Movie Review Tashan: Tashan has less Tashan, more tension

Tashan movie review:

Tashan has nothing new to offer and is cliched at its best(or worst). Brand YashRaj will definitely face flak if it comes with such kind of movies. Tashan was the most anticipated movie of the year with all the four stars having a golden run at the box office. Tashan plucks out every cliched part that has been explored before and comes up with nothing new. Except for the performance of the foursome, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena and Anil Kapoor, Tashan is big time tension on your brain.



The story: Saif Ali Khan is a call center executive who falls for a girl(Kareena Kapoor) who wants him to teach English to her boss Bhaiyaji(Anil Kapoor). He commits a huge errror because the audience is exposed to stupid Hindi-English mumbo jumbo from Anil for the rest of the movie.

Kareena asks Saif do a money scam for her so that they could elope. Saif does it and comes to know that Bhaiyaji is a dreaded gangster and before he can tell this to Kareena, he sees that she has disappeared too. Anil asks Akshay Kumar, an angry young man from the rural sector to search both the guy and gal and bring them back with the money of course.



Akshay finds Saif and they both find Kareena. Slaps, songs and gyrations follow and the story is suspended for sometime. Saif Ali Khan asks Kareena to seduce Akshay Kumar. One needs not be a genius to know that Kareena falls in love with Akshay Kumar. In fact, we are forced to accept that they had been childhood lovers(flashback taking generous amounts of time). Saif Ali Khan becomes a supporting actor post interval, and lets Akshay handle the movie which had limped to near death in the first half. Kareena Kapoor states that Bhayaji(Anil Kapoor)was the person who killed her father and she wants revenge. Towards the end, there is dhaam-dhoom, guns blazing, fists flying, Akshay Kumar dangling with the wires, punches, kicks galore and explosions-all making you reach for a crocin tablet. Finally Kareena kills Anil Kapoor with the help of the two heroes and all is well that ends well.



Technicalities:
The cliche is very much evident in the dialogues. Did you know that Vijay Krishna Acharya, the dialogue writer of Dhoom and Dhoom 2 made the character of Uday Chopra speak Half-Hindi and half English. It sounded cute and funny with Uday Chopra mouthing words like "very okay, very okay" or "wrong legal"(instead of illegal) in those flicks. Now Vijay Krishna Acharya who has turned director with Tashan extends this mannerism and makes Anil Kapoor speak in broken English mixed with Hindi. It seems like Vijay wants to make every character have a funny habit speaking dialogues in half Hindi and half English. In one movie, it was fine, but in three movies, Dhoom, Dhoom 2 and Tashan, doesnt one smell predictability here?



And what's with every character mouthing "Tashan, Tashan" everytime as if the word was their copyright?



The movie also uncannily has a Race hangover; the first scene of the movie and the immediate flashback is similar to Race.



The script is insipid, not worthy of a YashRaj banner. The music is noisy and off-key. As a director Vijay Krishna Acharya still has a long way to go. Editing is a major let down because the first half of the movie crawls and there are a lot of scenes which could have been trimmed down. You get a feeling that Tashan could have had smart one liners and funny scenes but all hopes are let down by lengthy flashback scenes and irrelvant scenes. Action scenes in Tashan are good but unrealistic. Though they are over the top, Akshay Kumar makes them believable at times. But then Bollywood simply does not seem to go off the habit of heroes emerging unscathed from thousand bullets being shot at their direction.



The best part about Tashan are the performances and the one who had the real Tashan(style) is Kareena Kapoor.


Performances: Akshay Kumar is first-rate with superb body language and wonderful dialogue delivery. The scene where he asks Saif how to propose Kareena is a notable one. Saif Ali Khan impresses too but his role is grossly reduced to a sidey character in the second half. Anil Kapoor is okay but he truly makes the audince crack up in the "Maa Tum Khush Toh Bahut Honge scene" a take- off of Deewar. Kareena Kapoor is the best part about Tashan. Watch it for her. Her lithe slim figure and terrific body language is mersmerizing. Trust me, Kareena has never looked better before. The bikini scene is totally drool-able. Kareena acts quitte naturally, watch her emote in the scene wih Akshay Kumar when h tells her about his childhood friend Guddi




The verdict:
Minus points: Too many cliches, bad music,irrelevant scenes, slow plot
Plus point: Kareeena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar.




Actually Tashan, the movie seeems to have been made to entertain. That is why you have all-childhood romance, lavishly song picturizations, video-game style action and bikini tease. But then, there are way too many cliches and coincidences that can make one cringe. It is actually a waste of the producer's money to squander it on stupid things rather a good script. It is a waste of the audience's money to watch movies like these that celebrate stupidity.