‘The Shaukeens’ review: Nothing much lifts of in the movie

The Shaukeens movie review: The free-spirited Lisa Haydon, who was so good in ‘Queen’, quickly becomes tiresome

Three dirty old men `leching’ at a pretty young thing is what ‘The Shaukeens’ sets out to show. If it had stuck to its guns, made its threesome more interesting, and the girl less ditsy, this remake of Basu Chatterjee’s ‘Shaukeen’ (1982), would have done its job.

But the reprise mixes a star (Akshay Kumar) swanning about playing himself, and doing, I might add, a better job than he has in his last few films, which takes away from the chief focus. Which is not such a bad thing, because the trio of dirty old men KD, Lali and Pinky (Anuu Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Piyush Mishra) is dull: when they are on screen, nothing much lifts off, not even the object of their desire, the lissome bikini-clad (Lisa Haydon) cavorting in the lovely blue ocean in Mauritius, where most of the film is set in.

The free-spirited Lisa Haydon, who was so good in ‘Queen’, quickly becomes tiresome. You can see she is trying hard, but she can’t do anything about the way her character has been written. And that’s the problem with the men, too. The little details — Rati Agnihotri was in the original ‘Shaukeen’, and has a cameo here as Anupam Kher’s not-interested wife;  Piyush Mishra plays a ‘masala’ king with a ‘non-masala’ life with a soft spot for a massage girl; and Annu Kapoor is the ‘dil-phenk’ bachelor with a sad back-story—could have been made much more of.

It is Akshay Kumar, playing himself, or rather a superstar like himself with a thing for alcohol and a sudden yen for actorly respectability via a National award, who is the best part of the film. This is the star getting away from the things he pokes fun at— “same helicopter se latakna, same car chases” etc which lead to the ‘200 crore club’, and finding his funny bone. But those jokes get stretched, and finally we stop even faintly sniggering, like we did at the occasional haha-inducing lines.

And how much crassness can be stuffed into a film? After its third mention, I stopped counting the times ‘tharki’ and ‘buddhas’ were said in the same breath.

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Top 10 sexiest butts in Bollywood, view pics

Bollywood divas are very careful about their looks, especially their waists and butts. Form workouts to dieting they do everything to keep their waist and butts perfect. Even they never waist opportunities to flaunt their butts in public or onscreens. Bollywood celebs give special attention to their waists and butts to look attractive. But who has the sexiest butts? Click the next slide to watch top 10 sexiest butts in Bollywood. In this slide Malaika Arora Khan shows off her well shaped butts.

Deepika Padukone has undoubtedly a killer waist and she does flaunt it frankly.

Anushka Sharma has really killer bod. especially her butts.






'Desi girl' Priyanka Chopra has the perfecr asset to flaunt it before camera.

'Chikni Chmeli' Katrina Kaif has gave sleepless nights to many with her belly dance in the movie Ek Tha Tiger. Her well shaped waist is one of the best assets.

Voluptuous Sonakshi Sinha also gets berth in sexiest butts list.



'Kick' girl Jacqueline Fernandez is also blessed with the sexy butts.



form a fat girl to slim beauty, Sonam Kapoor has worked hard to get the killer waist.




Bollywood 'Queen' Kangana Ranaut looks very hot as she flaunts her butts.

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Accolades Revolve Around ‘Revolver Rani’

Bollywood’s latest “Revolver Rani,” or Revolver Queen looks like it was inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 hit “Kill Bill.”

The movie stars Kangana Ranaut in the lead role as Alka, a trigger-happy politician who is inducted to the world of crime her uncle Bali (actor Piyush Mishra). One revenge begets another when Alka kills to avenge her father’s death.

Here is what critics had to say about the film:

In a review on NDTV, movie critic Saibal Chatterjee said ‘Revolver Rani’ was “uproariously funny and deeply disturbing.”

Mr. Chatterjee was impressed with Ms. Ranaut’s performance: “Kangana lends a crackling and corrosively sharp edge to the central character of a tough-as-nails woman in a mug’s game.”

He gave the movie three-and-half-hour stars out of five.

Writing for the Rediff website Paloma Sharma said she was disappointed with the movie. “Revolver Rani could have been the film of the year. It is sad that it chose to be a confused story instead,” she said.

The narrative was incoherent as it progressed. The focus of the movie shifted from Ms. Ranaut’s Alka to other characters in the movie. “The story disappears and so does the editor, or so it seems,” Ms. Sharma said.

Ms. Sharma  gave the movie two-and-a-half stars out of five.

Tanushree Bhasin of Firstpost appreciated the film but said it had its share of problems.

When the script takes a turn from gangs and guns to babies in the second half, the movie “smacks of sexism,” for judging the character’s “sexual independence,” Ms. Bhasin said.

The film was a “half-hearted attempt to make a hero out of a heroine,” Ms. Bhasin concluded.

Shubha Shetty-Sahaj of Mid-Day said the film started with a promise of quirkiness and black humor that “fits well with the subject in hand.”

Ms. Shetty-Sahaj had words of praise for the director, Sai Kaibeer and the depiction of day-to-day life in the Chambal valley.

She also noted Ms. Ranaut’s performance. “The capable actress portrays this offbeat role of a violent, passionate but vulnerable dacoit with commendable ease,” she writes.

She gave the movie three stars out of five.

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