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Tees Maar Khan - Khano mein Khan tha wo con-man

After the intermission of the movie, there is a scene where 'actor' Akshaye asks 'director' Akshay- mujhe karna kya hai? After having watched the first half breeze through, the scene kind of sets the motion for what is to follow  in the movie

The first half begins in a superb manner, the chutzpah that we normally associate with Farah Khan. It shows a still unborn Tees Maar Khan urf Tabrez Mirza Khan learning the tricks of the trade in his mother's womb ala Abhimanyu. Entry of Akshay Kumar is pretty forced and built-up. The one thing that half the nation (depends on the sex ratio in India now) was waiting for, comes very early in the movie as it's the introduction for Katrina Kaif. Yes, you guessed it right! It's SHEELA KI JAWANI

It is to the actor's credit that he actually pulls off a few scenes in the first half, even eliciting laughs for the same. It's actually the entry of Akshaye Khanna that slows the movie down and it has nothing to do with him as he delivers a stand-out performance in the movie. The theme of the movie is such that it is pretty one-dimensional and Farah chose comedy as the way forward

Like they say, too many cooks spoil the broth. A truck load of actors in a movie are also capable of spoiling an entire movie. The same happens in the second half as there are a host of characters and the chaos that we come to identify in the 'movie within the movie' is what we identify with the movie too

Akshay Kumar, who normally pulls off these 'mindless' comedy acts is not in form as he has been far removed  from the identity the common man identifies with- being the common man. He is a con-man in this movie whose catch phrases are all shown in the TV already

Akshaye Khanna has the most meaty part after Akshay Kumar and comes away unscathed from the mess because of his timing. The closed eyes emoting in a few scenes, the back problem, and the 'Oscar' fetish are a pointer towards a certain actor- don't you know it already?!! He carries it off well

Katrina Kaif has nothing to do in the movie except sway/gyrate her hips for the songs in the movie and if we were to describe the other cast, we would be writing a coffee table book on the movie instead

Finally,SRK fans can be happy that he needs to be around for Farah and collections wise too the movie won't suffer as there were many SRK fans thronging the counters as there were Akshay fans. SRK actually took a wise decision of not acting in this movie and I see no reason in him fighting with Farah. He should instead be happy that he did not act

Finally Farah needs to rethink all Bollywood tributes and odes to a bygone era as it is getting repetitive for the audience. It's Akshay's bad luck that he got stuck with one such movie where there is no script or was there one. She could have made a proper movie with the star cast she had at hand. Alas
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