Wazir

सौ बात की एक बात यह है की इतनी सारी Bollywood movies देखने के बाद पिक्चरों के twist समझने में देर नहीं लगती.

So the whole thing is that, very soon in the movie you kind of understand की चल क्या रहा है!

Farhan Akhtar plays an upright cop, Danish Ali, who loses a dear near one while answering an unexpected call of duty. A loss of a child is not an easy loss to bear and to top it up, this puts heavy strain on the marriage. Danish and his wife - played by the very beautiful Aditi Rao Hydari, decide to take time out. Danish is also made to go on leave from the police force. What seems like a hand of destiny, Danish Ali lands up at Pandit Omkar Nath Dhruv's house. Panditji played by Amitabh Bachchan, invites Danish for a game of chess. After all they both are united by the shared loss of a child. What conspires next is the stuff Bollywood is famous for. Chance encounters that lead to a more meaningful end.

Life after all is very similar to a game of chess. Everyone has the same set of pawns, same rules to follow, and same boundaries to adhere to. But then why is it that some win and some lose? Because the winners are shrewd in using their pawns, there is no hurry to commit a silly mistake, a calculated and well thought out move is better than a brash decision.

And Panditji - the master mind of chess plays his pawns well enough to achieve what he is after. अब क्या है वह लक्ष्य यह तो फिल्म देखने के बाद ही पता चलेगा. कौन है वज़ीर जो सब को अपने इशारो पे नचा रहा है?

Although as I mentioned earlier that one can make out the कहानी में twist, pretty early on. But there is still more to come at the end.

The music is soulful and best enjoyed on the iPod.

Farhan Akhtar is of course a delight to watch on screen, but the surprise is Aditi, who looks beautiful, its a pity we don't get to see her more often. Neil Nitin Mukesh कहां हो यार, आज कल दिखाई भी नहीं देते? John Abraham, cameo ही सही नज़र तो आये. लेकिन all said and done the movie very obviously belongs to Amitabh Bachchan. The man rules. As he says...

खेल खेल में
खेल खेल के
खेल खेल यह आजाएगा...

क्या है यह खेल, कौन खेल रहा है यह खेल...there is only one way to find out.