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iView Author: Abhishek Asthana (Hyderabad, India)
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Here comes a ‘Yash Raj Film’

Now this is a quintessential Yashraj Film. Because even though most of the story may unfold in Switzerland (Yash Chopra discovered it for Indian cinema), Italy and Australia, the film is not complete without a bhangra in saada Punjab. There are three beautiful women and there is plenty of talk about love. OK, if all that doesn’t convince you then there is plenty of DDLJ too! Now if THAT doesn’t make a film a ‘Yashraj Film’, then what on earth will?

Let’s get one fact very clear in the beginning itself. This is not the greatest YRF movie, but it may be sufficient to get them their first hit of this year. The premise of this story is remarkably interesting: commitment-shy guy meets three …

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Mihir Vivekanand Patki
(Mumbai, India)

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An aam aadmi’s view of Tashan

Tashan attempts to take you back into time. The classic cinema of the 70s and 80s. Baap ke khoon ka badla, loads of melodrama, bagfuls of bang bang. So much that even the theatres where you can catch Tashan might take you back in time considering this flick is being screened only at the good old single screens.
Imagine you are served a delicious looking 7 course meal. You sink your teeth into the first bite and realize theres no salt in the food. This is exactly how you would feel while watching tashan. After an impressive credit title sequence and a promising beginning suddenly you realize …