May 12th, 2008 
krishna Yash Chopra has always loved love. DAAG, KABHIE KABHIE, LAMHE, CHANDNI, VEER ZAARA- his body of work is rich. His son, Aditya, has a passion for grandness. DHOOM, DHOOM 2, TA RA RUM PUM, JHOOM BARABAR JHOOM, LAAGA CHUNARI MAIN DAAG, AAJA NACHLE- all style, no substance. At the heart of TASHAN, again style is there. A latest masala pot-boiler from chopra’s stack. From fights, songs, locations everything is designer. A UP clod turned mafia dons BHAIYYAJI (Anil Kapoor), delicate seductress POOJA (Karina Kapoor), indigenous muscle hunk who is Bhaiyyaji’s recovery agent BACHCHAN PANDAY (Akshay Kumar), and desi call center employee JIMMY (Saif Ali Khan). All are searching for wealth of Bhaiyaaji who got the money through his illegal ways of extortion, bars etc as dons of Hindi films earn. This money is buncoed by Pooja by conning Jimmy. The money is hived up in different cities. Now this is where the director got an opportunity to take all of us to DESH- VIDESH KI YATRA by bringing in the role of ministry of tourism. You may get to see cold desert of Leh, sandy dunes of Rajasthan and the back waters of Kerala. Chopras thought that probably that would not fill the appetite of the Indian viewers so they would take you to Greek Islands as well Anorectic bikini dressed Kareena tries to become Zeenat Amaan of Qurabani when she emerges from the sea. Saif recapitulate the role of Mel Gibson in Mad Max. Let’s not talk about Anil Kapoor here. I am sure you would not be able to understand most of the times what he was saying. He was looking pathetic when he was trying to be histrionic. The poor jokes of Akshay Kumar evoke yawns. His comic sequences are exaggerated. Well I think Akshay thought that enough is enough now let’s go back to what he is best at- action.
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