CORPORATE

Madhur Bhandarkar’s films seem to follow a certain pattern. All his films expose some thing to the audience; exposé on various systems, structures, lives etc.Exposé.


Corporate revolves around the business rivalry between two companies, both of them big players in the food industry.

Every element one could think of in this genre - money, power, politics, treachery, foreign investments, and shamefully shady deals – finds a place in the plot.And, that is all there is.

There is no emotional thread that ties the proceedings; nor, is there any revelatory moment that makes us connect to the characters.

The result is a dull, long-drawn film that diligently documents the goings-on in the two companies which play it all dirty to beat each other, and goes nowhere else.

The corporate log, the politicians, the middlemen, roll their dice on and on, sometimes losing to, sometimes striking back at,

and sometimes winning over their counterparts.It’s late into the film, when the pesticide scandal episode surfaces in the plot,

the film engages us, despite the oh-so-naïve ethical stand some characters take in the meeting when the issue comes up.

Among the actors, Rajat Kapoor was really cool, as only he can be. Kay Kay Menon was very good