Race movie

Introducing Race
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna,
Bipasha Basu, Sameera Reddy, Katrina Kaif
Year: 2008
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Sameer
Story: Shiraz Ahmed
Choreographer: Ravi Yadav
Banner: Tips Film
Producer: Kumar S. Taurani, Ramesh S. Taurani
Direction: Abbas-Mustan

Song of race movie
Disk 1

01. Race Saanson Ki - Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj
02. Pehli Nazar Mein - Atif Aslam
03. Dekho Nashe Mein [Latin Fiesta Mix] - Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK
04. Mujh Pe To Jadoo - Taz, Apache Indian, Sunidhi Chauhan
05. Zara Zara Touch Me [Asian RnB Mix] - Monali
06. Race Is On My Mind - Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj
07. Dekho Nashe Mein - Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK
08. Zara Zara Touch Me - Monali

Disk 2

01. Pehli Nazar Mein [Lounge Mix] - Atif Aslam
02. Race Saanson Ki - Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj
03. Mujh Pe To Jadoo - Taz, Apache Indian, Sunidhi Chauhan
04. Zara Zara Touch Me - Monali
05. Dekho Nashe Mein - Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, KK
06. Pehli Nazar Mein [Club Mix] - Atif Aslam
07. Race Is On My Mind - Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeraj
08. Race Theme - Instrumental
First things first, when you go to watch an Abbas-Mastan movie, you go for the suspense and thrill, and not for any soft mushy romance. With Race, you get what you want, and probably more. Much more indeed
The story goes thus.. Ranvir (Saif Ali Khan) and his brother Rajiv (Akshaye Khanna) are step brothers and owners of a horse ranch in Durban. While Ranvir looks after the business and loves his horses, Rajiv keeps swelling his throat with alcohol.

Ranvir and Rajeev are biggest bookies in the horse racing circuit. Ranvir is ignorant of the fact that his personal secretary Sophia (Katrina Kaif) is head-over-heals in love with him and falls for Sophia (Bipasha Basu), an Indian Model. Ranvir and Shaina share a good rapport but fate unites her with Rajeev, a chronic alcoholic.
Being high all the time, Rajeev fails to connect well with his wife Shaina. And in a moment of truth Ranvir and Shaina come close to each other and an affair begins. All hell is broken loose when Rajeev suspects his wife of double crossing.
A Murder is committed.
Robert. D. Costa (R.D) (Anil Kapoor), a detective is assigned to find the truth behind this murder and arrest the culprit. The clever R.D is assisted by Mini (Sameera Reddy), a sexy but dumb girl.
Who is the culprit? What is the motive? The story unfolds itself slowly in a series of unexpected twists and turns and a nail-biting climax.
Race Review
What works for Race is that you can never predict exactly whats gonna happen next. Just when you think, this could be the last twist in the tale, it surprises you with another twist. There is almost a twist in every reel!
Race Verdict

What is impressive about the story is that what you may have thought would happen in the movie happens only by the interval. And at interval point you are left all anxious for the movie to resume so that you can know what's going to happen next. And what's not so impressive is the fact that the director took certain facts for granted to let the story flow. For one - how did they take the marriage council authority played by Johnny Lever for
granted - that he will get a call from his wife - when it's shown that they had planned to exchange papers right in front of him?
Technically, Race is cool. It has fine camera work from Ravi Yadav and sleek editing from Hussain Burmawala. Just that the editor should have persuaded the director to keep away a couple of songs! The background music by Salim-Sulaiman is good and of course, the playback is already a hit and should prove a prime factor to get in the audiences. The action sequences need special mention - the races and the crashes. Everything is handled really well.

Anil Kapoor is good with his comic timing even though his dialogues are bad at times. We wonder what was the need of having Sameera Reddy as an assistant. Never knew state police department inspectors could afford to have such sexy secretaries who have no brains. Why not a Watson! Sameera is ok. Katrina Kaif is improving - this is her best yet. Bipasha is good. She actually looks seductive in the required scenes - undoubtedly her forte. Saif looks cool and comes up with a measured performance.
Race is a story of two brothers Ranvir Singh (Saif Ali Khan) and Rajeev Singh (Akshay Khanna) – one of them plays to win, while the other one plays to defeat. Set against the high-flying social fabric of modern South Africa, it is also about betrayal and greed, intrigue and revenge.
 
