Harman Singh Giving 6 out of 10 while comparing this movie with James Bond series.Positive/Negative: 1. Nice plot for the first part of this new series, but screenplay could have been more interested by only if roles of the actors had been picked up with the pace of the storyline, and I felt Rajat Sharma and Gulshan Grover were wasted with their lame roles, But anyhow "Taimoor Pasha" might be useful in their next sequel.2. Actors are nice but it could have been excellent. Saif needs to look more like a spy and not like a college going boy (only Dress-ups). Kareena was excellent so as Ram Kapoor and Adil Hussain.3. Item Girls are okay but not top of the line; only Malika Haydon was good but she has not shown enough like Bond gals. other wise that Russian gal was so so.4. Camero was used which was old and outdated for a spy movies when they have shown Bugatti Veyron in a Punjab video. 5. Neulcear bomb was like a playing machine it could have been like real nuclear weapon next time try GOGGLE for this thing6. Action scenes were lame comparing with James Bond but far better than "Ek Tha tiger", "Rowdy Rathore", "Dabbang" or "Ready".---------------------------------------------------------------------Anyways there is a famous phase "Rome wasn't built in one day" Will see the next movie with more expectations.---------------------------------------------------------------------Note: this movie is not for those who like Rowdy Rathore Ready or bullshit.

Kiran Kishore Movie devoid the music is very good... Saif Ali Khan is a very talented actor and he has again proved that here... Though he is the "lesser" Khan of the industry, he has come up with an excellent performance here... I think that the movie still lacked some "big" names!!! Might have been a reason for its not so great performance, a part from the disastrously "composed" (read copied) music!!!No idea why people say that the music is good, it is good only because the original tracks were good!!! The worst plagiarism ever!!! It seems as if the music director Pritam Chakraborty had absolutely no shame!!! Any kindergarten child will say that all he can do is COPY!!! A shame for any musician, that is Pritam Chakraborty for you!!!That said, the movie is actually very good... The music in every bit was stolen and that is very evident not just in songs, but between the movie as well... One major reason I am for sure that the movie as a whole is a failure is because they had a stolen array of music which by itself was successful because the originals of the music were successful...Absolute shame on you Pritam!!! You should be banned from making music for ever!!!

varghesejunior Perhaps this film was designed to be something like an Indian version of James Bond, but it does not turn out to be ANYWHERE close to 007. James Bond is not a circus man! The intro is high octane and worth watching, but then the film DRAGS for quite a while, and picks up in between. There are many a flaw in it. The makers shouldn't have tried to make the actors talk about things they KNOW NOTHING about, especially in the medical field! Music is unremarkable. The background score does not correspond to the various scenes in the film. Many people come, are killed quickly, and through it all, agent Vinod jumps on and off, dodging bullets, killing goons. REAL CIRCUS.You can watch this just for fun. Don't look for complete logic.

mehboobbawa A brilliant performance by Saif Ali Khan as Agent Vinod and Sriram Raghavan's exceptionally creative direction ensure that this Bollywood take on the James Bond series and the Bourne trilogy is enjoyable fare. While the pace lags at times and the script is a bit uneven, the fantastic production value, exotic locations and wonderfully executed action sequences provide good entertainment value.The film kicks off in the aptly named Desert of Death, somewhere in Afghanistan, where our hero Agent Vinod has to escape the clutches of ruthless terrorists, save his partner and rescue a damsel in distress, all before the opening credits roll. Cut to a video conference discussion with Sir Metla, a supposedly philanthropic Indian businessman based in London and other powerful industrialists, of the Zeus Corporation, all located in various countries across the globe, wherein they speak about a nuclear weapon that they want to place in the hands of a militant Pakistani group fighting against India. They control the world's economies by creating wars between countries. Back at the headquarters of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Vinod is briefed on this plot. Scant information was provided by his partner moments before he is killed by the Russian mafia. His mission is to investigate and eliminate all threats. The operation takes him to Russia, Afghanistan, Morocco, Latvia, Somalia, London, Pakistan, India and eventually Cape Town in search of the masterminds behind this devious plot. En route he teams up with Dr Ruby Mendes, a former Pakistani national framed for a bombing in London which killed many innocent people. She now works undercover for the British and Pakistani intelligence services in Morocco as the personal physician for a key member of the crime network. Ruby and Vinod appear to have a common mission.Director Raghavan and co – writer Arijit Biswas have developed an interesting screenplay which expects the audience to suspend belief as there are one too many conveniences in the plot and some scenes really require a stretch of the imagination. But then again, this is an action packed spy film, not meant to be taken seriously. The film is filled with some wonderfully creative innovations. There are many moments of sheer genius like the shootout in a seedy motel juxtaposed with an intense love song and Vinod's dry dialogues in scenes filled with sheer tension. Raghavan is quite obviously a film buff; the film takes its name from a spy film from the 1970's. He names a character Richard Maibaum, after the screenwriter of many a Bond movie. Prem Chopra, probably the cheesiest Bollywood villain ever, plays one of the villains in the same fashion. The film is filled with retro music from various vintage films. There is a suitably rocking music score by Daniel B. George and superb cinematography by C. K. Muraleedharan, ably assisted by Anil Mehta. It's fun to see some notable South African actors playing the crooked industrialists including Graham Clarke, Neels Coetzee, Paul Cowan, Rafaelle Sabatini, Mike Westcott and Hennie Bosman. In fact while their scenes are set in various parts of the world, it was all shot on location in Cape Town.While individual sequences are edited and directed exceptionally well, the major downfall is that the overall proceedings drag on for far too long. The climax especially, could have been shortened drastically and reworked to create more tension. It's a given that the hero is going to save the day, so to prolong the events is unnecessary.It has some wonderful characters, all excellently cast. Most of the actors acquit themselves of their roles perfectly. Kareena Kapoor as Mendes is sadly the weak link, but then her character is poorly defined. Khan takes top acting honours as he lives and breathes the role of the cool, suave and calculated Agent Vinod. He seems set to return in further big screen adventures.