The problem with the movie was on multiple counts. First and the most prominent was on the direction front, the director had absolutely no clue whether he wanted to make a docu-drama or a masala flick or an action packed adventure or a suspense thriller. So what you do? Try everything and end up making a confused movie. There was too much 70s in the movie, with Zameer ki Awaaz, Mari hui Biwi ki Awaaz, Kabristaan, So many characters, Stupid Suspense (and character names). First he tries to make it a kinda docu-drama on the drugs circle of Goa and takes inspiration from some of the drug/drunk shots from Dev D and tries to make it 'cool' and fails. Then he tries to make it sweet story of a couple who were once in love and fails. Then he tries to make it a melodramatic family died in accident and i am repenting kinda story and fails. He tries to make it a socio-politico-ethical-economic and god knows what else drama and fails.In the end, he wants to make it a suspense thriller where everyone is searching for one guy and which was like the last 'Keel' in the coffin and 'Kills' the movie.
The movie starts with a sweet li'l story of a couple (especially the guy) who wants to go abroad to study and can't go coz he got no money and he gets into the Goa Drug Mafia's haath and screws up his life. Then comes the story of a ex-corrup cop (or a corrup ex-cop or an ex-corrup ex-cop) who has lost his family in a bizarre accident and the dead wife speaks to him on more than one occassion in the film. Then there is a love story of a couple wherein the girl has left the guy to be a pseudo-rakhail of the kingpin of the drug mafia. Add to that, some cheap sex, loads of drug addiction, nigerian-algerian-russian-british-local drug mafia and their problems and a character who nobody knows anything of. A lot to digest? Wait till you watch the movie.
On the performance front, Abhishek tries his best (or worst) at the Raavan inspired hamming and does it the way only he can. Bipasha does what she is supposed to do. Flaunt some cleavage, wear a white shirt (look ma, no pants), show those digitally (or surgically) enlarged breasts and other muscles and hmmm.. thats it. Prateik does a good job being whatever he was supposed to be but who cares right? Rana Dagubatti could have delivered a good performance and would have won the best actor award if there were only two heroes left in the industry- him and john abraham. The dubbed hindi voice doesnt help. There are a few others who i don't even remember so just leave it at that and Deepika's trashy dance number makes you almost puke, so i guess better not to say anything on that front too.
Music is bad and tries to ride on a single song 'Te Amo' which plays like 15986 times in the movie as a background score. Rest nothing to mention. Enough has been said about the lyrics, so won't waste anytime there. The cinematography tried a Dev D but a copy is a copy right? The awkward angles became too awkward in the end and did not do anything for me. Script had absolutely no clue, there were characters being introduced every 15 minutes and nobody gave a damn about it. It jumps from here and there and does not make any point.
It was a good movie on paper with a strong story but the direction (or lack thereof) killed it. Make it again without the glamour and big star cast on a small budget. I am sure it will be a bigger success and a better movie. A bit tad long too. The movie has a couple of moments here and there which are like good but then all that is washed away coz of all the style which the director just wanted to be there. So sab kare dhare pe paani types.
Overall: Would Not Recommend to anybody, especially given the summer. Take out some old Hindi Movie and watch it on DVD at home.
Feel-O-Meter: 4/10