silvan-desouza Sanjay Gupta after KAANTE turned a new leaf in his career, which was a remake of Usual Suspects+Reservior Dogs. Musafir is a remake of U-Turn(1997) The film like Kaante has lot of style,sex everything and also a twisted plot. The film keeps you guessing throughout which is a plus point, also there are several twists and turns which keeps you engrossed, the film does get slow paced a bit in second half, Also Sanjay Dutt's character is missing from second half, the climax too is flawed, Direction is good, but the writing could be tighter even Sanjay Gupta overdoes in style department,too much of style in the film Dialogues by Milap Zaveri are too goodAnil Kapoor gets maximum footage and does a superb job, he looks too good and carries off his part superbly, Sanjay Dutt gets a small role but the best lines and he carries such roles with ease always Aditya Panscholi with a bald head and french beard suits the role and is superb, Sameera Reddy is good in her role,raw in some scenes Mahesh Manjerekar excels in a role which seems tailormade Shakti Kapoor has a brief role and is okay Koena Mitra doesn't impress much Ashwini Kalsekar is good in a brief role

Lacuna Inc. Caveat Lector: May contain spoilers. The 2 Sanjays – Dutt and Gupta collaborate again. Even after a truckload of flops since Aatish, the 2 seem to seek for that one movie which will establish their supremacy. Well, most people may call Musafir the worst movie ever made. I will be kind. I would say – stop comparing Gupta with Orson Welles. Condition yourself to Gupta's movies. Be prepared to find rip-offs of other well known movies and/or scenes thereof. Be prepared to see unabashed corny plots and dialogs and vulgar dialogs. On the plus side, Gupta always manages to get the best technicians to work on his movies – cinematography, sound effects, the works – all world class. Is it Gupta's fault that he doesn't have enough money left to hire a decent scriptwriter after hiring all the technicians? Come on, give him a break. Nuff said. Back to the review… The characters:- Lucky (Anil Kapoor) is a street-smart crook who always has a soft spot for sexy ladies romping around in negligees. During a con operation (after which he is supposed to quit), Lucky manages to run away with a bag load of cash only to be duped by his "girlfriend" (Koena Mitra) who runs away with the money. Soon, Lucky comes to know that the dough belongs to Billa(The Dutt) – the wackiest gangster in town. Lucky promises to make it up for the losses and after Lucky passes a "Zindagi ka Highway" (Highway of Life) test (which involves running across a busy freeway blindfolded), Billa dispatches him to Goa. Lucky's assignment is to drop a conspicuous looking leather bag at (LOL!) Wacko Jacko's (Shakti Kapoor, after a long gap) place and collect a similar bag full of dough on the way back. Lucky barely enters Goa and his problems start. He meets the sadist Goan cop Tiger (Aditya Panscholi), who wastes one of Billa's men and worse – he holds a grudge against Lucky because Lucky refused a lift. At Wacko Jacko's Tattoo parlor in Anjuna, Lucky sees the ravishingly sun tanned Sam (Sameera Reddy) who is getting a tattoo done. Smitten by Sam, horny Lucky finally lands up at her place only to discover that she is married to a club owner, Luka (Mahesh Manjrekar). And surprise, Luka wants Sam dead (for whatever reasons). Luka offers to pay Lucky for the assassination. Meanwhile, Lucky finds himself being bugged by Tiger and the rest of Goa police force and ends up losing the dough he was supposed to take back home. So what does he do – he takes up Luka's offer, of course! Or does he? While Lucky is fooling around, Billa rides down to Goa on his Harley and all the hell breaks loose. Did you just say this is the review of Oliver Stone's "U-Turn"? Well, Sanjay Gupta is a glutton for inspiration, you know. And he owns a DVD Player too. What did you expect – another Sholay? All said and done this is a helluva movie for those who this genre of spaced out corny movies. In fact, there are points in the movie where one is forced to think that the corny lines were written first and the situation was added later to script! LOL! Now for the performances. To my surprise, the movie had fairly decent performances (sparing the 2 ladies, both were atrocious). Anil Kapoor, with his new rugged getup and crazy hair looks quite the vagabond. Shakti Kapoor is wasted and is limited to a few corny lines. Panscholi, who excels in these angry guy roles (Mahasangram, Aatish) does all the shouting in the movie and is quite OK, IMHO. The guys who take the cake are Sanjay Dutt and Mahesh Manjrekar! Manjrekar is excellent as wife beating sex fiend who had allegedly raped his wife's young sister and does a wonderful job with his facial expressions and his set of corny, risqué lines. Watch him when Sam narrates her story of how he watched her swimming in the pool and also the scene in the van when Lucky drops Sam and Luka back to the place where Sam's car broke down. This guy was born to do such roles. And as for Dutt, IMHO this was one of his best performances ever. His Billa is one of the most spaced-out screen characters in recent Bollywood history. Imagine, a knife-wielding, cigar-smoking mafia don who is obsessed with Bollywood movies and with a great sense of humor – that's Billa for you. He is the chief anchor for this movie. Another plus point of the movie is the cinematography which is brilliant with a music video like look and feel. Fast track background music by Chowta and Vishal-Shekhar is quite effective. Bottom line:- Sanjay Gupta's latest attempt at making a film noir and establish himself as the Quentin Tarantino of Bollywood would have failed miserably BUT there are elements in the movie that one can enjoy just for the "trip value".

