Rating:
3.5/5
Salman
Khan – A brand that is getting stronger as each EID is passing by.
Ek Tha Tiger is one ultimate project that he could have asked for to
put a stamp on cult EID release that he initiated 3 years ago.
Supposedly
based on true events the film is essentially a romantic story of two
spies from different nation and when the two nation happen to be
India and Pakistan there has to be action and pinch of thrill.
Avinash Singh Rathode aka Tiger (Salman Khan) is R&AW undercover
agent who is in constant hunt of ISI undercover agents in different
countries. His new mission brings him to Ireland on basic task of
observing a scientist of Indian origin whom the R&AW suspects to
have been passing his anti missile theories to ISI. In an attempt to
befriend professor (Roshan Seth) he encounters gorgeous care taker
Zoya (Katrina Kaif) with whom he falls in love for the first time in
his life, well this has been justified by showing Salman Khan being
busy for the past 12 years on back to back assignments. Gopi (Ranvir
Shorey) as Tiger's colleague in mission is against Tiger falling in
love and sparks a few funny moments. Movie starts to thrill after
intermission and will make you praise Action Director for making
Katrina do some finest stunts on screen.
Talking
about the performances Salman Khan is as usual himself and you would
not notice any special effort from him to get into the skin of the
character. On the other hand his ladylove has gone that extra mile to
do justice to her role. She looks absolutely stunning on screen but
that's not all she has performed some jaw dropping action sequence
and dont be surprised if you find people whistling around you at
Katrina. Supporting cast is good and worth mentioning are Girish
Karnad as R&AW chief as Shenoy, British actor Roshan Seth as the
professor and its a Bollywood debut for punjabi actor Gavie Chahal.
Songs
in the movie are appropriately introduced and have been wonderfully
shot. The movie has been shot in as many as five countries and
cinematographer has done a good job capturing scenic beauties of
Istanbul and Cuba.
This
is Director Kabir Khan's third film and I think the best one till
date. Unlike his previous flicks this one is pacy, action filled with
simple to understand plot something that audiences of our country can
relate to on Independence day.
Aditya
Chopra seems to have calculated every aspect of this most anticipated
movie. Be it the cast, marketing strategy and even the release date.
He had already gauged that Salman has been en-cashing EID releases
due to his enormous loyal fan following and releasing the movie mid
week instead of Friday will give multiplexes more time to make
revenues rather than just relying on weekend collection to add to
that the ticket price has almost been doubled to get the most revenue
recovered within a week and trade analysts are already pointing
towards its success.
We
understand that Salman Khan has done couple of non sense movies in
past and manged to cross 100 crores supposedly but don't let that
thought hold you back from watching this one.
Tiger
is really roaring hard for masses to cough out 100 crores!
