Tashan (2008)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Vijay Krishna Acharya

Writer:

Vijay Krishna Acharya (writer)

Release Date:

24 April 2008 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Action | Romance

Tagline:

The Ishtyle... The Goodluck... The Pharmoola

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Jet Ski | Broken English | Breaking The Fourth Wall | India | Hitman

Cast

Akshay Kumar	...	Bachchan Pandey
Saif Ali Khan	...	Jeetender 'Jimmy Cliff' Kumar Makhwana
Kareena Kapoor	...	Pooja 'Guddiya' Singh
Anil Kapoor	...	Lakhan Singh urf Bhaiyyaji
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ibrahim Ali Khan
Sanjay Mishra
Manoj Pahwa
Yashpal Sharma

Also Known As:

Style (India: English title) (literal title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Greece

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

Was named "Most awaited film 2008" in a poll on indiafm.

First Impression Is The Last Impression - Is It Really? Don't Waste Your Time.

I had a lot of expectations from this movie and more so since it was a Yashraj Film.

Jimmy operates a call centre and one day he is invited by Pooja Singh to teach her boss, Lakhan Singh, English. The two fall in love and decide to run away but Pooja tells Jimmy that she can't do this as she owes a debt to Lakhan Singh, who is also known as Bhaiyyaji. But they decide and steal money from him and its only then that Jimmy finds out that Bhaiyyaji / Lakhan Singh is a Don. In the meantime, Bhaiyyaji hires a man, Bachchan Pandey, to track down Jimmy and Pooja.

Starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Kumar, the movie is directed by first time director Viay Krishna Acharya and is produced by both Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra.

"Tashan" has to be one of the worse films that I have ever watched. Yes! The scenery is good and Kareena Kapoor (and her much publicised weight loss) looks good. But plot is extremely thin on story and at times makes no sense from one scene to the other - hence why I have said at the beginning that I had expected more from this film as it was a Yashraj Production. With reference to songs, unfortunately, there is not one song that I can remember now.

There are moments where one can laugh and that is mainly thanks to Akshaye Kumar and Saif could have definitely done better while Kareena Kapoor played her part well. But this cannot be said for Anil Kapoor - it did not suit him at all as a villain. Lastly,never mind Aditya Chopra, who in the past has produced and directed good films such as "Mohabbatein," what was Yash Chopra doing by producing such a trash movie?

Conclusion: Bad movie, not worth wasting your time and that is my first and last impression.