Review Of "Table No. 21"

Table No. 21 manly inspired by the television reality show Sach Ka Samna hosted by the lead actor of the movie Rajeev Khandelwal. Here Paresh Rawal once again emerges as a genius actor. The shift from the comic role of OMG to the cruel and mean host of the show in this movie is laudable. This movie is testimony of his brilliance in acting. Basically this movie presents a game show which has tricky questions and the players Rajeev and Tena who are couple on vacation have to answer it right. If they lie with the help of lie detector they will be caught. And the amount which is at stake is 21 crore. They get allured by the prize money.  Initially everything goes well but as the personal question from past comes up and they have no option but to speak truth otherwise will lose 21 crore here movie picks momentum. The interesting question and equally interesting answers will keep you engaged. For sure it will not give you enough time to think of popcorn or sort of stuff you might be holding on hand. Very important thing songs have not been crammed in the movie which has helped it to maintain its pace. Rajeev Khandelwal since Amir has been tremendous performer, he instills life in intense scene sequences. Tena Desai has done complete justice to her role. She has made her mark with acting and looked gorgeous too in bikini. No character in the movie will be seen doing overacting that's the beauty of it. In the end movie comes up with the lesson which makes great sense. The star director of the bollywood must be envious of the movie which has fared so well with little budget. Hence a good script will always be soul of any movie and good performance of the characters instills life in it.
For those who believe in script and performances its a treat catch it soon.

****/5

Review Of "Race 2"

As usual one more thriller from the stable of director brother Abbas-Mustan. This time too they have managed to keep pace in the Race. The USP of the movie is its unpredictability. Every scene carries with it sense of something unusual is going to happen and that is the trademark of the directors which they have maintained since Baazigar and Khiladi. The flashy vehicles, exotic location, stylish dressings all tell you that a good deal of budget has been injected in the movie. Basically this is a revenge story. Ranbir (Sif Ali Khan) has to settle past scores with Rehman Malik (John Abraham) and the whole story revolve around this two characters trying to outsmart each other. Let's start with the lead actor of the movie Sai Ali Khan, he has done justice to his role like earlier but in Race 2 we see Ranbir with a change of personality. In R1 we had seen him as intense elder brother with serious dialogues whereas here we find him a little more casual who sometimes tries to do comedy.Chase scene of him is one of the attraction point of the movie. In terms of looks he again emerges as a killer like the earlier one. John too has not disappointed with his performance.For the lover of hulk John a cage fight scene can be a eye candy. Anil Kapoor has been able to make the audience laugh through his witty sentences. He never looks like 50+ man behind the french beard. All the three ladies of the movie seem more like showpiece. Depeeka Padukon who looks hot throughput the movie but in the acting front there is nothing to watch put from all 3 of them. Especialy Amisha Patel is disaster in every scene.Unwanted and unnecessary song make the thing worst for the audience. There is not a single number which you can hum for longer time.At the end story is left open for the next sequal and hope Abbas-Mustan will get us a competitive RACE that time. If we compare Race 2 from the earlier version it lags way behind in the race. Overall a good entertaining and popcorn movie. If you like stylish movie and don't care much about the script you can spare your 2 hours and 26 minutes.

* * * / 5