A two and half hour long Thums Up ad called….Tashan

When you watch ads like Thums Up or Mountain Dew…you know that this is not possible.. this is exaggeration. But you buy it for those 30 sec….because it ends in 30 sec. You take it casually. If you want to show that type of action in a full length film, you have to create that type of background. Only then viewer will buy it. Otherwise it will be called Tashan!

Only one line was running through my mind while watching the movie…’What the hell is that supposed to mean??’ Those who REALLY want to know about the non existent story can go here

Only 1 point about the action..why was it there?? I will tell you about only a couple of action scenes. I think they will convince you not to waste your money, energy, fuel, electricity and time in watching this movie.

Scene 1: Somewhere in Rajasthan

About 23-25 policemen confront Akshay, Kareena, Anil and Saif who are hiding behind some pillars. Upon entering the camera frame…the police start shooting these people like they are infected with T-Virus. Why?? Why do you want to kill them so badly, Mr Cop?? How about “Hands up!” or “Dont move!”…follow the standard procedures! Now something get into Akshay and he comes out running towards nothing in particular. Policemen must have been mislead by their commander… he must have told them that people die if you shoot 2 ft away from their feet. None of the 25 cops seem to aim correctly at Akshay who is running in front of them, then towards them and finally kick boxing with them! On top of that Anil and Kareena do the same! 3 people kill an entire police battalion. You have seen these kind of scenes before…but you simply cannot buy it in Tashan.

Scene 2: Climax

Same disgusting stuff from scene 1…but one shot tops it all. Anil is using a water jet from a hose to push Kareena off a bridge.. That seems to have created some sort of water canal. Then he remembers ‘Damn it..I have a gun!’ Just as he points the gun at Kareena, Saif finds a motor boat and comes to rescue her through that canal. Just when I started to think ‘Could this get any sillier??’, he does a somersault with it and pushes  Anil off the bridge.

Some irritating things (in the movie..other than the movie itself)-

1) Anil Kapoor trying to speak english. Horrible, pathetic, ridiculous! Not a single line that you can bear!

2) Songs and their great lyrics. ‘Dil Dance mare’?? What is that??? (Why god, why? Why are you doing this??)

I cant believe I am saying this..but Race was much better! If you dont like Kareena..there is nothing in this movie for you.

If you still want to waste your time…see the climax

Also see this post by Avnish on Tashan MTV Tickr