STORY Line of BHoomi: A shoe-smith Arun Sachdeva(Sanjay) is traumatized when he discovers that his daughter, Bhoomi (Aditi) has been raped by Dhauli (Sharad) having gang of three. The father and daughter are distressed for a bit and then plan to take revenge.

BHOOMI REVIEW: revolting as it may sound, rape and retribution seem to take over Bollywood. After Maatr and Mom, Omung Kumar, who demonstrates a spark with Mary Kom, seems to have fallen into the trap of making formula. And while every filmmaker argues that movies on rapes are 'socially-relevant'; you keep asking yourself—is the entire spike on screen justified.

Arun and Bhoomi are an affectionate father-daughter team living in Agra. They heave at your heartstrings with their cheerful baap-beti routine of cooking meals, colouring beards and combing hair.

When Bhoomi gets raped just a day before her wedding, you know which way the film will walk off. The insensible cops, the lame public prosecutor, the even lamer defense and the whole court-room drama where it has become trendy to discuss the victim's virginity makes you want to scream. Statistics of rapes are rattled off by all and sundry and the word `rape' is used so commonly that it almost knocks you dead.

Bhoomi has Sanjay Dutt. Returning to the spectator area after his incarceration, the actor wears the lines of his face with confidence. You can tell right away that the lion has aged but he's got tremendous screen presence.

Aditi is also outstanding, first as the stuttering, sweet girl and later as the woman seeking settling of scores for revenge. Sharad is too much the caricatured villain from the 80s, mouthing stupid lines. The overall writing is clunky. Artur Zurawski's camera work is efficient. Sachin-Jigar have composed a couple of foot-tapping numbers that don't necessarily have recall but when they are playing, you find yourself grooving.

Watch Bhoomi for Khalnayak. He's from that era of larger-than-life heroes who get you to whistle even when he is killing rapist. You may not approve of his thirst for blood but you can't fault his arrogance.

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