Ek Ajnabee - Mixed and matched, to thrill. Review on Ek Ajnabee

Big B does it again.

All films of Amitabh Bachchan are much awaited. And a film like ‘Ek Ajnabee’ can only add to the thrill as we see Big B doing something different with the action genre after the emotional push-ups. Being one of the most impressive films of the recent time counting by its looks and promos, the film is on a watch out by the audience.

Based on the 2004 Hollywood flick Man On Fire (starring Denzel Washington), Bachchan plays the role of retired Indian Army Colonel Suryaveer Singh who is called to Bangkok by Shekhar (Arjun Rampal) for an assignment.

He might be recuperating from illness in real life but in reel life, Amitabh Bachchan shows his resolute, never-say-die attitude. Even today, he retains his charm and has the capability to draw audiences to the theatres with his new film, Ek Ajnabee.

The assignment in question is to be the bodyguard of an eight-year-old, Anamika (Rucha Vaidya). Anamika is the only daughter of a millionaire couple (Vikram Chatwal and Perizaad Zorabian). The spate of kidnappings in Thailand leaves the couple with no option but to look for a bodyguard for their daughter. Anamika's mother prefers a bodyguard who would be a friend to her daughter as well.

Suryaveer's past haunts him. During an engagement with terrorists in the Kashmir Valley, Suryaveer accidentally shoots dead two children. The shock is one of the reasons for his heavy drinking habit.

Rucha Vaidya matches Amitabh through the first half of the movie as she breathes in life into the dead soul of Suryaveer and gives him a new meaning to life.

But hell breaks loose when Anamika is kidnapped by a notorious gang (Raj Zutshi plays the gang leader). Efforts to secure Anamika's release go haywire, and Suryaveer swears to bring the culprits to book.

Arjun Rampal tries to do justice to his role, but in vain.

The film's music is funky and may soon rock discotheques.

Amitabh and child actor Rucha are pillars of this movie and can give this racy caper a good start at the box office.

Ek Ajnabee’ is a mix and match of thrilling, emotional, instrumentals, situational and remix numbers. But one element that runs through all of them is the pace and the zeal that keeps you on the move. The enthusiasm catches on you as the thrill thickens. Enjoy the action all the way