By Rajendra

Awesome is the word! I am all admiration. And this is after reading a negative review just before I left for the multiplex.

Action starts right from the word go. Ok, the very first one is some leg-shaking action (which is not at all bad), but kidnap comes soon after, and without much ado. Imran very well created the image of a young man who was victimized when he was a kid, and of an intelligent, determined kidnapper. Nothing chocolaty about him here.

The photography, the outdoors, the indoors are great. Suspense is binding, and events are not at all predictable. Action, particularly of Sanjay chasing Imran is nail biting. Sanjay is fatter than his stories of weight loss had us believe. Music and dance numbers are very good and should be here to stay. Story is convincing, though the ‘clues’ left me clueless. But the story telling made up for the loss and filled in the gaps. The message is loud and clear — don’t be unjust to kids, even if one’s own kid is involved. Marital problems (which get sorted out) are also thrown in.

The critic had criticized Imran for his accent. But to me it appeared well suited to his role. His expressions are awe inspiring. He had also objected to dressing of the women. But I think the heroine had a right to show off her flat, muscular stomach. What a fit body! It can be interpreted as rightful display of feminine beauty, don’t see what was wrong with that. And critic has no business to demand how the kidnapped girl got her wardrobe all the dresses there. Film, stupid!

The critic had given me an impression that the story would be disjointed, patchy as bad movies have. But nothing like that. All and all, it was a very engaging movie. I enjoyed it a lot.