Watching Tees Maar Khan was an underwhelming experience. I went in to this movie with mixed expectations. I had high expectations based on Farah Khan's previous efforts - "Main Hoon Naa" and "Om Shanti Om". At the same time I was not fascinated with Shirish Kunder's "Jaan-E-Mann".
Tees Maar Khan sets a new low in story telling, narration, poorly conceived characters, direction....the list goes on. The movie revolves around Akshay Kumar playing the title role of a conman who steals antiques by tricking the police. While this seems like enough meat for the story to make a 2-hour movie, however watching the movie proved otherwise.
To start with there are not enough sub-plots or situations that highlight the mastery of a con-artist. Perfect example of a movie that highlights this need is "Catch me if you can", where there are multiple sub-plots that highlight the skill of the con-artist. There are not enough twists and turns in the story to keep the viewer interested. In general the narrative does not stick to a focused plot; there are miscellaneous gags, unwanted songs, meaningless sub-plots which only add to the misery of the viewer. All the above can be ignored if this is a movie that is not to be taken seriously. There are examples of movies that thrive on frivolity where twisted humor takes center stage and captures attention of the viewer (Austin Powers, Main Hoon Naa are good examples). But this movie is not funny either. There are a few good one liners and hysterical situations that do tickle the funny bone. But even more irritating are the umpteen attempts in the guise of painful dialogues and gags that are intended for humor, but do not really evoke laughter. Trying to laugh at some of the sequences in this movie is like an aborted sneeze which I want to get out of my system, but cannot.
To exacerbate this pathetic movie, there are half baked, loosely defined characters that are acted out by clueless actors. Akshay Kumar tries hard, but has very few opportunities to excel. Akshaye Khanna actually does a good job of playing the role of a self-adulating actor who is obsessed with the idea of winning an Oscar award. But his character is too one dimensional to keep the viewers interested. Katrina Kaif gets the award for playing the role with maximum screen time with minimal relevance to the movie.
To summarize.... save your self the time and money this holiday season by giving this movie a skip.
Tees Maar Khan sets a new low in story telling, narration, poorly conceived characters, direction....the list goes on. The movie revolves around Akshay Kumar playing the title role of a conman who steals antiques by tricking the police. While this seems like enough meat for the story to make a 2-hour movie, however watching the movie proved otherwise.
To start with there are not enough sub-plots or situations that highlight the mastery of a con-artist. Perfect example of a movie that highlights this need is "Catch me if you can", where there are multiple sub-plots that highlight the skill of the con-artist. There are not enough twists and turns in the story to keep the viewer interested. In general the narrative does not stick to a focused plot; there are miscellaneous gags, unwanted songs, meaningless sub-plots which only add to the misery of the viewer. All the above can be ignored if this is a movie that is not to be taken seriously. There are examples of movies that thrive on frivolity where twisted humor takes center stage and captures attention of the viewer (Austin Powers, Main Hoon Naa are good examples). But this movie is not funny either. There are a few good one liners and hysterical situations that do tickle the funny bone. But even more irritating are the umpteen attempts in the guise of painful dialogues and gags that are intended for humor, but do not really evoke laughter. Trying to laugh at some of the sequences in this movie is like an aborted sneeze which I want to get out of my system, but cannot.
To exacerbate this pathetic movie, there are half baked, loosely defined characters that are acted out by clueless actors. Akshay Kumar tries hard, but has very few opportunities to excel. Akshaye Khanna actually does a good job of playing the role of a self-adulating actor who is obsessed with the idea of winning an Oscar award. But his character is too one dimensional to keep the viewers interested. Katrina Kaif gets the award for playing the role with maximum screen time with minimal relevance to the movie.
To summarize.... save your self the time and money this holiday season by giving this movie a skip.