Tezz Review

With sanity suspended, and time at your disposal and a vacation to boot, lie back in your chair, ensure your supply of popcorn in large quantity and get to watching a London thriller Hindi “film made by Priyadarshan”. The faulty film is engrossing and often packed with moments of either thrill, adrenaline or fine and honest performances.
At a pretentious level the script deals with the problem of dealing with illegal immigrants on foil soil and how even the hallowed Anglo Saxon jurisprudence courts can go completely awry. Aakash (Ajay) is deported for being an illegal immigrant as the Brits do not recognise a Hindu marriage!! His wife Nikita (Kangana) could wail her way through London but in vain. Also caught in the same wrap are other illegal immigrants Meghna (Samera) and Aadil (Zayeed). Four years later he returns to Karmabhoomi with vengeance in his script.
At the entertainment level, we have the wronged guy out there somewhere in a ‘as never before grey’ London, who has planted a bomb in a train from London to Glaslough. The Railways manned by Sanjay (Boman) have the challenge to ensure that the train keeps moving until the demanded ransom is paid of or see the train destroyed with all its passengers. Just retired police officer Arjun (Anil) is recalled to get the guy and avert the disaster.
Reels and reels are spent on well edited but gruesomely long chases. It is not difficult to imagine how the law breaker is invariably ahead of the law enforcing agency. It would be interesting to do up a study on how our cinema invites cat calls when the villain earns the brownie points and the law enforcing agency is seen with muck on the face. The Director puts in sufficient punch to keep the audience engrossed and the stunt master has been handed over the script to have a filed day. He brings in the same polish (and sanity) that T20 brings to cricket.
The film is a typical entertainer that is worth a dekho once. Do not ask too many questions and you are in a safe zone. What really lifts up the film is the collective response from the cast. Ajay Devgn and Anil Kapoor blend into the script and perform in tandem rather than in conflict of their star status. Priyadarshan could not have chosen a better guy for the brooding avenger protagonist than Ajay. It comes but naturally to the actor and he can quickly shift to the raw emotional demands of the character. Anil Kapoor is too much of a veteran and knows his script so well that he chooses his moments to state his presence. Kangana has a miniscule role and even in that carries herself with grace and poise. Sameera and Zayeed add just the right touch as the support cast. Interesting pair who suggest that given a good Director they too can deliver. Specifically mention worthy is Boman Irani who in the midst of the ridiculous roles he accepts comes up every once in a way with a stunner, that renews the viewers faith in the actor- a phenomenon earlier displayed by Anupam Kher.
Typical holiday entertainer. And a trip to London to match.

L. Ravichander.