Salman Khan has once again proved that he is the undisputed king at the box office today.
His latest film Ek Tha Tiger, which released on August 15, has managed to rake in a whooping Rs 32.95 crores at the box office on the very first day.
As a result, the film has succeeded in beating Agneepath's record first day collections of Rs 25 crores, which was the biggest opening for a Hindi film until now.
Media professional and industry observer Abhijit Mhamunkar confirms: "The opening day collections of Ek Tha Tiger is Rs 32.95 crores. It has set a new first day record."
Director Kabir Khan
was ecstatic with the numbers. "We very happy," he gushes over the
phone. "It's a mind-boggling opening. I never predicted any figures but
this is beyond belief. I am happy that people have loved the film."
The
director claimed he was not competing with any other film. "I am not
comparing my film's box office collections with any other film's. We are
sitting on a good amount. I am sure this good run will continue at the
box office."
Earlier this year, Agneepath had toppled Salman Khan's [ Images ] earlier blockbuster Bodyguard, which had collected Rs 21 crores on the first day of its release.
Mhamunkar adds, "The film was obviously going to take a big opening but it has surpassed everyone's expectations."
Ek Tha Tiger opened in 3,300 screens with almost 100 per cent occupany as compared to Agneepath, which opened in 2,700 screens with a 95-100 per cent occupancy.
One
of the major reasons for such a huge first day collections was the
increase in ticket prices. "The prices of the tickets have, on average,
been increased by Rs 20. This has played an instrumental part in adding
to the box office collections. The price rise has contributed to 20 per
cent of the total collection," Mhamunkar says.
Be
it single screen or multiplexes, the advance booking for the film has
been incredible. It will be interesting to see how soon the film reaches
the Rs 100 crore mark.
Film: Ek Tha Tiger (U/A)
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey
Rating: ***
Ek Tha Tiger (ETT) is probably Hindi cinema's best action film yet. Conrad Palmisano, who's been stunt co-ordinator on films like the Rush Hour series, the Robocop series, Batman Forever and Romeo Must Die, directs four brilliantly put together action set-pieces. They are all lavishly mounted, shot at breathtaking locales, and executed with skilled precision. In the midst of it all is Salman Khan, Hindi cinema's poster boy for escapist entertainment. Thankfully, ETT is the rare Khan film that has a plot too, thin as it may be.
After having acted in some good, bad and terrible films for over two decades, Salman Khan's Chulbul Pandey regaled masses in Dabangg, Abhinav Kashyap's quirky take on the masala genre. This was soon after Wanted brought audiences back to single screen cinemas.
Since then, it's been one monstrous hit after another for Khan, although the films have had little going for themselves other than the not-so-towering, bare-chested presence of the actor himself.
Most of these – Wanted first, and then Ready and Bodyguard – have been poorly written, haphazardly put together films that more or less follow a simple formula – piggyback on the 'Bhai' persona, and play to the gallery. ETT is similar in some ways – it's a film that presents Salman as a larger-than-life, superhero-esque secret agent. There's action, romance, music, all of which is infused to satiate Khan fans.
But, surprise surprise. Kabir Khan makes sure you acknowledge the director too. He banks on Khan's stardom, no doubt, but ensures he makes a spectacle of it. "I'll show you how to do it in style" — his film arrogantly seems to be telling other directors aiming for box office gold. There's method to the madness, and an ingredient almost entirely missing from most other Salman films — wit.
Tiger's a R&AW agent – the best there is. The film opens with an action sequence shot on the outskirts of Iraq. Tiger kills a bunch of agents after bumping off one of his own men, who defected to Pakistan's ISI. Back home, he's yearning for another mission.
He's sent to Dublin to keep an eye on acclaimed scientist Professor Kidwai (Roshan Seth), believed to be sharing nuclear secrets with Pakistan. There, Tiger meets Zoya (Katrina Kaif) and the expected happens – the two fall in love. But the revelation of Zoya's true identity throws things out of gear. Can a spy afford romance? And what if the lover might be the enemy?
