Ouch! by Taran Adarsh
By Taran Adarsh, April 25, 2008 - 16:08 IST
Hindi movies have undergone a sea-change in terms of content. From crude, been there seen that, done to death kind of movies, to films with substance, the audience tastes have changed over the years. Even though we’ve have grown up on the staple diet of desi food, we’ve cultivated a taste for Italian, Chinese, Thai and Mexican cuisine.
The experience with TASHAN is like, you enter a posh restaurant, waiting for a sumptuous meal to be served, but what’s served on your plate is vada-pau. TASHAN takes you back to the 1970s Bollywood, when illogical situations, blood and gore, for no rhyme of reason, were the main ingredients that made the junta break into taalis. Sorry, the formula doesn’t work anymore!
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Seriously, what was debutante director Vijay Krishna Acharya thinking when he wrote this apology of a script? It’s perfectly okay to revisit the classics and pay homage to the masala films of yore, but the new interpretation has to be contemporary, you need to change with the times.
The one thing that you realize after watching TASHAN is, no amount of gloss, glam and top notch stars can ever substitute for a riveting script. Great stars, great styling, great songs and great visuals work as long as the script is great.
So what’s the verdict then? If you genuinely miss the ‘Kamine, main tera khoon pee jaaonga’ and ‘Bhagwan ke liye mujhe maaf kardo’ kind of movies that dominated the 1970s, pick up a DVD of those hits instead. TASHAN is regressive cinema with a capital R.
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A call centre executive Jimmy [Saif Ali Khan] is entrusted the responsibility of teaching English to a gangster, Bhaiyyaji [Anil Kapoor]. But Bhaiyyaji’s key help Pooja [Kareena Kapoor] uses Jimmy to swindle Bhaiyyaji of Rs. 25 crores. Obviously, Bhaiyajji wants his money back and also Jimmy and Pooja’s heads.
He settles for Bachchan Pande [Akshay Kumar] to carry out the job of tracing Pooja, once Jimmy surrenders himself to Bhaiyyaji. What happens next?
Actually, TASHAN starts off very well and the first hour unwinds at a feverish pace. Besides, there’re interesting twists and turns in this hour that make you jump with joy. Akshay’s entry in the movie is the turning point and the actor only takes the film to a new level.
Alas, the joy is short-lived. The writer-director goes completely off the mark and loses focus. Instead of coming to the point right away, what the writer does is makes you run in circles and circles. It’s like boarding a direct flight to London, but the pilot suddenly decides on having stopovers in Ahmedabad, Dubai, Budapest, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, before landing at London. You’re exasperated!
What ails the film? Various factors. The film goes on and on and on. Unwanted scenes, the outdated love angle, the lenggggggthy fight sequences [people showering Akshay and Saif with bullets, but, well, nothing happens], the confrontation between good and evil in the climax… you actually pinch yourself, were you watching the same movie in the first hour? Or did the reels get changed?
Another minus factor is Vishal-Shekhar’s music. Seems like the composers have run out of tunes and what they offer is best suited for the music systems in their cars only. With such impressive names on and off screen, the music directors should’ve ensured that they come up with tunes that remain etched in your memory… in this case, at least that could’ve been a redeeming aspect. But the music is awful. The picturisation of some songs is, however, quite eye-filling.
Debutante director Vijay Krishna Acharya seems to have taken the audience for granted. Cinematography is excellent. The locales are a visual treat. Dialogues are good at places.
TASHAN belongs to Akshay Kumar completely. No two opinions on that. Take Akshay out of this film and the movie is a big zero. He’s the lifeline of this project and his performance will be loved by elite and masses, both. Kareena Kapoor is fantastic. She looks gorgeous, acts very well [her role is similar to the one she essayed in FIDA] and yes, she carries off the bikini with élan.
Saif Ali Khan is relegated to the backseat. What did Saif see in this role? He’s hardly there in the second hour. Anil Kapoor entertains at the start, but after a point, the Hindi-English bhasha gets on your nerves. Also, it’s very difficult to decipher what he’s speaking most of the time.
On the whole, TASHAN is one of the weakest films to come out of the Yash Raj banner. This film has gloss aplenty, but no soul. At the box-office, the film will join the ranks of JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM, LAAGA CHUNARI MEIN DAAG and AAJA NACHLE sooner or later… Business in Overseas will also be weak despite a popular cast.
