Istaanbul Reviewed

Apoorva Lakhia is back!! After a mildly successful attempt at the underworld genre with Shootout at Lokhandwala ( Ae Ganpat, Chal; daaru la!), the director skps to Istaanbul from Lokhandwala to tackle terrorism.

I must admit, I had some pre conceived notions before watching the movie: I expected it to be horrid! I was more or less right I gotta say.

The action flick tells us the tale of Vikas Sagar (Zayed Khan), a workaholic television reporter who’s just split from his wife Anjali (Shriya Saran), , Vikas gets offered a key job at Al Johara (Al Jazeera anyone?) . So the man goes to Turkey and is warned in full filmy style not to enter the office’s 13^th floor. Oooh how scary.

Enter Rizwan (Vivek Oberoi) a Turkish commando, who reveals to Vikas an evil plot to take over the world (or something to that effect). Our ‘ Jai and Veeru’ then fight what seems to be half the population of Istanbul to save the world. Somewhere in the midst there’s a hilariously funny George Bush look alike. If anything saves the movie it’s him.

All in all it’s an attempt at an action thriller. Not a good attempt but an attempt all the same. For Bollywood, where action lovers have been left with nowhere to turn in the midst of all the candy floss and mush, even this seems like a great effort. It’s really not though!

Oh and there’s a sneak peek into CKkompany in the midst of the movie…watch out for that