TALAASH

Genre: Drama Mystery Fantasy Thriller

Direction: Reema Kagti

Lead: Aamir Khan

Reema has already set her mark for extraordinary talents in story and screenplay in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, and since the bar was set so high, this movie did not make it upto that level of excellence. Not that the movie lagged anything, it's just that the script was not that powerful in the first place. The movie gives such high-teaser build-ups at times for the accident's mystery that keeps the audience waiting for the suspense to unravel. And that's why the audience is left disappointed in the end because the movie actually gives the feel that it's about a crime case, which it is not. The movie is not about solving the puzzle but about how solving the puzzle affects the protagonist's life and connects with his constant feel of dilemma and regret. The movie is about a caring father who regrets his one mistake that led to his son's accidental death. It's a drama flick revolving around that father and how he is unable to find the closure to his son's death.

The movie has been built up as a suspense flick similar to Kahaani, but it is far from it. There is no such big twist in the end but a simple turn that isn't as shocking, but touching. The writing is simply awesome, but of course(!) why wouldn't it be, as it had some of the best Bollywood writers at work for it - Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and the director herself. The dialogues are deep! Absolutely superb job of writing.

The pace is quite low though. The constant flips going on raises the expectations from the movie and then for a long time, it doesn't offer anything. So overall it drains down the average energy of the movie. So due to several instances where it gets boring, it loses some points. It's certainly an adaptation of some of the top Hollywood movies but revealing the names of those movies would spoil the fun out of this one. It's a good try for Bollywood, though, for it has entered some new areas to explore. So even though it did not live it upto its expectations, the movie does deserve a pat on the back.

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