Race(review)

Comeback of Shidney Seldon Of india - Abbas Mustaan
Abbas mustan are known to be masters of thrillers in india so what if half of their successful thrillers are mostly copy of hollywod movies . originality isn’t their forte but one cannot deny that they were the first ones to bring complex characters which are straight but gay(oops sorry ) grey characteristics . they challenged the conventions of Hindi cinema & wrapped it with all the entertaining formulas , but their last few films have not been up to mark in terms of content & treatment . but finally in Race they get the formula just right . That s exactly why I believe that Abbas-Mustan are the Sidney Sheldon of India who manage to include in their content lots of expected & unexpected twist apart from lots of sex & style. In Race , which is basically an idea of 2 brothers competing with each other & has been converted into screenplay where there are twist & turns every 20 min apart from style & oomph . in race there is no logical script but an attempt at keeping the audience guessing . there are lots of questions but u r not allowed to ask that as the film moves at a superb pace . here the twists are used as one liners are used in comedies , so some twist are quite predictable some are not . importantly the latter ones are more in number . that’s where it works . songs could have been avoided & should have been kept less in number as they affect the continuation of the script .
Performances are fine with Akshaye surprisingly getting more screen time than Saif & showcasing his full range as an actor in playing a role quite opposite to his personality . there are not too many popular faces who could have played it better . Saif is required to look good as there is very little scope for him to perform & one has seen him perform much better . Bipasha is required to look sexy & that she does & gives a decent performance as well . Katrina is fine in the second half . Anil Kapoor & Sameera Reddy have badly written roles & they seem to have taken the revenge on the audience by acting even more badly .
Alan Amin has very little to do & he has done much much better work than this in other movies . the film belongs to the editor as he constructs & puts together a super pacy film . not once accept for some songs do u feel letdown by the pace . Cinematography is quite good The film has a good look, something which is expected of a 35 crore film . the look of the characters is superb by Anahita Adjania & it is one of the best things about . Music is peppy & exactly what the movie needed . Choreography is excellent . screenply writer should be lauded for a tight screenplay .
On the whole race is no great cinema but a good entertainer & is a film which sees the comeback of Sidney Sheldon of India – Abbas Mustan .