If I am not mistaken, this is Rohan Sippy's second effort at film-making, and I must say it is not bad at all. The movie is slick, funny and yet remains within its theme. Powered by good performances from Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar as well as a bunch of extras, the film stands out amongst the recent crime- thriller movies that all these new young directors are venturing into. The reason: It doesn't have style overpowering substance.
That doesn't however mean that the movie doesn't ooze stylish and contemporary production values but just that along with that is a story that keeps you gripped. Using the old school (but very effective) formula of a decent masala mix of action, comedy, drama, emotion and music, Sippy has devised a lovely recipe to keep the audience's interest a recipe that more Indian directors and story-writers should stick to, since it works.
About the movie a little bit. The story revolves around a conman, Roy (AB) who can pull off any con on any one. He has a girlfriend, played by Priyanka Chopra and at the beginning of the movie itself, he proposes to her. At the engagement party, however, one of the people he has conned is a guest and its not a surprise when everyone finds out his true identity and the engagement's off.
In this terrible time, he runs into Dittu (RD), a small-time crook who tries to con Roy, but ends up in trouble himself. Through some convenient situation, they meet again, and Dittu ends up saving Roy's life. Now Roy owes him a favor and Dittu decides that he can become Roy's student in conman-ship and learn a few valuable lessons in crime. This is where the love-hate relationship begins. Added to that cast are Boman Irani, who plays a doctor (in the middle of the movie, Roy discovers that he has a brain tumor, and his time alive is limited), and Nana Patekar who plays an evil, narcissistic hotelier, with whom Dittu has an old refute to settle.
The real hero of the movie is the script, however, written by Rajat Arora and it is kept at a smooth pace. The script does refer to Sholay every now and then (another Sippy production) as well as light inspirations from certain dialogs in Ocean's Eleven and Jerry Maguire (let's see if you can pick those!), but overall it's kept tight and entertaining.
Although, at the end, the movie did seem somewhat "inspired" by Michael Douglas' "The Game", it had enough differences from the original, and in fact, in my opinion is a better movie. If you haven't watched "The Game" you could possibly enjoy this one better because then the end is a real surprise.
Do go... it isn't a waste at all.
That doesn't however mean that the movie doesn't ooze stylish and contemporary production values but just that along with that is a story that keeps you gripped. Using the old school (but very effective) formula of a decent masala mix of action, comedy, drama, emotion and music, Sippy has devised a lovely recipe to keep the audience's interest a recipe that more Indian directors and story-writers should stick to, since it works.
About the movie a little bit. The story revolves around a conman, Roy (AB) who can pull off any con on any one. He has a girlfriend, played by Priyanka Chopra and at the beginning of the movie itself, he proposes to her. At the engagement party, however, one of the people he has conned is a guest and its not a surprise when everyone finds out his true identity and the engagement's off.
In this terrible time, he runs into Dittu (RD), a small-time crook who tries to con Roy, but ends up in trouble himself. Through some convenient situation, they meet again, and Dittu ends up saving Roy's life. Now Roy owes him a favor and Dittu decides that he can become Roy's student in conman-ship and learn a few valuable lessons in crime. This is where the love-hate relationship begins. Added to that cast are Boman Irani, who plays a doctor (in the middle of the movie, Roy discovers that he has a brain tumor, and his time alive is limited), and Nana Patekar who plays an evil, narcissistic hotelier, with whom Dittu has an old refute to settle.
The real hero of the movie is the script, however, written by Rajat Arora and it is kept at a smooth pace. The script does refer to Sholay every now and then (another Sippy production) as well as light inspirations from certain dialogs in Ocean's Eleven and Jerry Maguire (let's see if you can pick those!), but overall it's kept tight and entertaining.
Although, at the end, the movie did seem somewhat "inspired" by Michael Douglas' "The Game", it had enough differences from the original, and in fact, in my opinion is a better movie. If you haven't watched "The Game" you could possibly enjoy this one better because then the end is a real surprise.
Do go... it isn't a waste at all.