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Film: ?Agent Vinod?; Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Directed by: Sriram Raghavan; Rating: *** 1/2
Believe me, it?s really a small world.Even though a film purporting to be as epic in proportion as ?Agent Vinod? travels all across the world to capture some of the most never-seen spots in the world, the plot ? an intelligent clever, urbane and wry melange of Bourne and Bond, ?Farz? and ?Mission Impossible?, finally finds its most assured resting-place in apana jahaan Delhi.
The last half hour where an international terrorist outfit attempts to blow up Delhi, gets the grammar of an espionage thriller so riveting and so right, you wonder what took director Sriram Raghavan so long to get there.
?Agent Vinod? is the kind of meticulously crafted spy drama where cerebral considerations mesh into more earthy demands of commercial Hindi cinema, like item songs in smoky bars, shootouts in dust toasted-brown locations that are as treacherous as they are daunting and, wonder of wonders, a clumsily-choreographed Mujra which doesn?t quite fit into the smooth storytelling.
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From its opening in a Taliban-infested area, there is no dearth of intrigue in ?Agent Vinod?. Agents, counter-agents, moles and molls, open-air flea markets and shopping malls jostle for attention in a script that appears to know its John le Carrre as well as its Nick Carter.
Raghavan spins a delicious yarn of guns and growls, but blessedly no gadgets. The action is crackling. The soundtrack is a chirpy mix of cheesy retro (RD and Asha Bhosle ?Meri jaan tune kaha? from the film ?The Train? pops up unannounced) and contemporary techno sounds.
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