Well made movie, but loses credibility.

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2006)

The movie is well made. Acting is OK, but nothing to write home about. Amir Khan is considered by many to be the ultimate contemporary actor. Unfortunately I find that he tends to overact(I should have used the word ham). If you have seen "Dil Chahta Hai", "Mela", "Mann" and "Rang De Basanti" you will understand why I call his performance hackneyed. No variation at all. A bunch of happy-go-lucky youngsters(at 40 Amir is hardly that;middle-aged would be a better description)suddenly become "terrorists" because their friend who is an air-force pilot crashes to his death and is unfairly blamed for the crash. These guys don't even take their roles (in the movie being made) seriously. And yet all at once they start behaving like Bhagat Singh and co., shooting down a minister here,a corrupt businessman(for Pete's sake, show me an honest businessman)there.Incidentally the businessman is gunned down by his own son, who happens to be one of Amir's gang.(This is where you start clapping,I suppose,"de tali"). The transformation from carefree, easy-going men to the Grim Reaper is difficult to fathom. I think the film loses credibility here. Bhagat was fighting for his motherland. I don't think you can compare that to the honour lost by a friend through wrong accusation. I wish I had friends like Amir and his merry men.