Zameen

From the previews, I was expecting another great Ajay Devgan flick. However, Ajay's role is not that powerful. The protagonist is actually Abhishek Bachchan. Bipasha's role is pretty insignificant. There are a lot of extraneous scenes before the actual plot begins to take shape. The climax is the saving grace of this film.

Rohit Shetty before starting with crap comedies did a serious film ZAMEEN

The film had his friend and star in every film Ajay Devgan and Abhishek, Bipasha

To start with The KANDAHAR episode is used in the film which was used in YEH DIL AASHIQANA and recently in the crap HIJACK

That is only half of the film rest is all mandatory commercial stuff like songs, dance, fights in slow motions, ego hassles.etc

Abhishek's character is similar to Bachchan's in KAALA PATTHAR the outline at least of his character that of a person who is known as a loser

The film is like a Sunny Deol film with patriotic dialogues often ridiculing Pakistan and stunts in slow motion

The film looks comical at times though it's briskly paced mostly it somehow doesn't get that attention grabbing and ends up being a routine action film Direction by Rohit Shetty is so-so Music is okay

Stunts in abundances are overdone

Amongst actors Ajay repeats his act and got repetitive with this type of roles but he was good compared to rest Abhishek too does a great job though he reminds of his father too much for his own good, Bipasha looks too animated Mukesh Tiwari is as usual rest are okay

This movie is juat a remake of so many old Hindi crap movies in the name of patriotism. Other than the update to current ppolitical secnario this is nothing new.

Weird wide angle shots as gimmick only made me more cynical about the film. This is just a icing on the cake for all the crap we dole out from Bollywood and other indian film indutstries.

Bad editing, bad acting and bad music along with unnecessary club song which looks like a square peg in a round hole in the continuity of the film. This is nothing but formula patriotic film and if you are a film connoisseur avoid this atall costs.

I will give this 2 out of 10 just for the existence.

I am not a great fan of Abhishek but it was this movie that made me to start noticing him seriously. The main storyline is anti-terrorism keeping in line with success of movies like Pukaar, Gadar, Hero etc.

The main protagonist Abhishek shouldering a failed past is ACP Jai who has been assigned the mission to curb the terrorists and bring them to task. Joining him on this mission is his ex-boss Ajay Devgan in a smaller role as a head-strong and strict disciplinarian miming Al Pacino. He does not have a heroine (good - Bollywood is coming of age!). Bipasha plays Abhishek's love-interest and is Air-hostess by profession (reason: climax!).

The action scenes are a definite highlight and do match Hollywood standards.

The climax is inspired from Air-India hijacking episode and could have been enhanced if Die Hard 2 was made as a bench-mark. What about Abhishek - yes, he is definitely improving. He gives a restrained performance in scenes lamenting of his failed past (reminisces of BigB in Kala Patthar). And Kajol, please take a dentist appointment for your hubby.

Taking into account that its directors debut movie, which is not too bad for a beginner and compared to the shoddy movies pouring in dozens, Zameen does have a few interesting points which make it watchable.

Verdict: A poorly marketed movie which otherwise had good potential.

Going by standards of the hindi movies recently made, this wansnt too bad. It started off quite well, but then due to technological overdose got badly messed up.

Devgan is okay. He is what he usually is. Abhishek is better than usual. But frankly none of them look even a tad like Army officers.