The narrative is linear. Kabir Khan keeps the storytelling simple and the runtime short. Designed to be a two hour-long adrenaline rush, Ek Tha Tiger doesn't pause for breath. The pre-interval portions, establishing Tiger and Zoya's romance has some dull patches, but once the plot is established, the film moves swiftly.Rameshwar Bhagat's editing is watertight. Aseem Mishra's cinematography does the film's scale justice.
Hindi cinema's tryst with the spy genre has been scattered.
Dharmendra's Aankhen, Jeetendra's Farz, Mithun Chakraborthy's Surakshaa and the Mahender Sandhu-starrer Agent Vinod all met with varied success. Sridhar Raghavan's tongue-in-cheek take on the last one flopped just a few months ago. All of these films had 'khufiya agents', 'dushman-e-mulk' and double crossing femme fatales.
Where Ek Tha Tiger scores is the balancing act — it's a full-blown Hindi film, with desh prem, farz and mohabbat as part of the recipe. But Kabir Khan treats the film like a stylised Hollywood actioner, never getting into graver issues but using the set-up as a tool to regale. His plot takes the characters around the world a la James Bond films, each of the locations woven cleverly into the screenplay.
A spectacular action sequence in Havana is enough to get back your money's worth. It delights you with its choreography as much as it does with humour. Sample this: Having landed in a house inhabited by an old couple in-between a chase sequence, Tiger struggles to open the exit door to the apartment. The old man calmly gets up and opens the latch to let Tiger and Zoya out.
The film is well cast, with seasoned actors like Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth and the reliable Ranvir Shorey making up the ensemble. Khan's in his element, even though the film strips him off some of his antics – there isn't too much dialoguebaazi, neither is there scope for slapstick. But the usual Khanisms remain. In one scene, TigerMan halts a speeding mono rail with nothing but brute force – the scene is as believable as a shirt tearing off his muscle-rippled body, but should do the trick for his obnoxiously large number of fans. Katrina Kaif looks smoking. She's especially sexy to watch while kicking some ass.
Ek Tha Tiger, as expected, is an out-and-out Salman Khan film. But it's also smart and stylish — not qualities you associate with a Sallu film. Escapism isn't always this much fun. Go watch.
FACT I: On August 14, by 9pm, all
16 shows at IMAX, Wadala, for August 15, were over 70 percent booked.
The first show at 9am had a 90 percent turnout. I'm sure by the time the
day ended, the results were better than the first show. Add to that the
fact that there are more than 1,250 plus shows in Mumbai alone today.
Multiply that by shows all over India and you will get a fair idea of
what the first day collection will be. Methinks this will be a landmark
film in BO collections on the opening day itself. A smart move by the
producers.
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FACT II: Salman Khan
is a phenomenal craze. He has risen to cult status. Never mind the
content of his films, just his presence alone is enough to ensure the
returns for his investors. His fans just need to see him on screen. The
ceetis and taalis flow when he is in action mode. And in EK THA TIGER,
though his shirt comes off for a few fleeting seconds, there is an
uproar in the multiplex; it's as though they were waiting for this to
happen.
REVIEW: Kabir Khan's EK THA TIGER by no means is any
patch on the director's earlier work, NEW YORK. But with the Tiger in
his den, Kabir manages to weave action with emotion to dish out an
entertaining fare. What works for the movie are its action and the
Salman-Katrina jodi. Music is an irritant that was not required. In
fact, when they break into the first song almost 45 minutes into the
movie, it's like an afterthought (chalo ab ek gaana dalte hain). It
slackens whatever momentum was gathered up until this stage. The only
song that has any spunk comes on after the end titles begin to roll.
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Tiger (Salman Khan) is a RAW
agent who is the most experienced in the team. Shenoy (Girish Karnad)
the RAW chief is proud of his agent and entrusts him with the most
daring of assignments which spans the entire globe. So you have the film
beginning in Zako, Northern Iraq, then moving on to Ireland, Istanbul,
Havana, and London, apart from India. On an assignment in Ireland to
track down a retired Indian professor, who apparently is sharing Indian
secrets with the ISI, Tiger runs into Zoya (Katrina Kaif).
