Producer: Pammi Baweja
Director: Harry Baweja
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Suneil Shetty, Ashish Chowdhary, Arbaaz Khan, Sanjay Kapoor, Chunkey Pandey, Neha Dhupia, Ria Sen, Raveena Tandon, Isha Kopikar
Music: Nadeem Shravan

Harry Baweja's ‘Qayamat’ boasts of thrill, action and a mammoth star cast. The film is loosely inspired by Hollywood flick Rock. There are high expectations laced with the film for its multi-starcast, good music, production value and lots of hype.

Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) are the biggest arms dealers in Asia and they are assisted by Laila (Ishaa Koppikar). A CBI officer Akram Sheikh (Suniel Shetty) doesn’t want India’s name to be maligned and trace the arm dealers as they are on the verge of completing the arm deal. Now Ali and Abbas face trouble as they are pressurized by the buyers to either supply the arms or return their money. To cope up with it they mastermind a dangerous ploy. With this trick they can fetch millions of dollars and also make an easy escape from India.

Rahul (Aashish Chowdhry) is a scientist who is in the process of creating an anti-virus. This would save lives in case of a Biological or a Chemical warfare. He has no idea that there is a cheat among them who could smuggle this deadly virus and lead it to dangerous people. All this incidents brings the city under threat.

Akram Sheikh gets into action to save the city and the people. But he cannot do the task alone and he needs the help of a dreaded criminal Rachit (Ajay Devgan). He has a dangerous history and has been the mastermind of many high-tech robberies in Mumbai. The trump card is that he had worked for Ali and Abbas and knows their mode of conduct. But after being put in a solitary confinement he has almost deteriorated. The only time he gets volatile is when he gets the attack of memories of his love Sapna (Neha Dhupia). Akram Sheikh, Rahul and Rachit set out on a dangerous trail to the world of death. It is an unknown world of dreaded criminals but they have to take the plunge if they have to save the city.

The film impresses with its going owing to the novelness and bringing sci-fi jargons for the first time in Hindi films. The storyline is laced with technicality and has been executed stylishly as well. The film is technically brilliant and not something Bollywood has endeavored in a long time. However the shortcoming is that it’ll attract only a sizeable amount of audience as people of the interiors may not find the technicalities interesting.

First half is ordinary while second part is engaging. However the second part of the film is a bit formulaic. But the post-interval portions again perk it up. Well-penned sequences keep the proceedings going and though pace drops down in between acting as speed breakers, due to the songs and romance it doesn’t fail to interest you. Suparn Verma amply doses the film with good versus evil formula and anti-Pak references. Also the brilliantly executed stunts by Allan Amin acts as the mainstay of the enterprise. Technically the film is taut and the credit goes to Harry Baweja. He has shot the film stylishly and has also given it international feel. Nadeem-Shravan's music sounds good. Cinematography by Sanjay F. Gupta is splendid

Ajay Devgan does a good job, speaking more through action than words. Suniel Shetty is fantastic and pro-India dialogues are surely to click well with the audience. Aashish Chowdhry is fine. Sanjay Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan are admirable. Chunkey Pandey is average. Neha Dhupia, Isha Koppikar and Riya Sen are okay.

‘Qayamat’ is an entertaining film and may cater well to the taste in the metros.