एक धक्का और दो!!

Too much of anything is good for nothing, and RACE proves it to the core. It was perfect Sunday morning in March. Heat was intolerable and we hop on to near-by theatre for RACE's matinee show. It was my 5th movie of the year. The first 3 months are not ideal for bollywood this year. Jodha-Akbar fail to meet too much of expectations (and why not), Bombay to Bangkok sheer disappointment, Sunday was OK (that's the problem...it was just OK) and Halla bol was crap. Race had really good review. Imagine Rajiv Masand gave 3 stars and TOI's 3 and 1/2 ratings was enough justification for our 60 bucks ticket.

Our good ol' director duo Abbas-Mastan had quite a sinusoidal career graph, I loved their Khiladi, Main khiladi Tu anadi. Ajnabee, Hamraz and Aitraz but got derailed with Badshah, Chori chori Chupke Chupke, 36 China Town and Naqaab.

Its RACE between two brothers; Ranbir (Saif) and Rajiv(Akshaye), Saif being older amongst two (could you belive that?) he neither looks older nor matured than Akshaye (in spite of his stubble and rough looks). So story starts in Durbon (South Africa seems the new hot spot for bollywod film makers, as they have overdone with NYC, London and Sydney). but still its accepted as running their stud farms in Mumbai or Delhi wont look logical either, So story starts on Derby race course and keep on taking turns, there is twist and turns and more twists and even more turns. I guess our directors have promised producers there would a twist after every 15 minutes. U enjoy couple of turns and then you fed up. Its just like going to an amusement park, you enjoy first few rides so much, that weightlessness, adrenaline rush and thrill you enjoy it initially. But how long you can take it?

Back to movie, there are 2 babes, who looks stunning and have brain too (woopie). Bade bhaiyya (who happens to be "Sautela Bhai" as well-icing on a cake) loves babe1, chhota bhai also likes babe 1. babe 2 loves bade bhaiyaa, but bade bhaiyaa loves chhota bhai more than babe 1. Chhota bhai is pakka bewada but since he loved babe 1 more than the bewada so he promises bade bhaiyaa that he will give up bewada for sake of babe 1 and bade bhaiyaa. So finally Chhota bhai marries babe 1 and automatically babe 2 got open option of bade bhaiyaa. and Do they live happily ever after??

well that's all about RACE. I can't reveal the secrete because I don't remember the total number of secretes. Movie keeps you on your toes but just for guessing what would be the next twist. (give me a breaaaaaaak).

Just for your reference (that too if you really need)

babe 1: Bipasha Basu

babe 2: Katrina Kaif

There are 2 more characters(??) in the movie a fruit freak police officer and his dumb(that's overrated ) but supposed to be sexy assistant. Anil Kapoor sucks (right from ganna to your brain) and Sameera Reddy (well she doesn't :D) that's what Anil Kapoor complains about (:p)

Music looks good in promos, even Atif's "Pehali najar " doesnt bring the same magic on screen. Race title track is foot tapping.

It's really pain to see Johny level in such a ungraceful cameo. Funniest dialogue in the movie

where Saif says to Katrina "Tum etani achhi actress ho ki tumhe Hollywood mein hona chahiye" (That was the blassst.....please leave her alone guys, she is doing what she can do BEST...she looks awesome in the movie). Saif and Akshaye just walks throughout in the movie with their Armani suits.

I can't comment or recommend the movie, because nobody is paying me to do so. But looking at last year's suspence flicks like Johny Gaddar and Manorama, RACE was just about style.

If you like cars, studs (both) and babes go and grab the race tickets. Otherwise want to see a real suspense drama manage to get the DVDs of Shaban Azmi- Amol Palekar's "Khamosh"(Vidhu Vinod Chopra's first feature film) or K.K raina, Pankaj and Anu Kapoor starrer "Ek ruka hua faisala". I just happened to see both the movies on forgetful movie channel B4U MOVIES. but these movies haunted me for days. Over budget, skin show, car racing, jazzy movies we all love it Abbasji Mastanji, even the movie isn't out and out bad, bass thoda jyada ho gaya.