and Menon plays the part well.Drona's weakest aspects is definitely its special effects and music.
There are however a few gorgeous special effects spotted every once and a while, but for a big budget fantasy film like this, everyone once and a while just does not cut it.
Does not waste your time too much on the past events, just enough to fill you in on the story.I hated the music scenes that keep interrupting the movie.