Jem was a much superior film than DON IMO! 
Thanks Akshay! 
Thanks folks. Hopefully things will work out for all. 
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another review on the predictable line.
good thing is that reviews are better than those of Tashan.
this should be enough. 
will add : in one of sequence akki do appologise for his improper conduct of being a sikh and gives ...
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
You guys have to start paying me for my ‘instinct’
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Re: “TASHAN belongs to Akshay Kumar completely. No two opinions on that. Take Akshay out of this film and the movie is a big zero. He’s the lifeline of this project and his performance will be loved by elite and masses, both.”
Seems to be the general sentiment…
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
Now one reviewer who was supposed to give a maslala film like Tashan a glowing review has disliked it the most.
So far, It is indeed a disappointment as in all probability it is heading for a disappointment at the BO. The overall feedback for the reviews by the bloggers have been range from above average to absolute disaster.
While Akshay’s performance has been praised unanimously in all the reviews, the direction, story and music had been severely hit. Add on top of that the multiplex issue and this movie is headed for disaster.
Sandy you are right. Time for you to celebrate.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Too early to say Nitesh; rediff gave it a good review…
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
Saw it today!!! extremely forgettable experience.after seeing Tashan i felt D2 was a masterpiece!! f**k Yash Raj!! f**k you!!
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
The movie was so bad, i did not really care for the actors.Akshay does well here, others suck!!Saif is completely wasted .what the hell a competent actor like him was doing here?Anil dissapoints big time and Kareena,the less said the better!!
Comment by don123 on 25 April 2008:
My god is it that bad?
Oh Akki paaji, why did you do this movie, be a bit choosy, you are superstar for god sake.
Comment by beld o beld on 25 April 2008:
sandy - no credit to me. i believe i was the one who said i trust your instinct the most
Comment by JustaFan on 25 April 2008:
will this be 2008’s JBJ? if we go by the reviews then yeah. Let’s see how far Akshay takes this one.
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
Beld you come after Sandy…she was the masterpiece and you a masterstroke
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
“Sandy you are right. Time for you to celebrate”
Am I not always? LOL But on a serious note, this isn’t any celebration time for me, precisely because my prediction was never based on Akshay alone! I think I myself said that the ’stakes were never high’ here, esp since the promos were so terrible. What I said regarding its opening figures and gross was not out of spite but out of fair judgement. I was laughed at then!
One should appreciate instinct and not deride me for it.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Som: what about the references to Jhoom Barabar Jhoom that we’ve seen in a few reviews? Do you the feel the films are similar in tone, spirit, etc.? If so, I might like it as I liked Shaad Ali’s film quite a bit…
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
The general feedback is not bad, it is absolute negative…so no way can this movie perform.
whatever little could have been salvaged, has been decimated with the multiplex issue.
Akshay gets a brake and he starts the year with a bummer!
I guess this was more important for many here than the actual film itself.
cheers to sandy and beld and many others who were secretly hoping and wishing! welcome back to blogging full time
Comment by Julie on 25 April 2008:
Sandy no wonder I consider you amongst the brightest people in NG. You have been spot on.
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
beld , my last line was not for you…realised after posting.
Comment by Julie on 25 April 2008:
Nitesh more than anyone here the blame actually goes on to Yash raj. They have got their whole formulae of success completely upside down.
Comment by satyam on 25 April 2008:
Agreed Qalandar..
Nitesh, while this would be a bummer for Akshay I think yashraj would be blamed far more. The sense would be that here’s the guy who even had successes on nothing films like HB or took these to big totals and Yashraj managed to underperform or flop with him. Remember even with JBJ the narrative was more about Yashraj as I suggested at the time. The anti-Abhishek brigade pretended it was all about him but this was not at all the view in the industry or among distribution circles. To now deliver any kind of failure with a red hot Akshay would be even harder to live down.
Let’s see what happens here but either way Akshay will have a massive one in Singh. These failures are just stumbles when a star is on a hot streak.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Nitesh: Well if this film does not work then at least Akshay has a pretty sure “rebound” coming up with Anees Bazmee’s film; anyway no-one should feel that a first flop in SIX films is significant for Akshay Kumar (especially given that back to back flops in Swades and Paheli, followed by a KANK tank, and then a middling hit like Don, it was argued, didn’t matter — and perhaps correctly so when Chak De and Om Shanti Om rolled around).
