Waqt - Not a tamil film :-)

I saw this movie yesterday. I thought it was a well made one. Amitabh with his subtleties is AH-mazing! Boman Irani comes close too! There is wonderful chemistry between the 2 in the comedic scenes. Another worth mentioning is Rajpal Yadav! He is scary :-)
This movie, if for nothing else, is worth watching for these 3.
All the reviews said that Shefali matched Amitabh and that the age discrepancy was not too obvious. I am not sure about that. In spite of the touch of grey (it was in the braid too, good attention to details there) in her hair, she looked younger than Akshay who was her son. She has done a great job though. I wish they could have made her face look her character's age.
Priyanka Chopra was there for support, there was 1 scene where she did act good.
Akshay shouldn't have done that pseudo-classical piece for that contest. Supposed to be a tandav, it was too funny. But other than that, he did do a commendable job.
Songs ranged from barely passable to terrible. Hinglish songs are too ridiculous. I thought that was copyrighted to tamil movies ;-) (I mean tamlish not Hinglish)
Earnest acting by all involved.
Boman Irani with his 'yeh to kuch bhi nahin hai' was a laugh riot. Amitabh's face when he realizes that they are 'samdhis', gets this 1000watt look in his face, priceless. I don't want to mention any of their dialogs, it is best to watch their expressions too. Rajpal Yadav with his spanish inquisitor take off is scary ;-) I don't think I want to meet such a person in real life :-)

screen writer Aatish Kapadia and director Vipul Shah need to be congratulated on some good work here.

Bottom line, it is not the story line, but the presentation that makes the difference. Humor does take you a long way.

Watch it once.