Tashan
2008 · Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Original language: Hindi
- action
- romance
The story
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana is employed full-time at a Call Center and works part-time teaching English. He is recruited by an attractive young woman, Pooja, to teach her Hinglish-speaking boss, Bhaiyaji, English. Jeetendra agrees to do so, falls in love with Pooja, and joins forces with her to steal a bag containing 25 Crore Rupees in cash. He will soon find out that Bhaiyaji is a hoodlum and extortionist known to the Police as Lakhan Singh.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated frames with glossy colour, sunlit offices, and bold primary-coloured costumes, shot with sweeping wide angles and quick, playful cutting. The mood is breezy and showy, a caper that leans into comic swagger and loud musical numbers, with bouncy pop songs and big, polished dance sequences that break the story open every so often. Rhythm is brisk and busy, the energy rising through a run of chases, scrapes and romantic banter. The tone is light and winking, with romance kept flirtatious rather than heavy, and the central man's arc follows a mild, bookish type gradually getting bolder and more daring. Violence is present but stylised: several fights, some gunplay and car chases, staged for spectacle rather than blood or cruelty, with no graphic gore and little real menace. It suits a Saturday-night watch with friends, a hungry, cheerful evening, or anyone wanting mainstream Hindi masala with heist-film fun. It is for viewers who enjoy big songs, star chemistry and a noisy, good-natured crowd-pleaser.
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