24 Mar 2008

Acre. Care. e-Car. Race.

... or like a gujju would pronounce 'rash'.

Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy, Johny Lever

Director: Abbas Mastan

Story:
This is a story of the relationship between two brothers and their 200 million dollars worth of insurance policies. Like Detective Robert D'costa (Anil Kapoor) says - where there is a huge money involved, accidents are bound to occur. One of the brothers is thrown off the roof just before the intermission and the detective investigates and unveils the truth behind the mystery.

Things that I remember:
  • The 'taweez' on the arm of Anil Kapoor
  • The clock intentionally showing 6:28 in the digital clock when Akshaye Khanna is waiting in the office
  • 'Zaraa Zaraa' and Atif's rendition of 'Pehli Nazar' both of which are shameless rip-offs of a chinese and a korean song... even 'dum da dum da dum' in the vocals has been lifted
  • Kapoor, w.r.t. a stick of sugarcane, "Gannaa khaoge? Waise toh isay chuste hai, magar 'chusoge?' aise pooch toh nahi sakta"
  • Johny Lever playing his small but entertaining part where he narrates why mobile phone is better than a wife... i remember that more because my chuckle was followed by a phattack on the lap
  • During the car race, I was wishing that both the cars would explode and everyone should die and it should finally end it all

Pros:
  • All the actors are big stars during the release of the movie
  • Everything is shot beautifully and stylishly
  • The going on is highly unpredictable and the tempo is mostly kept up
  • Abbas Mastan are doing what they do best - thriller mystery
  • Great stunts and fresh action scenes

Cons:
  • Too many twists to the tale; makes the audience feel exhausted; a bit too much effort is applied to make everything unpredictable
  • 'Zaraa zaraa' and the title song are out of place, just like Anil Kapoor
  • I find the the title of the blog more interesting

Recommended if:
  • You liked Naqaab
  • You have an appetite for chakris and jalebis

2 comments:

iz said...

Lol. "I got heat-race' hehehehe. hehehehehee.

bricks said...

@iz: hehe