Watched two Hindi movies in 4 days….that too, in the hall, not at home…
That’s an amazing thing for me, given that usually I have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to see a movie…specially Hindi flicks…

1…2…3….Go, Going, Gone
The first one was 123…. It was, without doubt, the most traumatic experience ever… a horrible, atrocious movie…without a plot, without any sense, without any acting. The music sucked, and the girls wore hankies for want of a budget.. and danced - really badly - around their heroes. I sat through the first half of the movie cursing my friends loudly, and threatening to strangle them; and as soon as the intermission came, we looked at each other, and made the speediest exit ever, known to man..

Fast paced action
The second was a refreshing experience…. Race, which all my pals were raving about. So, three of us went to catch a night show yesterday, starting the whole thing off with a kebab and long island iced tea laced dinner.. a slight buzz, very pleasant and useful too, in case the movie turned out to be a bummer.

But we did have a pleasant surprise… Saif was eminently watchable – drool worthy, really; the dialogues smooth at times, and full of innuendo at others; Anil Kapoor reinvents himself with every role, the plot fast and slick, with just the right twists at the right places. The only deterrents were the item numbers, and the item girls (read heroines) who had no role, and even less acting ability. But, all in all, good time-pass, as the Bangaloreans call it…