But this is very significant for Yash Raj, who seem to be lurching from one disaster to another: barring Chak de India (which seems like a fluke AS FAR AS YASH RAJ IS CONCERNED as it is like no other film they usually make), they have had not only commercial but even critical disappointments in the last year (I liked Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, but only 4 other people did; Aaja Nachle got pretty average reviews, and Laaga Chunari Mein Daagh was savaged; Tara Rum Pum performed pretty well but was widely presented in the media as a flop). If Tashan joins this list too then Aditya has some explaining to do, as to how his production house has managed to botch films with relatively varied casts — Abhishek, Saif, Rani, Madhuri, Akshay, Kareena — and in different genres. Especially when UTV is making money even from Jodha Akbar, AND getting critical acclaim with ITS Jaideep Sahni film (Khosla ka Ghosla vs. Aaja Nachle). The fact is that Aditya hasn’t lived up to his billing once he’s moved away from the NRI love story formula, certainly not after the initial success of Dhoom 1 and 2 and Bunty aur Babli (I guess on the bright side maybe Bachna Ae Haseenon falls into this genre).
Sandy: the reason Akshay belongs at or near the top is precisely because his hits have been such crappy films; unlike films like Rang De Basanti which is a quality film, Phir Hera Pheri or Welcome without Akshay is barely distingushable from garbage like One Two Three — thus he gets credit in my book for hits with this sort of film.
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
“cheers to sandy and beld and many others who were secretly hoping and wishing! welcome back to blogging full time”
This is what I don’t understand. You’re acting as if the film’s getting thrashed because of me!
As I said, it’s not a question of ‘hoping’ but ‘judging well’. If the promos had been good, I would have said so— and Akshay Kumar being in the film makes the least difference to me.
I’ve never for once denied that Akshay is a force to reckon with in comedies. You’ll be surprised but I actually loved watching Akshay in films like Khiladi, Ajnabi and Mohra even. But I’ve been left very annoyed with his innane comedies in the last two years.
My only point of debate was with Satyam, you and others putting him at the very top of the heap. That was not acceptable to me -considering he has a very poor body of work and even in terms of commercial success, there hasn’t been a humungous solo hit yet!
I just kept reiterating that unless one of these conditions are met, Akshay can’t move forward to the SRK-Aamir league. Where am I wrong here?
And most importantly, I was never pinning any hopes on Tashan in either regards, so there!
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
Julie, that’s very kind of you. But really, Nitesh hasn’t been ‘reading’ me correctly, if he thinks my comments on Tashan were said in spite!
Comment by Eire on 25 April 2008:
I think its too early to predict Tashan’s box office fate as the film could still be a hit.
It’s unfortunate how most of the reviews have been bloody awful for Tashan. It’s even more of a shame that YRF just can’t be arsed to care about making films with topnotch scripts, story, and direction.
There is nothing wrong with glamour, style, etc.. but they have to be backed up with some substance and real story. YRF need to start making good films again. Regardless of the box office they need to realise that story and script are the most important.
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
I will take Tashan as Akki’s film as Yashraj was simply riding on his back.
All these praise for Akshay in the reviews are like consolation prize. For me the most important thing is the BO performace and then the actor’s performance. BO is the bottomline. period.
Akshay was never claimed to be a supertar based on his performance but based on his BO performance and I still stick by this theory. He has flunked the test when it was required to deliver. Superstardom does not come with ease. I would not have taken the full credit had Tashan been a massive hit, as predicted by most of us, but its BO disaster (if that happens) has to be blamed squarely on him.
YRF, they had lost face last year itself. Never accepted them to be the most powerful and hope people will agree to it now.
Bar was high for Akshay, he failed, let him give the flak when deserved because did not we praised him when he deserved then.
I am not the one who would have settled even for a 60Cr grosser for Akshay now. I have been an arrogant fan (many will vouch for it) and so am I even now.
Comment by Myna on 25 April 2008:
“If Tashan joins this list too then Aditya has some explaining to do, as to how his production house has managed to botch films with relatively varied casts — Abhishek, Saif, Rani, Madhuri, Akshay, Kareena — and in different genres.”
Aditya might say that the cast doesnt include Srk, Aamir or Hrithik!!
