Movie Review: Tashan

What follows is not much of a review than a disparagement of this movie.

This is probably by far the worst movie that I have seen in recent history. Yasraj films have lost it. They have lost the ability to differentiate between good directors and absolutely horrendous directors. As my friend puts it rightly in her blog the director Vijay Krishna Acharya should stick to his vocation of dialogue writing. The film has got nothing going for it. The script is useless, the story line is nonsensical, the costumes are shocking, the dance sequences are atrocious and the cinematography was ghastly. No kidding! Some of the camera angles actually gave me a headache.

Anil Kapoor and Akshay Kumar were good in the execution of their roles. Although their killing of the English language is entertaining initially, it starts to get to you later on. Saif Ali Khan doesn’t have much to do. And Kareena Kapoor is average. But the most scandalous part of the movie was left for the last twenty minutes action sequence. The director’s brain must have gone for a walk when these stunts were being played out.

The director surely thinks we Indians are dimwits. Why do I say that? Well, there are so many scenes in the movie where the change of sets and locations is totally preposterous. In one scene Kareena, Akshay and Saif are in Haridwar and in the next scene they are driving down a narrow road in Greece! (with Kareena in the boot!) Let’s face it, who is the director kidding? There are no rivers near Haridwar that have crystal clear blue water!

The only saving grace for the movie is Vishal-Shekar’s music. They have done a tremendous job.

If Yashraj keeps throwing such garbage at us, very soon they might loose their stature as the production powerhouse. They might do well by being selective about the script and the director.

I would give this movie a 0.5 on 5. Just a note: That’s the lowest rating a movie has ever got on my blog.

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Can’t believe what you just read? I asked one of my friends who was online what he thought of this movie review. And this was his response (He has seen the movie too):

Me: do i need to berate it more?

M.J: yes i think lil more

Me: or shud i tone it down a bit?

M.J: .5 on 5 is generous

Me: lols…no dude…in future i mite see a worse movie…then i need to have some room for that

M.J: no remote possibility

Me: lols

M.J: nothing can be worse than this…are these stars carzy…how do they sign films like this?