A star studded, clichéd, forgettable, yet watchable flick.

Rating: 5/10 (26 October 2014)

Happy New Year, one of the most anticipated flicks of the year comes smashing the records over and over again, but is this heist movie really worth the overpriced tickets? 'A Farah Khan film', the tag that thrilled everyone about 7 years ago, came as a downer 4 years ago when her disaster Tees Maar Khan. With the reunion of SRK-Farah-Deepika, it was touted to be Om Shanti Om part ii, however, post the lackluster trailer and songs, for me, the movie was an absolute downer, a Tees Maar Khan part ii, maybe. However, the opinions changed after watching the film last night.
Adding the emotional touch of framed dad, and his son taking revenge with his 'Angels' and a probable love interest, the story is simple a one-liner. But you can't expect more from a masala entertainment. What is actually good about the movie is its grandeur, something I have loved Farah for. This is perhaps bigger than even Om Shanti Om in terms of grandeur. There are some genuine comic scenes which will leave you in splits, but most of them are over done. The heist scenes are copied from random Hollywood movies. Action scenes are engaging. Farah appears to be in a full fangirl mode. The dance tutor scene specially looks like a parody of "Shake It Off" video.
All in all, it is much like Dhoom 3, having an upper hand in action and comedy, while lower hand in conveying emotions.
What really holds the movie is its star cast. However, even there it is flawed. Shahrukh was overburdened with responsibilities of the script- less movie which he had to carry on his shoulders and his abs. Abhishek comes out as a surprise in this movies, having had string of annoying performances after Guru. Boman is fantastic as ever, though his accent was annoying in the beginning. Vivaan makes a good debut. Deepika, was most the cheerful part of the film, but her role is limited as a sidekick, not one that people would remember her for.
Hence, to clarify, this movie is far from horrible, but isn't good too (as expected!). Still, this Diwali this one-time-watch maybe given a go.
I go for a 5.5/10 for this Diwali cracker.