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Abhishek Shaw 1011 days ago

Table no.21 is an outstanding movie..Rajeev and paresh was awesome.its was really diffrnt from other thriller movies..in the climax they show a great msg to the youth about ragging..but its sad that the movie didnt get much collection in the box office.<br/>A very beautiful movie but at the same time dark too ....it portrays beautifully the consequences of ragging ..even though most of the seniors thinks that ragging is a small thing ...but in reality it is not ..i think this movie is way too underrated

Insya Ebrahimji 1175 days ago

such kind of movies should be made more often to show how our actions can return on us because some people still are not aware of that

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Such Movie which teaches lessons about our actions

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teaches lessons what your actions could be results

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Paresh Rawal (Mr. Khan) Rajeev Khandelwal (Vivaan Agasthi) Tina Desai (Siya Agasthi) Dhruv Ganesh (Akram) Asheesh Kapur (Bittoo) Hanif Hilal (Gaouse) Gulam Gouse Deewani (Head technical nerd) Ankit (Bobby) Sumit Rana (Friend #1) Inderjeet Singh Sagoo (Friend #2)

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A couple is drawn into a game show with a whooping winning prize. However the game turns into more than a survival for them with no escape.

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Anupama Chopra's review: Table No. 21

Table no. 21 is the sort of determinedly silly movie that can make fine actors like paresh rawal and rajeev khandelwal look foolish. echoing films as diverse as oldboy and slumdog millionaire, director aditya datt creates a reality game show-revenge saga that gathers some steam in the last act, but its too late, writes anupama chopra..

No prizes for playing Table No. 21 Direction: Aditya Datt Actors: Rajeev Khandelwal, Paresh Rawal, Tena Desae Rating: **

Table No. 21 is the sort of determinedly silly movie that can make fine actors like Paresh Rawal and Rajeev Khandelwal look foolish.

Echoing films as diverse as Oldboy and Slumdog Millionaire, director Aditya Datt creates a reality game show-revenge saga that gathers some steam in the last act, but by then it’s too little, too late. Anyway, the climax followed by sombre facts is well-intentioned but feels entirely unearned.

Khandelwal and Tena Desae play a young married couple, Vivaan and Siya, who win a vacation in Fiji in a contest. There, they are drawn into a deadly game called Table No. 21, by a stranger — a Mr Khan, played by Paresh Rawal — who, for reasons never explained, wears a purple waistcoat and a bizarre hair-do that includes one snake-like ripple of hair on his otherwise bald head.

The prize money is Rs 21 crore, but the questions that Mr Khan asks and the tasks he sets get increasingly personal and deadly. Until it becomes obvious to the couple that they are being played, rather than playing.

The half-way interesting premise is hobbled by the lame performances and dialogue. Mr Khan keeps repeating the one rule of the game: If you lie, you die. And at one point he declares, in a faux creepy voice: Secrets are sexy.

All of which makes it very hard to take any of this seriously. If the film works on any level, it is as an advertisement for Fiji, where much of it was shot.

Datt gives us a guided tour of the far-flung country, complete with helicopter shots, speedboat rides and even a seaplane. And if you still don’t get it, Siya spells it out: ‘I love Fiji. [And then, for good measure] I love this place.’

I wish I could say the same about this film.

Anupama Chopra is the editor and founder of Film Companion. ...view detail

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Table No.21 review: The film is surprisingly taut thriller

Table no.21 is a surprise. the taut thriller shot on a scenic location constantly keeps a step ahead of the audience. this is an enjoyable and eventually disturbing riches-to-ragging story to start off the year. rating:.

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The last 30 minutes of this gripping thriller has a life of its own. In fact, the end-game is so stunning and so overpowering in its message, that it makes us overlook the ingrained improbability of the rest of the film. Not that "Table No.21" (and wait till you figure out why and how the film gets its title!) doesn't work in its totality. It does. It's a surprisingly good, almost-kickass way to start your movie-going in 2013. A goodlooking original thriller shot in eye-catching Fiji, "Table No.21" opens with a rather ambitious starry-eyed couple landing in Fiji to spend a prize holiday in the lap of luxury. Director Aditya Dutta gets the tonality of the 'good life' right. The narrative then weaves itself into a rather bewildering and bizarre labyrinth, that is partly a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the preposterous aspirations of reality game-shows where ludicrous thresholds of morality are crossed for high-end rewards, and partly a comment on what lengths young people would go to for their designer dreams. Almost all through the game, we sense there's more to millionaire Paresh Rawal's game plan than just millions of hits on the internet that keeps him and the narration drooling till the end. The film draws its reasonable power and energy from its mix of the playful and the somber. The two moods co-mingle in rewarding waves of episodic overtures where one by one, and the holidaying couple are swept into a vortex of horrific self-exploration. The screenplay, written by as many as three writers (Sheershak Anand, Abhijeet Deshpande and Shantanu Ray Chibber) exudes an uncompromising freshness of approach. The last 30 to 35 minutes of the film is where the meat of the matter materialises in a moving flourish of conscientiousness. It is only towards the end that we recognise the actual demons that haunt the gamely tone of the rest of the film. Rajeev Khandelwal is an actor who chooses unusual projects. His repertoire from "Aamir" to "Soundtrack" to "Shaitaan" and now "Table No.21" shows the mind of an actor in pursuit of excellence. Paresh Rawal's dependability as a performer of unpredictable skills never lets a script down. Here he is partly a slime-ball, party a screwball and finally a grieving angry father. Watch out for the innocent young Druv Ganesh as Rawal's son. As a victim of college ragging, his eyes will haunt your for a long time after the film is over. "Table No.21" is a surprise. The taut thriller shot on a scenic location constantly keeps a step ahead of the audience. This is an enjoyable and eventually disturbing riches-to-ragging story to start off the year. Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jan 5, 2013 --- ENDS ---

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Movie Review: Table No 21 is a surprisingly taut thriller

Table No.21 is a surprise. The taut thriller shot on a scenic location constantly keeps a step ahead of the audience. This is an enjoyable and eventually disturbing riches-to-ragging story to start off the year.

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The last 30 minutes of this gripping thriller has a life of its own. In fact, the end-game is so stunning and so overpowering in its message, that it makes us overlook the ingrained improbability of the rest of the film.

Not that Table No 21 (and wait till you figure out why and how the film gets its title!) doesn’t work in its totality. It does. It’s a surprisingly good, almost-kickass way to start your movie-going in 2013. A good looking original thriller shot in eye-catching Fiji,  Table No 21 opens with a rather ambitious starry-eyed couple landing in Fiji to spend a prize holiday in the lap of luxury.

