Hindi Movie "Race"

Race the movie is aptly named. Do you remember "Naqab" by Abbas Mustan. how the plots and subplots and the twist in the tail had you gripping the edge of the seat throughout the movie. Well Race doesnt have Abbas Mustan favourite Bobby Deol, but it has a more than capable Saif Ali Khan. And of course Akshaye Khanna has to be there! He excels himself in movies of this genre. But having seen him in all these similar kinds of Abbas Mustan thrillers, I feel he should start experimenting.

Saif (Ranvir) and Akshaye (Rajbir) are brothers. Saif runs a stud farm (the biggest and best in Durban) and Akshaye drinks and makes merry. Saif is the over-achiever, a Richard Branson like character, always out for the thrills, living life on the edge...till someone tries to kill him. The lady loves of the brothers are Bipasha Basu (a top model) and Katrina Kaif (Saif's Secretary). The plot changes as frequently and as rapidly as a model changes clothes in a show! And at times I am left steps behind on the story (I had my infant son with me).

Anil Kapoor has a unique role in the movie. He plays a mercenary detective RJ with the Samira Reddy as his dumb assistant (remember Karamchand and Kitty). They get some of the best dialogues and Samira gets a lot of laughs. Anil Kapoor is like the proverbial wine, at his maturing best! All three of the ladies impress as does entire cast! All the characters have their grey areas. No black and white or good or bad classification. Life is a Race and everyone does all he can to win the Race.

The locales are breathtaking as also the horse racing and car racing sequences at the beginning and climax. The editing is superb with not a single redundant sequence. The songs will be around in the discs for a while but nothing really that will stick around for long!

The movie is fast paced, racey, cool and well worth watching. But not really memorable!