Sunday 18 May 2014

Film Review - The Xpose




Just Dispose
 
Film: The Xpose
Cast: Himesh Reshammiya, Zoya Afroz, Sonali Raut,Yo Yo Honey Singh
Directed by: Ananth Mahadevan
Duration: 2 hrs
Rating: *

Without any malice, when you walk in to see a film that has been produced by a Reshammiya, which has a story credited to Himesh Reshammiya, the music by Himesh Reshammiya with Himesh Reshammiya in the lead role, then the chances of ending up feeling like a cockroach that has been sprayed with Baygon are considerably high.

I for one, felt that way after watching The Xpose, directed by Ananth Mahadev. It borders on those films that are so bad that they are good. Unfortunately, this one doesn’t cross the border and remains in the bad category.  

Set in the film world of the 60’s this rather inane story is about the death of an actress Zara (Zoya Afroz) who falls off a building during a high profile party. I saw her falling off at least four times before I stopped counting. 

Ravi Kumar (HR) is police officer turned South Indian hero who mouths some of the most foul dialogues – “Tumhare sharir mein itna khoon nahin jitna main ek bar mein moot deta hoon” he says, the translation of that line is best avoided.

Ravi Kumar wants to be a star in Hindi films now and Ananth Mahadevan plays a director who wants the change the audiences viewing habits and is making a Satyam Shivam Sundaram like film.

Zara’s friend turned rival Chandni (Sonali Raut) is the prime suspect and Honey Singh also tries his hand at acting and he plays a music director who is rather shrewd. While it tries to recreate the atmosphere of the 60’s and some scenes are based on real life incidents, the story just doesn’t go anywhere. 

Needless to say, Himesh Reshamiyya is no Agatha Christie when it comes to writing murder mysteries.

As for the Himesh’s acting, wearing suits and trying to pretend that you are great actor doesn’t make you a great actor. The ladies are purely used for decorative purposes in the film and the dialogues are cringe worthy, sample this one – “…na dance na expression na pose, sirf expose”. For those wondering about the ‘expose’ element let’s say the IPL cheerleaders have much more skin to show.

Xpose yourself to this travesty at your risk.


Published in The Navhind Times on 18th May 2014


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