Movie Review: Tashan

Movie Name: Tashan
Year of release: 2008
Language: Hindi
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor

One of the most awaited movies of 2008....Yash Raj production.....Saif-Kareena's first reel life romance......etc. etc. All these facts did create a lot of excitement before the release of this movie. I did not actually make it to the theater in the first week to watch this one....especially after the reviews my friends gave me. Saw it last week after the first week verdict was out.

A typical 70s story has been remoulded into a 2008 style.....it begins on a very loose note, but builds up after Akshay Kumar enters....n again collapses at the climax.

All the stunts n action gone waste thanks to poor script n direction (especially Akshay Kumar's Parkour stunts....he did much better in his Thums Up ad). And whatever goes on next makes u wonder....."Yeh kya ho raha hai???"

Meanwhile, excellent performances by Akshay Kumar n Anil Kapoor...they keep the audience awake....Saif does justice to his character (if u have read all of the character sketches), Kareena looks s(t)ick with her size-zero figure....one of the major turn-off of the movie, in terms of her acting as well.

Music is excellent but alas....Vaibhavi Merchant ruins it all with her dumb choreography.... seems she's run out of steps after Kajra re and Aaja Nachle.

If u don't expect too much from this movie, n keep ur common-sense in the fridge, then this is an average one time watch, only for the above mentioned performances.

My rating: 1.5 / 5 stars