…lol…thats a joke, now ppl dont jump on me. I too believe its the movie that has to work on the whole, not just one actor/star.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Although sandy and I disagree when it comes to the scale of Akshay Kumar’s stardom, as I read her comments there is no spite in them at all. In fact she has said equally “harsh” things about actors and films that she has liked too. I don’t think the analysis is always accurate as I see it, but there’s no petty glee at work here.
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
“the reason Akshay belongs at or near the top is precisely because his hits have been such crappy films; unlike films like Rang De Basanti which is a quality film, Phir Hera Pheri or Welcome without Akshay is barely distingushable from garbage like One Two Three — thus he gets credit in my book for hits with this sort of film.”
My objection has never been to rating Akshay in the top league. He is, withiut a shred of doubt. But he cannot frog-leap to the Aamir-Srk league, unless some more criterias are met.
It takes talent to be discerning and choose good scipts and make a success out of risky projects through various genres.
If aamir can do it and others can’t, I don’t think it’s fair to take away credit from him because he can precisely do that!
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
Qalandar:some may say it’s a spoof kinda deal,but honestly i did not feel that way.
whatever be it, i was thoroughly disappointed.style overshadowing script or lack of it has been a problem for the movies of this genre if D2 or Race or Tashan anything to go by.Filmmakers have taken it for granted that Indian audience will lap up everything that has some westernized action sequences here and there shot in foreign locales,bikni-clad or semi nude babes even if there is no script to start at the first place.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Myna: but Aditya has delivered a flop even with Hritik, and in the love story genre, in Mujhse Dosti Karoge! and a definite under-performer in Mohabbaten with SRK; and Yash Chopra himself said in an interview that Veer Zaara didn’t make as much money as he expected it to.
[The above is also said in jest, please don't jump on me :-)]
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
‘But he cannot frog-leap to the Aamir-Srk league, unless some more criterias are met.’
There is only one criteria to reach where SRK is- Box Office. Rest all are far lower level targets.
Aamir will have to wait. There are others like Abhishek who have more solid work ahead.
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Sandy: agree on Aamir, but then, even SRK is not in that league. One Chak De India cannot make up for Swades and Paheli (remember, unlike Mangal Pandey, these films didn’t even open well). My point is not to deny SRK top star staus (he was undisputed #1 in my book a few years ago, and today also he is #2 to nobody, although some others have definitely crowded him and perhaps joined him), but to say that NOBODY can generate the buzz that Aamir Khan FROM A FILM THAT IS SEEN AS COMMERCIALLY RISKY. I think that is indisputable.
Comment by satyam on 25 April 2008:
Sandy: The reason I resist your ‘Akshay is big in comedies’ logic is because that’s like saying ‘SRK is big in love stories’! After DDLJ the first time that SRK had a success that wasn’t a love story/family film or outside his genre was CDI! 12 years after DDLJ. Even if one wants to accept Don as some kind of decent run it too appeared 11 years after DDLJ. I was of course saying all along that this was the SRK problem. And if that genre was a prestige one at the time let’s also not forget that SRK also had high profile prestige flops or in films like Duplicate, Koyla, Josh, Dil Se.
My point just is that one cannot use the genre limitation only for Akshay. And stardom is rightly or wrongly not at all connected to genre. If akshay can keep getting success in comedies that’s all the producers and distributors care about. And evidently the audiences since there is a market for Akshay’s comedies (which let us not forget gross far far more than anyone else’s comedies!).
I understand Akshay is not your kind of star. That’s fine. But his box office is undeniable. I expect chandni Chowk to be big irrespective of Tashan.
Comment by Julie on 25 April 2008:
Sandy - I am sure Nitesh knows that the blame for Tashan’s BO disappointment, if at all has to be shouldered by YR completely. Look at the below average produts that they have been coming up with in the past year or so. When was their last major hit CDI and before that D2. They have been getting their whole strategy with multiplexes wrong, little or no investment on publicity as well and the emphasis on Kareena Saif off screen romance was always going to be dicey.
Anyhow if Akshay does manage to pull this through and makes it a decent success it’s a big feather on his cap, and I would say that YR should go and personally thank him for they have no hand in the success of CDI either. I think being in the trade, you have a better grip and feel about films and their prospect, so yes one cannot ignore your judgements.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
BTW it’s still early to say how Tashan will perform at the BO. no doubt the reviews have been negative,but i hope Akshay pulls this one off something like Hrithik did with D2.
