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Saw this Sanjay Dutt flick, which reminded me of Kaante, the moment I picked it up from Rathish's hands this evening and it did not let me down. The similarity is hard not to notice. Firstly there are Sanjay and Mahesh. Instead of Suneil Shetty, plug in Anil Kapoor and perhaps Aditya Panscholi instead of Lucky Ali and the cast is almost complete. Here is a twist, there is the sexy Sameera in place of software engineer chap.

What's new and Noticeable?

Almost immediately noticeable is, Sameera is appearing in a "role" for a change, rather than an item number. She seems to still have that inertia from those songs though. Her outfits throughout the movie would make Urmila hide behind a beach towel in shame! This is no doubt a guy flick like Dhoom (good that the boss went to sleep early!)

Also noticeable is Aditya Panscholi, begging to get attention, seems to have visited Tirupathi and shaved his hair off, giving him a Jason Kidd appearance to appeal to the desis in New Jersey too.
Well, Sanjay Dutt, who is no doubt the most famous star, for the first time in several years has played a backdrop role in his home production, a la Prakash Raaj in Azhagiya Theeye. He has no doubt made the "don" role, his own!

Mahesh Manjrekar, although the same person from Kaante, has shown great class in playing his role. He is a totally different person from what you saw in Kaante.

The sequence in which Anil hears simultaneous recounts of the same tale from Sameera and Mahesh is well shot and exciting to watch, given that at that point, you cannot incline one way or another. Also worth mentioning is the train sequence near the climax, it was really well shot! The suspense is gripping, and reminds you of an English flick, "The Sting" at times, but the climax is a BIG BIG let down!

Verdict

Great movie from a technical perspective. Really great if you are a single guy (oh what the hell... any guy) watching! Seems to borrow from Dhoom, Kaante and several English flicks and is a good attempt, but really bad climax! Music is not all that catchy, well who listened to the songs anyways! Worth watching once. Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 12:44 AM