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| Cast: Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor | | Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya | | Producer: Aditya Chopra | | Music: Vishal-Shekhar |
Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films
I'm sure many of you are wondering what Tashan means. It means style. The name is apt because in Tashan style is all. But this isn't the super cool Western style that Bollywood usually revels in.
This is heartland grunge in which lead characters come from Kanpur, everyone speaks in Hinglish and even a UP goon is a rock star. Tashan isn't so much a film as a series of highly stylized set piece songs, action and comic sequences with very little connective tissue. This isn't surprising because it is written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya who earlier wrote Dhoom and Dhoom 2, both of which sacrificed narrative for style.
But compared to Tashan, those films were models of coherence. In D2, there was also the sheer gorgeousness of Hrithik Roshan to connect the dots.
Tashan is a mind-numbing road trip filled with un-engaging characters. Anil Kapoor is bhaiyaji, a UP gangster, who desperately wants to speak English. Saif Ali Khan is a suave call center employee who is hired to teach him English. Kareena Kapoor is the femme fatale who sets events into motion and Akshay Kumar is the coolest goon in UP who sets on the trail of the couple when they dissapear with bhaiyaji's 25 crore.
Tashan could have been a kick ass roller coaster ride. There are stray moments when the film comes alive like Akshay Kumar's introduction scene in which the goon is acting as Ravan in a Ram Leela.
There are also some nicely choreographed action sequences though one in which Akshay and Kareena seem to be sexually aroused as he shoots people made me distinctly uncomfortable.
But mostly, Tashan sinks under the weight of too much attitude, forgettable songs and lack of script. The actors try hard but it's impossible to infuse life into such mindless scenes. Only Akshay manages to ride above the debris...there is an actor in peak form.
Tashan is the cinematic equivalent of being caught in a dark alley and bludgeoned. The ear-splitting background score amplifies the visual and narrative mayhem. When I walked out of the theater, I felt like I had aged. Only the fittest will survive this one.
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Surfer Speaks....
No Story, Bad direction, one of the worst films ever made. -- Indian (indian@gmail.com)
"TudeASHAN" as its name suggests is a movie with an attitude to things witha perspective but in a different way. The name coincides with the theme very well and whatto say about the acting of the starcast....its awesome....there is no doubt about the fact that kareena has come up with new vital stats which has appealed the audience too...akshay as always has carried the movie wonderfully that has added to its success and anil kapoor though potrayed as a dangerous criminal but a sense of comedy is ushered which makes it all the more humourous and saif is shown to be a very sophisticatedteacher and his accent is mindblowin..therefore all in all the movie is a complete paisa wasool.....complete entertainer.....songs are very enjoyable...but due consideration should have been given to the costumes of kareena as they are minimal which least appeals to the audience.....diection is too good as stunts and the locations seem to be perfect.... -- savneet kaur (savneet_22@yahoo.com)
Tashan is totally a confusing film.film is having a very weak script..no doubt director tried to do something differet,but he fails to do it.The whole story revolvs around Anil Kapoor. Anil is very talanted & experienced actor he tried do giv his best..But he is looking unfit in this new look..Saif Ali Khan is Zero in this film.Only Akshay done a great job. He is only actor is film who meke audience to clap, to laugh & to stand.His every dialogue delivery is brillient.film is good for once. -- rajesh kumar (rajesh_mediaperson@yahoo.com)
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