Director Aditya Dutta gets the tonality of the ‘good life’ right. The narrative then weaves itself into a rather bewildering and bizarre labyrinth, that is partly a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the preposterous aspirations of reality game-shows where ludicrous thresholds of morality are crossed for high-end rewards, and partly a comment on what lengths young people would go to for their designer dreams.

Almost all through the game, we sense there’s more to millionaire Paresh Rawal’s game plan than just millions of hits on the internet that keeps him and the narration drooling till the end. The film draws its reasonable power and energy from its mix of the playful and the somber. The two moods co-mingle in rewarding waves of episodic overtures where one by one, and the holidaying couple are swept into a vortex of horrific self-exploration.

The screenplay, written by as many as three writers (Sheershak Anand, Abhijeet Deshpande and Shantanu Ray Chibber) exudes an uncompromising freshness of approach. The last 30 to 35 minutes of the film is where the meat of the matter materialises in a moving flourish of conscientiousness. It is only towards the end that we recognise the actual demons that haunt the gamely tone of the rest of the film.

Rajeev Khandelwal is an actor who chooses unusual projects. His repertoire from Aamir to Soundtrack to Shaitaan and now Table No.21 shows the mind of an actor in pursuit of excellence.

Paresh Rawal’s dependability as a performer of unpredictable skills never lets a script down. Here he is partly a slime-ball, party a screwball and finally a grieving angry father. Watch out for the innocent young Druv Ganesh as Rawal’s son. As a victim of college ragging, his eyes will haunt your for a long time after the film is over.

Table No 21 is a surprise. The taut thriller shot on a scenic location constantly keeps a step ahead of the audience. This is an enjoyable and eventually disturbing riches-to-ragging story to start off the year.

Rating: ***

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Table No: 21 Movie Review

Table no: 21 (hindi), critic rating:, viewers' rating:.

Table No 21 squanders its potential. The film's ending is bold, but little else is consistent or gripping

An amateurish stab of a film around the broad theme of wrong-doing and revenge

A good concept on paper that is never quite realized in its execution: whether it is in the writing, directing, or acting departments

A well-paced thriller with some highs and quite a few lows, and it’s never boring

Despite the loopholes, the film works largely because of some decent performances

Yo-yos wildly between semblances of profundity and dashes of pulp.

The first half is slow-paced, as a thriller it has its flaws, the direction isn't really superlative, but post-interval it spins into another zone and the climax hits home.

While the basic premise of Table No 21 is fascinating, intriguing enough for a suspense thriller setup, the screenwriting packages a series of realistic sequences and episodes that catch you unaware.

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Director: Aditya Datt

Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Tena Desae and Paresh Rawal

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Table No. 21 Review

Star cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Tena Desae, Paresh Rawal, Hanif Hilal, Dhruv Ganesh.

What’s Good: Rajeev Khandelwal and Paresh Rawal’s performances; a couple of bikini scenes.

What’s Bad: The lame ‘dares’; the insipid climax; the predictable storyline; the frustrating wrong timings of the songs…

Loo break: Anytime. Might as well not come back.

Watch or Not?: Not really. This disastrous flick will not entertain you at all.

“If you lie, you die… you die.” Cheesy as it may sound, there are some really good flicks made on that clichéd line (I haven’t repeated the “you die” for effect, it’s verbatim from the movie) with the brilliant Phone Booth being the most memorable. However, Table No. 21 tries hard to be a psychological thriller but ends up being a me-too, and then ruins things further with a social message type ending.

Vivaan (Rajeev Khandelwal) and Siya Agasthi (Tena Desae) have just won a free trip to Fiji. It’s a timely getaway for the couple who are not only in a rough patch due to Vivaan being out of a job, but also because it’s their wedding anniversary. Between the clink of glasses, a certain Mr. Khan (Paresh Rawal) makes them a mouth-watering offer. What lies between them and Rs. 21 crores are just 8 questions and answers. The catch? They have to answer all the questions truthfully and complete their dares.

Unable to resist, Vivaan and Siya sign on the dotted line and the game begins. Before millions of online viewers, Vivaan and Siya answer personal questions about each other and do things that they never imagined they would. While it starts off with something as simple as kissing in the middle of a crowded street, the tasks get more absurd and dangerous at the proceeding levels. When they try to escape, they are informed that the lie-detectors on their wrists will detonate if they go beyond a certain distance.

While Vivaan and Siya think they know everything about each other, the game shows them otherwise. How long does this sinister game continue? What is the real reason behind the questions? Will they win?

The rest of the movie reveals the answers.

Table No. 21 Review: Script Analysis

Sheershak Anand, Abhijeet Deshpande and Shantanu Ray Chhibber try an innovative game-show technique with Table No. 21 but it falls flat. Right from the start, the game looks nothing like a show with “millions of online viewers”, even though Mr. Khan reiterates it half a dozen times (considering that we are likely to forget those 5 words because of boredom). The tasks and questions that follow are so lame that even a local TV show would not use it, let alone an international show with a prize money of millions. The dares are a bit inspired from movies like Saw 5 , but it’s nowhere near as gruesome.

The characterizations are badly done. Vivaan and Siya are supposed to be college sweethearts very much in love with each other. Yet Siya only screams “nonsense” when the task includes having her hair shaved off, not when her husband has to spurt out 500ml of his blood for the earlier dare. After the interval, the dares become predictable and boring. You can see the finish line, and you want the darn film to just get there. And when it does, it’s not a pretty sight.

Abhijeet Deshpande’s dialogues are ordinary, though he tries to spice things up with poetic couplets.

Table No. 21 Review: Star Performances

Can someone give Rajeev Khandelwal a good film already? It’s a shame to see a talented actor like him having to do sorry roles like these. He does really well in the movie as Vivaan. Tena Desae gets to mostly huff-and-puff, and show off lots of skin, but she’s good as Siya. Paresh Rawal is wasted as the mysterious Mr. Khan, and even has to sport an unsightly arc of hair on his head throughout the movie. All the characters suffer because of bad writing with none of them ever living to their full potential.

Hanif Hilal does not get a single line in the film, but his acting is good. Dhruv Ganesh is also fine.

Table No. 21 Review: Direction, Music & Editing

Aditya Datt does a mediocre job with a disappointing script. The characters have been handled badly and there’s not much to look further to at any point in the movie. Strapping a Steady Camera on to the protagonist has become a trend of sorts now-a-days and this movie shows why it’s utterly unnecessary to do so. Amar Mohile’s background score is alright. The two songs – by Gajendra Verma and Sachin Gupta – are perfect in their wrong timings. Ravi Walia’s cinematography is very ordinary.

Table No. 21 Review: The Last Word

Table No. 21 is a shameful waste of some really good actors where the makers sleepwalked through the entire film. Best to avoid this one.

