Missing SRK: Why Tees Maar Khan failed
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Rediff.com critic Sukanya Verma listed 5 reasons for TMZ being such a dud.
Five more reasons from another Rediff.com contributor:
Christmas releases have become, over the last few years, the domain of Aamir Khan: Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini and 3 Idiots were all super-successes. Perhaps Farah Khan should just have cast this Khan instead of her former lucky charm Shah Rukh Khan in her latest film Tees Maar Khan.
That humble suggestion aside, a few reasons we feel TMK didn't live up to expectations:
1. The lack of script
Farah has proven herself to be a killer writer, both Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om emerging as wonderfully absurd entertainers with great spirit, in a very different league from what passes for comedy in Bollywood.
This one, written by husband Shirish Kunder and his brother Ashmith, is a more pedestrian script, with very few great gags and much forgettable mediocrity.
It just doesn't make the cut as a Farah Khan film.
Image: A scene from Tees Maar Khan
2. The lack of spoofing
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In this official remake, Farah -- known for her great spoofs -- decided not to really take on Bollywood targets, and wasted an opportunity that she could have had a ball with.
Image: A scene from Tees Maar Khan
3. The lack of Khan
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Shah Rukh Khan, on the other hand, somehow matches Farah's loony energy perfectly, going out on a limb and yet staying cooler than ice.
This film, while more in Baadshah territory than an OSO zone, could surely have benefited from King Khan's presence.
Image: A scene from Tees Maar Khan
4. The lack of Sheila
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The Sheila Ki Jawaani song is legendary on the big screen.
But then that, the highlight of the film, comes very early on. You might not be able to take your eyes off Katrina in the film or the song, but there isn't enough of her. She steals every scene she's in, but just isn't around enough.
Image: A scene from Tees Maar Khan
5. The lack of logic
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There is a method to all the madness, even if it's very filmi indeed.
Tees Maar Khan becomes a farce more like something by Farah's brother Sajid Khan or Priyadarshan. There isn't much of an attempt to make sense, just a series of gags -- and most of them unmemorable ones, sadly.
Image: A scene from Tees Maar Khan
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