Table No. 21

Cast: Paresh Rawal, Rajeev Khandelwal,Tina Desai

Director: Aditya Datt

Genre: Thriller

A good entertainer with a moral message in the end

Pluses:

• Rajeev Khandelwal foraying into something which is more of a commercialised stream and not a bad attempt after all. He has a typical charm which he throws to the women, and half the audience is allured :) Not a very challenging role but he is still a nice watch :)
• Paresh Rawal is one amongst those actors from old generation who proves it time and again that one need not be a star material nor need to be labelled a villain material always to be recognized. He plays a cold blooded character in this one with a mind for business and a motive to avenge
• The USP of the movie is that it never slows down, you really never bother about the length of the movie and you will hate the interval :) From the start to the end you will not repent having watched it :)
• The script of the flick is nothing great, but the direction and the pace keeps it going. You do see some drama but thats never over indulgding where from its starts sucking
• Music is adequate, not too many and pretty soothing to the ears, though never promoted all that well :)

Minuses:

• There is one major disconnect that the director completely missed or left it intentionally. The mysterious first scene of the movie which has absolutely no link till the end of the movie. Also another mystery to how does 'Mr. Khan' have such an insight about the very personal life of the couple which otherwise no one else knows
• Tina Desai is not a heroine material. She reminds you of Priyanka Chopra at a lot of places, but she is not worth it
• The moral of the story is apt but not very vividly presented. You accept the ending but half heartedly. Such messages should be vehemently put across

My rating: 3.5/5