8/10
Mere Car, Tarzaaaaaan!
15 July 2006
Warning: Spoilers
LOL! the theme song for this was a very funny and catchy one but thankfully, the plot was much more thicker and in-depth. A car designer (played by Ajay Devgan) presents his latest craft to a leading automobile company's executives but is shocked when they try to dwindle him out of the deal they are about to make. Infuriated, he takes his idea to another company not only meet his terms but agree to strike a deal for much less than the other company was offering. A few days later, the president of the second company calls up Mr. Chaudry (Devgan) to let him know that the deal if off because the prior company he (Chaudry) had gone to are now laying copyright claims to the design he presented to them. Chaudry then gets the police involved and goes to confront the first company (who has obviously stolen his idea) but is outnumbered and soon finds out that the cops are in on it too. Together with the help of the head of police, the executives conspire to murder Mr. Chaudry and dump his body in a shallow ditch. Twelve years later, Chaudry's son is now a grown man in college who discovers the skeleton of his father's old car while walking home one day and pleads with the owner of the junkyard where the car is resting to sell it to him. The boy, together with the help of his boss (played by the late great Amrish Puri) and his love interest (played by Ayesha Takia) then use the scrap metal from the beaten down car to build a wonder car, named Tarzan. One night, the spirit of his father comes and inhabits the car and then proceeds (in a very Knightrider fashion) to seek revenge against the 5 men who murdered him 12 years ago.

The plot and stunts in the film were decent enough for the low budget and time frame in which it was made. Ayesha Takia makes her Bollywood debut in style and her acting is actually quite decent. It's no wonder she won a Filmfare award for Best debut. The ever excellent Farida Jalal plays Devgan's mum and gorgeous Vatsal Seth (who has since been absent from Bollywood) plays his son Raj. The film was beautifully shot in its entirety in India.
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