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Table No 21: Movie Review

Table No 21 is an action thriller, that revolves around the life of a middle-class couple Vivaan (Rajeev Khandelwal) and Siya Agasthi (Tena Desae). The couple win a chance to make a trip to the beautiful islands of Fiji. They get to stay in one of the finest resorts in Fiji, free of cost. Everything seemed really great, until the couple met the charming Mr Khan (Paresh Rawal). This is when Mr Khan ask them to play the 'tell all truth' game that he hosts. The best part about this game was that the winner would get a staggering Rs 21 crores. The couple takes up the challenge. The game kick starts with the couple performing impressively well. As the game proceeds, the questions and tasks become more intense, demanding and surprisingly personal, relating to significant parts of their lives. What happens next? Will Vivaan and Siya be able to win the game?

Performances

Paresh Rawal stuns us with a completely new avatar in the movie. He does a brilliant job as the charming Mr Khan in Table No 21 . After his critically acclaimed performance in the film Aamir , Rajeev Khandelwal is back in another different role in Table No 21 . Rajeev does a commendable job in the movie. On the other hand, Tena Desae too is quite impressive.

If you aren't looking out for some masala entertainment and prefer some serious suspense, Table No 21 should be your first choice. The movie impresses us with an unusual and interesting concept. On the whole, the movie is a little slow-paced, yet has lots to say.

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Table No 21

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Table No 21 is the kind of thriller that makes you feel you are smelling a fish through out. The "Something ought to be wrong, I just don't know what." turns into a regular twist in the tale without throwing you off balance. The social message shoved down your throat in the end doesn't help the film's cause either.

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A married couple, very much in love with each other, is pulled into playing a online reality game along the lines of The Moment of Truth . Interestingly enough, the Indian version of the game, Sacch Ka Saamna was hosted by the hero of Table No 21's, Rajeev Khandelwal. Anyway, the idea, of a couple having to complete a task related to the question just answered - a truth and dare of sorts - is very engaging. Unfortunately, it all ends up being very much as expected and is topped off with a social message.

My concern with films with social message is that an audience like me needs no convincing. I'm already on the story-teller's side of the issue. The people who need to watch the film are the one's who commit the crime. And even if they were to watch a film like this, would that make a difference in their behavior. Even powerful films might not have that effect, and Table No 21 isn't even hard-hitting enough. So, what's the point? Sorry, talking about the kind of crime in question would be giving the movie away.

Table No 21 doesn't come off as strong enough, despite some grueling stuff that the protagonists/antagonists go through, because you don't quite connect with the characters. You know they are grey and that's a brilliant thing in today's world of black and white characters in Hindi films. Yet, you don't feel for them even when they are going through some of the most mentally cruel ordeals. Their happiness and sorrow seems fake.

Some of the disconnect also seems to be because of the order in which the tasks pan out. Instead of escalating into more rigorous and painful ones. So after having gone through a major ordeal the couple's dilemma seems fake when there is a relatively simpler one comes after that. Sure, some of them are more symbolic tortures than others, yet the symbolic pain seems artificial.

That in turn, could be because of some very functional performances by Rajeev Khandelwal and Tena Desae. Paresh Rawal trying to be his devilish best, doesn't help. Paresh Rawal's character's sidekick provides unintentional laughter while trying to look all ominous.

So, yet another potentially interesting story falls prey to mediocre execution. Yet another topic of concern in the country sees a film that is made with all the right intentions and a lot of heart, but comes across as contrived and forced.

- meeta, a part of the audience

39 reviewers ( ? ) - 12 yays 15 so-so 12 nays

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Thumbs up, by Taran Adarsh, Bollywood Hungama : ...Director Aditya Datt pulls off the innovative concept with élan, as the game as well as the back stories leave you gasping for breath... full review

Thumbs up, by Nikhil Arora, Desi Martini : ...There is no question about Paresh Rawal’s ability as an actor. There is one scene near the end where he manages to move you and make you feel for the character’s motivation.... full review

Thumbs up, by Smita, Desi Martini : ...Rajeev Khandelwal also does a good job as Vivaan and looks great as a younger person in the flashbacks. but he must modulate his voice better.... full review

Thumbs up, by Rony D'Costa, Desi Martini : ...Tena Desae brings in a freshness in the film. She looks delicious in a bikini and also carries off a bald look too. ... full review

Thumbs up, by Subhash K Jha, FirstPost : ...the end-game is so stunning and so overpowering in its message, that it makes us overlook the ingrained improbability of the rest of the film.... full review

Thumbs up, by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com : ...The second performance that knocks you out is that of Dhruv Ganesh towards the end. His performance will leave you with goose bumps! ... full review

Thumbs up, by Divya Solgama, Gomolo.in : ...Tena Desae looks like Priyanka Chopra clone and is the weakest link in the film as she hardly knows how to act. ... full review

Thumbs up, by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes : ...Despite the loopholes, the film works largely because of some decent performances. ... full review

Thumbs up, by Shakti Shetty, MiD DAY : ...For a Bollywood starter, Tena does a fairly commendable job but the make-up guys who made her look like an alien didn’t. Dhruv Ganesh is impressive in a shorter role.... full review

Thumbs up, by Aakash Barvalia, MoviezADDA : ...Also you can relate with many other Hollywood and Bollywood movies, but what impresses more here is the utmost thrilling and attention-grabbing screenplay of the movie, right from its first frame till the last frame.... full review

Thumbs up, by Madhureeta Mukherjee, Times of India : ...Rajeev Khandelwal, takes on the sach ka saamna game sportingly, using his intensity and good-looks, in some parts; he portrays the much needed despair and desperation, but this isn't a full-blown performance for an actor of calibre.... full review

Thumbs up, by Ananya Bhattacharya, Zee News : ...Gajendra Verma’s music is soulful and the background score blends well with the story. The song ‘Mann Mera’ is a hummable one and stays on in the mind.... full review

So-So, by Aparajita Ghosh, Apun Ka Choice : ...All the characters, save for Paresh Rawal’s Mr. Khan, are fleshed out finely. Khan has been imbued with more style and flamboyance than Rawal can convincingly bring on without going over the top.... full review

So-So, by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express : ...As drama, the film isn’t very good – we don’t care too much about the couple, and when the noose tightens, we aren’t all that invested in their survival.... full review

So-So, by Bobby Sing, Bobby Talks Cinema.com : ...It may disappoint you in the end too as one doesn’t like to suddenly go into a ‘Social mode’ while watching an exciting mystery thriller.... full review

So-So, by Reza Noorani, Bollywood Life : ...In the last 20 minutes, the movie goes on a completely different track where the shades of all the characters – black and white, good and evil, turn grey and come on an equal footing.... full review

