Tees Maar Khan: Who said that??

Directed by: Farah Khan
Release date: December, 2010

I am sure there is no one in this country who hasn’t heard about the Sheila ki jawani. From day one when the song was on chartbusters we started receiving SMS about this most sizzling song of the year. Song raised the expectations of the audiences and we are all set to again witness the great DRAMA of BOLLYWOOD (as Farah Khan is a master in doing so).  But once again the trailers did their job perfectly. They misguide the audiences!

About the Story – Tabrez Mirza Khan urf Tees Maar Khan (Akshay Kumar) is among the best thief in the country. It was showed in the country that there is not a single lock which he can’t open (though he only opens the door for cockpid in the beginning of the movie). His girl friend Katrina Kaif is a struggling actress. Johri Brothers (the vilan) hires Tees Maar Khan to rob a running train which is carrying some antiques of around 500 corers. TMS makes a plan to shoot a movie in any village near the railway tracks (from where the train will pass) and as a part of the shooting he will rob the train. For completing his task he hires Aatish Kapoor an Oscar-hungry film star (Akshaye Khanna) for the lead role.

Once you come out of the theater you will not remember a single scene on which you laugh loudly. After the release of movies like 3 idiots, Golmaal 3, Phas Gaye Obama etc we have a 3-5 mins shot in which we die laughing. Though I was not expecting the same in this movie but I was expecting the magic of Farah Khan. And trust me it was missing. She is a master when it comes to Drama and we have witness the same in Main hoon Na and Om Shanti Om. The story is very weak (or rather I should say there is NO story). Again, as I believe it’s becoming a trend Akshay is wasted in a meaningless role, Katrina has done superb job in Sheila ki jawani (nothing else to mention). The only surprise of the movie is Akshaye Khanna. In the role of an Oscar-hungry film star he is something we haven’t seen before. I don’t know how but he is hilarious.

Farah Khan is capable of creating a world of dreams though her hold on the dramatic side of the story. As per my opinion she is a perfect example of a typical Bollywood Director.  She can make you laugh, cry and even fall in love whenever she wants. But she has done a blunder this time and lands up in a no man’s land. The movie will not find his audiences. But this doesn’t mean she should go back to SRK for her all future films. She can do it without him as well.

On the Chorography part in the movie, “Sheila” is awesome and “walla re walla re” is energetic. However I felt that the creative side of her (in terms of Chorography) is again missing.  

Songs are good, background score is just OK types, nothing to be noticed in Cinematography, Editing is again as required. The only missing component was – COMEDY.

Suggestion: Do watch it for “Sheila ki jawani”, else save money for next Friday!!!!

The Last Samurai (movie): Loyalty through sword or a way of living?

Directed by: Edward Zwick
Release date: December, 2003

Service, Loyalty, duty, commitment, faith, trust and bravery …. I am short of words in order to describe what all I felt after watching the movie. It was explained in the movie that Samurai means – to serve. Samurai’s were the protectors of the KING. Their ancestors had been doing this for hundreds of years. The same emotion was everywhere in the movie. Every scene, dialogue and conversation in the movie is filled with these not so common emotions. Every word they said or the act they performed is filled with loyalty. It is a slow paced movie but I believe it’s required to make sure that audience understand the depth and the true meaning of the film. Every small aspect related to life, war and duty is explained in a very detailed manner.

About the Story – Tom Cruise is a well known personality in US due to his unbelievable victories in wars. He works for money and has good experience in fighting with tribes. He is hired by a Japanese man to fight with their enemy: THE SAMURAI - Katsumoto! Tom Cruise come down to Japan and trained the army with new equipments. They went to war; however the army was not ready for it. As a result Tom gets captured by the Samurai group and they bring him to their village. Tom was wounded, Katsumoto’s sister take care of him though she was aware that Tom killed her husband. Tom has to spend a whole year there so that he can recover from his present situation. While staying there he finds some special things which he had forgotten long back – discipline and honor. He decides to help them against their king but later he understands that the fight is not against the king, it’s against the corrupt system and bureaucrats around the king. In the final fight sequences all the Samurai’s die but Tom manages to survive. Tom returns to the Samurai village.



It’s very difficult for my generation to understand/believe that someone's  wish/command is more than enough for a person to give away his life. I remember this dialogue when Tom Cruise asks Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe): kaya raja aapko maarna nahi chahenge? Katsumoto replies: muhje maarne ke liye unko itna sab karne ki zaroorat nahi hai, unka aadesh hi kaafi hai. Since childhood they were trained to protect their king and obey his every command. They live and die with this very simple but hard to digest (for us) belief.

We are living in a world where personal interest is everything we can think of. There is no value of promises or commitments. People are ready to hurt anyone for small things. We are not ready to listen to our parents because we think we are a cool/new generation and they are old/narrow minded. We don’t think that going out somewhere late is bad. Lying is no crime. Breaking trust is in the fashion. Duty – what’s that? Honor – never heard of it. We run away from responsibility like it’s our birth right. We don’t feel shy or ashamed in doing anything which is in our interest. We can spread bad mouth about our country over corruption/growth but we never think of doing anything to change it.

When we see people dying for their country, for their fellow men, for duty ... we think they are nuts/stupid. We are not able to relate/understand this feeling because we never felt or even tried to feel the same. We do not want to come out of our comfort zone. I believe Edward tried to shake our world of dreams through this movie and has shown us the real meaning of being alive.

Edward Zwick (director) presented it in a very simple yet heart touching manner. You will not find the movie interesting if you are not in a mood to understand it. It’s not very entertaining for everyone but a masterpiece for some of us. But once you start watching/feeling it, you will fall in love with it. It will take you through a journey of the most special feeling (service, Loyalty, duty, commitment, faith, trust and bravery) which most of the movies are not capable of.

It’s a slow poison guys!!!!