James (2005 film)

James
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
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

James is a 2005 Indian Hindi action film starring Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari. It was directed by Rohit Jugraj.^[1]^[2] The movie was a big disaster at the box office.

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 causing crime. James has a little fight in club which cause causes a huge conflict between the two, this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes death of James's friend, whom he lives with, Babloo, 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 as item number

Music[]

Jan Hain Tujhpe Jan Hain - Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
Jindagee Jine Kaa Nam Hain Jee Le - Shweta Pandit
Sinduree Aasman Hain Sharmaya Sa - Shweta Pandit, Sonu Nigam
Suraj Kee Kirno Kee Lalee Me Tum Ho - Shweta Pandit, Sonu Nigam
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[]

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

External links[]

James at IMDb

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[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.

[Mail-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.

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