He takes her help to gain access to the recluse professor and his home.
From action to romance to action to spying, Kabir brings the film to a
nice suspense point at the interval.
What works for the film big
time apart from Salman Khan is the action. It's slick and woven well
into the script. It pushes the story forward unlike the song which jerks
it backwards (by many miles). Also, the fact that Salman is gung-ho
about the action and romance in this film is a huge plus. Clearly, he is
having the time of his life, doing what he loves to do best and in
return getting appreciation from his fans.
Here is the break-up of the 5 star rating.
Two
stars are for action and the remaining three for the fact that this is a
Salman Khan film and is guaranteed to rip open the Box Office!
FACT III: A Salman Khan film does not need a review!
FACT IV: This one will wipe out whatever deficit Yash Raj Films may have accumulated with their last few releases.
Ratings : 5/5
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What happens when an Indian intelligence officer falls in love with a Pakistani spy? That's the premise of this week's major Bollywood release "Ek Tha Tiger," Hindi for "There Was a Tiger." In it, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif play the roles of the Indian and Pakistani, respectively.
But the hotly-anticipated Independence Day release is not just another first-date romantic drama. It's packed with oodles of action and plenty of death defying stunts, a genre Mr. Khan has dominated in recent years.
Though the film was embroiled in several controversies in previews — most recently its ban from Pakistan — it garnered substantial praise from Indian critics on its release Wednesday. There were others, however, who criticized the film for its haphazard plot.
Here's a roundup of what critics said about the film:
"Ek Tha Tiger, by far, is Salman Khan's most entertaining and accomplished works in recent times," Bollywood critic Gaurav Malani wrote in the Times of India.
Praising the spy-thriller's "tongue-in-cheek" dialogue, "credibly crafted" screenplay and skillful direction, the film, thought Mr. Malani, scores above most Indian espionage flicks for its ability to maintain a cohesive narrative.
Mr. Malani also was impressed with the movie's "imaginative" action sequences which break free from the stereotyped "exaggerated, convoluted and commonplace" action in most masala entertainers. Director Kabir Khan, he noted, "strikes a perfect balance between heroism and realism in this department."
"A two-hour long adrenaline rush" is how film critic Aniruddhha Guha summed up the "action extravaganza" in a Daily News and Analysis review.
"Kabir Khan doesn't leave things to the Salman factor alone," Mr. Guha noted. "There's style, there's slickness, and there's an ingredient almost entirely missing from most other Salman films – wit."
The critic went on to praise the film for its "racy" plot, "riveting" action, "breathtaking" stunts and "watertight" editing, which in his view, made the fast-paced Bollywood flick the equal of any "stylized Hollywood thriller."
"Ek Tha Tiger, at the end of the day, is an out-and-out Salman Khan film. But it's the rare well-made one," said Mr. Guha, giving the film three-and-a-half-stars out of five.
But not everyone was as impressed as these two. Though news portal Rediff's Sukanya Verma was all praise for the cast and the "snappy, snazzy and substantial action," she noted that the narrative "wasn't always brimming with bright logic."
"It has its share of loopholes, convenient bending and tweaking of a hazy script packed with diplomatic protocol inaccuracies," she said.
The "sluggish" screenplay, "mediocre" songs and "subtle" humor were shortcomings "hard to forgive," she added, giving the film three stars out of five.
A Zee News reviewer shared similar views. The movie "compels you to wonder if you truly want to ridicule your intelligence," wrote Gayatri Sankar, giving the spy-thriller two stars out of five.
Even though Ms. Sankar commended the film for its scintillating action sequences, "foot-tapping" score and sizzling onscreen chemistry between the lead pair, she found the script a big letdown.
The movie "falls into the same trap" as most Salman Khan-starrers: dollops of action but no meaningful content. It "will certainly entertain you if you leave your brains outside the theatre!" she said.
by Rubina A Khan Aug 15, 2012
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A poster of the film Ek Tha Tiger. Courtesy: Yash Raj Films
Salman Khan plays Tiger, a RAW agent, one with Herculean physical strength that can take on the world and leave the might of super heroes far behind in his action packed missions to save India. There's no wall high enough for him to scale or a plane slow enough for him not to leap into mid-air. And of course, there's no enemy, namely Pakistan's ISI agents, strong enough to break him and his nationalist resolve toward his country.