So-So, by Aniruddha Guha, DNA : ...It benefits greatly from the performance of the ever-reliable Paresh Rawal, who’s in fine form here. Rajeev Khandewal and Tena Desae are both convincing as the young couple. ... full review

So-So, Free Press Journal : ...The set-up, exposition and development are quite well-knitted but the climax just appears a bit forced. Of course there’s predictability also affecting the end result. ... full review

So-So, by Swati Deogire, In.com : ...If you’re a child of the Roadies-generation, then tuck into your popcorn as this film is right up your alley. Not for faint-hearted, there’s plenty of gore and stomach-churning fare on display. ... full review

So-So, by Fatema H Kagalwala, India Entertainment : ... there was much scope to milk the dark and claustrophobic undertones of the set-up, something the film ignores so blithely it seems it doesn’t know about its own potential... full review

So-So, by Nandini Ramnath, Live Mint : ...Replace the crime that is being avenged in the movie with “gang rape” and you have a recipe for a vigilante movie that speaks to the times and attains more relevance than its filmmakers ever imagined.... full review

So-So, Movie Talkies : ...not bad for a one-time watch... full review

So-So, by Karan Anshuman, Mumbai Mirror : ...The characters talk too much and lack conviction in their supposed romance. Once Paresh Rawal throws his weight into the ring, the acting ability of the pair all but vanishes in the background.... full review

So-So, by Mansha Rastogi, Now Running.com : ...For a film based completely on three characters, Aditya Dutt does a very good job not just in casting but also in the way he extracts performances from his actors. ... full review

So-So, by Ankur Pathak, Rediff : ...What the film essentially lacks is stylish direction. Aditya Datt seems so excited with the content, he forgets it all has to be directed. This is best reflected in the way the performances are handled. ... full review

So-So, by Swati Rohatgi, STARDUST : ... Tina Desae as Siya is average at best.... full review

So-So, by Sudhish Kamath, The Hindu : ...Can't say if you will like what Table No. 21 leaves you with but while you are at it, you are likely to have a good time. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Prathna Tiwari, Bolly Spice : ...It suffers from the classic song-in-the-first-5mins complex just so that the director can insert a classic bikini shot of the heroine. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Mayank Shekhar, Daily Bhaskar : ...Why do the hero, heroine decide to play his guests is only as hard to figure as why so many minor celebrities agree to wash their dirty linen in public or eat insects on shows like Bigg Boss or Survivor.... full review

Thumbs down, by Khalid Mohamed, Deccan Chronicle : ...look for another table. The number hardly matters.... full review

Thumbs down, by Rachit Gupta, Filmfare : ...On the subject of clichés, like every grey cloud’s silver lining, Table No. 21’s saving grace is its actors. Paresh Rawal, Rajeev Khandelwal and Tena Desae perform with convictions but how far can a captain steer a ship with a cracked hull? ... full review

Thumbs down, by Anupama Chopra, Hindustan Times : ...The half-way interesting premise is hobbled by the lame performances and dialogue.... full review

Thumbs down, by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live : ...Even dependable actors like Paresh Rawal and Rajeev Khandelwal sleepwalk through their roles. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Shubhra Gupta, indian express : ...Everyone is play-acting to the hilt: the clean-cut Khandelwal whose neat spikes on the forehead stay intact all the way through, the red-lipped Desae, and even the experienced Rawal, who makes the most of his hair-style (sort of bald, sort of mohawk) and a dark-framed pair of glasses, without really bothering to get into the character. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Roshni Devi, koimoi : ...Hanif Hilal does not get a single line in the film, but his acting is good. Dhruv Ganesh is also fine.... full review

Thumbs down, by Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV : ...The most disappointing aspect of Table No 21 is the performance by Paresh Rawal. Not that he pushes the wrong buttons. Far from it. But when an actor of his quality is reduced to relying primarily on his stylist for impact, you know something isn’t quite right. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters : ...Khandelwal and Rawal are competent in their roles, but Desae looks awkward, especially in the second half when she dons a look that wouldn’t be out of place in a B-grade sci-fi film.... full review

Thumbs down, by Sonia Chopra, Star Blockbuster : ...Paresh Rawal’s performance is not as diabolical as the role demanded. ... full review

Thumbs down, by Reel Reptile, Upper Stall : ... It's hard to call any film that tries to address a relevant issue in today's society a bit of a cop-out, but this comes mighty close to being just that ... full review

104 tweeters ( ? ) - 79 yays 12 so-so 13 nays

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yourrdaddy : Table no 21 is a. Fantastic film no words. Rajeev khandelwal and paresh rawal kudos to u. Simply spell bounding.

WarsiZeba : Table No 21, interesting film, kinda quirky concept. And and and social message too!

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VinayakGagrani : table no 21 : a must watch for everyone ! awesome message by movie, totally unexpected, great work by the team

Tutejajoginder : My review of Table No. 21: ***1/2 Leaves you speechless and gasping for breath http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/review/16891.html

thisisrmb : Table No 21- overall keeps you interested.

TheGappuccino : Table No.21- A movie with a fabulous cause- high time someone picked up the cause!!! Superb show!

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sudnigga : Table No 21 has been watched. Will try and do a short review tonight or maybe just a tweet review? Nevertheless, you should watch it

sudhanshutheone : Table No 21: A great movie with a strong message. Must watch for all college goers and parents. Kudos to the cast and crew of the film.

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Ootkarsh : Table No. 21 was quite ok for one time. Interesting 2nd half as story unfolds. 1st was slow &amp; could've helped by adding scenic Fiji.

Manojmumbai : Good Morning :) Table 21 is a one time watch surely, you will not get bored andd would rate it 3/5

MadhuraCulkarni : Table No. 21 .. Average movie ! If you liked LUCK *ing imraan khan and sanjay dutta.. U'll like this one too!

keerthan_g : Table no. 21 is a decent watch.

DeepXP : Watched Table No. 21. Not bad.

blahssome : Table no 21 was interesting. Some chinks in the story line. But it's at least got an unusual plot.

amankhurana91 : Table No.21 is all about Paresh Rawal. Everything else looks too plain in his presence. Not more than a one-time watch! Full review soon!

AkashUpadhye : Table No 21 may not be the perfect start to 2013 we were looking for, but it’s a well-paced thriller with some highs and quite a few lows

311mg : Though not spectacular, " Table No. 21" is decent enough.

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TheSarahStar : Okay so just saw this "Table 21" movie. First half was good, but by the end it completely loses control. Wouldn't be worth paying to watch!

siddharthaalam : A sincere request : Don't waste ur time &amp; $ on Table No. 21. After the first half go dine at Table No. 21~3 wise men in my theatre did too:)

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Priyatalkies : All the ppl who had a good word for Table no 21 .. Either u dnt know wats a good movie . TorTure

nikhilchawla : In other news, watched Table No 21 yesterday. (Survivor+Zinda) = One time watch if you are sleepy and have nothing else to do.

