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What is Teesri Aankh all about?
Be it script or acting the film fails on every front, writes Arnab Banerjee.
Teesri Aankh
Cast: Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel, Neha Dhupia, Arti Chhabria
Director: Harry Baweja
Rating: * &12
Sunny Deol fans can rejoice. The Punjab da Puttar is back with a bang. Harry Baweja directs him in Teesri Aankh, which could have been an edge-of-the-seat thriller.
Needless to say, Deol gets all the scenes to make use of his high decibels (his unmatched individualistic trait) and delivers screechily what panders to the lowest common denominators. But does he succeed?
It goes without saying, the film has a good premise – that of the technological advancements of the new-age world where the click of a camera could bring loads of joy or woes in a man’s life.
A gang of racketeers headed by Sudama (Mukesh Rishi) traps young girls, who are later videotaped through a web camera, which catches them in their private moments in bathrooms and changing rooms. Even the intimacy of newly-weds on their wedding nights is not spared. Naturally this could not have been a success without the nexus of some of the law enforcers, that is, a few corrupt police officers.
The twist comes when (Sapna) Neha Dhupia, who is touring England for Face of Nation contest, disappears. Her fiancée (ACP Arjun Singh) Sunny Deol is out to seek justice and sets out to investigate deeper. No prizes for getting how the racket gets busted. Biceps did you say?
The plot looks plausible enough to weave a believable storyline with all the possible links leading to a mystery thriller and bringing to light one of the most commonly experienced crimes in recent times - the use of webcams by the booming porn industry. However, the inclusion of a mute film production assistant (Amisha Patel in yet another pathetic appearance) and her equally wooden sister Arti Chhabria with her fiance Ashish Choudhary, mar the proceedings with their school girlish acts. Even the NSD-trained Mukesh Tiwary and the competent Murli Sharma fail to impress.
While Deol could take a few years twiddling his thumbs before he gets signed on for elderly roles (he wouldn’t stop playing the romantic lead otherwise), Patel could go back to doing school plays to learn something about acting.
The music is a let down with the seductive songstress Asha Bhonsle getting wasted in a mindless bar song.
The camerawork can be appropriately given a few points though it’s not outstanding. One could perhaps blame the poor script but by the time the movie plods along to its climax, half the junta has left.
Sorry Baweja, no marks for the poor show!