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
Nitesh: Nothing more to add, except that I say what I believe in and use fair judgement, which is why I’m right most of the time. Whether it be about TZP or Tashan!
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
I will wait till next saturday to pass the judgment on BO…I have seen lot of critically dismissed movies doing good business.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
“I have seen lot of critically dismissed movies doing good business.”
that is true, but the problem here with Tashan is the paying public too has not responded that well unlike say a Welcome or Vivah.still as i said it’s early days to pass any judgement.
Comment by Myna on 25 April 2008:
hahaha Q, I know. But I was referring only to past 2 years. Its only recently that all their films are flopping badly except few. But I still wonder what made them to take such a stand against Multiplexes! Tashan I still feel might end up as atleast a hit bcoz of Akshay. I never felt films like Hey Baby, Bhaagam baag were any better (Sorry Nitesh)….but still they were hits.
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
And trying to bring out Aamir here is hardly going to do anything for Tashan. The actor has all of Akshay’s strengths (commercial clout) and none of his weaknesses! More importantly, he’s sitting on what looks like a monster hit this year(Ghajni of course!)
Comment by Julie on 25 April 2008:
and Nitesh to be perfectly fair to Sandy she has ripped apart bad movies of all major stars, be it Aamir or SRK, not necessarily the stars. In this case many of us initially did have a bleak feeling about Tashan based on the release of first promos, but later on the promos improved. However this fetish by YR to highlight the Kareena Saif off screen romance was going to be the biggest turn off, but I may still check this movie out for Akshay. Though Som has ripped it apart so badly that I fear it is even worse than Race, and believe me watching Race did give me a thundering headache.
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
sandy, not to take anything away from your judgement, my judgement too has been spot on so far barring Tashan (My Aag’s prediction was given more without a thought)
I still beleive that the promos of Tashan definitely had that feel good and no way one could have thought that it will not be a good masala film. I do not think that few realities can justify the judgement that was given with more anti-thoughts than actual.
My predictions on JA, welcome, TZP, Heyy Babyy, Bhool Bhulaiya, Partner, etc were spot on. Even many others are most of the time correct. So know one is aloof from realities here and if at all i have to pick most grounded ones on NG, heck there are many names who are more creditable.
Comment by N I T E S H on 25 April 2008:
‘The actor has all of Akshay’s strengths (commercial clout) and none of his weaknesses! ‘
Great hopes and a self-wordldly thought. Hope he recovers soon from what i beleive was a stunt that he took and injured himself.
BTW, am def looking forward to ghajini as it is one action film that will have a chocolate coating.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
“never felt films like Hey Baby, Bhaagam baag were any better (Sorry Nitesh)….but still they were hits.”
There is nothing to be surprised at. most of the films that become hits or more are pretty mediocre stuffs not only of Akshay but same goes for others stars as well.
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
Julie:” believe me watching Race did give me a thundering headache.”
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Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Nitesh: aside: glad to see you step up to the plate and “take it on the chin” in a frank and fearless manner re: akshay’s “responsibility” for a failure, but in all fairness it is hard to disagree with Julie’s placement of the greatest responsibility on Yashraj — how on earth does one manage to get a failure with akshay when Priyan, Sajid Khan, Bazmee, and Vipul Shah don’t?!
Aside 2: perhaps fans acquire some of their favorite star’s qualities too: Thus we would expect forthrightness from Akshay fans (Nitesh), sobriety and thoughtfulness from Aamir’s fans (RKS, Jay Shah), equanimity and poise from Amitabh fans (Ravi), breezy confidence from SRK fans (beld), and ugliness, lack of hygiene, and unkempt appearance from Abhishek fans (Qalandar).
But let’s not write off Tashan too soon. It’s reviews have not been as bad as Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’s and I’ll wait for my friends’ and relatives’ reactions to get an anecdotal sense of some audience reactions.
Aside 3: Let’s also not forget Saif; if Tashan fails, then his unexpected RACE bonus seems to have had a short shelf life.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
“I still beleive that the promos of Tashan definitely had that feel good and no way one could have thought that it will not be a good masala film.”
I agree with Nitesh here.Tashan had everything going right for it and many of us here had expected it to do very well.It’s a different thing that it has got bad reviews from critics and the audience reactions too have not been very encouraging.
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
“ugliness, lack of hygiene, and unkempt appearance from Abhishek fans (Qalandar).”