The film opens in Zakho, Iraq, with a flying kick so hard, it sets the action tone of the film right away. Tiger reports to Shenoy (Girish Karnad) in New Delhi after every field mission for the last 12 years and this time is no different. The two share a warm camaraderie over drinks and a special daal dinner, with Tiger raring to set off on yet another mission. He leads a boring, undercover life, not to mention single too, in a spartan home in a Delhi neighborhood where his good looks, physique and mysterious comings and goings are more exciting to the women around than the television serials. Of course, their men aren't amused by their fascination with the mysterious neighbour. And before he can get into his buying milk from the milkman morning routine, he is assigned to keep a close eye on one Professor Kidwai (Roshan Seth) who teaches at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, who RAW suspects is sharing integral missile information with the enemy. Fellow RAW agent, Gopi (Ranvir Shorey) accompanies Tiger on this mission.
A poster of the film Ek Tha Tiger. Courtesy: Yash Raj Films
Professor Kidwai is batty and Tiger, relentless, in the guise of Manish Chandra, a writer, in befriending the old geezer. Zoya (Katrina Kaif) a student, who is also a part time caretaker of the Professor's home and dog, Rocket, aids Tiger in the process. This is one Tiger that needs no saving on any mission, until he falls in love with the beautiful Zoya and the song Banjaara visualizes his love-struck state of mind amidst the Irish landscape. Many romantic interludes later, you are smitten by Tiger's unspoken love for Zoya, where terms of endearment between them are Zee and Doordarshan, which go on to play a bigger role in the scheme of things to unfold post the interval, where the story takes a very surprising turn.
Without giving away what follows the exciting and unpredictable turn in the plot, the film traverses Istanbul in Turkey and goes on to Havana in Cuba with the leading pair of the film lending their beautiful selves to the exotica of the locations, especially in the song, Laapata filmed in Havana. What comes between their love? Do Tiger and Zoya survive the international chase of RAW and ISI heads and agents? Ek Tha Tiger wouldn't be a thriller romance if I told you anything more!
The action in Ek Tha Tiger is spectacular and every bewildering, unrealistic action sequence is just that much more exciting with Tiger enacting the same! From stopping a train to leaping off a motorbike into a plane already in mid-air, Salman Khan makes it real! The cinematography by Aseem Mishra is seamless and brilliant, not once invading the space of the characters at work in the foreground. The background score attempts to incorporate the local sounds of music when in Havana and Istanbul especially, and it works. The dialogues are "very Salman-esque" like "Main dress de raha hoon, utaar thodi raha hoon!" and only he can carry off these lines with his easy charm and panache on screen.
Salman Khan's portrayal of the RAW agent, Tiger in the political jungle of life, is forceful and subtle at the same time. In the stylised action scenes, a bruised and wounded Salman exudes a rockstar like cool that's very, well, cool. But when he plays the love struck Tiger, Salman's the undisputed Khan of romance with his expressions of love! Ek Tha Tiger feels more a love story set in an action thriller plot line when the Tiger-Zoya love story commences, but the film straddles the divide well in shifting gears from action to romance ably.
Katrina Kaif looks stunning, playing Tiger's feisty Tigress in the film, but it's her action scenes that add dimension to her character. She has a hero's part almost in the film, with a well-written character and her striking presence in literally, every frame of the film. She, too, balances the different shades of Zoya well with her able performance and has gone far beyond her initial days of just being the pretty girl in the film.
Girish Karnad's performance as the RAW head is mediocre, but doesn't hamper the film given it revolves primarily around its two main protagonists, Tiger and Zoya. Ranvir Shorey is good in his Gopi act.
The director, who has earlier directed Kabul Express (2006) and New York (2009) has a firm grip on the story and the screen play, without compromising on the entertainment value of the film at all. There's everything and more in Ek Tha Tiger that you'd want to see in a film – good looking lead cast, story, glamour, an endearing romance, good performances, some laughs, picturesque locations, thrilling and exquisite action, patriotism and most importantly, a good time at the movies!
