Beats you. Review on Taxi No 9211

Ever seen a movie which pulls you back to the theatre just when you have made up your mind to give up on it? Not really? Then Taxi No. 9211 is the ride you ought to take. It’s a fultoos paisa vasool movie.

Some of the initial scenes lend it an average image but soon Taxi No. 9211 takes a U-turn. The route that it follows in its renewed avatar leads it to wonderland. The credit goes to the director who like an expert maverick holds the nerve of its viewers and makes them react just the way he wants them to.

What is so special about Taxi No. 9211?

John Abraham and Nana Patekar. Naa…its not them. It’s the plot, which I think is more special. What John and Nana do with the plot is equally special. Nana is at his psychotic best and John on the other hand flexes his ‘never say die attitude’ once again.

What about the plot?

Ever heard the phrase, “Life is a bith”. No? Then most likely you haven’t been talking to me. This movie is a typical ‘life is a bich’ kind of story. It tells us the value of money. For some 300 bucks means a day’s meal for the family (my heart cries out for all those for whom life is not easy) while for others even 300 crore is not enough amount.

Taxi No. 9211 bring together two such people. John plays the spoilt brat of a multi-industrialist who passed away leaving the 300 crore empire to a family friend. Nana on the other hand plays a Taxi driver. He drives a taxi – a fact hat his wife is ignorant of - while his wife is under the impression that he is an LIC agent.

Somehow fate brings these ajoobas together. That’s where the story starts rolling. Immediately after the movie started I had this feeling that some of the scenes were wrong choices. Especially when John pushes Nana to drive fast. Nana drives fast and ends up jumping an orange light. In the process he bangs an oncoming vehicle. This scene was bad. But then the worse was yet to come. Nana beats up the person who was following the law!

But soon I realized that the scene was essential. It portrayed Nana’s frustration. He was desperate to get out of the mess but weak enough to admit his mistake. (That’s how most of the men are in India.) Anyways, the scene was soon forgotten. What remained was the will to mange a pitiable laugh. The director sure made us laugh. But it was a suffocating laugh. Only when the movie nears completion that the viewers see a reason to ease up.

The End

Money speaks..and all else fails. Without money life is nothing. Those who entirely believe in this phrase are nothing. Because money may be everything but its not God. It is not happiness and it is not peace. And yet money speaks…..hey, did not I tell you, “Life is a b*tch”.

Go watch this movie. Simply because it has the potential to beat your senses. It may rough up your senses and yet bring out a newer you. For that matter go ahead and let your softer side rule over you. Be gentle and polite to people around you. And the next time when you go out for dinner or lunch be generous in tipping the waiter, doorman, parking lot, (people who are not expecting it but deserve it), and others. Remember it is not about showing off, but actually doing something you really want to do. (have I gone overboard? Koi baat nahin)