Talaash Review

The directors of Bollywood are getting better day by day. After a period of forty years, they have finally mastered the art of making exceedingly good trailers. Its a pity though that they are still unable to replicate the same magic in the movies they make. Branding the movie as a "psychotic thriller" clearly shows that the makers of the movie have little clue as to what the genre actually means. Amir Khan's performance in the movie is average as the role is simply not challenging enough. The only positive in the entire film is Kareena's performance. Don't get me wrong but you can't disagree with the fact that Call Girls are her forte. Direction is highly mediocre and Reema Kagti has been unable to recreate her success with Honeymoon Travels. The dialogues are scratchy. You can easily make out Farhan Akhtar's pathetic phrases from Anurag Kashyap's deep thoughts. Now I simply can't understand why would you have two contrasting dialogue writers for the same movie. A large chunk of the plot is junk and could have been easily done away with it. Despite Zoya Akhtar's claims that the movie is based on a real life experience of her's, it would take a lot more than that to hoodwink a film buff as you can't help but notice the eerie similarities to Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense." Give this one a miss at the theaters and jot it down on the list of movies to watch at home on a lazy Saturday night.