Rating: 4 out of 5
**Spoiler**
I’m starting a rating system which is obviously not going to be flawless. For one thing Indian movies shall be compared against other Indian movies, not other English movies.
Now to explain why it got a 4. The content of the movie was not new however the way it was laid out was definately different as far as Hindi movies go. Music was good however A.R. Rahman has somewhat lost his touch. Too much synthesization. First 2 hrs were awesome. Great acting esp. by Abhishek, Rani and Ajay Devgan. Entirely in character. All fight scenes realistic. Vivek was as usual the typical chocolate hero. Except in this movie that was precisely the role he had to potray. As the clueless, awaragard. So worked out great. I think this is also the first movie in which I’ve been able to stand Kareena Kapoor. She can actually act. Stayed in character and was actually fully covered throughout. Esha Deol… well she was what she was supposed to be I guess. A pretty face. Part of her story was a little strange in the sense there didnt seem much point to it. Eitherways like I said first 2 hrs were great, then… it became a little a typical. Actually very typical. But that was expected. Mani Ratnam had meant it to be a commercial flick not an art film. I reccommend it.