After viewing Chandni Bar, Satta and Page 3, I was eagerly looking forward to viewing Corporate directed by the Madhur Bhandarkar.And luckily, I did not have to wait long as the movie was telecast on 17 July, 2007 on Filmy channel. Just like his other three movies mentioned above, this one is also a great movie - in fact one of the greatest Bollywood movies I have seen. Nevertheless, the movie is for the serious viewer and not for the cheap fun seekers in the cinema hall. The movie shows what dirty roles are played by the politicians in all walks of life - just for power, money and the extra chill. After viewing the movie, one learns that even the Corporate world can stoop that low to make profits by hook or by crook. Almost all the characters played great roles but Bipasa Basu as Nishiganda Dasgupta was par excellence. Rajat Kapoor is very versatile actor and in this movie as Vinay Sehgal he proved as one of the great actors. I particularly liked the scene when he blasted Devyani Bakshi (Lillete Dubey) after losing the Best Entrepreneur Award to his arch rival Dharmesh Marwah (Raj Babbar). Vinay Apte as state Finance Minister Gulamrao Ingle acted better than a real politician. Kay Kay Menon (Ritesh Sahni) deserves kudos for doing a great job. He is a natural actor. Even the role played by the peons in the office was very natural. The security guards of the politicians( read ministers) also know what they do just to chill. I would recommend this movie to all the serious movie viewers and those who have not yet seen it, are certainly missing some thing.

I found this movie to very entertaining. It could have been directed in the Ram Gopal Varma manner with nothing to disrupt the flow of the plot. Too bad that Bollywood fans only really reward masala movies. It dissuades people with good stories from relying solely on them. This was a serious role for Bipasha so they couldn't have doing her usual naach routine. But the main thread of the story, of the trench warfare between large corporations was gripping and well-presented. I think the fallout where assistants took the fall for policies they fought is quite realistic. Only in Japan do you ever seem to see the persons ultimately responsible taking their responsibility. Elsewhere the rationale seems to be "I don't have to, therefore I won't". The script didn't cop out on that point which earned it some respect.I think this is the first meaty role I've ever seen Rajat Kapoor do, and he did it well. Bipasha's role was atypical, and she fit into it way better than I had any right to expect. Same with Kay Kay. I've worked for many decades in corporations, and the whole thing rang true to me.I give it four out of five stars.

It is the story of corporate sleaze. Of course it is too much of cliché that corporate heads portrayed like mafia heads.But the film is interesting. The of story is purely narrative and linear. The film portrays the rivalry between two groups of companies, Seghal and Marwah. Somebody made a disputable statement that every rich man must have committed at least one sin in rising up the ladder. In this story there are too many sleazes and unethical acts that one comes to hate the business men and the higher executives in such companies. The nexus between the big business and higher politics and the media and NGOs is well known Nisigandha (bipisha) is high in the corporate world of Seghal groups who goes to extremes to steal the secrets from the CEO of the rival company. The part of her actions are due to the love and affection she has for Ritesh the brother-in-law of Seghal,who becomes the taam head. When the let down comes it is Nishi who has been the sacrificial bull. It is not that she has not done her share of crimes but everybody did and it is a pity that only she suffers and others escape with minor injuries. The finale is itself is disappointing. Nishi taking all the blame and goes to prison-for whose sake, and Ritesh commits suicide or was he murdered/ I don't think that business rivals murder each other except in Tamil serials. They are not mafia. Of course it is politically correct to portray them like that. Not that the businessmen are pure like a newly born babe.The narrative is interesting and Bipisha has acted very well. An interesting film and with tight screen play (but for the three unnecessary song and dance items) and everybody acted their roles competently.5.5 out of 10

Corporate explores the dark world of politics and under-the-table boardroom techniques in the business world. Set in present day Mumbai, it follows the story of our main protagonist Nishi (Bipasha Basu) and how everything and everyone around her have an effect.Tightly scripted and well acted, Corporate could have made it to being the best film this year, if it wasn't for a few things.1. The director brings in songs where they weren't needed. The item number, especially, was completely out of place.2. The slight love angle between Minisha and Sameer is totally useless... in fact, Sameer's character wasn't even needed.3. the character of the pervert CEO was pushed too far. He is a middle aged man in a bad marriage. He likes other women. But he doesn't need to bite his lips all the time in a horny fashion. Totally unrequired and a bit unrealistic.4. Bpasha's scene at home with Minisha did not need to have as much emotion as it did. It came off weak, since she was shown as a strong woman. A strong woman in a bad marriage would not be weeping that way 5 years later.All this does not mean that this is a bad movie. It is a rather good one, in fact. These points have been marked just as a severely critical viewpoint. You can actually walk in and totally enjoy the film.