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Moh13 : table no.21...boring movie

Him_87 : What a terrible film this. Table no 21.

Elder_Dovahkiin : By the way saw Table No 21. It was utter bullcrap.

amjiddader : Table No. 21 is the sort of determinedly silly movie that can make fine actors like Paresh Rawal and Rajeev Khandelwal look foolish. ...

AbJaanLogeKya : Table No.21 total CRAP.

_logik : Hahahaha, Table No.21 - such a ridiculous movie. The best acting came from two side-actors who were there for some 10 minutes.

6 readers - 5 yays 1 so-so 0 nays

Want to Watch, by chicken soup recipes : Borgarnes

Want to Watch, by guddu : Let's see

Yay! Thumbs Up, by ele

Yay! Thumbs Up, by rajesh : good

Yay! Thumbs Up, by Suman

Yay! Thumbs Up, by Suuny kumar : Good performances by Paresh, Rajeev & others , interesting movie with a great message

Yay! Thumbs Up, by Table No 21 Review : Movie is Overoll good,Paresh rawal play very well

So-So, by Saurabh : Good to watch if you have nothing better to do. Rajeev Khandelwal is good though

This page has additional observations, other than the ones noted in the main review .

Parental Guidance:

• Violence : Mental violence with mild physical implications.
• Language : A couple of swear words.
• Nudity & Sexual content : Prostitution, bikini clad women.
• Concept : The repercussions of not thinking about the effect of one's actions before hand.
• General Look and Feel : A very shoddy feel. Neither glittery-glamory, nor grim.

Detailed Ratings (out of 5):

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Meetu it seems you were quite delighted by the film's premise irrespective of the treatment and the acting , well your review has now lured me to watch this movie now, let's see how bad it is !! :)

@guddu At your own risk :P

Its a nice review.But u don't share Movie Rating.BTW awsome review

Thanks! Well, the rating is "Even the keen, wait for DVD". I don't do star ratings, if that is what you mean. :)

realy i found a new type learing movie in bollywood after huge day ,i thanks to all the team of table21 making this wanderful movie ,dear friends never miss it.....

very interesting movie with great message & dramatic climax ..must watch for all youngsters

I quite liked it except for the climax..raging?i mean they could have thought of a thousand more interesting "twists" than this!!As for the social message,this is no Salman Khan film which is gonna be watched by 5 cr people and influence another few crores!This is small scale low budget thriller with a limited audience and as u said correctly,"we don't need any convincing,the one's who do aren't gonna be watching this film anyways"..Paresh Rawal was excellent though.His act starting from a charming resort manager to an evil,sly,suave and venomous host and ultimately the scene of him being a father in agony and grief is definitely worth a watch!Rajeev Khandelwal is a huge disappointment especially after his class act in Aamir.Tena Desae is just there to strip down and show off her well toned body which she manages with ease!A decent one time watch overall.

@Anuj :) Yep!

Direction: 3 Story: 2.5 Lead Actors: 2.5 Character Artists: 2

Dialogues: 2 Screenplay: 2.5 Music Director: 1 Lyrics: 1

Watched the movie on TV, found it timepass if nothing better to do.

i thanks to all the team of table21 making this wanderful movie

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Table No. 21

Release date: 04 january, 2013, table no. 21 movie.

After working day and night to live a mediocre life, Vivaan (Rajeev Khandelwal) and Siya Agasthi (Tena Desae) are thrilled to have won an all inclusive vacation to the exotic Fiji. Not only do they get to stay in a lavish hotel with a grand suite, the couple also receives ...  an invitation for lunch to celebrate their wedding anniversary at one of the finest resorts in Suva, Fiji. The couple's excitement only increases when they meet the very suave Mr. Khan (Paresh Rawal) at the restaurant who gives them a chance to play a 'tell all truth' game for a mind boggling 21 crores.

The rules of the game are simple; answer 8 questions truthfully and complete the respected tasks and the money is all yours. Vivaan and Siya readily agree as they can take their winnings to Mumbai and live the life they both have always dreamed of. The game begins; Vivaan and Siya are off to a great start answering each question right as well as completing the tasks successfully. However the as they proceed, the questions and tasks get more and more personal. Each question ironically ties back to an important chapter of their lives. Vivaan and Siya have had enough and choose to quit the game.

One important rule they forgot which Khan reminds them of, quitting is not an option. They both realize that the game isn't really a game but the only way to survive is to complete the game. Who really is Khan? Will Vivaan and Siya survive the game and win 21 crores?

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Table No. 21

1 hr 46 min

A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play "Tell all truth" game for a mind boggling prize money. The game begins and the couple discovers that the game isn't really a game, but is a game of survival.

Paresh Rawal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Tina Desai, Dhruv Ganesh

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"Table 19" is a movie for everyone who has ever felt deeply uncomfortable at another person's wedding reception. That might not sound like a ringing endorsement—in fact it would make one of the least appetizing DVD box quotes of all time—but there is such a thing as a under-served market, and this movie serves it. Maybe too well, as we'll see.

The title refers to the number of a table at a wedding reception. It's far away from the bride's and groom's family tables. In fact it's about as far back as you can get and not be out on the street. It takes a while for everyone at the table to figure out the common element that resulted in all of them being placed at this particular table. Suffice to say that they all have a problematic relationship with somebody in the wedding party, and that's how they ended up seated in a corner near a restroom.

There's Eloise ( Anna Kendrick ), the onetime maid of honor who was ejected from her honored place in the wedding party after the best man, her boyfriend Teddy ( Wyatt Russell )—also the bride's brother—broke up with her, via text message, no less. Then there's Jerry and Bina Kepp ( Craig Robinson and Lisa Kudrow ), a sour, squabbling couple who are part of the Ohio diner scene that the groom's family is immersed in. Table 19 also includes the bride's former nanny, Jo Flanagan ( June Squibb ), who's genial and nosy and tells charming stories about the bride and her brother; Renzo Eckberg ( Tony Revolori ), a teenager who came to the reception only after being assured by his mother that he was being seated at the "singles table," and who seems to have no social skills; and Walter Thimple ( Stephen Merchant ), one of the strangest characters I've seen in awhile—a sweet, nervous, exceedingly furtive man who lies about everything.

You should know that "Table 19" starts out as an uncomfortable experience. I don't just mean that its main characters are placed in an uncomfortable situation, not really knowing why they're at this table or even why they agreed to attend the reception. I mean the film itself puts you on edge in ways that register subconsciously. You don't know anyone in the wedding party beyond the minimal facts you've been given, and the movie doesn't find ways to cheat and fill in the story. Because the movie's director and co-writer Jeffrey Blitz , who collaborated on the story with Jay and Mark Duplass , tend to keep the camera with the people at the table, observing everyone else from their perspective, you feel as isolated as they do. The whole thing is intentionally very awkward. And there's an added layer of discomfort that comes from wondering if you've signed on to watch a feature length film that stays at one table at a wedding reception for 90 minutes.

