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It’s all about the sea where whales make their home; where dolphins and
incalculable species of fish swim; and where lies a secret buried deep within.
The film stars rolling with AR Rahman’s Blue theme track.
Soon we are introduced to the two lead characters Aarav Malhotra (Akshay Kumar)
and Sagar Singh (Sanjay Dutt) – two friends who run afishing business in the
Bahamas. Akshay as usual plays a rich brat who prefers to spice up his life
with the PYTs. He loves them all - be it ‘ebony or ivory’. Sagar comes across
as one of the serious types. After a hard day’s work they drink and play. It
was during one of their mock boxing fights, Aarav chooses to drop the bomb. He
pokes Sagar to do something big in life and mentions about a certain 'The Lady
in Blue.' But Sagar, visibly angry, tries to avoid the topic.
Perhaps director Anthony D'souza doesn’t believe in building up the mystery as
we soon find out that Aarav was referring to the much-fabled lost treasure,
which still lay buried somewhere under the sea. We eventually come to know the
back-story. Way back in 1949, the British decided to return some of India's
jewels back and dispatched them on a ship called The Lady in Blue. The ship
sank mysteriously with its precious contents.
Aarav wants the treasure and only Sagar could help him reach his goal. He keeps
pestering him every now and then, but Sagar wouldn’t budge. He is content with
his girlfriend Mona (Lara Dutta) who understands him and his ways of life. So
when Aarav asks him in Deewar style, "Tere paas kay hai?" Sagar quips, “Mere
paas bunglow, naukri hai aur Mona hai.”
Sameer Singh aka Sam (Zayed Khan) can do anything provided he gets good money.
One of his passions being bike racing, he loves taking risks in life. He meets
Nikki (Katrina Kaif) and Gulshan (Rahul Dev) on one such occasion as Rahul
challenges him to beat him in the race. Sam falls in love with Nikki the moment
he sets his eyes on her. On Nikki’s urging he even agrees to work for Gulshan.
An overconfident Zayed fails to deliver his consignment and Gulshan threatens
to kills him. Sam runs back home to take refuge at his elder brother Sagar’s
place. Sam has to return Gulshan’s money or he has to die. Aarav as it seems
has only one solution for everything. He reinforces that finding the hidden
treasure is the only solution. Sagar sulks.
Blue has all the ingredients to make a film work – from treasure hunt,
breathtaking visuals, underwater action and speeding bikes to resurrecting
family honour – but sadly, it fails to touch a chord with the audience. Also
for those hunting for a storyline, it actually begins and ends at the basic
synopsis level. A thriller should have a racy script that keeps you
on-the-edge. Here the pace is rather disappointing. Even Akki's littleChiggy
Wiggy item number with Kylie Minogue fails to impress.
The scene where Sanjay hears Gulshan entering his house and instinctively puts
on his glares, all ready to face the villain, is funny.
The dialogues in the film are not only clichéd but also boring to the core.
Sample this: Rahul Dev arrives at Sanjay Dutt’s place with his goons looking
for Zayed Khan. Not finding anyone around he starts firing.Sanju finally
manages to get hold of a hitman, smashes his head and takes his gun. Lara gets
panicky and tries to stop Sanjay from fighting the villain. She implores, "Hum
baatchhet se bhi toh suljha sakte hain." (We can talk and sort out the
problem). It seems the dialogue writer got heavily inspired by Sanju’s
Gandhigiri and applied it on Lara this time.
Yet another masterpiece mouthed by Rahul Dev as he addresses Sanjay, Akshay and
Zayed, “I can see Ram, Lakshan and Hanuman. Where is your Sita?” Audience is
supposed to laugh... Well, you decide for yourself.
And guess what?
The villain simply snatches Lara out of Sanju’s arm and makes her hostage. Too
difficult to digest...
It is then Sanju relents and the journey into the deep Blue begins. The Three
Musketeers – Akshay, Sanjay and Zayed dive into the sea and it’s right there
waiting for them – all glittery and dazzling after all these years inside the
sea.
Oh! You just can’t miss the parting shot by Akki and Katrina as they give out
their real identity. Katrina tells Zayed, "Sameer, I had to do it for my
family’s honour. Hope you’ll forgive me." We don’t know if Sam could, but am
sure the audience wouldn’t like to forgive the director at this point.
Technically, the camerawork and sound do have an international feel. The three
bike sequences featuring Zayed become better and better and the underwater
fights are something unusual for a Bollywood film.
Lara is perhaps the only 'wow' factor in the film. She looks super hot in sexy
bikinis and seems quite comfortable in the skimpy two-piece attire. Katrina
looks cute and it’s better if we leave out the acting bit.
Zayed Khan is as far from being cool thought he tries his best. Sanjay Dutt
looks a little bloated but does a fairly good job. As for Akki, he is just the
same as in any other film. It's high time he should come out his Hera Pheri
mould and try something different.
It hurts to see Rs 100 crore going down the drain, oops! Blue. Thankfully,
director Anthony D'souza, has kept the runtime of about 1 hour 57 minutes.
VERDICT: Blue could have been much more shorter. Come on, audience would rather
watch all about the marine life on NatGeo or Animal Planet.
Feeling blue?
RATING: 1.5/ 5
