Saturday, August 25, 2012

Review : Ek Tha Tiger



Direction : Kabir Khan
Starring : Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad
C.B.F.C Rating :U A
Genre :   Action, Roamnce, Thriller
Running Time : 2 Hours 13 Minutes

         Rating : 6/10


HOW IS IT..? 

Hyper expectations took you most of the time to disappointments, same happened here, but i can assure you that this one is far far better than Salman’s latest ‘Super hits’ like “Ready” and “Bodyguard”.



WHATS IT ABOUT..

India is in safe hands with RAW spies like Tiger (Salman Khan)who chase, beat and gun down enemies of the state no matter which foreign country they are in. Forever on the move, Tiger’s latest assignment is to observe the movements of a certain Trinity College scientist in the UK. Accustomed to using his fists for getting information, our desi 007 finds it a bit difficult to get close to this aloof scientist.
                  But there’s the professor’s beautiful housekeeper Zoya (Katrina Kaif) who can help Tiger. In the guise of a writer, Tiger prances around with Zoya and ends up falling forher; just as his colleague Gopi (Ranvir Shorey) had warned him not to.
                  So what could be the twist in this story?

Analysis..
Aditya Chopra’s story mixes a spy thriller with a love story which is sort of Sunny Deol’s ‘Hero-Love story of a spy’ few years back, also it’s not a fast pace film as it should have been for a spy film not it is so sweet like a romantic film.. Kabir Khan and Neelesh Misra’s script has its share of flaws. It gives some of the details of the movies, which leaves movie with a logic to viewers, but it loses logic sometimes, The story of the scientist in the first half shows Tiger quite inept as a spy and isn’t even given a proper conclusion.
Dialogues are also not upto mark, when there are good dialogues like “Yeh mera Do mahiney Ka Thankwa Hein”, there are also worst dialogues like “Main aashiq banne se pehle agent tha.”. Thankfully, the message isn’t drilled down in preachy dialogue. Yet, the dialogue isn’t what one is used to in a Salman film – oozing of style and filminess. Not that that makes the dialogue subtle or likeable. It is just plain lines trying their best to make an impact. Unsuccessfully.
Salman is good with action sequences, but emotionless blanks makes it even. Katrina is pretty, bubbly, and also seeing a woman in a Hindi film do cat-like moves is entertaining, alright. But, lifeless dialogue delivery lack of emotions makes it even. Ranvir Shorey doesn’t have much screen time as Tiger’s comrade Gopi, he is wonderful in his role. Even Girish Karnad doesn’t have much to do, but performs well as Tiger’s boss, Shenoy.
This film seems to be director Kabir Khan’s ultimate fantasy to script a desi Bond flick (like Tezz). Sadly, forcing a love story in it makes this concoction too lethal to consume. The chase sequences have been choreographed with meticulous detailing of parkour stunts. But few times this fails to have an impact as Salman only manages to jog clumsily and his unenthusiastic baby steps are followed by Olympian leaps across buildings, and we saw this before in Borne series. Aseem Mishra’s cinematography does justice to the yellow outdoors of Cuba and makes Iraq seem just enough dusty to be believable.

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