Producer Kishori ShahaneDirector Deepak Balraj Vij
Music Anup Jalota, Jaideep Choudhary
Writer Deepak Balraj Vij
Lyrics Anup Jalota, Manoj Kumar, Amit Khanna
Release Date 29-Oct-2010
It's indeed a whole new role for Jackie Shroff. The actor who enunciated the quintessential tapori in Hindi cinema now plays the saintly miracle man in Malik Ek. And surprisingly, he plays it well, with a restraint and an earthiness that brings alive the seer.
The film is essentially a chronicle of the miraculous incidents that marked the life of people who interacted with the sage and ended up becoming his devotees. But more importantly, it shows the protagonist espousing a secularism that is desperately needed in today's India. When his devotees ended up fighting with each other on his religious affiliations and his antecedents, Sai Baba gave them a sermon on the essential unity of man. Who's a Hindu and who's a Muslim? he yelled and espoused the `Malik Ek' (One God) philosophy to the warring factions.
There is a warmth and simplicity in the narration, although the over abundance of songs and commentary does act as a deterrent. This one's a biography that's essentially meant for the believers.
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