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| Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif play unconvincing lead roles in Phantom (video below) |
Staff Correspondent, July 25, 2015, NewsCrunch
Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, which shows the hunt for the dreaded terrorist Osama sets a bench mark for realism, which Bollywood consistently fails to meet, and the just released trailer of Phantom explains why.
To make it clear there is nothing realistic intended about Phantom; it is a fantasy drama which gives voice to a wild desire of many Indians – to hunt terrorists, who are inPakistan , the way Americans gunned down Osama.
To make it clear there is nothing realistic intended about Phantom; it is a fantasy drama which gives voice to a wild desire of many Indians – to hunt terrorists, who are in
The filmmakers Kabir Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala, and crime author Hussain Zaidi, did their best to give a touch of realism to Phantom. They shot parts of the movie, in the rife-torn Beirut , and many actors learnt Kurdish and Arabic for their roles.
But the film starts smelling like a plastic rose the moment Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaiff step in and the plot takes a familiar turn.
But the film starts smelling like a plastic rose the moment Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaiff step in and the plot takes a familiar turn.
A sorry tale of money and effort failing to meet expectations.
Kabir Khan, who tried to bring Indians and Pakistanis together in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, seems to be bent on separating them again.