After a certain point, though—I'd rather not say exactly how—"Table 19" extricates its characters from their prison, and from there, the film becomes something I did not expect: a movie about characters who've been thrown together in an unfamiliar context, and find that the new experience encourages them to deal with emotional issues they've been refusing to address for a long time.

Everybody at the table has a secret, and in due time the secrets are revealed, often through interactions with table-mates that they've just met. The best part of the film is the middle, where the characters sort of wander off on their own and momentarily forget about the reception they came here to attend. (There's a throwaway reference to " The Wizard of Oz " in here; you'll know it when you see it.)

There's something liberating about this portion of the story. The film itself is getting up from the table and saying, "No more, I've had enough, let's get out of here and clear our heads." The movie also appears to set up particular subplots that you expect to resolve predictably—notably a flirtation between Eloise and a handsome stranger named Huck, played by Thomas Cocquerel —only to send them out in counter-intuitive, even deliberately anticlimactic ways.

Unfortunately, though, "Table 19" also feels the need to be a romantic comedy in which all's well that ends well, and it's here that the movie fails most conspicuously. Again, I don't want to say much about specific plot points —the film is most intriguing for the choices it makes, and the surprising timing of those choices—but I can report, in a general sense, that the more the movie tries to satisfy the conventional requirements of the Hollywood romantic comedy that ties everything up in a cute little bow, the more forced and unremarkable it seems. The movie simply hasn't laid the groundwork for the kinds of emotional epiphanies it tries to claim near the end. I believe nearly everything that happens in the middle part and admire the first section for its (relative) boldness. But while "Table 19" is essentially kindhearted, it is not soft-headed, and when it pivots and becomes the kind of film that it originally seemed to be an alternative to, its spark goes out.

It's worth seeing for its performances, though—in particular Merchant's. His ostrich walk and deadpan line deliveries are a continual source of delight.

Matt Zoller Seitz

Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

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Table 19 (2017)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, drug use, language and some brief nudity.

Anna Kendrick as Eloise McGarry

Craig Robinson as Jerry Kepp

Tony Revolori as Rezno Eckberg

Margo Martindale as Freda Eckberg

June Squibb as Jo Flanagan

Stephen Merchant as Walter Thimple

Andrew Daly as Luke Pflaffler

Thomas Cocquerel as Huck

Tommy O'Brien as Robert Vardaros

Chris Whitley as Douglas Grotsky

Richard Haylor as Roger Millner

• Jeffrey Blitz

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'The Coffee Table' Review: 'Hereditary's Head Trauma Has Nothing On This Horror Film

I think I'm going to go throw up now.

The Big Picture

• The Coffee Table is a disturbing horror film that will make you feel sick for nearly 90 minutes.
• Director Caye Casas and co-writer Cristina Borobia drag you through extreme domestic depravity.
• The conclusion of the film feels like a respite but lacks emotional impact, wrapping up hastily.

There is no other horror film you’ll see this year as incessantly cruel and mean-spirited as The Coffee Table . This is both a compliment and a criticism, as, while the film is plenty committed to twisting the knife into its audience, it can also be rather repetitive before rushing to the finish. However, it is also painfully effective at making you feel sick to your stomach for nearly 90 minutes straight. Imagine the ill-fated drive in Hereditary was stretched to a feature, and you’ll start to get a sense of what’s in store for what feels destined to be one of 2024’s more disturbing horror films. Sure, there are plenty of gloriously bloody visions in upcoming works like In a Violent Nature or Cuckoo . Hell, even fantastical supernatural films like Oddity get incredibly dark before they tear you to pieces. The thing is that all of these films pale in comparison to the depravity that director Caye Casas and his co-writer Cristina Borobia drag you through.

The Coffee Table

In the heart of a bustling city, a quaint coffee shop becomes the unlikely crossroads for a diverse group of individuals. Each customer, from a struggling writer to a love-struck couple, finds solace and unexpected connections around a vintage coffee table that holds stories of its own.

The Coffee Table is an endurance test where you see how long both you and the characters can carry on without losing their heads. The precise details surrounding this are best left vague, as the whole point is the initial surprise of seeing everything fall apart and the stomach-churning descent that follows as we observe how someone can carry on pretending that they can put it back together again when we know that this is impossible. Like the most messed up nursery rhyme you could ever experience, sometimes Humpty Dumpty can’t be put together again, no matter how desperately we may want him to be. In this case, it’s something not only kids should not watch, but those who are parents themselves best proceed cautiously as well. As you watch a man's spirit being steadily shattered into a thousand pieces, yours may be broken as well.

What Is 'The Coffee Table' About?

This all begins with the couple of Jesús ( David Pareja ) and María ( Estefanía de los Santos ), who are out shopping for a coffee table. They have recently had a child after much trying and are now trying to make a home for themselves in a new apartment. Thus, when they bicker over their potential purchase while a deceptive salesman watches on, we get a sense that they are arguing about something more than just petty furniture. When Jesús eventually gets his way, purchasing the most tacky table you’ve ever seen and bringing it home, it seems like things are settling down. Of course, he realizes that he is missing one tiny part and thus sets the glass countertop at a perilous angle while María goes out of the store. Left alone with the newborn baby who has begun crying despite his best attempts to provide comfort, the camera creeps down the hallway before we hear the crash of the inevitable disaster strike in the next room. This inciting incident is merely the beginning of the range of emotions that follows. It is an experience that feels like being dragged across the glass that has now been scattered all over the floor while its central character tries to ignore what has rolled under a nearby piece of furniture. Out of sight is not out of mind.

If this sounds like a miserable experience, it very much is as The Coffee Table keeps beating you down with reminder after reminder of how devastating what happened was. Walking a chaotic tonal tightrope, the film also teases out the most pitch-black comedy as we hear characters discuss the importance of family and love while remaining blissfully unaware of how that will forever be out of reach. Taking place almost entirely in the apartment, it is all about placing us in the slow march toward realizing what happened while Jesús was alone in the apartment. Eventually, he will have to admit the truth and come clean about how, while it was an accident, he has done something that can never be undone . As you watch in agony, both leads give remarkable performances even as you feel revulsion starting to overwhelm you.