Directors Abbas – Mastan deserve credit for their execution, they succeed in holding your attention throughout the movie. The direction is complimented by the screenplay although the impact would have been much better had the story been more convincing. With so many twists and turns, the viewer after a certain point could get confused as to whose with who. Also it gets a little tedious to sit through.

But once again we would flag Akshaye as the winner who gets back memories of Humraaz. Overall, this is a complete Abbas-Mastan thriller. The story comes up with a new thrill every half an hour. And when that's in a two and half hour movie, we would say it almost overflows with kahani mein twists. But did we hear the old idiom - Too much is not always too good? Race almost gets too much for you with multiple climaxes. The movie should get a good opening at least due to the festive weekend and hit songs. If nothing else, Katrina Kaif's golden run stretches from last year with Race.

You feel the heat when Saif and Bipasha meet at the stable! Bipasha lives up to her image. But if there is something really hot about the movie, it has to be the car race in the last scene. All those NFS crazy people will find themselves trying to handle the cars themselves, even trying to brake at curves! Phew!
 
Race directed by director duo Abbas – Mustan is a fast paced action thriller. Abbas and Mastan are known for films like Khiladi (Akshay Kumar), Baazigar (Shahrukh Khan), Humraaz and many more. Their forte is the thriller genre. After duds like 36 China Town and Naqaab, they are back with a powerful starcast consisting of Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor and Sameera Reddy. The hype over the past few weeks has been immense. Does it live upto the expectations?
Race Story
 
As far as the editing is concerned two songs can be easily chopped off for better impact. The music is brilliant, Pehli Nazar Mein stands out. Dialogues are superb. Cinematography brilliant!
Race Performances
Saif Ali Khan delivers a powerful performance. His expressions, intensity are top notch. Saif has come a long way in the last few years, undoubtedly one of the most under-rated actors in Bollywood today.
Akshaye Khanna always manages to stand out in Abbas-Mastan movies, no different in Race. He is superb.
Anil Kapoor provides some much needed comic relief in the second half. As RD, who keeps eating a different fruit each time, he rocks. Some of his dialogues are hilarious. Some of his dialogues are hilarious.
Amongst the girls, Sameera Reddy stands out in a short but sweet role. As a dumb girl, her chemistry with Anil Kapoor is great.
Bipasha Basu is HOT especially in the song Allah Duhai Hai. Performance-wise Bipasha is good. Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous, but in the acting department strictly average. She needs to work on her dialogue delivery.
Overall, Race is a well made thriller and delivers what it promises. Great music, good performances, high on style, lots of action, twist and turns every 20 mins. What more could you ask for?
At the box-office, Race has loads of things in its favour. It’s also the first major release since Jodha Akbar, which released more than a month back. With a wide release (700+ prints in India), the movie should easily recover its investment in two weeks.
Ranvir, the older of the two, is a winner in every aspect. He even celebrates his loss. He is aggressive to the hilt and his character is established right away as he finishes off his jockey who looses out to his rival's horse purposefully. He finds an able help in his secretary Sophia (Katrina Kaif) who is shown to be in love with her boss, but never reveals it to him. The film actually starts off with Ranvir meeting with an accident. Ranvir happens to meet Sonia (Bipasha Basu) - an upcoming model and
they start dating. But when the alcoholic Rajiv meets Sonia he tells his brother that he would give up on his addiction if she comes into his life. Ranvir, like a nice brother, moves out and lets Sonia approach Rajiv and soon the two get married. And then Sonia finds out that Rajiv is an alcoholic. One rainy night Sonia approaches Ranvir to complain about her drunkard husband.. while her husband looks on through his camera...