Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005)

Director:

Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Writer:

Aatish Kapadia (written by)

Release Date:

22 April 2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The race against time

Plot:

Wagt the race against time is the story of a father and a son between whom there is a special bond....

Plot Keywords:

Responsibility | Father Son Relationship | Elope | Bare Chested Male | Secret

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Ishwarchand Thakur
Akshay Kumar	...	Aditya Thakur
Priyanka Chopra	...	Pooja 'Mitali'
Shefali Shetty	...	Sumitra Thakur (as Shefali Shah)
Boman Irani	...	Natu
Rajpal Yadav	...	Laxman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benjamin Gilani	...	Talent Agent
Asawari Joshi	...	Ashalata (Natu's wife)
Rajeev Mehta
Hemant Pandey
Amit Thakur

Runtime:

153 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 (DVD rating) | UK:PG | Canada:G (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Alberta) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Company:

Blockbuster Movie Entertainers

Trivia:

When the film was announced Paresh Rawal was part of the script, however his role was finally taken by Boman Irani.

Soundtrack:

Miraksam

Senseless melodrama.

PROS: Akshay Kumar's performance(is it just me or does this guy always manages to trump AB in their movies together?). Some touching scenes in the 2nd half.

CONS: The whole 1st hour(the jokes were flat to say the least). Every scene involving Rajpal Yadav. Major stupidity in AB's decision making. Let me get this straight, he believes brutally insulting his son's soul in every possible way(that will likely ruin their relationship beyond repair) is a better way for him to make Akshay finally take some responsibility then actually telling him the truth?? WTF? He considers Akshaye is too soft to bear the fact that his OLD father is soon gonna die due to cancer, but thinks insulting him will make him stronger? Am I the only one who doesn't see the logic here? Easily the movie's biggest flaw.

- Akshay becoming a stunt man. LMAO!! We're told he finished 1st in college every year and has a degree in MBA. But when the time arrives to support himself, and his pregnant wife, he becomes a stunt man. LOL!! How abt actually applying for a normal job in ur field? Or Heck, anywhere else where ur life isn't in danger? This is some incredibly dumb writing.

- The ending. I hate this sort of melodramatic crap. Everything is pushed down our throats to feel sorry for AB's character, which I couldn't. The entire thing reminded me a little too much of Srk in KHNH(which I hate). This "please feel sorry for the guy with the illness" crap has run its course. I felt more like puking than sympathy for the OLD man. Couldn't watch the final 20 or so minutes because of it and thus had to fast fwd. the whole thing.

Bottomline: Waqt is just too dumb to be called a good movie. Its obvious director Vipul Shah targeted this at the emotionally fragile chicas and oldies who could care less about a story that actually makes sense. Give 'em some decent song picturizations, fancy outfits, plenty of glycerin-filled scenes and some star power and they'll happily lap-up crap like this.