Introducing Race
Race directed by director duo Abbas – Mustan is a fast paced action thriller. Abbas and Mastan are known for films like Khiladi (Akshay Kumar), Baazigar (Shahrukh Khan), Humraaz and many more. Their forte is the thriller genre. After duds like 36 China Town and Naqaab, they are back with a powerful starcast consisting of Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy. The hype over the past few weeks has been immense. Does it live upto the expectations?
Race Story
Race is a story of two brothers Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Rajeev Singh (Akshay Khanna) – one of them plays to win, while the other one plays to defeat. Set against the high-flying social fabric of modern South Africa, it is also about betrayal and greed, intrigue and revenge.
Ranvir and Rajeev are biggest bookies in the horse racing circuit. Ranvir is ignorant of the fact that his personal secretary Sophia (Katrina Kaif) is head-over-heals in love with him and falls for Sophia (Bipasha Basu), an Indian Model. Ranvir and Shaina share a good rapport but fate unites her with Rajeev, a chronic alcoholic.
Being high all the time, Rajeev fails to connect well with his wife Shaina. And in a moment of truth Ranvir and Shaina come close to each other and an affair begins. All hell is broken loose when Rajeev suspects his wife of double crossing.
A Murder is committed.
Robert. D. Costa (R.D) (Anil Kapoor), a detective is assigned to find the truth behind this murder and arrest the culprit. The clever R.D is assisted by Mini (Sameera Reddy), a sexy but dumb girl.
Who is the culprit? What is the motive? The story unfolds itself slowly in a series of unexpected twists and turns and a nail-biting climax.
Race Review
What works for Race is that you can never predict exactly whats gonna happen next. Just when you think, this could be the last twist in the tale, it surprises you with another twist. There is almost a twist in every reel!
Directors Abbas – Mastan deserve credit for their execution, they succeed in holding your attention throughout the movie. The direction is complimented by the screenplay although the impact would have been much better had the story been more convincing. With so many twists and turns, the viewer after a certain point could get confused as to whose with who. Also it gets a little tedious to sit through.
As far as the editing is concerned two songs can be easily chopped off for better impact. The music is brilliant, Pehli Nazar Mein stands out. Dialogues are superb. Cinematography brilliant!
Race Performances
Saif Ali Khan delivers a powerful performance. His expressions, intensity are top notch. Saif has come a long way in the last few years, undoubtedly one of the most under-rated actors in Bollywood today.
Akshaye Khanna always manages to stand out in Abbas-Mastan movies, no different in Race. He is superb.
Anil Kapoor provides some much needed comic relief in the second half. As RD, who keeps eating a different fruit each time, he rocks. Some of his dialogues are hilarious. Some of his dialogues are hilarious.
Amongst the girls, Sameera Reddy stands out in a short but sweet role. As a dumb girl, her chemistry with Anil Kapoor is great.
Bipasha Basu is HOT especially in the song Allah Duhai Hai. Performance-wise Bipasha is good. Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous, but in the acting department strictly average. She needs to work on her dialogue delivery.
Race Verdict
Overall, Race is a well made thriller and delivers what it promises. Great music, good performances, high on style, lots of action, twist and turns every 20 mins. What more could you ask for?
At the box-office, Race has loads of things in its favour. It’s also the first major release since Jodha Akbar, which released more than a month back. With a wide release (700+ prints in India), the movie should easily recover its investment in two weeks.
Rating: 
Three and half stars (Worth a watch)
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March 21st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
the performance and music is good,but story is average, anil and sameera are looking dumb in the film, akshay khana is brilliant in the film and saif also perform well,bipasha and katrina is looking beautiful but the performance is average,over all its a good time pass movie but not a big hit.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:48 pm
d movie is brilliant n all stars have worked very well for this
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 am
well not bad but Jodhaa Akbar is much much better!
not as brilliant as i expected it to be from ads…
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 am
saif will be wicked
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
anil kapoor is jhakaas
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Well frankly I thought that the comedy department could have been better. I felt that the dialogues between Anil Kapoor n Sameera were way too silly! Like trying really hard to make u laugh but absolutely run of the mill jokes..Sameera was looking silly trying to act like a blonde..This apart this movie is definitely worth a dekho sheerly for Saif(amazing screen presence) and Akshaye(some grt acting especially as the wicked guy). Though there are lots of twists and turns the movie is not boring and keeps the attention going! The ACTION sequences deserve a special mention (clap clap)..as it was very stylised. Both Bipasha and Katrina have some amazing clothes too..
