Review of Kurbaan (2009) by Pushkar K — 21 Nov 2009

The start: amazing, fascinating and exiting. Black and white colors, dark contents which even excites you more. Background music catalyses the excitement.

Next 30 min: Love blossoms between Saif and Kareena. Same bollywood sequences, witty lines, shy expression. Nothing new but it finishes fast so you get some relief.

Movie till interval: Totally blank. Nothing moves forward. It seems like you are watching a horror movie. Background score haunts you (thanks to Salim-Suleman). Om Puris entry in the movie looks like a ray of hope but it vanishes with over serious performance by Keeran Kher. Totally boring and you find yourself exhausted and just pray for interval.

Movie after interval: Irritating mostly because of Vivek Oberoy. He delivers nothing. You just wish terrorist should bomb blast him rather than subways. Its like watching John Abrahims New York all over again and you cant take that pain twice. Almost same sequences, same content and also a hint of Fanaa as love story dont end here. At the end you are finally relieved.

When I read the synopsis of this movie I was quite eager to see this one though I knew its going to be again some stupid flick about Islam and terrorism. But still trailers and posters made its really attractive. But when I sat down for movie I was saddened. Opening with an amazing start movie loses its charm as it proceeds. Debutant director Rensil Dâsilva tries very hard to give the best but he fails. Movie promises something different before interval but ends up with same bollywood cliches. So whats good to see in this movie? There are only 3 things which are worth watching.

1.The background score: Salim-Suleman again proves that they are the master of background music. The haunting background score before interval and then really up bit music in crucial scenes makes the movie really energetic. Its the only thing that never disappoints you in whole movie.

2.The chemistry between the leads: Saif and Kareena dazzle the screen with there really smoking looks and seductive eyes. Kareena looks fantastic and her eyes emote more than her words. Saif on the other side is really charming in the first half but then stiff in other.

3.The camera and cinematography: Well every new director is trying to woo his audience by different camera techniques but Rensil rules this race. His camera is really amazing and sometimes really awful (but very rare). His art to capture some locations is really brilliant. Plus location and art direction add more essence in his camera work.

Overall it has very new to offer you. Also the end is very unpredictable but the scene at which movie ends is very weird and confusing. It gives an incomplete gesture. If you really want to watch all Islam lecturebaji and Jihad again and again then you can spend your 200 bucks on it.