Pareja, in particular, is mesmerizing to watch. With sweat pouring down his face and deadness in his eyes, it is like we are watching a man whose soul has already gone even as his body continues to walk around. It is undoubtedly a horror film , but it is also about just watching a person fall apart before our eyes in the span of a condensed few hours that feels like an eternity. With claustrophobic closeups and punishing sound design making a more banal domestic scene into a nightmare, it never lets you forget for even a moment what has happened. Every line about coming together and a future that is now foreclosed to them cuts like a knife, slowly bleeding you dry of any hope. It’s relatively restrained about showing the horrors of what happened, but that only makes seeing the pain consuming the face of Jesús that much more agonizing. Even when some lines aren't quite as sharp as they could be, the execution of how everything is presented rips you apart.

'The Coffee Table' Ends Less With a Bang and More With a Whimper

The entire experience is unrelentingly exhausting, making the conclusion feel like both an overdue blessing in how quickly it wraps up and an odd respite considering all that had preceded it. This isn’t to say that The Coffee Table should have been more brutal , but several key moments feel contrived in a way that lessens the final blows. Be it the convenience of a door being left ajar or the arrival of another character who primarily exists to bring everything into the open, how it all comes spilling out is where the film stumbles just a bit.

The patience with which everything else played out is slightly lost as we then hurtle towards a finale that we could all feel was coming. Where we got to know little things about complicated character dynamics and the fault lines that will now be broken open in moments of desperation, this conclusion doesn’t let them linger for too long. Some of this may be out of its emphasis on realism, as real tragedy is not often defined by fulfilling narratives, though a forced final shot breaks this in a way that indicates it was struggling to reach for something more emotional. That it didn’t quite grasp this doesn’t take away from the film writ large as it still lands with a heavy weight on your chest. If only he hadn’t gotten that damn table .

Even as it stumbles a bit in the end, The Coffee Table is one of the most effectively sickening and unpleasant movies you'll see this year.

• The film is an endurance test that does a great job of continually beating you down.
• All of the cast give outstanding performances, ensuring the continual agony and dark humor land perfectly.
• The presentation, with claustrophobic closeups and punishing sound design, make the experience into a nightmare.
• The film can be slightly repetitive and relies on some contrivances in a mixed back of an ending.

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Table No. 21 Review

Table No. 21  Rating: 2.59/5 From All the reviews on the web Showing 12 Review

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Ratings :2/5  Table No 21 Review By:  Rajeev Masand     Site:CNN IBN (IBNLive)

Table No 21 squanders its potential. The films ending is bold, but little else is consistent or gripping. Its also unforgivably lazy and amateurish in its approach to characterization and narrative. Were introduced to likeable protagonists at the start of the film, were meant to care for them as they struggle in difficult circumstances, then abruptly and without any warning theyre stripped off their likeability so the film can deliver its shocking climax.Im going with two out of five for director Aditya Datts Table No 21. Even dependable actors like Paresh Rawal and Rajeev Khandelwal sleepwalk through their roles.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3.5/5  Review By:  Taran Adarsh     Site:BollywoodHungama

It’s not just the premise that grabs your attention, but TABLE NO. 21 stands out because it doesn’t borrow the formulaic template, nor does it rely on the predictable twists and turns or caricaturist characters to enthrall the spectator. It’s clever, engaging and carries a message that hits you like a ton of bricks. Importantly, it’s a well crafted thriller that delivers more than what it promised in its attention-grabbing promos. On the whole, TABLE NO. 21 is a commendable movie-going experience. If you are an extremely choosy moviegoer who watches select first-rate films a year, make sure TABLE NO. 21 is included on your listing. Strongly recommended!

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :2/5  Review By:  Anupama Chopra     Site:Hindustan Times

Table No. 21 is the sort of determinedly silly movie that can make fine actors like Paresh Rawal and Rajeev Khandelwal look foolish. Echoing films as diverse as Oldboy and Slumdog Millionaire, director Aditya Datt creates a reality game show-revenge saga that gathers some steam in the last act, but by then its too little, too late. Anyway, the climax followed by sombre facts is well-intentioned but feels entirely unearned. The half-way interesting premise is hobbled by the lame performances and dialogue. Mr Khan keeps repeating the one rule of the game: If you lie, you die. And at one point he declares, in a faux creepy voice: Secrets are s**y.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3/5  Review By: Madhureeta Mukherjee     Site:Times Of  India(TOI)

For a story that stays focused on the lead couple, and a game-show on an island, Aditya Datt has done a good job of entertaining, serving some suspense (intriguing, if not nail-biting) and dishing it out with some hard reality bytes. The first half is slow-paced, as a thriller it has its flaws, the direction isn’t really superlative, but post-interval it spins into another zone and the climax hits home. If you’re looking for a different taste for your cinema palates (minus the mirch masala), book a seat for Table No. 21. Bon appetit!

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3/5  Review By:  Ankur Pathak     Site:Rediff

On the whole, Table No. 21 should be watched for the reactive social commentary that it is, and should not be misconceived as a vigilante film. Although the lust for money is not the essential theme here, how its seductive force brings out animal tendencies within seemingly normal people is what I relished the most, other than, as you will see, a disturbing reality flourishing in our country’s colleges.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :2.5/5  Review By:  Saibal Chaterjee     Site:NDTV

The line separating the exigencies of middle-class existence from the risks factored into the games that the characters in Table No 21 play is dangerously thin. But so, for sure, is the divide between the truly inspired and the utterly pedestrian. This is a well-meaning film. It even has a relevant social message appended to its ending. Unfortunately, along the way, it yo-yos wildly between semblances of profundity and dashes of pulp. The inconsistency of intent robs Aditya Datts sophomore effort of any chance that it might have had of finding a place at the high table of memorable thrillers.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :—-  Review By:  Komal Nahta     Site:ETC

On the whole, Table No. 21 (weak title) is fairly engaging and exciting but its run at the cinemas will be short because there wont be too many takers for this kind of a film. Recovery of the investment shouldnt be much of a problem as the budget is not too big and the cost has been subsidised by the Fiji government.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3/5  Review By:  Aniruddha Guha     Site:DNA

Table No 21, however, is a reasonably decent effort. Its fairly well-shot (Ravi Walia), has good actors, and manages to hold your interest for the most part. Table No 21 may not be the perfect start to 2013 we were looking for, but its a well-paced thriller with some highs and quite a few lows, and its never boring. May be, I am being slightly generous €“ New Year and all that €“ but Ill suggest you check out Table No 21 for Paresh Rawal.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :2/5  Review By:  Mayank Shekhar     Site:Dainik Bhaskar

The only time he decides to run away from the game is when hes asked to shave his wifes head. Going bald for a while is the worst thing that can happen to a human being. Or so it seems. As you go up the levels of the show, the dares start getting more ludicrous: now kiss her in a public square, now slap him hard (€œzordar chaata€)…. You already knew this was a strange sort of couple. While engaging in parts, you head out of the theatre knowing this was an odd, bald kind of film too.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :1/5  Review By:  Roshni Devi     Site:Koimoi

Whats Good: Rajeev Khandelwal and Paresh Rawals performances; a couple of bikini scenes. Whats Bad: The lame dares; the insipid climax; the predictable storyline; the frustrating wrong timings of the songs€¦ Loo break: Anytime. Might as well not come back. Watch or Not?: Not really. This disastrous flick will not entertain you at all.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3.5/5  Review By:  Ananya     Site:Zee News

Table No. 21 might just be director Aditya Datts ticket to fame: fame of the pure, unadulterated kinds. In a nutshell, Table No. 21 might just be one film that is instrumental in turning the tables of the game around. In the Hindi film industry of the day, where a lot of mindless stuff is churned out under the guise of films every year, Datts thriller is one that is a welcome break. Go watch the film. It is worth every penny spent, worth every ounce of energy invested €“ and even more.