Rating: ****
Film: "Ek Tha Tiger"; Starring: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif; Directed by: Kabir Khan.
There is something about the Salman-Katrina pairing. Something that goes deeper than a real-life affection. Even deeper than that crackling pitch-perfect chemistry that we see among endearing star-pairs, like Raj-Nargis, Rajesh -Mumtaz, Shah Rukh-Kajol...you name it!
Here in "Ek Tha Tiger", we see a look of genuine protectiveness in Salman's eyes every time he looks at Katrina Kaif. That look suits the film's purposes fine. "Ek Tha Tiger" is the love story of two spies from different sides of the border who during the course of their volatile sinister cloak-and-dagger work, fall head over heels in love.
As the lovers flee their enemies, they are pursued by do mulk ke dushman. Which is nine mulk less than where Shah Rukh's Don was wanted.
Salman's spy-hero code-named Tiger cuts through the chase, brings the secret agent's role down to an amiably human level, drawing secret alcoves of childlike vulnerability and, yes, humour from his character's secret life, making the spy's double life look doubly redeemable.
Every time Salman looks at Katrina his eyes melt. Kabir Khan taps the actor's potential to fill up the screen to great advantage. Even while flexing his biceps through four continents in some of the best staged action sequences in some never-seen rugged exotic spots of the earth (full marks to action director Conrad Palamisano) Salman gets lots of very quiet contemplative moments with his beautiful co-star. For once the superstar looks neither bored nor distracted. And he isn't impatient to move on.
Ruminative reflective rich in self-mocking resonances, Salman's spy in "Ek Tha Tiger" is a remarkably restrained and expressive character. He handles both the action and the romantic sequences with seamless empathy.
Katrina gets better with every film. As a woman who had a genuinely happy childhood that has been snatched away by the nature of her profession, her eyes convey infinite pain. She conveys pain and love with as much elan as she kicks ass when the need arises. Yup, this lady rocks.
Kabir Khan whose earlier Katrina starrer "New York" defined Islamic isolation during times of terrorism with gripping gusto, this time, decides to have fun with the espionage genre without trivialising it. The blend of action and romance is achieved with a fluency that we've seldom seen in the action-romance genre.
The storytelling is laced with a loads of humour. Aseem Mishra's camera-work punctuates the pungent drama of lovers on the run, capturing the bustle and the festivity of Ireland, Cuba and Istanbul with much warmth and affection and a detached fascination that is the opposite of touristic curiosity.
Kabir Khan has an eye for everyday details. Though his frames are arranged to convey aesthetics, the beauty of the moments shared by lovers is never defined by their surroundings.
It's a very commonplace attraction seen in umpteenth Hindi films of every hue and variety. What makes director Kabir Khan's telling of this routine love story come alive, is the presentation and packaging, both unique but never over-punctuated.
Epic in design the film has a surprisingly low number of main characters.
Kabir works on building the love story through the intelligently-written interaction between the two protagonists rather than their exotic environment or the incidental characters. Still, Girish Karnad as Tiger's boss and Ranvir Shorey as Salman's buddy-in-arms are first-rate. Never letting the script down.
It's not easy to make an intelligent film on intelligence without tripping over the barbed wires of politics and espionage jargon. Kabir Khan strips the love stories to its bare necessities without diminishing the density of the drama.
"Ek Tha Tiger" is more a passionate love story than an actioner. Brilliantly scripted and deftly directed it's Salman Khan's best film in ages. As for his chemistry with Katrina Kaif, it is the stuff legendary love stories are made of.
Very few films make you sit at the edge of your seat when the hero fights and then makes you recline in sighing submission when he romances his sweetheart, in equal measures.
"Ek Tha Tiger" gets it right.
Yash Raj-Salman Khan Ek Tha Tiger (ETT) is all that it was billed to be – on opening day, at least. The film, which took a phenomenal 100-per cent opening across India, is expected to break records and become the highest first-day grosser at Rs 30 crore.
