Sadly Over-hyped

Great Film overall

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

As a huge fan of Bobby Deol, I had to see this movie. It was supposed to be the most shocking triller of the year, yeah right! I have seen better thrillers of Bobby Deol, like Ajnabee and Humraaz (last movie also with Akshaye Khanna).The movie began as a Hollywood movie, nut I can't recall the name of that movie. So, it was a copied movie again of Hollywood! Not nice, I don't like that. I prefer originality more.So here comes a big spoiler! Don't read this if you don't have seen the movie! Karan (Bobby Deol) is engaged to Sophia (Urvashi Sharma). Not a nice actress though. To simple. Karan is a film maker and plans to hire an actor Vicky (Akshaye Khanna) to flirt with his fiancée. All to make his film (big brother). I liked that part of the movie. But when Sophia finds out her fiancée was only with her to make his movie, she gets angry! She has fallen in love with Vicky, and they plan to kill Karan.Come on! What were you guys thinking making this movie? It's like some annoying kid comes at your door and rings the bell. After that he runs away. It's very stupid. But when you know this kid has done that to you, you are planning to kill that kid. It does not make any sense. You don't kill someone because he fooled you.I didn't like this movie at all. I didn't like Arvashi as an actress. In the beginning of the movie she dances in front of the camera. Why? What was the purpose of her dancing? What was the purpose of the film makers to copy a part of a Hollywood movie? Come on, be original and don't come up with such a stupid story.

After Karan's death when Vicky is describing his role to Sophiya, there's a scene when he's talking along with Rohit and other guys in a Dubai hotel about the dance situation when Sophiya would be made to dance with the most handsome guy (thats Vicky-Akshay Khanna). At that time Vicky mentions "the night when Sophiya kept her engagement party at the hotel, that morning Karan (instead of mentioning Rohit, Akshay Khanna mentions Karan) made him meet the hotel manager and singer" however he doesn't know who Karan is by that time. He comes to know about Karan after 5 min when Rohit walks out to his room and Sophiya is surprised. Then is the time when he comes to know about Rohit and Karan. This is one.Second goof is when Karan shots himself. Have a look at the glass when he shots himself and when he tells Sophiya about his shooting. Both sequence are different.

This movie's a poor remake of a 2003 movie called "Dot The i" written and directed by Matthew Parkhill and starred Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke and James D'Arcy. I loved that movie and was saddened to see this awful remake. This not an adaptation or an interesting take on the original. It is totally ripped off, scene for scene. The location has been changed to Dubai- that's it. This travesty is made worse by forgettable songs and third rate acting by the whole cast. I don't think anyone ever acknowledged the original movie. I wonder how anyone can get away with this in this day and age when everyone is sensitive about intellectual property rights.

The film's tag-line said it all which is "The most shocking thriller of the year". It was really shocking with twists & turns that were impossible to predict. You just don't know who is bad, who is good? and what is their motive? Do not mistake this film as another love triangle about two guys fighting for one girl because it's completely different. Urvashi Sharma (Sophie) was OK for her first film but Bobby Deol (Karan) and Akshaye Khanna (Vicky) were terrific as usual, it is great to see them again after Humraaz. Music is excellent composed by one of my favourite composers Pritam. The best songs are Ek Din (which stands out with its memorable Spanish guitar intro) and Aye Dil sung by Sunidhi Chauhan. Abbas-Mustan are known for creating good music in all of their films. They are one of my favourite directors; I loved their films ever since I seen Baazigar. Although they are inspired from Hollywood movies but their films are better than the original which are: Naqaab- Dot the I (2003)36 China Town- Chinatown (1974) Aitraaz- Disclosure (1994)Humraaz- A Perfect Murder (1998) Ajnabee- Consenting Adults (1992) Daraar- Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) Baazigar- A Kiss Before Dying (1991)