Sunday, December 2, 2012

Talaash

 
Directed by Reema Kagti, stars Aamir Khan(Surjan), Rani Mukherji(Roshni), Kareena Kapoor(Rosie)and Nawazuddin Siddiqui(Temur).
Movie opens with a big-bang accident which involves a car falling into the Arabian Sea in the middle of the night. Search operations reveal an upcoming famous movie star Armaan Kapoor (Vivaan Bathena). Surjan is entrusted the investigation of the accident, which kick starts the movie. Surjan and Roshni move into a new neighbourhood and Roshni is welcomes by nosy neighbor Frenny(Shernaz Patel). There is not much conversation between the couple and Roshni is spending a good amount of her time with the psychiatrist, to overcome a major tragedy in their life, for which Surjan holds himself responsible. Surjan is a workaholic and spends all day and night on the investigation. This leads him to meeting Rosie,a call girl and she enchants him, giving him certain subtle clues about the accident. He spends a considerable amount of time in the red-light areas since that’s where the common thread of the accident lies. Temur on the side wants to make a quick buck thinking he knows the cause of the accident.
Multiple encounters later, he seeks her to get his peace of mind and puts together the pieces of the puzzle that leads him to the reason behind the accident, and eventually closes the case.
What I liked:
The script is strong and does not need the usual song-dance routines or unwanted fate induced situations
Aamir Khan as the angry expressionless cop, with a heart of gold – only one scene has he beaten up a pimp
Kareena Kapoor – no overacting, pouting…just a subtle glam doll who seduces with her dialogues
What I did not like:
Second half had too much build up to the answers and ending was like a sudden drop of a cliff
My rating: 3/5
 

1 comment:

  1. u come out of the theater singing Muskaan Jhoote hain...smart dialogues from Farhaan Akthar...Nawazuddin is a talent...and i wish to add this movie is notches above the 198 crore Ek Tha Tiger and 115 Crore JTHJ...but will not appeal to the masses and lacks repeat value...sadly u can predict the climax around interval...

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