• Friday, December 24, 2010

• Country:

  India

• Language:

  Hindi

(2010)

Maxabout Review

Another Addition To The Con Caper List

Bollywood's charm with con artists is growing stronger by the day. Bluff Master, Bunty Aur Babli and Oye Lucky Lucky Oye are the famous ones that come to mind. Tees Maar Khan is another addition to the con caper list.
 
Director Farah Khan repeats her movie within a movie act of Om Shanti Om in Tees Maar Khan. This is the 3rd movie of Farah Khan (Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om) and the 1st one without her blue-eyed boy, Shahrukh Khan. Seen in movies like Namaste London, Welcome, Singh Is King and De Dana Dan, the successful pair of Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif team up yet again in Tees Maar Khan. The buzz of the movie is pretty strong due to heavy promotions, with Sheila ki Jawani already being a chart buster.
 
Tees Maar Khan is about a great criminal born who is fearless as well as shameless. He is the blue moon and is known as Tees Maar Khan. He steals cons and cheats all with such alarming audacity that even shame shies away from him! He and his gang comprising of Dollar, Soda and Burger have managed to keep the police, world over, on their toes. Then one fine day international antique smugglers, the Johri Brothers, assign Tees Maar Khan the biggest con job in life! He must rob antiques worth five hundred crore rupees from a heavily guarded moving train. Will Khan and his merry gang, with some unwitting support from his wannabe-actress girlfriend, Anya, and a greedy Bollywood superstar be able to pull off the greatest heist in history?
 
Tees Maar Khan starts off on a rocking note with Tees Maar Khan's neat escape from a moving plane. His attractive mannerisms make the 1st half a fun ride. Farah Khan's slapstick comedy is appealing in the starting but fizzles out as the movie progresses. Post the interval, Farah Khan loses it, as the narrative drags. Just when the rudderless movie, 'Bharat ka Khazana' that Tees Maar Khan shoots, Tees Maar Khan loses its own direction.
 
The movie isn't accurately unbearable, but falls way short of expectations. Without a strong plot, one at least expects the gags to be funny but they are far from it and few in number. Even the dialogues by Shirish Kunder are unappealing. Copious lines like 'Tube se nikla toothpaste aur Tees Maar Khan ki zubaan, dono wapas nahin jate get prosaic and add to your woes. Music by Vishal-Shekhar and Shirish Kunder is mediocre with Sheila ki Jawani being the only good track.
 
This movie has has some hilarious moments like the Bin khopdi ka bhoot track and Atish Kapoor (Akshaye Khanna) constant desperation to bag an Oscar Award. But the digs taken at Aamir Khan, Manoj Bajpayee and Danny Denzongpa are certainly below the belt.
 
Akshay Kumar plays his role well. But he has nothing new to offer as we have seen him playing several similar roles in the past. Katrina Kaif plays a wannabe actress to perfection and completely sizzles in Sheila ki Jawani. Akshaye Khanna is brilliant. It's actually good seeing him overact as his role demanded that. Raghu Ram and Rajiv Laxman don't have much to do. Salman Khan's guest appearance in Wallah re wallah is first-rate. Chunky Pandey is hilarious. Arya Babbar is decent. Ali Asgar is passable. All the other actors play their part well.
 
Tees Maar Khan ends with a song called 'Happy Ending' in which many cast and crew members receive Oscars. Well, it isn't such a happy ending for you as a viewer. The con job goes wrong mid way, after an impressive start.

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