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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!

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Black & White Movie Review

Language: HINDI

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Subhash Ghai

Producer: Subhash Ghai

Cast: Aditi Sharma, Habib Tanvir, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Anurag Sinha

Music: Sukhwinder Singh

Lyrics: Ibrahim Ashq Cinematography: Somak Mukherjee

Editing: Amitabh Shukla

Art Direction: Leela Chanda

Subhash Ghai is synonymous with larger than life movies. Movies that cater to the popular tastes. With Black & White, Ghai changes lanes. Deviating from the large canvas, extravagant sets and soulful-music-with-lavish-settings, he comes up with a film that"s real, that pricks your conscience… a film that's in sharp contrast to his earlier accomplishments.

It truly requires courage to swim against the tide. With Black & White, Ghai enters a lane not many master storytellers would dare to venture into.Black & White signifies the coming of age of a seasoned storyteller. Sure, he has made great entertainers that have tremendous recall value, but Black & White is a gutsy step. It's realistic, it"s thought-provoking, it"s topical, but not dark, depressing or preachy.

As a storyteller, Ghai has handled the subject with maturity and a few scenes do leave an indelible impression. But Black & White could"ve done with a shorter length and a tighter screenplay. Yet, all said and done, Ghai deserves marks and praise for this courageous step. Watch it for a different experience!

Rajan Mathur [Anil Kapoor] is a Professor in Urdu literature. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife Roma [Shefali Shah]. Professor Mathur comes across Numair [Anurag Sinha], who introduces himself as a victim of communal riots in Gujarat. But, in actuality, he is a suicide bomber commissioned by a Muslim fundamentalist group to detonate a bomb near Red Fort on 15th August. During his fifteen-day journey, Numair manages to take shelter in the Professor"s house and wins the trust and fondness of the couple. While helping Numair to get an entry pass for 15th August celebrations at Red Fort, Professor Mathur introduces him to the warm and loving people of Chandni Chowk.

Amidst all the tension, he is caught in an emotional dilemma whether to go ahead with his mission. Despite his deep-rooted fundamentalist beliefs, he sees this as one of the most colorful and loving areas. Nevertheless, he moves on with his mission. But something is disturbing the mind of this young lad...

The story of Black & White [Varun Vardhan] is one of its USPs. Black & White tries to peep into the psyche of a human bomb, a fanatic who has a change of heart gradually. The transformation of a heartless, cold-blooded murderer to someone whose inner voice tells him to revolt against his ‘masters", the change is well depicted on screen.

But Black & White is not without its share of hiccups. The romantic track, for instance, stands out like a sore thumb. It could"ve been avoided. Also, the reasons that change the fanatic"s thinking aren"t powerful enough. To be specific, the portions from Shifaali"s brutal murder, to her last rites, to Anil and Anurag entering the Red Fort premises, to the cops arresting the terrorists – the sequence of events should"ve been more dramatic and convincing.

But the last few minutes, when Anurag confronts Milind Gunaji and assaults him brutally, is simply outstanding. One of the finest sequences ever filmed in this genre!

Directorially, Ghai rises beyond the script and has canned a number of sequences well. The portions depicting Afghanistan as also the pre-climax [Anil"s emotional breakdown] are exemplary. Sukhwinder Singh"s music has a soothing effect. ‘Jogi Aaya" and ‘Main Chala" are melodious compositions. Somak Mukherjee"s camera captures the bylanes of Delhi well. Dialogues are well worded.

Black & White belongs to new-find Anurag Sinha. The newcomer carries the cold, murderous look with gusto, living the role with his electrifying presence. Ghai has been instrumental in carving the careers of several names in the past. Now add Anurag to this illustrious list.

Anil Kapoor proves his versatility yet again. In his last outing [Welcome], he enacted the role of a person who was on the other side of law. In Black & White, he"s a law-abiding citizen and Anil is memorable in this film too. This performance should occupy a coveted place in his impressive repertoire.

Shifaali Shah is excellent. Although the length of the character isn"t substantial enough, the actor stays in your memory thanks to a highly competent performance. Aditi doesn"t get much scope. The senior citizen is first-rate. Aroon Bakshi is efficient. Milind Gunaji does a good job.

On the whole, Black & White is a fine effort from a master storyteller who dares to change lanes with this film. In that respect, an effort like Black & White needs to be lauded. Targeted at the thinking viewer, the makers and distributors have rightly released the film at multiplexes primarily and the multiplex junta should appreciate the effort, at big centres mainly. It will have to have the backing of a strong word of mouth to climb the ladder.

More than anything else, a film like Black & White deserves to be tax-exempted, so that it reaches out to a wider audience across the length and breadth of the country.

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