Cash (2007)

Lots of jokes do indeed prevail about how this movie should have been called 'Trash' rather than Cash, i had read lots of reviews that wrote it off and decided to see for myself, hoping there might be some ridiculous camp moments i might i enjoy, but unfortunately there was little to keep me amused or entertained

The film revolves around some long lost diamonds stolen from India by the British in the 18th century, the diamonds get lost at sea only to be found years later, where its split into three, one of the diamonds lands in Cape Town south Africa. Karan (Ajay Devgan) a professional robber enlists the help of four robbers to assist in stealing the diamonds

Robber No.1 Pooja (Esha Deol)

Robber No.2 Danny (Zayed Khan)

& Robber No.3 Lucky (Ritesh Deshmukh)

also after the diamonds is another high profile robber Angad (Sunil Shetty)


and his girlfriend Aditi (Dia Mirza)


protecting the diamonds is Karan's police officer Girlfriend Shania (Shamita Shetty)

Will they be able to carry out the Heist?

Indeed you might have noticed my quick write up of the plot synopsis, which is unlike other movies i review on here, it's because this movie was a big disappointment, What could have been an exciting, fun even if yet camp movie is let down by a dull script which made watching it quite tedious, there were some goodies though

I loved the brief comic animated sequences with which some of the characters were introduced


In a movie where the cast are let down by the script or should i say whose script does their talent no justice, i couldn't help but admire and fall for Shamita Shetty's energy and fierceness, what a babe she truly is

the Hip Soundtrack by Vishal Shekhar is what i loved most about this film, thankfully i had rented this film but if i had spent my own CASH on it, i would have been consoled by the songs, if you love Pop Music and R'n'b you'll love the songs of cash

there's the drum and bass influenced title Track 'Cash'

'Naa Puchho' which mixes some subtle traditional strings with a kicking R'n'b bass,

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the sensual mellow R'n'b grooves of 'Rahem kare'

and the wonderful 'mind Blowing Maahiya', i love the whole hinglish R'n'b vibe going on



Overall watch Cash only if you're a die hard fan of any of the actors or better yet still for the songs if that's your thing, i really hope the director Anubhav Sinha who's directing Sharukh Khan's forthcoming action film R.A 1 has stepped up his game and delivers a super exciting and highly entertaining film with R.A 1

Khakee (2004)

I was in the mood for some pick me up masala action and this flm was perfect for me, even though it wasn't crazily masala with people losing kids etc. i enjoyed every bit and second of it

Inspector Anant Kumar (Amitabh Bachchan) is a dedicated police officer in fact we could say he is married to his job

During preparations of his daughters wedding he's alerted and entrusted with the Job of bringing wanted terrorist Iqbal Ansari safely from Chandigarh to Mumbai, a previous attempt to bring him to Bombay had resulted in a bloodshed with terrorists headed by Yashwant Angre (Ajay Devgan)

The mean spirited Yashwant
Inspector Anand is gutted about leaving during preparations for his daughter's wedding, but he has to fulfil his obligations so he takes four officers with him, Inspector Shekhar (Akshay Kumar), Inspector Ashwin (Tusshar Kapoor) Constable Kamlesh and Naidu

they're soon joined by Mahalaxmi (Aishwarya Rai) who says she's seen the head of the terrorist organisation

They get hold of Iqbal Ansari and start their journey back towards Mumbai

A romance blossoms between Mahalaxmi and Inspector Shekhar

the journey back isn't so easy however as the terrorists starts attacking, in a bid to save their lives Inspector Shekhar brings up the idea of letting Iqbal go with the terrorists, he's refuted by DCP Anant

A frustrated and tired Iqbal Ansari breaks his silence, alerting them that the terrorist organization aren't out to save him from the police but rather kill him as he had threated to expose a corruption among the police and politicians

Will they accomplish their mission? Will they get to Mumbai safely with Ansari? How will Mahalaxmi and Shekhar's play out, will it hamper his career? Watch Khakee to find out

I have nothing but love for this movie, Khakee is my opinion is the best bollywood cop drama ever made, it is fast paced and gripping i watched all three hours in a go, usually for some bollywood films i tend to watch half and then continue the other half the next day

Great performances all around this is my first Tusshar Kapoor film and he's truly impressive here, i know he's mostly relegated to playing comedic roles but Khakee shows that he's capable of handling strong roles


After over 30 years in the industry Big B shows he's not going anywhere anytime soon


I loved Akshay and Aishwarya's Jodi as well can't wait to see them in the forthcoming Action Replay


Having known Aishwarya for a few years now, i have to admit that its in this film that i guess i can say i saw what all the fuss was all about, she is utterly gorgeous

Check out those eyes

kya beauty hai

It was also nice to see some golden oldies a la Jaya Prada and Tanuja

The make up really made Tanuja look scary

ahhh the wonderful Jaya Prada

This film would have worked just as well without music but i admire the director Rajkumar Santoshi's decision to include them in, he really had us (bollywood deewana) audiences in mind we love our naach gaana [song & dance] leading to a rocking soundtrack from Ram Sampath

The romantic 'Vaada Raha' with Akshay and Aishwarya in full on romantic mood, the groovy flamenco sounds of 'Dil Dooba' with Aish and Akshay dressed in flamenco type costumes my favourite however has to be 'Aisa Jadoo' which i guess i can declare as one of the most energetic item numbers ever with Sunidhi Chauhan's voice on full blast (i love Sundhi so much) and Lara Dutta definitely enjoyed herself with this one, and it shows, she was so passionate and energetic. Now stop reading and just click the play buton on the video below

Super fierce Lara in 'Aisa jadoo'



Total Score: 8/10 (Brilliant Fast Paced Cop Action Drama)