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Starring: Akshay Kumar,
Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rahul
Dev, Kylie Minogue
Directed by Anthony D'Souza
Blue is Bollywood’s first
action thriller shot underwater and it’s a Rupees 100
Crores film as claimed by the producers.
The deep blue Pacific Ocean lures everyone with promises
of a large treasure. And like all treasures, it is not
easy to reach. Guarded by sharks and the wild waters it
is still waiting to be discovered.
A treasure lays buried deep at the bottom of an ocean. A
British ship by the name ‘Lady in Blue’ full of
treasure, sank while on its way to India. There are many
people who want to get there by risking life, be it
theirs or someone else’s.
Blue starts off quite well with a brilliantly shot
sequence where Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Dutt drive out a
Shark from their underwater net. There are some
breathtaking underwater shots, well conceived superb
action scenes in this film which lacks a storyline.
Sanjay Dutt
is just about okay as usual, Akshay Kumar needs to work
hard in his next movie to make up for this horrible
role. In fact these guys irritate at times while
referring to each other as ‘sethji’ and ‘sarkar’. It
appears artificial and amateurish.
Zayed Khan looks uncomfortable looks like a lost puppy
all throughout. The otherwise cute Katrina Kaif is
unbearable with her nasal hinglish. It’s the curvy Lara
Dutta who is a treat to watch. She’s sizzling and is the
only relaxed actor in the film whether she is in a
bikini or at a carnival.
Music is something great with credit to AR Rahman and
Kylie Minogue’s Chiggy Wiggy track is already a big hit.
We have fine background score by Resul Pookutty..
Blue does not have a storyline as such, and even
confirmed by the director Anthony D’Souza who mentioned
that he wanted to make a Fast and Furious type of an
action film in Hindi. In the beginning and many times in
between, it appears like the director is confused what
to show, so he just lets his underwater cameraman
exploit the undersea beauty.
Cast
Sanjay Dutt - Sagar "Sethji" Singh
Akshay Kumar - Aarav "Sarkar" Malhotra
Lara Dutta - Mona
Zayed Khan - Sameer "Sam" Singh
Kabir Bedi - Jagat Malhotra
Katrina Kaif - Nikki
Rahul Dev - Gulshan
Kylie Minogue - Special Appearance in song Chiggy Wiggy |
Sagar (Sanjay
Dutt), Aarav (Akshay Kumar) and Sam (Zayed Khan) are three
friends who go hunting for the treasure buried underwater.
Each one of them is guided by his own reasons. Sagar is
thinking only of his girlfriend Mona (Lara Dutta) and his
brother, Aarav is looking for a risky adventure, and Sam
needs it to get himself out of some trouble.
Three friends Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Zayed Khan
dive deep in the ocean to hunt for the treasure. But not
everything is as it seems. Greed can do strange things
even to the most honest men.
Most of the film has been shot in the Bahamas. Akshay,
Sanjay and Zayed swam with real sharks while shooting
their stunts in the film.
Haven’t
we seen a lot of those in National Geographic and other
channels?
So we neither have a proper storyline nor a slick action
film.
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Amarjeet
Credits & Crew:
Produced by Dhilin Mehta
Directed by Anthony D'Souza
Written by Anthony D'Souza
Screenplay - Bryan Sullivan
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Laxman Utekar
Editing by Shyam Salgaonkar
Lyrics - Abbas Tyrewala
Line Producer – Bahamas : Bryan Odom
Original Music by A.R. Rahman
Film Editing by Shyam K. Salgonkar
Assistant Directors- Drew Bailey, James Bomalick, April
Y. Smith
Sound Design - Resul Pookutty
Sound Department - Kunal Rajan, Rick Owens, Kyle
Billingsley
Special Effects - Jim Boulden, Alex Hill, Allan B. Holt,
Adam Howarth
Visual Effects - Praveen Bareria, Michael D'Sa, Anish
Holla, Ashutosh Khandelwal, Yatin Vij
Stunts - Andrew Scott Dixon, Alex Hill, Scott Workman
Underwater Director of Photography - Peter Zuccarini
Underwater Camera - Erik Curtis, Sean P. Gilbert
Camera - Patrick Longman, Kenny Rivenbark, Anthony
Zibelli,
Choreographer - Farah Khan
Distributed by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd
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