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Review - Cash

3rd August 2007 | posted in Hindi Movies, Reviews, meetu | | 11605 views

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Rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (Rating Scale)

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What a mish-mash!?

Quick Review

This is a perfect 21st century hindi masala flick - action, drama, romance, comedy, animation, song, dance, dudes, chicks and NO STORY! There are a few, very amusing scenes and the music sounds good, but the whole thing is very shoddily put together.

Rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (Rating Scale)

Just because of the comedy scenes every once in a while,
this movie’s ranking is saved from being at the bottom of the pile.
- Due credit goes to Ajay Devgan’s timing and the dialogues too.
This makes it worth a watch, but only if you have nothing better to do.

Just because I have to find a new way to complain,
I’m wondering what we did to deserve the maker’s disarray.
- If they were given a chance to explain,
Here is what I think they would have to say -

Just because this is an action flick,
Glitter, style and oomph is all we feed.
- good dialogues, acting is for lesser mortals,
cleavages and speedy vehicles is the hour’s need.

Just because we wanted to get creative, here is what we did -
We started an action heist movie at a slow pace and we stuck to it.
- At times we used repetitive dialogue to make every point clear,
at others we thought viewers are sharp, as if they knew what we knew.

Just because we have a story board,

doesn’t mean we have to have a story, you see.
- four long-haired dudes, boat, bike, skate-board,
and a brilliantly-endowed babe to each, where’s the necessity?

Just because we have eight personalities,
Who says they need their own individual identities?
- they all have the exact same attitude: cop, anti-hero or villain,
and they all love to make their cars do a screeching U-turn.

Just because we ran out of money to make other things screech,
We won’t cut the length; we’ll use animation - ugly and cheap.
- the editor then, will earn his buck - lots of interspersing to do,
You may have seen it in Hollywood, but we do it with better ado.

Just because we have an audience,
they don’t need orientation to any thing or place.
- whether it is how characters know what they know,
or who is where, to do what and is fighting whom on the show.

Just because, we had a few songs in store,
we had to get as many girls dancing to the score,
- for you we imported from Brazil an item number-er.
Why we left Dia no song, is for you to gossip-monger

Just because we made a foot-tapping fusion with Indian and misirlou,
we know the records will sell, no matter what we do with the other few.
- they come at regular intervals - exactly when one is overdue.
the dancers don’t get groovy moves, but you will shake a leg or two

Just because this writer wants this to look like poetry,
doesn’t mean she will stick to a meter or go on a rhyming spree.

Click here to read what I scribbled on my notepad while watching this movie (what worked and what didn’t for me). Might contain spoilers!

Click here to see what 16 other reviewers/viewers think. Average rating 0.2 / 5.0: 0 thumbs up, 1 so-so, 15 thumbs down.
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Rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (Rating Scale)

Detailed Ratings (out of 5):

Direction: 1.5 Story: 0.5
Lead Actors: 2 Supporting Cast: 1
Dialogues: 2 Screenplay: 1
Music: 3 Lyrics: 2.5

Cash - Details

Director, Dialogues: Anubhav Sinha
Story: Vinay, Yash
Genre: Action, Heist
Official Website: Cash
Buy at Amazon: Music
Duration: 2:10 hrs (approx.)

13 comments

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  1. 1 On August 3rd, 2007, Pooj said:

    love, love, love, love, love…the review! brilllllliant!

    definitely not watching the film tho’! :P

  2. 2 On August 3rd, 2007, Ashish Mehta said:

    BROTHERS & SISTERS

    DONT watch CASH if

    1* IF U HAVE HUUUUGE EXPECTATIONS from this FILM…
    2* IF U DONT LIKE ACTION FLICKS…
    3* IF U DONT HAVE BRAINS or if u have it & U DONT LIKE TO USE IT !!!
    4* IF U NEED A REASON & DETAIL of each & every scene in a MOVIE… (coz MANY MANY & MANY SCENES goes (OVER-the-HEAD)…

  3. 3 On August 3rd, 2007, Ashish Mehta said:

    ANUBHAV SINHA seems to PRACTISE for his NXT FILM in CASH itself as his MOVIE will be AN FULL-FLEGED ANIMATION FILM named “SHLOK”…

    The use of ANIMATION, ek hadd tak theek tha BUT FILM mein kuch zyaada hi ho gaya tha [:P]….

  4. 4 On August 3rd, 2007, G said:

    Thanks for the head up. I STILL might end up watching the movie because the public DEMANDS mindless action movies - see Dhoom and Dhoom2 for eg. :) PS Quite a lot of trouble you go to for writing the reviews and maintaining the site. Great job!

  5. 5 On August 4th, 2007, raj said:

    Alrite everyone…..so far every reivew that i read, everyone keeps complaining NO STORY…NO STORY…NO STORY…..goshhhh….after seeing that trailer, you still expect a STORYY????…..lol…
    the trailer itself tells you, that this is going to be a movie with nothing but cool looking action………and i think no one should expect anything more than that from this movie….
    these guys do all this crap, get hurt doing it too……and in return all you can give them is a bunch of complains on how the movie sucked??
    it’s true that not all movies are the best movies, but i think if you can’t say anything nice for someone’s hard work, you shouldn’t say anything at all…
    thank you very much…

  6. 6 On August 6th, 2007, meetu said:

    Oh come on raj, if we really stop expecting stories from more than half the movies we generate, what is the point of making movies. Aren’t movies “supposed” to narrate stories.

    Action movies should at least have a coherent plot. By the way, Cash didn’t even have “cool” action. It was old stuff repeated over and over.

    Cricketers get hurt while playing a match/during practice. Do we stop complaining when the team we favor loses? It’s a part of their job to get hurt.

    In summary, I reserve and absolutely shamelessly use my right to complain! :D
    Thank you for taking the time to leave the comment, raj!

  7. 7 On August 8th, 2007, Deepa said:

    Hi..

    Just becos most movies
    are not worth reviewing
    Meeta’s set herself a challenge
    of innovating the ways of doing

    The question that needs asking
    Is, do netizens come to read
    for the packaging or the critiquing
    Or some of both indeed

    As usual what I’m saying
    Is nothing too wise my dear
    But how you answer the question
    Make’s the blog’s future clear!

    Now how can i let go
    without saying what i think
    if you don’t quickly spread your wings
    you’ll be teetering on the rink!

    Just because this style
    can’t accomodate what i feel
    when we meet up next for coffee
    I’ll give it reel by reel!

    regards

  8. 8 On August 8th, 2007, meetu said:

    Thanks G, for appreciating the effort and Deepa for taking the effort!

  9. 9 On August 9th, 2007, Navin said:

    Deepa,

    I come for the review
    But the format should also be new
    Otherwise there will be ennui
    and nobody wants that, see?

    In websites, women and life in general
    There is a common principle
    People come for the looks
    But it is the content that hooks

  10. 10 On August 9th, 2007, meetu said:

    Wow, readers commenting in poetry …
    Questions, answers, and rhyming to the tee

    Visitors dear, form or content - take your pick, i say
    review you’ll find for sure, without giving the movie away

  11. 11 On August 9th, 2007, heena said:

    i think people are trying 2 drag a particular point that the movie had no story but according to me ‘Dus’ was also directy by anubhav sinha it was a hit. This movie has lots of expectations and i think riteish has done a brilliant job and i think he should be appreciated for this movie. I loved it!!!!!

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