I watched this one on my tab, and chose to skip (or fast forward) a majority of it, because a lot of scenes were either plain gory, or unnecessarily titillating.
The movie until the entry of Paresh Rawal is too boring to bear. There is a very forced song in the beginning, and the dialogs are not interesting either. Once Rawal enters, the dialogs get more annoying with Rajeev's character acting like a smart Alec for no reason. But at least the story begins there.
So there was a scene of a murdered guy at the beginning, and a lot of netizens viewing the disturbing picture, and we are then introduced to table 21. So, it appeared that this is a game for everyone. It seemed that the movie had some take on violence and porn selling over the internet today. But no, in a shocking climax, the game is specifically tailored to Rajeev and Tina. This haywire connection is the main difficulty of the movie.
Rajeev and Tina's characters come across as pretty stereotypical at the start, with Rajeev being a daring, loving, and honest hero; and Tina the greedy, immoral and insensitive counterpart. Throughout the game (which has horribly uninteresting and predictable questions and tasks), Rajeev acts like a man of honor. But in the climax, we meet a Rajeev who is actually very cruel. And his remorse at the end made the distinction between these two Rajeevs even more confusing. Poor Tina does not get one substantial dialog in the entire film, like any other Hindi movie heroine. Not that she impresses in her limited role either.
Besides these indigestible twists and turns, it is even more hard to accept the storyline in general, that is very superficially presented. Despite Rawal's crystal clear and understandable motives against the leads, his knowledge of the very intricate details of their lives is hard to believe.
In terms of acting, Paresh Rawal is as fabulous as ever. Rajeev is impressive too, but he has certainly performed better in films like Shaitaan in the past. The dark genre seems to have become his forte.
For a movie to take on a grave topic like bullying and ragging associated with it, it needs to be more honest than a scandalizing thriller. More than bringing about the plight of a victim of bullying, the movie throws in the whole angle as a kind of mere justification to the torture meted out to the lead couple.
The movie borrows from the concept from Sach ka Samna, and the gameshow was certainly much better than this unimaginable hash up of events. Bollywood, don't take up topics too real for you to deal with.
The movie until the entry of Paresh Rawal is too boring to bear. There is a very forced song in the beginning, and the dialogs are not interesting either. Once Rawal enters, the dialogs get more annoying with Rajeev's character acting like a smart Alec for no reason. But at least the story begins there.
So there was a scene of a murdered guy at the beginning, and a lot of netizens viewing the disturbing picture, and we are then introduced to table 21. So, it appeared that this is a game for everyone. It seemed that the movie had some take on violence and porn selling over the internet today. But no, in a shocking climax, the game is specifically tailored to Rajeev and Tina. This haywire connection is the main difficulty of the movie.
Rajeev and Tina's characters come across as pretty stereotypical at the start, with Rajeev being a daring, loving, and honest hero; and Tina the greedy, immoral and insensitive counterpart. Throughout the game (which has horribly uninteresting and predictable questions and tasks), Rajeev acts like a man of honor. But in the climax, we meet a Rajeev who is actually very cruel. And his remorse at the end made the distinction between these two Rajeevs even more confusing. Poor Tina does not get one substantial dialog in the entire film, like any other Hindi movie heroine. Not that she impresses in her limited role either.
Besides these indigestible twists and turns, it is even more hard to accept the storyline in general, that is very superficially presented. Despite Rawal's crystal clear and understandable motives against the leads, his knowledge of the very intricate details of their lives is hard to believe.
In terms of acting, Paresh Rawal is as fabulous as ever. Rajeev is impressive too, but he has certainly performed better in films like Shaitaan in the past. The dark genre seems to have become his forte.
For a movie to take on a grave topic like bullying and ragging associated with it, it needs to be more honest than a scandalizing thriller. More than bringing about the plight of a victim of bullying, the movie throws in the whole angle as a kind of mere justification to the torture meted out to the lead couple.
The movie borrows from the concept from Sach ka Samna, and the gameshow was certainly much better than this unimaginable hash up of events. Bollywood, don't take up topics too real for you to deal with.