LOL
“sobriety and thoughtfulness from Aamir’s fans (RKS, Jay Shah)”
hmm…’Fan’ would be more extreme word…But Yes I give more preference to Aamir’s work…BTW I defend only RDB and pretty much indifferent to any other stuff. I think you and Satyam are more fan of Aamir than I am.
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
“Let’s also not forget Saif; if Tashan fails, then his unexpected RACE bonus seems to have had a short shelf life.”
Stars help to a certain point…At end, product should be likable to viewing public.
Comment by S T R E E T on 25 April 2008:
Wow… I love this. The stage is set for SrK to salvage YRF once again!!! when is RNJB coming?? And then, folks, history will have it SrK’s way. YRF couldn’t deliver with Hrithik in early 00’s (MDK anyone?) and now HUGE duds with Abhishek and Akshay…
But far more.. I love the 70’s bashing… on NG, bashing anything from that decade is considered blasmephy to say the least.
btw.. is OSO the only throwback movie ever to succeed at the BO?
Comment by Julie on 25 April 2008:
“Akshay was never claimed to be a supertar based on his performance but based on his BO performance and I still stick by this theory. He has flunked the test when it was required to deliver”.
You have demonstrated a very sporting spirit Nitesh. But it is still early days to predict the BO failure of Tashan. Even if it is a decent success Akshay for me is a winner here. And the year is still not over for him….
Comment by beld o beld on 25 April 2008:
Wow this thread has taken off. Nitesh, chill yaar. Who gives a damn. Its one movie. I think this helps akshay in some wierd way. I dare say this shows that actors are what matter and not producers. If akshay can recover from this then he is a bonafide star to me.
As for yashraj, the multiplexes are laughing all the way to the bank. Now I can’t wait for the best actor debates post sarkar raj
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Re: “I dare say this shows that actors are what matter and not producers.”
Beld: not sure I follow? Did you mean to say the opposite?
Comment by beld o beld on 25 April 2008:
No q. Its a lil complicated logic I admit
Essentially akshay gave hits with nobodies. And tashan flopping shows that yashraj can’t save movies with their brand. Whereas actors have much better chance of it.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
BTW i just saw glimpse of Aamir’s “Jaane Tu Yaa Jane Na”.appears little weird to me!!!
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Ah I see beld…yeah I’m inclined to agree with that, sort of along the lines of one of my comments to sandy above.
Btw, if Mumbai can’t win today, they should be shot. Felt bad about the match against chennai, they came so close. Despite myself I am coming to root for the plucky spirit of the Rajasthan Royals — as a commentator said yesterday, they play like a team and not a collection of stars or disparate players…definitely VVS was out-captained by Warney.
Aside: a lot of the media commentary said Symonds justified his pay packet by his century yesterday, but that’s crap. Symonds isn’t paid so much money just for his batting, but because he adds a bowling option to a weak Deccan Chargers bowling attack — and he’s doing his best to give back all the runs he scores! His last 3.5 overs (going back to Sehwag’s assault on him at the end of the game with Delhi) have gone for 77 runs!!! Even for 20/20, that’s a bit ridiculous…
Comment by beld o beld on 25 April 2008:
Btw, as a confident srk fan (thanks dirty unkempt q), he should not even be compared here. He is in a much higher strata. Heard his franchise will make money this year itself and in couple of yrs, his team will probably be worth 100m. That’s a cool 25m in 2 years.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
NG is very slow on my side!! are others experiencing the same problem??
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
Aditya: Please post your comment again. It seems, I deleted your comment.
Comment by sandy on 25 April 2008:
Even though Nitesh has singularly chosen to go after me on this thread(as if my ‘clairvoyance’ proved to be the curse for Tashan!), I’ll say one thing. I’m really proud of him (like Q and Julie have mentioned) to be upfront and honest about the film’s rejection here. There has been none of the dishonesty and double talk one gets to encounter generally with some others.
Comment by Aditya on 25 April 2008:
simply som, nope, you’re not the one. my server is VERY slow and freezes, as a result, i made multiple posts by hitting the submit button repeatedly.
Comment by rks on 25 April 2008:
Yes Som. Probably due to hits. There was a crash in morning (california time).
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
BTW,i sense the multiplexes may not change their stand on Tashan after seeing all these negative reviews and reactions which will definitely affect it’s collections in the weekend.
