sumanbarthakursmailbox From prolific filmmaker duo Abbas-Mustan Naqaab.In this film that's set in Dubai, newcomer Urvashi Sharma and Bobby Deol play a young couple engaged to be married. It's another thing he's a multi-millionaire with a home the size of a palace, and she works at Burger King and pays him rent to live under his roof. Just days before her marriage to Bobby, she meets and strikes up a friendship with an aspiring actor played by Akshaye Khanna. Sparks fly between the two, but on Urvashi's insistence their friendship is kept strictly platonic. On D-Day, however, just moments before she exchanges marriage vows with Bobby, Urvashi has a change of heart. Up until this stage, the film made perfect sense to me, but it's from this point onwards that Naqaab turns truly bizarre. It would be unfair to reveal any more of the plot because that would give away the surprise element of the film. But believe me, you'd never have guessed where this film was going anyway, because it's so ridiculous and unimaginable. Now you're probably wondering why I'm complaining if the film is unpredictable, because unpredictable is a good thing, right? Well, there a difference between unpredictable and ridiculous, and the thing about the twists and turns in Naqaab is that they're absolutely ridiculous. For years Abbas-Mustan have ripped off popular films from Hollywood and delivered successful Hindi remakes: Khiladi, Baazigar, Daraar, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Ajnabee, Humraaz and Aitraaz.But with Naqaab they've hit their weakest note because it's a thriller without any thrills if you ask me. There's none of that nail-biting tension, no suspense and an anti-climax to top it all. I could pick a hundred holes in the screenplay but I don't even want to bother, because that would still mean putting in more effort than the writers and the directors have. You know one's willing to suspend disbelief if your script can convince me to make that leap of faith. And Abbas-Mustan know that better than anyone else. We've happily gone along with their stories of mistaken identities, reincarnations, double roles, death-avenging relatives, and murderous spouses.But with Naqaab they come up with something so bizarre that's it's really difficult to digest. In all honesty, I was so stunned by the banality of the plot that I was convinced this couldn't be a rip-off. It had to be some amateur writer's amateurish effort which Abbas-Mustan decided to direct. But to my surprise I discovered that Naqaab is not only a bad script, it's also not an original script. It is copied from a film called Dot the I starring Gael Garcia Bernal. The directors of Naqaab have plundered, lock stock and barrel from that obscure American film. It's not just the plot and the premise of that film that's been borrowed, even dialogues from that film have been directly translated into Hindi and shamelessly used. When a film's not working for you, you can usually find a million things to not like in it. As far as Naqaab is concerned, I have to ask if the costume designer of the film was smoking pot while at work. How else do you explain the horrifying clothes that she's draped most of the actors in—red lace gloves for the leading lady, pink satin shirt with a matching pink waistcoat for Bobby, and double-layered clothes for Akshaye. Hell, why? Also what's with all those ugly sets? From the outside Bobby's home looks like the Queen of England's holiday home, but the interiors are the kind of tasteless sets they used to construct at Hyderabad's Banjara Hills for those B-grade family dramas in the eighties. There's little one can say about the three actors in this film, they perform adequately but fail to make much of an impression and it's hardly their fault given the kind of material they're working with. Abbas-Mustan's Naqaab is far-fetched and illogical and there's hardly anything to like about it.

virindra 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.

Zardoz St.Germain --- Yaar! There May Be Spoilers Below - You'll Have To Decide ---It *is* a bit predictable and it's hardly "amazing" as SpringSummerWinter claims. It's a well done yarn and has a good measure of twists and turns but again, I think you'll see them as predictable ones. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the movie: I most certainly did.With regard to acting... No one here is an A-List actor on a global level. Akshaye Khanna is the same character in every movie - it's like watching Dustin Hoffman - one acting model slightly dressed up differently for each film. While he does a credible job here - he's still the same tortured and tormented character that he always is and lifeless and stiff as such. Urvashi Sharma is gorgeous, and doesn't suck her first time out - but clearly she needs seasoning and I applaud her for taking the risk of doing the closest I've seen to a sex scene in a bollywood film - and in her first movie! YIKES!

Brajeshwar Oinam (oinam) Alright, the movie was pathetic and I would suggest a "Skip It" option and wait for their CD (yes, not even worth a DVD) version or better yet wait for the TV version.Of course, it is the Bollywood version of another not-so-good Hollywood flick – dot the i; no surprise there! "dot the i" took place in London whereas Naqaab took place in Dubai. Your memories may also give you flashbacks of The Truman Show and The Graduate.The story involves a Love Triangle amongst multi-millionaire Karan Khanna aka Rohit Shroff (Bobby Deol), Vicky Malhotra (Akshaye Khanna) and Sophia (Urvashi Sharma). Sophia is a jolly girl who have changed more jobs than she changed her clothes – worked for a construction firm, beauty parlor and finally we saw her as a Burger King girl during the course of the Movie Storyline. She is a casual but self-respecting girl, pays her rent to Karan while she continues a live-in relationship with him in his big Mansion.Anyway, it is funny that such big Mansion of Karan is home to just three person – Sophia, Mrs. Gomes and Karan with no security for such a multi-millionaire Home. Anybody can come in anytime from the main gate either at day (The private detective/photographer coming in to meet Karan) or night (remember Sophia coming home date that day from a date with Vicky).Finally, when Sophia got engaged to Karan after 6 months of living together; she met Vicky Malhotra on her Engagement Party at a Posh Hotel in Dubai. Much to the delight of everybody, she was supposed to dance her last pre-marriage dance with a man of her choice. She chose Vicky and they fell in some sorta Love. I never knew love is always that simple in Bollywood. What did she saw in Vicky that she missed in Karan? Those crudely cut Salsa-type dance done in multi-multiple takes? This is one self-claimed Thriller that will not thrill you at all. The first half of movie moved at snail's pace and stayed with building the characters. The encounters of Sophia and Vicky was exceptionally slow and unnecessarily long. The movie tends to move to the comic side at the end or where the Movie makers assuming that the audience will need some comic relief from the thriller that failed to thrilled? And what with the 2 camcorder flinging self-styled producers – Vikas Kalantri and Vishal Malhotra? Why do Bollywood always take mediocre and sub-standard actors for the non-lead roles in movies. They could have been replaced by some better actors and could have done a little justice to the movie. They are supposed to be supporting characters to the actual plot of the movie.I won't really discuss the funny plot and be a spoiler for you who wish to see the movie. But gain, that's a stupid movie according to me. Btw, for those looking out for Urvashi Sharma, well then she has the body and there was enough of her flesh in the movie to quench your thirst. However, she is neither beautiful nor pretty and her acting ain't that good at all.