MOVIE REVIEW: Special 26 (Hindi):

This movie is from Neeraj Pandey who had written, scripted and directed "A wednesday" which took a no holds barred look at Islamic Terrorism and what would happen if a common man decided to react. In this movie, he has picked a subjecter of lighter vein, but nevertheless the genius shows in every frame of the film, with wit, sarcasm and sheer intelligence in the story. I really don't want to write more to give out the story line. It is inspired by the fake income tax raids that we read about in the news and cleverly woven into a complete movie with incidents, superb action with intelligent and counter intelligence along with strategic out maneuvering by the hero and the opposing party.

The story is set in the early 80s to late 80s, where in the roots of black economy was planted and deep rooted by the central government with repressive tax regime and policies that promoted black economy. This story takes off on the prevalence of black money and how a clever gang goes about it.... Needless to say this rings alarm bells in the established order and things are shaken up. An honest CBI officer (yes there at least a few left then..) goest about the job.

This leads to a never ending strategy game between the gang and the cbi officer, who wins is the icing on the cake. No stunts but the story is paced very fast and keeps you on the edge of your seat and in good humor as well.

Excellent acting by Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai, Jimmy Shergill & of course Akshay Kumar. Such efforts don't happen very often and the team deserves all the encouragement from all of us...

Kajal agarwal who complained that there no substantive roles for heroines in Tamil movies, must have had a mental lapse in accepting this movie. Her character is totally redundant and you will not miss a heartbeat if it is done away with. It would have made the movie better. She has to pay attention to her looks, as someone who is not that beautiful to begin with, the deterioration is very obvious as well in this movie.

Definitely award worthy performance by Anupam Kher & Manoj Bajpai...

Go watch it in the theatre -- definitely paisa vasoon and then many more.... very satisfied...