Raja Natwarlal
Raja Natwarlal
| 29 August 2014 (USA)
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Based on the story of a notorious real-life con man, this twisty Bollywood thriller revolves around cunning fraudster Raja Natwarlal, who pulls off a series of two-bit scams in Mumbai on his way to a big swindle. A small-time con man wants to get into the big leagues and take on a Goliath in the world of scams.

Reviews
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
huzaifasuarez review of raja natwarlal I have always liked Kunal Deshmukh as an director.His works include jannat,jannat 2,tum mile and now raja natwarlal.There has,nt been a lot of good con films in the past.Raja natwarlal begins on a slow note with Emraan Hashmi and Deepak Tijori conning a few people.The first half of the film is enjoyable though lacks a sense of humour.The second half introduces Paresh Rawal as con man too.They plan a con on a business tycoon,Vardha Yadav who killed Deepak Tijori.The performances are great.Emraan Hashmi stands tall as usual.Paresh Rawal is great in his part.The rest of the cast play their parts well.The screeplay was good although a few loopholes here and there.The climax is one of the best climaxes i have ever seen.After all said,A good con film after a long time.REcommended
prabhulaldamji In the 100 years of Bollywood history, there has been heroes who have been given certain titles which its found very common in movies they have acted, eg titles such as The Action Hero, The Chocolate Boy, Angry Young Man, King of Romance etc.In the last 10 years or so since coming into Bollywood cinema from his first release in 2003, it has been noticed or observed that one will expect Emraan Hashmi into kissing scenes. With over 30 movies in which Emraan Hashmi has acted so far, with the exception barring his part in Shanghai majority of these have kissing scenes. No wonder he has come to known as the Serial Kisser of Bollywood. Some of these movies include Murder(Mallika Sherawat), Tumsa Nahin Dekha(Dia Mirza), Zeher(Udita Goswami and Shamita Shetty), Aashiq Banaya Apne(Tanushree Dutta), Gangster(Kangana Ranaut and Udita Goswami), The Train(Sayali Bhagat and Geeta Basra), Jannat(Sonali Chauhan), Tum Mile(Soha Ali Khan), Crook(Shella Allen), Murder 2(Jacqueline Fernandez), The Dirty Picture(Vidya Balan), Jannat 2(Esha Gupta), Raaz 3(Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta), Rush(Neha Dupia and Sagarika Ghatge), Ek Thi Daayan(Huma Qureshi), Ghanchakkar(Vidya Balan)and of course his latest offering in Raja Natwarlal(Humaima Mallick). Unfortunately this trend has become more common in the movies recently with other main actors joining the club. And some movies have gone as far as bedroom scenes and more. I wonder what's next for Bollywood (the complete act)!As to this movie,its basically shows how a street smart con man making it big time with the assistance of the experienced con artist Paresh Rawal who was excellent above all the rest of the cast. The movie has romance,passion, twist and surprises. Enjoyed the scenery of Cape Town, South Africa and specially the view along the coast with the Table Mountain as background although I felt it was not necessary to go abroad as I am sure India has a lot better location to offer. Of course the scenery in and around Dharamsala was wonderful. So Emraan 'baas Kar' and I am sure he can come up with better than the kissing and bedroom acts.
loveyourlife Similar in vein to films such as Snatch, Hustle and Life of Crime; this Emraan Hashmi starer will probably rank as one of his best films and is a welcome uplift after the mediocre Ek Thi Daayan. Hashmi should be applauded for taking risks with films that other much bigger names in Bollywood don't. He may not have the star power of the Khans but, with the exception of maybe Amir Khan, he has recently been willing to experiment with roles a lot more. Here he's paired with Humaima Malick in her first Indian film and she does a decent job as the girlfriend in tow; whatever India's verdict on her debut, she will still have her outstanding lead role in Shoaib Mansoor's "Bol" under her belt. Kay Kay Menon flips form psychotic to ice cool villain at the flick of the switch but, as always, he never fails to deliver and is believable as the rich and corrupt antagonist. The assassin who is hired to kill Raja (whoever the actor is) is excellent despite minimal dialogue and limited screen time. One of South cinema's biggest music directors, Yuvan Shankar Raja, turns in some modern numbers that just may linger; either way, thankfully these items numbers don't detract from the narrative too much. Just suspend disbelief because of course a lot of the twists in the plot are totally implausible but we need to remember, this is fiction with the sole purpose of entertaining the masses. Not an imperfect film but miles better than most releases Bollywood has had to offer in this genre this year.
dineshprakash Director and writer have the story in mind only and coned the audience smartly by not involving them into film. Every character does whatever making team felt to do without thinking that audience should be also integral part of this game. They had only motive to surprise you but instead they shock you due to illogical stuff. All person in con team are just taking care their daily needs any how but suddenly they got huge fund to go South Africa, live in lavish hotels, In India they established a fraud bank like switching a button, How!!!? Love track was required for the sake of few lip locks. There are lots of good actors but all been misused because they didn't have a single scene to show their performance. Story and screenplay is very linear even being a thriller. Due to not well cooked scene every actor is just OK except Paresh Rawal, he is so brilliant that churns out something from nowhere. Music always slows down the already slow pace of film but if think about a separate album few tracks are good, credit goes to music director Yuvan Shankar Raja. Even climax gives hint that they are over confident about its sequel.