Movie Review: Table No. 21

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229842/

Directed by Aditya Dutt Starring: Paresh Rawal, Rajiv Khandelwal & Tina Desae

An Open Letter to actor Rajiv Khandelwal

 

Dear Rajiv,

Hope you are doing fine. How about your film Peter to Gaya Kaam Se..? We are still waiting for it.

First of all, congratulations your work is appreciated in this film too. And for different gener lover filmi freaks, your presence in the film is being an assurance of a good script in the film. Yeah, you still have been a good selector of scripts, be it Aamir, Sound Track or Shaitaan it’s always something different.

Ok, back to film, the story is about Vivan (you) and Siya (beautiful Tina Desae) who are married since 5 years and are on free holiday to Fiji, sponsored by Khan (Paresh Rawal) who has different plans for you. He wants you to take part in a game, where you have to answer some questions and have to do some tasks, and can win you whopping 21 crores. Well, soon enough the game turns to be a nightmare for both of you.

Yes, the story is different for bollywood cinema, and nurtured decently by director Aditya Dutt (whose previous films, I haven’t seen yet, but have heard not much positive reviews for sure). The director here does, as mentioned, decent work but doesn’t lift the film at another level for sure.

The film does have some flaws, [READ THE PART WITHIN THIS BRACKET ONLY IF YOU HAVE WATCHED THE FILM, SPOILERS AHEAD]

1. If Khan, just wanted to realize your mistakes of pasts, why does he broadcasts all the things, which can prove him a criminal?

2. If he broadcasts the game, why isn’t police stopping him, though it clearly seems to be a crime.

3. If the game is just for making them realize, why someone at the starting falls from the terrace and dies??!!! 

4. Why don’t you, though being so intelligent, doesn’t recall about that ragging incident, though the tasks in the game is so much similar to the tasks you have given to akram while ragging?

[SPOILER ALERT RELEASE :P]

Those flaws could have been averted easily, as they didn’t matter with the story, the screenplay doesn’t pay much attention towards it, which is a bit annoying. Apart from those flaws, the film was very nice, gripping in most of the parts and had fresh feel.

Performances of Paresh Rawal and Tina Desae(who looks hawt!!) was fantastic and your performance is always the cream on the cake, but the one who impresses a lot is the actor (Sorry don’t know the name) who plays Akram in the film. Music by Neeraj Shrivastava was decent, BGM was good, lyrics – nice enough. Story screen play by the duo Sheershak Anand & Shantanu Ray Chibber is different, hoping to see their next movie ‘3G’ soon.

Overall, a decent one time watch for those who like different films.

3 cheers out of 5 from me.

Hoping to see more and more good movies starring you, boss.

Regards,

The 70mm Rancho - Hardik Raychanda