Salman Khan has always had tremendous success at the ticket counter during Eid, and today being a national holiday helped considerably. Tradewallahs believe the film will clock the fastest Rs 100 crore in the history of Indian cinema.
In Mumbai, Vinay Choksey of VIP Enterprises says, "In Mumbai, the response to the film has been astonishing. The first-day collections will be around Rs 30 crore all-India and Rs 11 crore in Mumbai. The film benefited from the national holiday today but collections will drop tomorrow as it is a working day. The film will cross Rs 90 crore post the long weekend as Monday is an Eid holiday."
In Gujarat, Ajay Bagbai of Rajvi Trade Link adds, "Although the film is running house full, it has received a mixed response from the audience. The first half is a little slow but Salman Khan fans will watch the film anyway. So the film's all-India, first-day collections will be around Rs 30-32 crore and Gujarat-Saurashtra is estimated at Rs 4 crore. Tomorrow will witness a 40-per cent drop. But by the weekend, collections will total Rs 130 crore."
In Delhi UP, Sanjay Ghai of Mukta Arts says, "Without a doubt, this film will be a blockbuster. On its first day, all-India collections will be around Rs 32 crore and in UP-Delhi, close to Rs 7 crore. By Monday, the movie will join the 100-crore club."
In Punjab, Surendra Saluja of Lakshya Movies says, "The first-day collections of ETT received an extraordinary response. The evening shows are also house full. In East Punjab, the film will earn Rs 1.5 crore but collections will drop tomorrow. The momentum will pick up in no time, during the long weekend."
In West Bengal, Debashish Dey of Aum Moviez says, "ETT has elicited an extremely positive response and the film is a pure treat for Salman Khan fans. It is not a typically commercial film like Dabangg or Bodyguard and it has a niche-like look. On its first day in West Bengal, it will earn close to Rs 1.5 crore."
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
Salman Khan
is a species that invites admiration and applause in any kind of film
format or movie genre. Off late we have seen enough of him in mindless
comedies and inflated action flicks. But the Yash Raj banner and, more
particularly, director Kabir Khan
project him in a sober, suave and sensible way over his patented
pedestrian image. And since the film follows a sane storyline over silly
slapstick, one is able to appreciate and enjoy it better.
In
the prologue chase-sequence where he is introduced as an intelligence
officer on assignment in a foreign country, Salman Khan escapes his
opponents by splurging money in an open market and subsequently
camouflages in the crowd that is busy pouncing on the currency. Be rest
assured that what follows would be 'paisa vasool' entertainment.
Tiger (Salman Khan) is an Indian intelligence officer who's sent by RAW to Dublin
to keep an eye on a science professor. There he comes across Zoya
(Katrina Kaif) and expectedly falls for her. Until it turns out that
even Zoya is on an undercover mission. Now Tiger has to choose between duty and love.
Aditya Chopra
sketches his story on the unusual premise of what would happen if an
Indian intelligence officer falls in love with a Pakistani spy. The
conflicts in the love story come quite naturally through the animosity
between the two neighbouring nations, prevalent for decades. On a
broader level the film implies how love can overpower all inherent
differences. Yet it never makes a very conscious attempt to sound
preachy or positive about the state-of-affairs between the countries.
Chopra's story is credibly crafted into a riveting screenplay by Neelesh
Misra and Kabir Khan.
At first instance, it seems like the love story is barging in the spy-drama. Until you realize that Ek Tha Tiger, largely, is a love story on the backdrop of an espionage
thriller and not the other way round. Once we realize that, the romance
track is never a hindrance. Rather the Indo-Pak spy couple lends the
love story its uniqueness. Nevertheless there is no compromise on the
spy setup of the film either. Director Kabir Khan commendably balances
the love story and the spy drama, with each element taking precedence at
different junctures in the film as per the requirement.
The
beauty of the film is that, though the protagonist goes against his
establishment for a girl from a rival country, you still root for him.
