Review: 'Faraar'

Film: Faraar

Director: Santosh Gupta

Cast: Akbar Khan, Kanan Malhotra, Amit Behl, Shahbaaz Khan, Aasif Sheikh and others

Rating: ½ a star

 

This is going to be a difficult one to write. Let’s try anyway.

 

The plot, if that’s what they want to call it, can be best described as make-it-up-as-you-go. Still in the spirit of trying… 

 

Arjun (Kanan Malhotra) works for a man named Balraj Singhania (Akbar Khan) who in turn treats him like a son. His girlfriend Rashmi, the receptionist does not allow him to get “close” (uh-huh, if you like it then you should have put a ring on it) and ends up pissing him off. One thing leads to another and he finds himself having an affair with his boss’ khoobsurat wife. The affair starts with the wife Nisha (she keeps changing faces so a lot of actresses have played Nisha in the film) seductively asking Arjun to teach her how to drive.

 

One night while driving and gazing lustily into each other’s eyes, they hit a biker, Inspector Pandey (Shahbaaz Khan), who already has a problem with Arjun’s existence. Now obviously the inspector’s bar dancing girlfriend must avenge his death. Then come the big questions. Who killed who? Whose fault was it? Is Arjun missing the bigger picture? Is Nisha who she says she is?

 

Is there more to Balraj Singhania than just an old tired floozy who only speaks in shayari? (Don’t be fooled, the film does not get interesting and only half of these questions are answered)

Simultaneously there is also the issue of Rashmi’s drug addict ex-brother-in-law played by Aasif Sheikh, who first establishes his evil-ness by wanting to click pictures of Rashmi in “chhote chhote kapde” and selling them to foreigners and then further by plotting against her boyfriend. 

 

The director works really hard at giving a logical explanation for everything but it’s evidently a lost cause.

 

On acting, no comments. On over-acting, full points to all.

 

Cinematography? This reviewer would like to personally congratulate AV Raju for managing to shoot an entire movie with 90% of the shots out of focus.  

 

Faraar is a film that could have many things; a thriller, a mystery, an action flick, and if none of those then at least a tale of love and lust. But alas, in trying to be everything at once the film ends up being nothing at all. 

 

You will have a better time staying home and staring at the wall than going for this film.