Comments on: Review: Race

By: Shahid

Shahid — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:46:07 +0000

Just saw this – all I could think of was how everyone slept with each other. Saif slept with Bipasha and Katrina. Akshaye also slept with them both. It’s a wonder that Saif or Akshaye didn’t sleep with Sameera or… Anil even. This reminded me of Rakht from a few years ago – I remember there was a village bike in it, who slept with all the male characters!

Lara should have done Sameera’s role, she has much better comic timing at playing the clueless bimbo. But being leered over by Anil is not exactly an enticing prospect.

Thanks for the entertaining review Baradwaj. Have been away from your site for a while, really missed reading your pieces.

By: brangan

brangan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:25:39 +0000

Bala: I liked it quite a bit — especially that somewhat-unrelated Portman filmlet at the beginning.

By: Bala

Bala — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:59:34 +0000

Will horrors never cease ? Seems this movie is a hit Wonder what the “director-duo” will think of next ? On an other note, caught The Darjeeling Limited and I actually loved it . (surprising considering it had been panned universally ) Did you happen to catch it ?

By: brangan

brangan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:14:38 +0000

raj/vimal: I was thinking along the lines of Saif being a big enough star, so even if he did crap, it would be with Yash Raj production values and stuff, not *this* kind of crap.

Shalini: Thank you.

SB: Mein Gott! And they say *I* read too much between the lines

By: SB

SB — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:46:52 +0000

but b, don’t you think you missed the finer, more subtle point that this film raises which is: to wax or not to wax when filming a shirtless scene?

akshaye khanna may indeed have an inexplicable allegiance to the “director-duo” but at least give him this much credit: he refused to wax his very hairy chest and torso for this, umm, d—flick. i say, THAT takes some guts and integrity in this day and age of hairless men. saif and his shiny, bald pecs were fine and everything but all i could think was “ouch, that must have hurt”.

By: raj

raj — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:02 +0000

sorry it is south bombay. it wasnt an intended profanity!

By: raj

raj — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:46:30 +0000

Saif’s Natl Award was for Hum Tum, and for some strange reasoning like “…comic roles dont get appreciation hence…”. It wasnt a bloody comic role in the first place. And it wasnt a out-of-the-ordinary performance for the genre of the role that it was. Did he do anything in that role that Rishi Kapoor, or Kamal-in-his-annoying-late-70’s-early-80’s phase, or Nagarjuna-at-his-best-which-is-like-saying-agarkar-at-his-best havent done before? No. Probably, Omkara was his best and *could* have deserved an award (even that couldnt have been if Irfan’s namesake was in the same year). But how much of the credit should go to Vishal? By that token, Karthi should receive an award for Paruthi Veeran. Not that I am saying he should but going by the stupid logic propogated on Saif’s acting quotient(”I cant believe this is the cool dude of Dil Chahta hai, and the suth bombay boy playing the mean, rurally rural ruffian in Omkara – what a transformation” kind of logic. Yes, it was his career best but no, there’s nothing unusual about a south bombay dude playing the rural ruffian. Thats what actors do. It is indeed an apt comment on bollywood that it is only now that they have reached the stage of evolution where they can appreciate that an actor can perform a role that is not his natural persona!

By: vimal

vimal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:19:59 +0000

Br,

I am with Raj on this. I dont think Saif’s that big an actor.Of course, he has won the national award.But that is still a mystery to me!!! Its only post Dil Chahta Hain that Saif has come to whatever level he is now. I still remember some of his idiotic movies of the past with Akshay and Sunil. Moreover, he is good only in multistarrers and has been capable of carrying only Hum Tum on his shoulders successfully.and according to me, Hum Tum is again an overrated film.

But why on earth is an actor like Anil Kapoor accepting films like Musafir, Welcome and now this crap?

Btw, the only person with a positive shade in the entire movie is Sameera, isnt that so?

By: Shalini

Shalini — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:03:35 +0000

Had Manoj Kumar been asked to sum up Race with a one-liner, here’s what he’d have said: The ghor Kalyug our elders prophesied is upon us, and it’s playing at a multiplex near you.”

LOL! Thank you for a delighful read.

By: raj

raj — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:14:41 +0000

br, you are attributing too much intelligence to the big stars. I mean, Saif has like, 5-6 good movies in his career? I would imagine those happened by accident rather than his 90% crap stuff.
You think Saif is going to raise his eyebrows and say “hey!thats too low-brow for me” when Race is narrated to him. I dont think so.It is not as if he is a Kamal Hassan