Ek Tha Tiger – With this Tiger you can take a chance…!

Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnard, Ranvir Shorey & Roshan Seth.

Director: Kabir Khan

Producer:  Aditya Chopra

Duration: 134 Minutes

As the audience stepped out of the movie, the general reaction was, “of course it has a predictable story line. Adding to, it has a sloppy ending. But, in spite of all this it is good entertaining movie”.

I thoroughly agree with the audience there is something in the movie which really worked that makes one feel it is a good one time watch and definitely it is…!

Coming to the story, Ek Tha Tiger is a tale of a RAW agent coded as Tiger (Salman Khan) need not mention that he is the best of RAW.  Tiger is sent on a mission to Ireland to monitor activities of Indian Nuclear Scientist Prof.Kidwai played by Roshan Seth under the suspicion that professor is sharing his inputs with the enemy.

Tiger approaches Zoya (Katrina Kaif), professor’s house care taker as Manish Chandra an upcoming writer seeking her help to fix an appointment with Professor. In the process of helping Manish both Zoya & Manish/Tiger fall in love with each other.

Story unfolds when Tiger catches Zoya stealing information from the professor’s hard disk, only to know that she is just his counterpart in ISI.

One has to watch the movie to know how does the Zoya & Manish/Tiger’s love story end.

Coming to the merits of the movie, the thing that really worked is the sublime performances of Salman & Katrina which appear very real and pleasing to watch. Their chemistry has just hit the right spot. Both Salman & Katrina have done a fabulous job.

Adding to this, picture perfect locations of Istanbul/Ireland/Cuba & London are a treat to watch, thanks to Assem Mishra the cinematographer. Sohail Sen & Sajid Wajid perfectly jelled their tunes with Julius Packiam’s back ground score. Lastly, one has to credit the stunt director for his brilliant action sequences especially in the second half of the movie.

Coming to let downs, obviously a predictable story line where in you can easily guess what is in store and adding to its sloppy ending. A part from this the editing work is pathetic almost one can see Salman’s body double in most of the action scenes. The other aspect that can be really worked on is the length of the movie.

Lastly, a word for the director Kabir Khan no doubt who is one of the finest we have. All praises to him for his taking because, as I repeatedly say in my reviews when you have powerful & bankable stars, directors cannot be true to their original taking. In most of the cases they need to accommodate the aspirations of so called super stars strong fan base, which in most of the cases back fires. Kabir Khan’s taking was real only if he had a good story to his support it would have been better.

To sum it up Ek Tha Tiger is not a great movie but definitely a onetime entertainer for sure..! Go watch it..!

Note: The real name of Tiger/Manish is Avinash Singh Rathode J J J

My Rating: 3/5

Jism 2 – Love, Sex & Dhoka

Cast: Sunny Leone, Randeep Hooda, Arunoday Singh and Arif Zakaria.

Director: Pooja Bhatt

Producer:  Pooja Bhatt

Duration: 120 Minutes

If I have to sum up Jism 2 in three words then it would be Love, Sex & Dhoka.

Jism 2 begins with a story of Porn Star Izna (Sunny Leone) on her death bed. Even though movie officially begins with a bare back scene of Izna sitting on a beach, but the story begins with Kabir (Randeep Hooda) a honest cop who falls in love with Izna. The counterpart reciprocates within a whimsical time, cut to both ending up in bed.

Kabir disappears suddenly leaving Izna to her own miserable life. Izna in search of Kabir goes around all the happening places in town where in she comes across Aayan Thakur (Arunoday Singh), after few exchanged looks both end up in bed.

Aayan reveals Izna his true identity that, he is an undercover cop and they would be glad if Izna can help them in finding or Seducing a most wanted terrorist and getting confidential data from him who is currently based in Srilanka.

The patriotic porn star readily agrees knowing that the most wanted terrorist is none other than Kabir, seeking revenge for what he has done to her.

Cut to movies shifts to Srilanka where in story unfolds when Izna again falls in love with Kabir again  after meeting him not much to the liking of Aayan who feels possessive about her.

What happens to Izna, Kabir & Aayan? What made Kabir transform in to a terrorist from a cop?  How does Izna’s fate end? For finding out answers to all these questions you need to watch the movie.

Coming to individual performances let me start with the much hyped desi girl – Sunny Leone, who has done a great job for a new comer. She has proven that there is much more to her, other than her over hyped bikini clad and cleavage. Most actors falter giving a right expression especially during lip sync when their voices are dubbed. In fact that is the most difficult part being inline with the Lip Sync & expression and Sunny Leone has perfectly done that. The next actor who has done a great job is ever dependable Randeep Hooda, who gives a new dimension to a killer with his poetic and ascetic looks. Nothing much to talk about Aurnoday Singh, can say he was ok in the movie.

In spite of a weak story and patchy direction work, the things that worked for the movie are its Music and dialogues. Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Mithoon have given 7 brilliant numbers.

To sum it up you can watch this movie for once without much expectations. You will not be disappointed as there are added perks like great  music, fabulous dialogues and the best of all Sunny Leone….!

My Rating : 2/5