Their integrity towards each other makes you overlook the fact that the
two spies went rogue. Thereby Ek Tha Tiger is more of a rooted romance tale over a mechanical spy-thriller. Where it scores above most Indian espionage flicks (including the recent Agent Vinod) is that fact that though it frequently changes geographical boundaries, the narrative never wanders aimlessly.
Unlike most desi actioners where the stunts are often exaggerated, convoluted and commonplace, Ek Tha Tiger boasts of some imaginative action sequences smartly choreographed by Hollywood
stunt coordinator Conrad Palmisano. It isn't of the existing variety
where a dozen goons go flying in the air by hero's one kick. Kabir Khan
strikes a perfect balance between heroism and realism in this
department. So the background score or editing patterns don't have to be
overblown for the impact. The tram sequence in first half and the
freeway chase in the second is sure to invite applause in cinema-halls.
Despite a serious spy setup, the film has a very cool sense of humour.
The tongue-in-cheek lines often make you smile even in the most unusual
circumstances. Aseem Mishra's cinematography lends the film a grace that
the genre demands, as he captures the essence of Ireland, Cuba, Istanbul and other countries with elan.
Salman Khan carries an urbane charm and looks uber-cool dressed in
formals. He is resourcefully restrained sans his customary buffoonery.
His acting ability is best exploited in this film after a long long
time. Katrina Kaif
is gorgeous as always and puts in a confident act. Her agility in
action sequences adds to her conviction. And more importantly she shares
terrific chemistry with Salman Khan, something that was missing in all their earlier pairings. Ranvir Shorey as Salman's associate makes for a good supporting cast. Girish Karnad and Gavie Chahal lend decent support.
Ek Tha Tiger,
by far, is Salman Khan's most entertaining and accomplished works in
recent times. Hope he takes the correct cues from this film and stays
away from mediocrity henceforth.
Verdict: Very Good
Salman Khan threw a challenge to his former lady love and "Ek Tha Tiger" co-star Katrina Kaif when they visited the sets of "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5". He wanted her to prove her improved Hindi-speaking skills.
Katrina and " Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa" contestant Shibani Dandekar
have a tough time speaking in Hindi. However, they have been trying
hard to brush up their skills, and believe they have improved a lot.
So, when Salman challenged them to speak in Hindi, Katrina said: "Aap kaise ho (How are you)", to which Shibani replied: "Main ache hai (I am fine), How are you?"
It was enough to impress Salman and he gave the girls a standing ovation!
Moving away from the conventional hero-heroine iconic jodi songs, Rithvik and his partner Sneha decided to choose Aamir and Salman as their jodi for their performance in Colors' 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' this week.
Dancing to 'Do mastane chale' from the movie 'Andaz Apna Apna',
this duo brought back memories from the movie which made Katrina ask
Salman whether this madness had occurred in the movie too.
Enlightening the audiences, Salman said that when Katrina first saw 'Andaaz Apna Apna',
she did not understand the movie because she did not understand Hindi.
She saw the movie with a straight face without realizing the punches.
The next time she saw it was after polishing her Hindi and that was
when she understood the humor and couldn't stop laughing at the antics
in the movie. Congratulating Rithvik and Sneha on their performance,
Salman confessed that he would never have been able to remember the
choreography and was glad that he could relive the madness from back
then.
Mumbai: Salman Khan's most
awaited film 'Ek Tha Tiger' might have received mixed response from
critics, but the Kabir Khan film has kept the Box Office ringing since
its release.
produced by Yash Raj Films, ETT has been
shot at expensive locales spread across 5 countries. The Rs 75 crore
budget film has reportedly made a business of Rs 32 crore on the first
day itself!
Popular trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to
write, "#EkThaTiger Wed biz still being compiled. Yashraj still getting
data. So one can only estimate. Anywhere between 32 to 35 cr nett. Ab
bolo!(sic), and added, "To state that #EkThaTiger has created History
would be wrong. Wed figures are BEYOND HISTORIC(sic)."
The film has received unprecedented response in just a day's time. Wonder what the weekend will unfold!
