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Kurbaan - my take

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Star cast: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi and Om Puri Director: Rensil D’Silva The movie is woven around Avantika (Kareena Kapoor) and Ehsaan Khan (Saif) who fall in love and get married. They shift to New York as she has been called by her previous employer to join back. She then realizes her husband is part of a major terrorist group and is planning a plot. She has to save the lives of millions with a journalist Riyaaz ‘s (Vivek Oberoi) and what follows is the rest of the plot. The shots and the screenplay are very crisp. This movie tries very hard to be like a no nonsense Hollywood film. It’s a very straight to the face story with a few corny lines. Yet I found some interesting flaws: • When Ehsaan and Avantika decide on their first coffee date, Saif mentions the time for the meet but not the place !!!! The next shot we see is both of them seated at CCD sipping on coffee!!!!!!!! Oh yes, the brand placement is supposedly covered up very well… • I thought t