Story
New York brings to screen an event that reverberated universally.
It touches the lives of three friends – Maya (Katrina Kaif), Sameer (John Abraham) and Omar (Neil Nitin Mukesh) – leading a carefree life in New York.
The catastrophic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 is the ugly twist in the tale which turns their lives topsy turvy.
Irrfan Khan steps in as a crime investigator.
Their identities, based on their ethnicity, comes under scrutiny and they have to face an unfair yet harsh reality in an atmosphere charged with suspicion and paranoia.
My Review on the movie
This is true for the movie, for Producer: Aditya Chopra & Yash Chopra and for Director : Kabir Kahn.
The subject of the movie is very contemporary and reflects the scenario of America post 9-11 .The actors were cast judiciously. The panoramic view of New York is colorful,
yet dark and unfriendly. Editing is slick and Music is very graceful, always in background. Yet the gut wrenching feel that should come with such a volatile subject, never arrive.
The movie is about a paradise called New York where on golden leafy campus a red-tint-haired lass introduces herself to a newcomer with pressed shirt tucked in Terry cot pants.
The hero is almost a narcissist, all brown and brawny with no dialogues at all for atleast an hour.
The movie proceeds with twists. The first was when FBI poster boy Irfan Kahn declares John as a Terrorist suspect and second when Katrina declares her love for John leaving Neil high
and dry but with very very moist eyes.
That was an end of innocence.
In other time and place but in different world which is too vulnerable post -11 , Neil was sent as a jasoos to stop and report John doing any unlawful activity.
The movie travels with twist in every corner. The torture of John as a suspect post 9-11 is inspired from the real life situations of Iraqi detainees.
It definitely generates the feeling of despair and helplessness and one wonders where Human Right activists are.
The movie fall flats, I guess due to its lack of sinisterism. The characters are mere caricature except Neil’s. John was the most hallowed one.
The first few happy minutes of their friendship is covered in visuals supported by background music. The Chuhalbaazi and banter , which one expects in such scenes were not there.
Some scenes were brilliant like the one where John asks Neil to shoot a terrorist.
Khair jaane do, the movie is surely onetime watchable.
P. S : Kabir , Aditya & Yash are going to do some intro and retrospect , I guess.
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