Comment by Eire on 25 April 2008:
Som: I’m having the same problems with NG. The site today is VERY slow and sluggish. Is there a glitch with the server?
Comment by Aditya on 25 April 2008:
don’t worry about it, rks. its not so important 2 repost it…lol.
Comment by ILG on 25 April 2008:
Another naysayer i.e myself proven right like Sandy. This one is going to perform like JBJ.
Comment by MG on 25 April 2008:
Looks like Yashraj has screwed up again and Akki gets the blame..what about all those people who were crowing about Saif-Kareena being the USP of the movie?
Comment by coolp on 25 April 2008:
YRF should start giving importance to script. Most of the YRF films last year, with the exception of CDI had poor scripts. In my opinion for the movie to work, you need more than a stellar star cast.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
“what about all those people who were crowing about Saif-Kareena being the USP of the movie?”
Unfortunately they are the worst links in the movie.neither they nor their chemistry impress.moreover Kareena looked like she was suffering from Malnutrition, her “unbelievably thin” look pissed me off.
Comment by MG on 25 April 2008:
“moreover Kareena looked like she was suffering from Malnutrition”…this is the second time they have made a pretty woman look her worst..Kareena never looked better thatn she did in JWM. As much as I dislike the fact that Akki is going to have a flop cuz of YRF..i think this failure should put them in place
Comment by Eire on 25 April 2008:
Tashan seems to be garnering bad reviews on par with Aag. This needs to be a really wake up for YRF. The story and script are king for any film.
I’m also in agreement that YRF has a horrid habit of making attractive women look their most unattractive.
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
“this is the second time they have made a pretty woman look her worst”
who was the first time victim? I guess you meant Aish in D2!!!
Comment by MG on 25 April 2008:
” I guess you meant Aish in D2!!!”…yup
Comment by rockstar on 25 April 2008:
bad reviews so far will wait for a while in terms of box office result as most of the recent biggies have been crap in content though tashan is still not an outright comedy ( the genre which is lucky for akki)
Comment by Qalandar on 25 April 2008:
Will watch the film this weekend.
Comment by devesh on 25 April 2008:
WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR SO FAR, EVEN WORSE THAN 1-2-3.
AKSHAY ROCKS, AND MANAGES TO MAKE YOU SIT IN THE THEATRE. I SWEAR I WOULD AHVE LEFT THE THEATER IF HE WAS NOT THERE.
WHATEVER BUSINESS THIS MOVIE DOES, ITS AKSHAY ALL THE WAY. HECK JUST GIVE ME ALL AKKI’S SCENES FROM THE MOVIE AND I WILL WATCH THEM ALL OVER AGAIN, BUT THIS MOVIE JUST SUCKS TOO BAD!
I AM AFRAID ABOUT RNBDJ NOW, YRF IS REALLY TUMBLING AND HEADED TOWARDS DISASTER!
Comment by Simply Som on 25 April 2008:
thanks for your thoughts, Devesh!! This was just f***ing bad and it really sucked.
Comment by Jesse on 25 April 2008:
“BTW i just saw glimpse of Aamir’s “Jaane Tu Yaa Jane Na”.appears little weird to me!!!”
Where oh where did you see this Som? I’ll take the weird over the boring anyday. From what I have heard this one is another throwback movie…
Comment by Jesse on 25 April 2008:
Btw, why is there such a disconnect between all the popular reviewers (Taran, etc.) who can usually spot a hit film from a mile away whether it is good or not and the audience reaction. I saw the FDFS video fro Tashan at Indiafm and it seemed like most were pretty happen with the film.
Plus if YRF does indeed have a loser on their hands why were they so stubborn with the multiplexes?
Comment by Jesse on 25 April 2008:
And yeah I still get the feeling that I will like this one and it has just been plainly misunderstood by the critics.
Comment by akshay shah on 25 April 2008:
Nice post this…interesting set of thoughts..
My take:
YASHRAJ is the clear loser here if TASHAN flops badly….
Akshay seems to have saved the MOVIE itself somewhat, and NOT ONE critic has slammed Akshay. Saif has gone back to being a side-kick, and if TASHAN fails, his RACE hit means SHIT ALL:)!
Comment by rudresh on 25 April 2008:
well as i Predicited in Thread it will another JBJ.
And still stand by my pridiction <60cr