Malik Taufiq - ur - Rehman Awan The banner white feather films are back with their third product after the successful KAANTE (directed by Sanjay Gupta) and box office dud PLAN (directed by Harish Shetty, once assistant of Sanjay Gupta). But again Sanjay Gupta is back on the directors seat.Inspired by Oliver Stone's U-TURN (1997; Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Bob Thornton) but you can say that Musafir is 100 times better than the original.Lucky (ANIL KAPOOR) wanted his own house, a wife, a family and starts a new life. Lucky is betrayed by his girlfriend, chased by a drug king Billa (Sanjay Dutt) and sent to Goa to do a drug deal to get his life back. Lucky meets many people in his life , who gives his life a new twist. After that what happens and will he be able to get his life back or death is waiting for him, you have to watch it by yourself.Vishal-Shekhar's music is another portion that deserves strong marks. 'Ishq Kabhi Kariyo Na', 'Saaki Saaki' and 'Door Se Paas' are already popular and camera work is the best in the Koena Mitra track, ‘Saaki Saaki', which is one of the best erotic number in the Indian films. Cinematography is of first class.After PUKAR, this is the best performance and award winning performance of ANIL KAPOOR. After MUNNABHAI M.B.B.S., this is again the award winning performance of SANJAY DUTT.After a long long time, ADITYA PANCHOLI delivered something great though his role was small but still he manage to make his appearance felt and showed that he is one of the best performers of Indian film industry.After KAANTE, MAHESH MANJREKAR delivered one more confident performance and one can say that he delivers his good only in SANJAY GUPTA movies.The surprise in this film is SAMEERA REDDYS performance which everybody will agree that this movie should be the launch pad of SAMEERA REDDY instead of the box office dud MAINNE DIL TUJHKO DIYA. She was confident in front of the senior actors.SHAKTI KAPOOR and KOENA MITRA performances were just about okay.On the whole, MUSAFIR has style and substance. At the box-office, it will be a sure shot hit and will leave all the previous movies released back. 4 Out of 5 (same as KAANTE)

Moushumi Gandhi Musafir makes you wonder what is going on?Some reasons why NOT to watch the movie Filled with absolutely unnecessary songs throughout.Drug lord singing songs in Limousines?Unconvincing plot - the whole movie revolves around Bila(Sanjay Dutt) wanting his money - that he gives away at the end??The movie had a famous 'item bomb' search - which song was the actual item number was difficult to identify - all looked like item numbers to me.(Later realized that the song in the limo - 'Tez dhaar' was the one)Dead bodies dropping like flies - an no law enforcement agencies searching for the culprits - except Aditya Pancholi - a corrupt cop himself who drops a few bodies left and right.Story drags in the first half.Some reasons TO Watch the movieBrilliant individual performances by all cast - specially Anil Kapoor and Mahesh Manjrekar. Sameera Reddy impresses too.Wonderful presentation - specially the handling of Lucky(Anil Kapoor ) as he hears both sides of the story from Looka (Mahesh Manjrekar) and Sam (Sameera Reddy)Humorous in places - specially the satire on Hindi movies - References to Zanjeer, Muqaddar ka sikandar ,Sholay and 'Cops always arrive late - weather real or fake ones' are hilarious.So go watch it! you will enjoy the popcorn if nothing else!!!