So pls watch it as u def won’t feel like walking out of this movie!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Akshaye Khanna is outsatanding in Race. He rocks as a rogue. It is his best performance.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Amazing ! Much more thrilling n with lots of twist n turns one can even think of.. Saif has done wonders with his role. His body language perfectly suits his character! Dialogue delivery is wonderful ! Akshaye is specially made for Abba-Mustan movies, Nobidy better suited this role ! Bips, Kat are good ! Anil Kapoor had done a good job of intensifying the plot and confusing the audience… Well Done !
Kudos to Director Duo Abbas - Mustan !
March 25th, 2008 at 1:24 am
well…i was gonna go watch Race tomorow n was really excited bout watchin it but some realli arrogant guy called Kams has jus ruined the movie for me..u can see his comment above..i read it and it had spoilt the movie for me cus now i know what happens..so ders no point in goin 2 watch it now..Kams ur so stupid for ruinin da film for us..am sure other people are thinkin the same too…well anyway hope ppl enjoy the movie..i kno i wont cus i wont b watchin it cus of some stupid guy called KAMS!!!!!
March 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Mindblowing Direction from Abbas Mustan. Fantastic Thriller. Superb and excellent performance by Akshaye Khanna. He acts the negative role effortlessly. It is Akshaye Khanna’s best performance yet again after Humraaz.
March 25th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I did like the movie……..its really nice worth watching twice thrice more….Saif is too good …..everyone did gr8 job even music makes you dance…………overall GR8 more……..
March 27th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Great movie. It rocks. Akshaye Khanna’s exceptional performance stands out in Race. He rocks too. He plays the character of Rajiv Singh with élan and with great aplomb.
March 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
over all the movie is good.akshaye khanna is brilliant.he rox!!!!!!!!!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 12:42 am
kams….u are a real spoilsport….was going to watch the movie tomorrow…look wat u have done….is there any way of deleting kams” comment so that some other viewres do not end up feeling deprived of watching this much hyped movie?
March 31st, 2008 at 12:14 am
Enjoyed the movie - was nice to see it set in my home-town Durban.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
same old story but looks good .. worth watching once
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
Movie is too good.. Thanks for the Review
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Well, I didnt like the movie much. too many twists and turns for my liking.. And it gets too confusing after a point..
Best thing about the movie was Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor! Both rock!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Good movie.. nothing great..
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone
April 4th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
yes akshaye khanna superb in the race he is akshaye movie
April 6th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I watched the movie today morning and liked it…..its really good…but you can watch it only once coz if you know what’s going to happen you can’t watch it again… And kams did a bad job in revealing the climax…thank goodness I saw the movie before that…
April 6th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
come on guys. this film was quite a OK OK film. i got the akshays intention when he leaves saif’s hospital room for a phone call. after few twist, i could almost imagine every twist. the tricky part of such story is that, when u look back u should not see any fault, and after getting to the climax, you should be surprised by the script that made you fool and not misleading. look at Sixth Sense and you will be amaze at the end. and when u look back, there is not a single scene which is misleading.
ex. when saif asked bipasha to push akshay instead of him (according to akshays plan). then, if his real plan was to hang himself with the help of anil kapoor, he will never say that kind of dialog to bipasha.
if you think about it, there are so many drawback to this story
anyways whoever wants to see this film, best of luck. bare youself with anil and sameera’s faltu jokes.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
i agree with mazzah, kams has ruined the whole thing! i am stil gona go n watch it 2mr cant wait. dnt giv a shit wat he’s wrote. youre meant 2 write a review of it not the storyline of what happens in the movie. neway hope hu ever watches it enjoys it.
April 8th, 2008 at 12:58 am
the movie is really gud……worth watching………..good performance by all
saif has really done well all songs in the movie are gud.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:41 am
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April 8th, 2008 at 4:25 am
BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB BY ALL THE CRU SPECILLY ABBAS-MUSTAN. U HAV TO GO N WATCH RACE IN CINEMA!!! IF U DONT U R MISSIN OUT ON ALOT AND I MEAN IT. INFACT IM JUST ABOUT 2 WATCH IT FOR THA 3RD TIME
April 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
to Mister Shamil!!
have you lost your mind?its a horrible movie,there goes your credibility,its because of people like you that Bollywood keeps churning out such trash,it puzzles me when actors sign their contracts for the movies after reading such trashy scripts and plots,at least they get paid for it(they dont have artistic integrity you see),,watch the movie again you nitwit and grow some logic and bash it like its supposed to be bashed for being an insult to my intelligence and to anyones intelligence who’s over 3 years old
April 13th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
OMG!! Really surprised seeing such positive replies the movie received.