Visit  Site  for more Ratings :3/5  Review By:  Nabanita Roy     Site:OneIndia

Paresh Rawal stuns us with a completely new avatar in the movie. He does a brilliant job as the charming Mr Khan in Table No 21. After his critically acclaimed performance in the film Aamir, Rajeev Khandelwal is back in another different role in Table No 21. Rajeev does a good job in the movie. On the other hand, Tena Desae too does an OK kind of job in the film. Table No 21 impresses us with an unusual and interesting concept. On the whole, the movie a little slow-paced, yet has lots to say.

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‘Cabaret’ Review: Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin Lead High-Style Revival That Cuts to the Bone

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When Eddie Redmayne ’s slithering Emcee assures the audience at “ Cabaret ” that “here, life is beautiful,” he’s telling a half-truth. The August Wilson Theater, done up like the Kit Kat Club for a bracing, high-style, Broadway revival that opened there Sunday, has indeed been transformed into a house of pleasure. Entering through an alley and into fancified, jam-packed lobby bars feels like discovering a speakeasy inside a nightclub.

That twisted inner world is beautifully realized in a shadowy mélange of fringe and ruffles by the designer Tom Scutt, whose bawdy, under-the-big-top scenic and costume design is a feat of textures and deep, muted colors. Seating on either side of a circular center platform, skirted by VIP tables, lends the show an immersive feel, aided by Isabella Byrd’s sharp, captivating lighting. Chic, circus-clown makeup (by Guy Common) shrouding the eyes of Redmayne and the limber ensemble suggests a sinister air of delirium as the principal players are introduced.  

Already near the end of her rope, Gayle Rankin’s coarse, determined Sally Bowles tries desperately to keep from spinning out before coming completely and furiously unraveled (the actor’s eviscerating performance of the title song is destined to become the stuff of you-had-to-see-her lore). Stripped of the delusions often associated with the expendable headliner, the Sally of Frecknall’s staging, which transfers here from London’s West End , is a raw, trembling realist only thinly disguised as a romantic. 

The tender romance between Bebe Neuwirth ’s elegant and maternal Fraulein Schneider and the moony-eyed fruit seller Herr Schultz (Stephen Skybell) spins a sweet and aching emotional thread. Neuwirth’s shattering performance of “What Would You Do?” shows an indomitable woman piecing herself back together one trembling note at a time. 

All that stripped-down humanity onstage — from the entrails of broken lovers to the dancers’ carnal gyrations (choreography is by Julia Cheng) — make Redmayne’s Emcee a jarring exception. An otherworldly salamander of a narrator, he hunches over, Gollum-like, gnawing on every syllable as if it were his last meal. It’s a fiercely committed performance, but a mannered one, too. For the Emcee to exist as a creature apart makes narrative sense, but Redmayne’s remoteness drains some of the force from what is otherwise a grounded, gut-punching take on a disturbingly timely story. 

Of course, “Cabaret” is partly a warning about the excess and social blindness represented by pricey tickets and a sexy night out as the world burns. But it’s also a reminder to enjoy every last minute while you can.

Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theater; 1,070 seats; top non-premium $594. Opened April 21, 2024; reviewed April 18. Running time: 2 HOURS 45 MIN.

• Production: A presentation by ATG Productions, Underbelly, Gavin Kalin Productions, Hunter Arnold, Smith & Brant Theatricals and Wessex Grove; Co-Produced by Julie Boardman, Tom Smedes, Peter Stern, Heather Shields, Caiola Productions, Kate Cannova, Aleri Entertainment, Alex Levy Productions, Bunny Rabbit Productions, Tom D'Angora & Michael D'Angora, Cyrene Esposito, David Treatman, Eddie Redmayne, The Array IV, Bad Robot Live, Grace Street Creative Group, Jim Kierstead, George Waud, Yonge Street Theatricals, Federman Koenigsberg Productions / Sara Beth Zivitz, Tina Marie Casamento / Jennifer Johns, Patty Baker / Matthew Christopher Pietras, Robyn Coles / The Cohn Sisters, Nolan Doran / Fakston Productions, Epic / Jeffrey Grove, Jessica Goldman Foung / M Kilburg Reedy, William Frisbie / Andrew Paradis, Marguerite Steed Hoffman / Willette & Manny Klausner, Iocane Productions / Tilted, Kat Kit 4 / Second Act, Vasi Laurence / Stephen C Byrd, Brian & Dayna Lee / City Cowboy Productions, Maybe This Time / 3D Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions / Catherine Schreiber & Co, Tegan Summer Theatricals / The Wolf Pack, Ilana Woldenberg / W Stage Productions and The Shubert Organization.
• Crew: Directed by Rebecca Frecknall; Choreographed by Julia Cheng; Scenic and Theater Design by Tom Scutt; Costume Design by Tom Scutt; Lighting Design by Isabella Byrd; Sound Design by Nick Lidster and Autograph; Hair and Wig Design by Sam Cox; Make-Up Design by Guy Common; Musical Supervisor: Jennifer Whyte; Musical Coordinator: Kristy Norter; Conducted by Jennifer Whyte; Production Stage Manager: Thomas Recktenwald; Stage Manager: Derek Michael DiGregorio.
• Cast: Gayle Rankin, Eddie Redmayne, Ato Blankson-Wood, Clifford BradshawNatascia Diaz, Henry Gottfried, Bebe Neuwirth, Steven Skybell, Alaïa, Iron Bryan, Gabi Campo, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Colin Cunliffe, Will Ervin Jr., Sun Kim, Marty LauterVictor, Loren Lester, Deja McNair, David Merino, Julian Ramos, MiMi Scardulla, Paige Smallwood, Hannah Florence, Pedro Garza, Christian Kidd, Corinne Munsch, Chloé Nadon-Enriquez, Ida Saki, Karl Skyler Urban, and Spencer James Weidie.

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