James (2005 film)

James
Directed by	Rohit Jugraj
Written by	Rohit Jugraj Kona Venkat Manish Gupta
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma R. R. Venkat
Starring	Mohit Ahlawat Nisha Kothari Zakir Hussain Mohan Agashe Snehal Dabi Rajpal Yadav Raima Sen Rajendra Gupta Ishat Ali Ravi Kale
Cinematography	Amal Neerad
Edited by	Nipun Gupta Amit Parmar
Music by	Bapi-Tutul Amar Mohile Nitin Raikwar Prasanna Shekhar
Production company	RGV Film Company
Distributed by	R. R. Movie Makers
Release date	16 September 2005 (2005-09-16)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

James is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language action film starring Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari. It was directed by Rohit Jugraj.^[1][2]

Plot

James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, ends up working as a bouncer at a club there and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the brother of an MP, who is always committing crimes. James has a fight in the club, which causes a huge conflict between the two; this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes the death of James's friend, Babloo, with whom he lives, and because of this, James is set on revenge.^[3][4]

Cast

• Mohit Ahlawat as James
• Priyanka Kothari as Nisha V. Rawat
• Mohan Agashe as DCP Vijay Singh Rawat
• Zakir Hussain as Shanti Narayan
• Shereveer Vakil as Radhey Narayan
• Ravi Kale as Inspector Talwekar
• Snehal Dabi as Babloo
• Rajpal Yadav as Tony
• Vinayakan as Shanti Narayan's henchman
• Vineet Sharma as Shanti Narayan's henchman
• Riya Sen in item number

Music

1. Jan Hain Tujhpe Jan Hain - Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
2. Jindagee Jine Kaa Nam Hain Jee Le - Shweta Pandit
3. Sinduree Aasman Hain Sharmaya Sa - Shweta Pandit, Sonu Nigam
4. Suraj Kee Kirno Kee Lalee Me Tum Ho - Shweta Pandit, Sonu Nigam
5. Woh Hero Hain, Hero Hain Woh Hain Hero - Sunidhi Chauhan

Critical reception

The Birmingham Evening Mail wrote, "The fight scenes and the songs are entertaining", but overall the film is "instantly forgettable".^[4] James was a major disappointment for its producers.^[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "New action hero", The Hindu, 2005-09-15.
2. Kumar, Anju. "Dreams need an introduction too", The Hindu, 2005-11-18.
3. "Just a burst", The Statesman, 2005-09-24.
4. Ahmed, Omar. "Films: We've seen this all before – only better", Birmingham Evening Mail, 2005-09-23, page 39.
5. "The baddies are funny", The Statesman, 2006-09-23.
6. Salam, Ziya Us. "Girl, guy, love, marriage and a lot in between...", The Hindu, 2006-09-17.
7. Salam, Ziya Us. "It's raining stars and more stars in Bollywood", The Hindu, 2008-02-08.
8. "Who are Rohit's angels?", The Times of India, 2008-03-04.

External links

• James at IMDb