Table No. 21 (2013)

How sad is this?

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Aditya Datt's 'Table No. 21' is An Interesting Thriller, that serves a dark yet absorbing story with a highly shocking & depressing culmination. Even the performances, are commendable! 'Table No. 21' Synopsis: A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play a game for a mind boggling prize money.'Table No. 21' is thoroughly a thriller, although its dark & gets very heavy in its final act, which is highly shocking & depressing. It tackles a burning issue bleakly. Jimmy-Sen's Screenplay is well-penned & absorbing. Aditya Datt's Direction is top-notch. Cinematography captures the exotic locales of Fiji marvelously. Editing is stark. Music is hummable.Performance-Wise: The Always Amazing Paresh Rawal is faultless. He plays a twisted man with calculation & cruelty. Rajeev Khandelwal has emerged into a terrific actor. He emerges a big winner with his stupendous performance in here. Tena Desae looks stunning & delivers convincingly. Dhruv Ganesh is excellent.On the whole, 'Table No. 21' is a game well played!

The movie is based on article no. 21 of Indian constitution. And you will only be able to find out the connection in the last 1/2 hour as promised by thrillers. Acting done by Paresh Rawal is quite good but Rajiv is not good in it. He lacks the charm and the acting done in college life is not up to the mark. Fiji's scenic beauty is very well captured though. Winning a trip to Fiji for a mediocre couple must be quite a surprise but 10 millions hits on website, 21 crore to win in a game that all does not look promising even in movie. A fresh approach and different from the stereotyped bollywood movies. Movie is good in patches of 10-15 minute but the binding factor in the movie is missing.

There is old saying "expect the unexpected". Oh yes I haven't expect the "Ragging" message from the movie. The writer Aditya Datt is surely very talented to wrap the message of Table no. 21 until the climax of movie. When the reason for torturing Vivaan and Siya came out my thinking about them is suddenly changed. I start feeling warm heart for the so called villain before the climax. The movie is unique in all way, no one ever made this kind of movie ever in the history of films. Actors are also quite talented and Paresh Rawal is his at best. If you are a thriller lover then treat this movie as your delicious dessert. Every frame is worth watching, Fuji too is very beautiful. The facts in the end is really shocking and more shocking part is that Indian gov. isn't taking any serious action regarding "961" pending ragging cases in 2012. Hope this movie will touch the souls of persons who took ragging and the Gov. too. Go for the movie you will sure love it. and yeah my presently favorite song is Mann Mera and Siya Agasthi is too hot.

The trend in Bollywood for the first six months of any year has been more of small budget, small actors but large concept film. The remaining half half is followed with big films every Friday with big stars and unfortunately small concept. This year might not be any different. Bollywood has never had a superhit film on the first Friday of an year. 2013's first film Table No.21(TN21) comes as a surprise. Its not a superhit but worth a watch.Rajeev Khandelval and Tena Desae play a modern married couple who understand today's world and know all what they want from it and all what they can do for it - money. TN21 starts with a great song which actually works wonders to set the premise in five minutes instead of twenty minutes of boredom employed by other films. In a non-starer film it is very difficult to captivate the audience from the inception. The first song, the background score and Tena Desae do that job here. Once this happens the show is hijacked by the exceptional Paresh Rawal. Paresh takes it till the end with his little game of rounds with a humongous prize money which our couple here craves. The screenplay is excellent but could have been tighter. The unmatched comedy of Paresh Rawal helps a lot for the film. The climax is a surprise but extremely convincing.TN21 is comes from an unheard director Aditya Datt who actually becomes 4-films old after this. Fortunately his earlier films have been only neglected and not bombarded. Nobody cared. But this film shall give him a surviving space.Talking of performances, Paresh Rawal is the king. This man is in his own league. Rajeev Khandelwal has been very choosy in his films. He does the same and gives a brilliant performance. What you miss in him is just a tincy bit of attitude. Tena Desae does fine in her part, in fact excellent if compared to the number of good actresses in India now. This can get her career rolling.The music is rapt. There are only two songs. The second is not even complete. The score does a very fine job. the cinematography is different but not exceptional.On the whole, TN21 is a one time must watch due to its culmination. We all like surprises in this tedious lifestyle. TN21 just does that!