Also, one ends up wondering if the makers had something deeper to say but it somehow got lost in the middle of it all. However another angle, and that too a major one at that, around Aamir's personal life doesn't really work. Frankly, if one looks at 'Talaash' as just one intense suspense drama around the accidents, it works (and that too in a major way). However that part of the film which ends up puzzling you most is the whole 'connect' factor w.r.t. Yes, the twist in the tale does give you a sudden jolt but post that when you would have expected the narrative to further pick up momentum, none of that really happens as the drama slows down with too many 'let's justify what really happened' shots diluting the overall impact. Too many conversations start taking place in the silence of nights and you start wondering that how two distinct stories around Aamir's professional and personal life could actually end up being connected, if at all they had to. The second half starts off well but after a while the plot starts meandering. Frankly, you are hooked and by the time interval card flashes, it is literally a point of no return. It keeps you in the hunt, well literally, even as one episode after another is churned that opens more chapters than closing any. In fact as the characters are introduced (Nawazuddin Siddiqui, a pimp, his girlfriend, a dead superstar, his wife, his best friend), you only get seeped into the drama. Not quite a regular 'whodunit' or 'whydonit', 'Talaash' starts off very well.
In the process of helping him, she tries to not just bring him closer to the truth around the accidents but also lends him good ear when it comes to battling his personal trauma. While Aamir is intensifying his 'talaash' for the answers, he gets support from Kareena Kapoor, playing a prostitute. What is not conventional though are some of the accidents in the underbelly of Mumbai that are lying unexplained. His wife (Rani Mukerji) too suffers from the trauma but at least tries to find means, both conventional as well as unconventional, to get some peace of mind. After all, he has suffered a persona loss and isn't able to come out of the trauma of losing his only son. He is entirely dry, has a disdain for his personal life and at an occasional instance when he feels like smiling, he says it (like the scene at a brothel) instead of expressing it. It is just that all of it doesn't sum up into a perfect film that one was expecting from the makers here, especially considering the fact that the premise was wonderful enough to warrant a fascinating tale.Īamir Khan plays a no-nonsense cop who is very unlike the one that he played in 'Sarfarosh'.
In fact it is a film that has quite a few positives going for it (the entire first half and the twist during the pre-climax). First things first, 'Talaash' is not a film that cannot be watched.
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