Race - 3/5

Director Duo: Abbas Mustan
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy, Dalip Tahil and Johney Lever etc..
Music: Pritam chakraborty
Action: Allan Amin



I know it is surprising for many to see this review being posted before the morning show of friday. And after all the promos and advertising hoardings mention the release date of the movie as 21st March. Its not a premiere show where selected people get invites to watch the movie along with the stars on a thursday night, but its a paid premiere for the general audience at many of the mulitplexes. This time around the venue is Movietime , Goregaon hub. The multiplex is different from others(PVR, adlabs, cinemax, Inox, Fame) in terms of not so good service at the snacks counter , the non AC lounge and yes.. no national anthem.

After few adds of Vicco products.. yes the same ones which i have been seeing since my childhood and couple of trailers , the movie started 20 minutes late. The movie is about an insurace policy of 100 million $ whose beneficiaries are the brothers, Ranvir singh(Saif ali khan) who is a businessman passionate about races and racehorses and the younger one, Rajiv singh(Akshaye Khanna), a spoiled alcoholic. The movie has its share of innumerable twists and turns with many complex relationships between the brothers and the femme fatales in the form of Sonia(Bipasha) and Sophia(Katrina).

Towards the second half of the movie more mystery is added to the plot by RD(Anil) and mini(Sameera) as investigators trying to solve the case. I refrain from giving more details on the plot that might reveal the suspense element of the movie.

The lead actors Saif, akshaye and Anil have done justice to their roles. Among the actresses Katrina does seem to be in need of some acting classes. The lead characters are supported by cameos by Dalip Tahil( after a long time .. thanks to the "Bombay Dreams" stage shows) and Johny Lever.

The Director Duo which has given us hits like Khiladi, Baazigar,Soldier, Ajnabee and Humraaz has done a good job keeping the audience hooked to a fairly gripping thriller. Coming to the technical department Allan amin again steals the show with some good action sequences. Justice has not been done in terms of picturization of some good tracks like Pehli nazar main and the background score of Salim sulaiman is mediocre in comparison to their great work in Chak de India, Bhoot, Aaja Nachle and Ab tak chappan.

To summarize if you dont apply the laws of physics for some of the scenes and digest some minor unrealistic sequences, the movie is going to provide some wholesome entertainment as a thriller with a parallel comedy track ingrained.