abhikthakur-1's reviews

This movie has a basic problem- it has no story. To be more accurately, it only has a premise of a story. And it stays that way only. The climax never arrives and the movie hardly gets any kind of conclusion whatsoever.

But mostly you will feel sorry for (while suppressing your laughter) at Vidya Balan- what was she doing here?

This could have been a great documentary. It does have great cinematography. You will feel the atmosphere and the tension on the air. But eventually all that will lead to a bigger disappointment. Can't these new age directors focus on the most elemental thing in a movie- to tell a story?

You will like this movie- if you watch it as a nonsensical over the top comedy!

Govinda had probably began to lose his touch a bit around this time. This movie was among the several flops he had delivered in those couple of years.

However, if you watch the movie now, he is just being the zany, crazy spontaneous self. His act as "Bhopadiya dada" (what a name!) is stuff of legends. It can't be scripted. It is pure ad-libbing!

Raveena is having fun. She is graceful and looks good overall and is sincere wherever the plot demands it.

Kader Khan is good form is both the roles. Shakti Kapoor and Johny Lever play their usual crazy parts. But it is Razzak Khan as 'Faiyyaz Takkar pahalwan' who takes the spotlight! He specialized in crazy cameos and this one, especially in the company of Govinda, stood out!

Overall, a good movie for a lazy afternoon/evening!

'Game' is slick and stylish. The visuals are unusual (Greece, Turkey et al) and cinematography impressive. The only problem is it tries too hard and doesn't have the goods to back up its efforts.

The biggest shock is the character of Boman Irani- is he the prime ministerial candidate of, did I hear it correctly, Thailand? And that too with a shady past? The tone of the movie is one of seriousness- if that is the case then people would expect you to get such little details right.

Another problem is poor casting. Abhishek Bachchan sleepwalks throughout the movie. There is a difference between acting cool and being lazy. He needs to work much, much harder. Sarah Jane Dias is simply horribly cast- one needed a bewitching persona to excel in such a role. Kangna Ranaut would have been better in Sarah's role- and ironically, vice versa is also true!

The director and scriptwriter fail on multiple fronts. There is little surprise and only a handful of suspense for the viewer. The CID series does a better job of maintaining suspense and entertaining the audience, even if at a basic level.

Overall, a case of promising big, deliver small- and this when I watched it on DVD!

I saw this movie yesterday and felt that the roles of Amjad Khan were underdeveloped, both as the narrator and as Vatsyayana. He is introduced as narrator but does not do anything after that. He then comes up as Vatsyayana but is lost after a few scene. I thought Vatsyayana could have been a recurring motif for the movie- just to highlight the eroticism of the times in the Gupta age, called the Golden Age of India.

Acting wise, Rekha is superb, nearly phenomenal! Debutant Shekhar Suman displays the nervousness of a now-poor man who is being seduced by a famous and rich courtesan- but he lacks screen presence, an obvious side effect. As a rookie and that too in front of Rekha, he would naturally have been nervous! The most curious case was that of Shashi Kapoor's Sansthanak- a role he would never have played anywhere else and something that Akhilendra Mishra's (aka Kroor Singh of Chandrakanta) of today would feel more comfortable playing! Still his acting needs to be commended- I noticed only really late that this was SHASHI KAPOOR!

Overall, the feeling was that while it was good, it could have been even better.