Film Review: Naqaab
Film: Naqaab
Director: Abbas- Mustan
Producer: Ramesh S Taurani and Kumar S Taurani
Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Bobby Deol, Urvashi Sharma, Vishal Malhotra, Vikas Kalantri, Raj Zutshi
Rating: 1.5/5
Does it have the twist and turns? Sure it does. Is it the most shocking thriller of the year? Well of course; especially because you walk in seeking thrill and you end up laughing your guts out (isn't that shocking enough?). Holding you attention through the first half, having you anticipate for the thrill, the film spills hilarity in the second half until the end.
The premise for the thrill is the intermingled life of three characters. Sophie (Urvashi Sharma) shifts base from India to live in Dubai. She lives in with Karan (Bobby Deol), a multi millionaire, who is soon to be her beau. In a pre wedding festivity, dancing with Vicky (Akshaye Khanna), she realizes her affinity towards him. Soon they begin going out on occasional dates, but this distressed damsel cannot seem to forget her multi millionaire innocent fiancée, who is waiting for her back home. On the D day, walking the aisle, dressed in white she realizes things are not right. She speeds away, without any explanations, only to return to Karan the following day to provide a loose one.
A distressed and traumatized Karan, with no place to turn to, befriends death. What follows is the questioning of belief, sentiments, emotions and a startling truth.
Now the basic plot is simple, but the frivolous details are beyond belief. The gasp comes at not what is revealed but the fact that it could be something as banal as what they say. Once the major clue is thrown at you, it really isn't difficult to pick up the pieces and put two and two together. The climax in particular is perhaps something you would have figured out as soon as the characters begin spilling the beans.
The one aspect that could have made the film a good watch would have been the dialogues. Sadly they are they are precisely what you end up chuckling at. The shallow explanations hit you hard and this is probably what shocks the most.
A few other shocks are the...
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