Starring Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor. Written by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti. Directed by Reema Kagti.
After Lagaan, Taare Zameen Par, 3 Idiots and Satyameva Jayate, Aamir Khan has been associated with ventures nothing short of path breaking, both from artistic and commercial point of views. Inevitably, expectations from Talaash are anything but low. I saw the film after reading a plethora of praising reviews and they took their toll. I was sincerely biased in favor of the film.
And even though the film is much better than some of the recent debacles, I was sorely disappointed. The film is basically a bi-layered deal, on the top it is a nail-biting investigation following an inexplicable car crash but somewhere the film coaxes us to believe that there's something more, much intense and mysterious than the accident, buried in the life of Aamir and Rani's shattered coupling.
The first half of the film succeeds in holding our attention because we really didn't have any clue what it was all about! It was, in its truest sense, a mystery. But before we could even get bored and hope that the demystification shall begin soon, we are given some clues as to where the film might progress and we pray that it isn't what we think it is! I mean, after all, Aamir is in it, right? How could it go wrong?
It does. And it hurt my feelings. The film goes horribly trite turning into a monstrosity of boredom. Barring the few emotionally ripe sequences, the film has little to offer. The only, one and only, salvaging aspect is the lead performances - of Aamir's, Rani's and Kareena's.
With a sharp first half, hiking our expectations, second half betrayed us like an ex-girlfriend does for dimes.
And even though the film is much better than some of the recent debacles, I was sorely disappointed. The film is basically a bi-layered deal, on the top it is a nail-biting investigation following an inexplicable car crash but somewhere the film coaxes us to believe that there's something more, much intense and mysterious than the accident, buried in the life of Aamir and Rani's shattered coupling.
It does. And it hurt my feelings. The film goes horribly trite turning into a monstrosity of boredom. Barring the few emotionally ripe sequences, the film has little to offer. The only, one and only, salvaging aspect is the lead performances - of Aamir's, Rani's and Kareena's.
With a sharp first half, hiking our expectations, second half betrayed us like an ex-girlfriend does for dimes.
