The Power is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.[1] It stars Vidyut Jammwal, Shruti Haasan, Zakir Hussain, Prateik Babbar, Sachin Khedekar and Jisshu Sengupta.[2] The film was released on the online streaming service Zee Plex on 14 January 2021.[3][4][5][6]

The Power
Official release poster
Directed by	Mahesh Manjrekar
Written by	Mahesh Manjrekar Siddharth Salvi
Produced by	Vijay Galani Pratik Galani Dhaval Jayantilal Gada Aksshay Jayantilal Gada
Starring	Vidyut Jammwal Shruti Haasan Zakir Hussain Sachin Khedekar Jisshu Sengupta Prateik Babbar Yuvika Chaudhary
Cinematography	Rakesh Rawat
Edited by	Sarvesh Parab
Music by	Music: Salim–Sulaiman Score: Prasad S
Production companies	Pen India Limited Galani Entertainments
Distributed by	Zee Plex
Release date	14 January 2021 (2021-01-14) (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the cast performances, action sequences and editing, but criticism for its pace, writing and direction.

Premise

An attempt is made on the life of a crime boss Kaalidas Haridas Thakur, who refuses to strike a deal. However, the assassination goes wrong, resulting in the killing of an innocent man Anwar and igniting a blood feud. Pari, Anwar's daughter swears to avenge her father's death by annihilating the Thakur clan where she sides with Thakur rival Vishambhar Rana.

Cast

• Vidyut Jammwal as Devidas Thakur
• Shruti Haasan as Parveen / Pari
• Zakir Hussain as Anwar
• Sachin Khedekar as Vishambhar Rana
• Sonal Chauhan as Chandini
• Jisshu Sengupta as Ramdas Thakur
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Kaalidas Haridas Thakur
• Medha Manjrekar as Uma Kaalidas Thakur
• Prateik Babbar as Ranjeet Venkat Shankarnarayanan
• Mrunmayee Deshpande as Ratna Thakur
• Sudhanshu Pandey as Rocky
• Yuvika Chaudhary as Shaila Thakur
• Salil Ankola as Robert
• Sameer Dharmadhikari as Francis Dcosta
• Chetan Hansraj as Fakira
• Aham Sharma as Charlie
• Vidyadhar Joshi as Bhau
• Savita Malpekar as Thakur's Maid
• Ganesh Yadav as Potya

Reception

Anna M. M. Vetticad said that the film is "engaging to begin with, but as it rolls along, it becomes clear that it falls in the ‘if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all’ category of underworld dramas."[7] Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave a rating of 2.5 stars out if 5 stars and wrote: "With a tighter, finer screenplay and more consistent performers, ‘The Power’ could have been a befitting response of this decade to the Sarkar franchise but a lacklustre narrative, among other things, brings the power down to level zero."[8] Samrudhi Ghosh of Hindustan Times wrote: "The Power, with its creative bankruptcy, brings nothing new to already done-to-death iterations of The Godfather.[9] Joginder Tuteja of Rediff.com noted, "If the film had been crisper with solid drama in the second half too, The Power could have been more powerful."[10]

Music

The music for the film was composed by Salim–Sulaiman with lyrics written by Kumaar . The single "Oh Saaiyaan" was sung by Arijit Singh and Raj Pandit while the female version was sung by Aishwarya Pandit [11]

References

External links

• The Power at IMDb
• The Power at ZEE5