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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. A fight scene that might even shock Rajnikanth fans. Lets face it, only Rajni can pull off stunts like that. In short, the director’s brain had 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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which is more funny?
1. Akshay fans saying KI is NOT a flop but MNIK IS a flop.
2. SRK fans saying ...
"You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? "
first you tell me. two questions for you:
Isn't it ...
DDDhit- Don't worry MNIK has recovered its money from Indonesia, Yeman etc. LOL !!! 
You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? :) 
Sachin in full form:
I hope you are feeling better
A. R. Rahman’s Chicago gig tickets sell for $1,050 each 
Kya Rocky sir...bahot neend aa rahi hai? :)
Chalo chodo iss baat ko we shud better agree to disagree on this ...
I am a Huge, huge fan of MS Dhoni for a pretty long time. I havent missed a single match ...
I do not think any Bollywood star other than Aamir Khan can figure in 2009-10 top 10 of all India ...
Simply Som 24 April 2008
08:22:50 pm
one more review of Tashan.
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Let me tell you first. Tashan is not a Serious movie. So, First thing you have to do is to keep your brain at home lock it in the fridgeto reduce the damage. Done? Still you have preoccupations like this is a Yash Raj Film and what we can expect is songs, dance, action, family drama etc.? Take a break. Remove all those pre-occupations and get ready to watch a light entertainer filled with action, drama and fun. Welcome to Tashan’s review.
Hot, single and beautiful Pooja (Kareena Kapoor) is all out to get hold of eligible bachelor and playboy Jimmy Cliff (Saif Ali Khan) who speak English fluently
and work in a call centre. Pooja works for Bhaiyyaji (Anil Kapoor) who is a dangerous underworld Don but illiterate. Bhaiyyaji is awaiting a group of foreign delegates and want to speak to them in English. A love affair is started between Jimmy and Pooja under the nose of Bhaiyyaji. Bhaiyyaji plan to marry Pooja where Jimmy tries to get her out of Bhaiyyaji’s clutches. Pooja is indebted to Bhaiyyaji for about half a crore rupees and cannot quit. The lovers make a plan and succeed in getting out 25 Crores of Rupees belong to the Don. Pooja cheat Jimmy and escape with the money. A skillful, talented and ambitious Guerilla from Kanpur, Bachchan Pande (Akshay Kumar) was bought in to search the lovers. Jimmy surrenders before Bhaiyyaji and tells his innocence. From him they got a clue that she can be in Haridwar. So, the two are assigned to get hold of Pooja and the 25 Crore Rupees. Will they meet Pooja? Why Pooja cheat Jimmy and run away with the money? Who will marry Pooja at the end? What will happen to the Underworld Don? Where those 25 Crore Rupees are hided? There are many interesting questions one can ask from this point. Watch the movie to find out the answers. It is fun.
Vijay Krishna Acharya, who was part of Doom, Doom2 & Guru as a writer try his luck in Direction with Tashan. I will say this new comer director succeed in part, much thanks to the banner and the presence of great stars. The director lack perfection, but from the very beginning the movie was attempted to give a light feeling and take off the seriousness from the audience. He failed in many departments but succeeds in one, i.e. keep occupying audience to the screen.
Anil Kapoor shown again his class and performed the humorous villain role with ease. His Ishtyle with the local dialects made his character jovial and ’katharnak’ at the same time. Akshay Kumar did his role with ease again, and the actor carried his screen presence from his previous films which helped the new director to stand on his feet. Saif Ali Khan missed the bus this time. He looks cool and performs well, but he is one actor who can reach to higher levels of acting when the role demands. His new look didn’t help either. Kareena played the seductress role well, she come out a bit bold and hot this time forget to become dolly and beautiful but the last half an hour compensated for the earlier loses and at the end she is a winner. Sanjay Mishra, Manoj Pahwa and Yashpal Sharma did their meager roles ok. Overall the performance were quite average but the screen presence of the actors salvaged the show.
Music was average. The Choreography was just ok. Falak Tak is the only song which I felt excellent for its music and choreography. Brilliant! Rest all of them are just average. The great locales could not compensate for the poor colour sense of the choreographers. For example, where a blue gives an extremely brilliant look and feel a mix of green immediately wipe out the mood completely. Follows is a mix of orange and dark blue. Choreography should express the mood of the song and project the emotion. But it is not done here. The back ground music was experimental and good. The Bachchan Pande background resembled the one in Dhol, but was extremely effective.
Cinematography was very good at some places where it fall flat in many other. The action scenes, the desert and scenes at Kerala all were good but were quite ordinary in many other places. Editing could have been better. The film is censored with 17 reels, but looks like a major chop undertook before it reached theatre to restrict the length to 2 hr 30 minutes plus.
