Wednesday 25 December 2013

Tashan
(2008)

RATING:80%
FORMAT:DVD

WEBSITE: Tashan (2008)...

Deliriously melodramatic comedy/crime caper/musical that sweeps over you in deliciously brutal - yet remarkably bloodless - waves. Despite the movie’s overwrought characterizations and highly coincidental revelations, the emotions are real in this tale of love lost and found.

Just about everything the stunt arranger could think is thrown in from a fully armed militia facing our largely bullet-proof heroes (& heroine) to flame-throwers, helicopters, jet skis and a cricket bat!

The running joke about the crime boss wanting to speak good English (like George Bush!) never fails to amuse. This suggests a self-deprecating bemusement at the tendency of Hindu film characters to use English when making jokes, swearing or telling each other of their love. Hindustanis can clearly incorporate foreign influences without feeling swamped.

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