Giri

Remember those angry-young-man movies where as the opening credits roll we see little Vijay’s feet turning into the feet of Amithabh Bachchan as they run away from the scene of crime? These were tales revolving largely around the same three suspects: love, honor, family. Well, that’s the kind of good ol’fashioned ingredients that go into the making of Giri, a movie with plenty of gore, bore and lore. Not to mention, tub-thumping music and girls who dress at the cutting edge of nudity.

When Giri was only a little boy, he and his much richer pal, Raj, witness the....