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Director: Leena Yadav
Movie review
From Time Out London
‘Gandhi’ meets the ‘Big B’ in Bollywood’s dire riff on a mediocre Hollywood movie (‘21’). Sir Ben Kingsley is Perci, a dodgy Cambridge don who invites mathematician genius Venkat (Bachchan) to receive the Sir Isaac Newton award. When the two stalwarts meet, the Indian Einstein reflects on his cracking of the lottery game of the title and the subsequent fallout with his sexy student assistants. Told largely in flashback, with frequent use of inexplicable on-screen montages, this gamble at pushing the bolly-envelope is a loser. Taunt whodunit thriller potential is lost by an overlong, pretentious narrative. Racy dialogue, dark interiors, cameos, saucy songs and auto-pilot acting fail to create mood and character. Its profound ‘knowledge is power which must be used responsibly’ message is laughable.Author: Anil Sinanan
Time Out London Issue 2062: Feb 25–Mar 3, 2010
Cast & crew
Director: Leena Yadav
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R.Madhavan
Genre(s): Thrillers
Rated: 12A
Duration: 143 mins
UK Release: Feb 26 2010
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