Race Movie Review and Pictures ~ All about Movies

Language: HINDI

Genre: Action, Drama

Director: Abbas-Mustan

Producer: Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu,Sameera Reddy, Katrina Kaif

Music: Pritam

Lyrics: Sameer Cinematography: Ravi Yadav

Editing: Hussain Burmawala

Screenplay: Anurag Prapanna

Story/Writer: Shiraz Ahmed

Action: Allan Amin

Director duo Abbas and Mustan (Baazigar, Humraaz, Ajnabee) are back with yet another taut thriller titled 'Race'. The movie is an action thriller and a murder mystery round the corner with a dash of romance and humor. After the moderately successful Naqaab, the duo is back with a strong star cast and yet another twisty tale. So have the Masters of Thrillers succeeded in thrilling the audience? Is race, a racy ride? Read on to find out...

Story:

Race is a story of two brothers. Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Rajeev Singh (Akshay Khanna) are step bothers who own a huge stud farm in Durban and are biggest bookies in the horse racing circuit.

Sophia (Katrina Kaif) is Ranvir's personal secretary. She adores her boss and loves him. Ranvir is totally unaware of her feeling and regards her adoration as her efficiency.

Shaina (Bipasha Basu) is an upcoming Indian ramp model in Durban. She and Ranvir share a very beautiful relationship, which is just on the borderline of love. But fate gets her married to Rajeev, a chronic alcoholic.

In moments of truth Ranvir and Shaina come close to each other, which leads to suspicion in Rajeev's mind. In all this chaos a murder is committed, a contract killing is issued, double crossings become the order of the day and betrayals are executed at the blink of an eye.

R.D, a flamboyant police detective who lives by his wits, along with his secretary Mini is assigned to solve this murder mystery. As they unfold the mystery, a point comes where you cannot pick the good from the bad, the evil from the righteous and the tame from the wild.

Analysis: Race starts of brilliantly. The perfect execution of the script by the director duo combined by the brilliant performances of the actors holds your attention throughout the movie. The first half of the movie with great stunts and twist in the tale is a great watch. Post interval the twists in tale continue but after a certain point of time gets very dreary to sit through. Just like the director duo's earlier flick Naqaab, the climax of this film to seems a little dragged. Just when you think the movie has come to an end, there is another twist and the race continues. If only the twists in the climax were executed in a better way and made less confusing, the movie would have been a winner throughout.

The performances of the actors make the movie even more engaging. Saif Ali Khan, as the macho and smart man, pulls his act exceptionally well. His expressions, dialogue delivery and passion are first-rate and he emerges a clear winner. Akshaye Khanna delivers an amazing performance. He acts brilliantly throughout the movie.

Anil Kapoor was hilarious and fun. His comic timing is brilliant. Superb performance. The ladies are no less compared to the men in their performances. Bipasha Basu sports a hot n chic look and bowls you out by her fabulous performance. Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous but needs to work on her expressions and her dialogue delivery. She is good.

Sameera Reddy in her limited roles makes an impact. To sum up, the director duos Abbas Mustan shine once again. They succeed in entertaining the audience throughout. However two songs from the movie could be chopped off easily for an even more racy enjoyment. Screenplay is good and dialogues hilarious and superb. Cinematography is mind blowing. The locales of Durban are shot exclusively well that makes you want to visit the place. Not all the tracks of the movie are good. The title song is enjoyable. Atif's pehli nazar is a chartbuster. Performances add to its credits.

Over all, Race is high on wheels with a twisty story and power packed performances. Worth a watch!