New Delhi: Forty six year old Salman Khan keeps swiveling his chair like a restless child. Swiveling, much like his mind - one minute the actor is claiming, 'doing a movie with Katrina is a big pakao thing' and the next, he is aggressively talking about a journalist who reported wrong facts - all this, LIVE on national television (CNN-IBN). He needs a gentle reminder by his former girlfriend and 'Ek Tha Tiger' co-star Katrina Kaif every now and then - sometimes to stop swiveling his chair, and at other, to stop swiveling his mind and making statements that could end up scripting headlines the next day. But then, this 'Dabangg' star is used to making headlines. Let's not forget that much before he became the darling of Bollywood's 100 crore club, he'd been in news for his legal wrangles (He was arrested for rash and negligent driving in 2002 when his car rammed into a Mumbai bakery causing the death of one person and injuring three others. 2006 saw him trooping to the court for hunting down the endangered Chinkara.) There were also reports of the star harassing Aishwarya Rai back in 2002 following their break-up.
But that's all history! Ask the thousands of Salman Khan fans who have crowned this star as a superstar and he in turn has proclaimed himself as the champion of Being Human. (By the by, for those interested Noorulla Mahboob Sharif was the name of the man who died on a footpath in 2002 when Salman Khan's car ran over him.) And his fans love him; perhaps, for being fallible like them, for occasionally being in the wrong like them, for being reactionary like them, for being human and hence, not always purely logical like them.
'Kabir (Khan) is in that logical zone, and I think logical zone is boring,' says Salman about the reported difference of opinion between his 'Ek Tha Tiger' director and himself. He goes on to defend his world - 'Everything is logical, but logical in a logical way, on a very larger than life.' Katrina cuts him in at this point (keep reading to find out what Katrina said.)
The film that stars Salman as an Indian spy on the run (who must battle the danger of falling in love in between - or so the promos seem to suggest) is expected to be the star's next big blockbuster. 'My cinema is at the best, most realistic cinema, it's the happiest form of cinema, it's an art, it's an art to see that that the country goes in the correct direction,' Salman defends himself when Katrina questions his logic. It is slightly unnerving to imagine Salman Khan's pot-boilers being the blueprint for the country and the direction it heads in. But let's, for a minute, imagine a world where people take a cue from say Chulbul Pandey of 'Dabangg' - Will all problems be resolved by fights? Will girls be threatened into accepting proposals? (reference to his dialogue: Pyaar se de rahe hai rakh lo warna thapad marr ke bhi de sakte hai) And will we have to have the Munnis to get badnaam?
"Look at 'Ready!' 'Ready' is like a family which is a happy family together. And the other family is a bad family which they convert into good family," Salman explains the goodness in his kind of cinema where everything seems to filter down to monochromes of either black or white, but the grey, grainy and gritty details of the reality seem to be missing. 'For example all my films. You might think that's heroism, I don't think that's heroism, I think that's being normal,' claims Salman. His many larger than life action sequences from his many blockbuster films might be the perfect recipe to get the crowds whistling but that being dubbed as normal is once again, simply unnerving.
Yet to paint him in black and white would be like making the same (and grave mistake) that he seems to have a tendency for. He might seem to be impulsive and reactionary but one cannot ignore the fact that he is a very successful star who not only has a strong clout in the industry but who is also said to be involved in many charitable projects.
He is the kind of star who wears a very casual dark blue shirt, with plain dark blue pants and matches it with a casual, chunky yellow watch but (perceivably) expects to be acknowledged as a superstar. While on one hand, he is known for his mercurial temperament, on the other, he has his friends and team who swear by him (in this case it was a public relations executive who vouched for him being extremely cooperative while promoting the film and one simply couldn't ignore Salman's bodyguard of many years, Shera, who was physically shifty as he ensured everything went smoothly around bhai).
Interestingly, what Katrina Kaif said about his sense of logic when she interrupted him (mentioned earlier in this piece) perhaps best defines the being of Salman Khan - ".logic on a scale as if life was a fairytale and if we could do anything we wanted in life. Life is made of dreams." And who knows what goes around in Salman Khan's dream world!
(Vanita Singh is Associate Features Editor at CNN-IBN)
DISCLAIMER: All quotes are from Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif's interview to CNN-IBN.
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