Tashan and Tamasha
Written on Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Unknown
“The Akshay Kumar”, casting of the movie reads so and they could not have got it righter. And they could not have got it wronger, by prefixing the "The" for rest of star cast as well. Nobody belongs there yet, except for Akshay. His charisma and stature has been burgeoning by day. Wherever he makes an appearance, he simply loots the show. Be it his little cameo in OSO, his brief performances in zee-sony-star (wonder if aastha is also there) award ceremonies, the latest thumps up ad, the daredevil stunt at IPL or the strings of hits he has been throwing .. one after another. Tashan is the latest one in his kitty (ok not a hit one) and how he delivers in otherwise a comparatively lack luster movie from the famed production house.Tashan is all about Akshay and his tashan. The first half of the movie is a narration with Saif suddenly coming out of the frames and talking to the camera, an innovative (not so quite) story telling which does look stylish. The movie picks up pace on a red scooter with Akshay Kumar and his 10 heads zooming past you. Thereafter you just want to see more and more of him. Even if it is his counter-strike-got-real fights scene with hanuman chalisa like bachchan pandey mixed with rap howling in the background. Kareena thankfully is not just a gimcrack though the director has tried his level best to prove her one, when she is thrown in song and dance sequences thrown in at most unlikely places. The songs, (though some of them being good) serve as road breakers giving the already waffer thin script a run for the money (pun intended).
Anil Kapoor, the lesser said about him, the better it is. He is plain boorish and irritating to the hell. His incomprehensible hinglish is hilarious, but only to the writer, because only that can explain the logic of using the same situational jokes again and again to the point where they (the jokes) are beaten, squeezed, ambushed, bruised and flattened beyond and worth recognition.
The pace of the movie takes a beating with all those flashbacks (which are weird to say the least) but the “tashan” keeps coming back in tits and bits (though you can't help thinking that you have had enough of it). The movie ends at least thrice with whispers of not-yet-over oomph every time. (I do realize that i have started using lot of dashes which result in words-like-this).
Despite all this and other extremely bad word of mouth reviews it’s still worth a dekko simply because Akshay is just too good to give this a skip.
The Good:
- The Akshay Kumar
- The first half
- Background Track
- Kareena in you-know-what
- The visual eye candy cinematography
The bad:
- Anil Kapoor and his irritating perennial unfathomable English
- The never ending one-against-hundred fight scenes
- The pyar-kabhi-marta-nahi and main-inteqaam-lungi flashbacks
The verdict:
- Watch it for him, The Akshay Kumar
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Nice review :)
Now that i spent Rs 180 on this movie..i have to say i enjoyed...especially after watchin eastern promises.
True, akshay's scintillating role, was the only positive in the movie.
His entry, the scene in which kareena cuts are jeans at the thighs, and the scene in which he hold her bra..
Also kareena's bikini scene was good (I'm surprised you were embarrassed mentioning it in words, you believe more in action eh? :D)
There are somethings which are implicitly implied. The fact is confirmed by the fact that you still got what i wanted to say :)
Dude! I would suggest you to remove this review! somebody might think about seeing this movie after reading that review!!
The only positive in the entire movie that I could see was the stylish presentation. The only tashan in the movie! Ya also a little of the background score.. ordinarily I would have been pissed at the director for letting the music being so loud that the dialogue becomes incomprehensible, but not this time. this time I think I am thankful for this blunder
And I have to add one more thing. Please dont insult counter strike by comparing it with anypart of this crappy movie.
@mountcleverest: I explicitly mentioned "watch the movie only for akshay". There are good things and there are bad things (probably they are more in number) and I mentioned both without any biases. You might not agree with me what i have written and you are entitled to do so but at the end of day its your call to watch the movie or decide otherwise.
dude.. please do not insult counter strike! Pull down the post!!
Vishal Jalan murdabad!! :D :D