sayoni25

This film has absolutely nothing new to offer. Not in terms of story or treatment or dialogs...The dialogs are pathetic and the romantic situations juvenile. I felt the actors were all okay except of course John Abraham who is simply terrible. The director, I believe, wanted to cash on the star power of Salman and hence had given him lot of screen time but the script was simply not up to the mark to justify his presence. The film has its moments but these come too abruptly and end too quickly. It is a pity that with reasonably good actors and a genuinely good concept, the director manages to make this mess . You can watch it once in a DVD, perhaps, but spending 10 dollars on this is way too much!

I watched this movie for the second time yesterday after a gap of about twenty years! The only difference is that now I have read all the original stories of Byomkesh. The movie as well as the characters are Satyajit's and not Saradindu's, which is a pity since I adore Saradindu's Byomkesh Bakshi. I guess this movie was made to cash on Uttam Kumar's star power at the box office. Although, I admire Uttam, unfortunately, I do not quite like him as Byomkesh. He is more of a star with his usual mannerisms in this movie...overall a good entertainer if you are not familiar with Saradindu's Byomkesh but otherwise, this is one of the weaker films of Ray as well as of Uttam Kumar.

The climax is extremely powerful and forces one to overlook the holes in the story which is lifted from quite a few sources. It is sad to see that not much importance is given to developing situations and Salman-Kareena's romance is restricted to a song which is totally out of sync with the spirit of the movie. It could have been more emotional. The songs are good and so is the background score. The look and feel of the film is excellent. Performances of all the lead actors are good. Salman's performance is extremely endearing and straight from the heart. Not sure if he will win an award or not (he does not seem to have luck as far as awards go) but kudos to him for accepting a role so different and portraying it so sensitively.