The movie can be easily labeled as a time pass which tickle your bones and leave a smile in our face. The highlight is the light treatment of the theme, Action thriller. So there is fun and curiosity with each frame. Screen Presence of Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor & Saif Ali Khan contributed much to add value.
The movie can be labeled as a cartoon style film as well at times. Akshay Kumar Magic during the fighting, which overtakes spiderman, superman and all other cartoon characters. This Khilladi fights 100s at a time – Throw down at least 15 with his one push – Climb big walls and fight from middle when 50 people fire with machine guns – kill 100s and come out as unhurt. He can run like a cheetah and escape thousands of gun shots. It is hilarious as it intended that way. When the Killadi was doing all these, Saif tried a boat flight as well where he simply fly from the sea with a boat and fire just turning down the boat. The cartoon style was a matter of good laugh.
The director wish to heat up the boys with Kareena’s 2 piece Swim suite appearance showing the flat gym body muscles. Killadi Kumar tries a Rajani number several times to get giggles from girls, but he press below the belt line.
About the drawbacks of the movie? There are many and many. There is no logic whatsoever. All departments of the film making could have been improved. But do you really wish to know all of?
In short, don’t expect a great movie. It is another light entertainer with a formula action story told in the fun format in cartoon style. Time pass, nothing more, nothing less. The movie probably will add another hit for the Jubilee Kumar who started his winning streak long back, where it is getting positive reports.
N I T E S H 24 April 2008
08:28:57 pm
‘In short, don’t expect a great movie. It is another light entertainer with a formula action story told in the fun format in cartoon style. Time pass, nothing more, nothing less. The movie probably will add another hit for the Jubilee Kumar who started his winning streak long back, where it is getting positive reports.’
very much sums up my expectation. so I will take this as the second good review.
Review rating so far -
BOC- 3.5/5
RDV from SB – 3/5
Others (3) – 2.5/5
Total reviews so far – 5
Average rating – 2.5 to 3 / 5
verdict so far – Akshay is the saving grace, time pass movie, critics’ nightmare
beld o beld 24 April 2008
09:31:39 pm
this might just be one of those dumb akshay movies that work at the BO. he needs one well critiqued movie – either he is not making good movies or he is not winning the media over or both
Aarohi 24 April 2008
09:38:35 pm
WTF! Will wait for some NGite’s views of the film. Where is Devesh? He must have seen the movie.
beld o beld 24 April 2008
09:55:40 pm
aar – what does WTF mean
btw – if the movies sucks – IPL will kill it 2nd week onwards except maybe in Hyderabad
Aarohi 24 April 2008
10:03:53 pm
beld bhai: WTF stands for What!! Tashan!! Flop!!
Yup, IPL has already emerged as serial killer now it will graduate to movie killer as well if the reviews are anything to go by.
Simply Som 24 April 2008
10:10:09 pm
Aarohi: that is true.if Tashan does not live up to the expectations,IPL is gonna heavily dent into its collections.Matches like yesterday(RR vs DC) can only be a great thing for IPL and it’s on going popularity in India.
beld o beld 24 April 2008
10:11:50 pm
lol – good one aar.
btw – heard 3 good one liners yday
‘An IPL game a day keeps Ekta Kapoor away’
‘If Obama wins the election, they will rename it the Black House’
‘Hillary is thinking of producing and acting in a sequel….Kill Bill 3′
Aarohi 24 April 2008
10:16:26 pm
good one liners beld bhai.
btw, if Tashan really sucks, YRF would not take the stance they have taken with the multiplexes. I still hoping that the movie is good.
akshay shah 24 April 2008
10:19:27 pm
“The movie can be labeled as a cartoon style film as well at times. Akshay Kumar Magic during the fighting, which overtakes spiderman, superman and all other cartoon characters. This Khilladi fights 100s at a time – Throw down at least 15 with his one push – Climb big walls and fight from middle when 50 people fire with machine guns – kill 100s and come out as unhurt. He can run like a cheetah and escape thousands of gun shots. It is hilarious as it intended that way. When the Killadi was doing all these, Saif tried a boat flight as well where he simply fly from the sea with a boat and fire just turning down the boat. The cartoon style was a matter of good laugh.—This sounds cool!
Aarohi 24 April 2008
10:19:27 pm
Yes, Ekta Kapoor is indeed away these days. Yesterday my mother probably saw Symonds for the first time. She asked me: ‘yeh kanghi kaise karta hoga’ (how does this guy comb his hair?)