Man , the movie shud have been named “TWISTS”.every scene u find a twist and i feel it was unnecessary.
they could have used some of them and made a better movie with little more action.that i think would have been nice.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Never seeen such a beautiful film i think shahrukh khan will gradually loose his status >> he cheap shahrukh khan his fface is like a sweeper rce is more brilliant than OSO
April 18th, 2008 at 3:51 am
OK, I’m sure this movie is going to do great business, because of the star cast and the songs and the treatment of the film, but, man, was it a dud!
Akshaye KHnnna is annoying from the get go, and there’s something about him you cant trust as soon as the movie begins that totally ruins the twist when he has a discussion with bipasha.Maybe its the dead cat on his head, so the first drawback of the movie is casting, why cast an annoying actor with fake hair when there are so many actors in india, after all race is a stylised movie and a more pleasant looking cast would have made it only better. Anil Kapoor is annoying too, especially when he is constantly hitting on a woman half his age, probably around the age of his daughter sonam, and asking her to hold his ‘kela’. how classy can you get?
The twists and turns remind you of Naqaab, and with every twist its kind of clear that the next twist will turn the tables in favour of the other guy, so in that way its predictable. IN the last few minutes, i was praying, just for the sake of holding on t my sanity ,’please god, please dont let them come back from the dead again’. Which only happened because they were out of time otherwise im sure they would have kept on twisting the tale.
I will give this movie 10 points for music
6 points for acting
5 points for direction
9 points for action
5 points for story and screenplay
What is sad is that if they ha done some things differently it could have been a really god movie. Nonetheles, I know every one will want to see this movie, and i did too so i cant blame you. Although if you’re over 20 years of age and love the movie then you should have serious concerns regarding your IQ. A personal shoutout to Akshaye Khanna: Move over and let real talented indians act, especially those whose daddys werent famous. To Anil Kapoor: Grow up and stop dying your hair, surely your 60 years in this wourld must have taught you something you can pass on to coming generation besides vulgar sex jokes and to katrina kaif: I love you babe: but you need to take some acting classes.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I like the story and performances of Race. Abbas Mustan duo did a very good job. Everyone is good but Akshaye Khanna is outstanding as always. His acting is very captivating and mature as a villain. Akshoo has the most effective role like always. Akshaye Khanna and Katrina Kaif make a very good pair onscreen.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
tghvc bgh
April 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
fuck
April 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am
movie is good,and it is not boaring
April 30th, 2008 at 2:32 am
well it was gud
if i hav to rated it i would rate it 6/10
April 30th, 2008 at 2:41 am
if i had 2 rate it it be 10/10 i liked it
May 5th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
NO HONOUR AMONG THIEVES!
I want all of you to please think carefully about this…
In the film Race, each and every character was NEGATIVE!
Saif Ali Khan MURDERED his jockey and DESTROYED his business rival in an unethical and very underhanded manner.
Katrina and Bipasha were openly gold-diggers.
Akshay Khanna was an out and out rogue.
And finally, Anil turned out to be a corrupt cop.
So no matter how entertaining the film was, with twists and turns and thrills, there was absence of basic human goodness [Dharm] and that kind of storyline is a no-no, especially for our country whose very foundations are built on dharm. This film, in an indirect way, sends a very wrong message to our youth, to whom I appeal that it is NOT OK to be like Saif, Akshay, Anil, Katrina and Bipasha in this film.
At least in films like Dhoom 2, there was a transformation from evil to good in the end. Hrithik gave up his thieving ways and decided to lead a life of honour. Also in Dhoom 1, the rogue [John] rode off a cliff, ended his life and lost all his loot. This is the reason why I say that Race is damaging to our reputation. Our film industry does have a moral responsibility which it is dismally failing to keep up.
So fans of Race, no offense, but wake up and think very carefully over what I am saying…
May 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Hi Guys,
I don`t usually watch hindi movies..I really like it. It worth watching it