KANK promised something completely honest, different and orignal from the director Karan Johar stable-does the movie live upto expectations? YES!
The movie revolves around Dev Saran (Shahrukh Khan) who has an unpleasant married life with Rhea Saran (Preity Zinta). Dev is ultimately a negative and pessimistic man since he met with an accident and wasn’t able to fulfil his dream of paying soccer any further. His wife on the other hand is extremely successful in her career and she clearly ’wears the pants’ in the household which further irks Dev and constantly makes him realize that he is a failure in life which in turn makes him grow bitter and bitter turning his anger towards everyone around him. In short Dev is a constant ticking time bomb who looks for excuses to get angry! Dev’s mother Kamaljit (Kirron Kher) also lives with the couple as do their son Arjun (master Ahsaas)
The second couple is Rishi Talwar(Abhishek Bachchan) who is a success events organizer who is married to Maya Talwar (Rani Mukherji), who is a simple and traditional girl. Rishi is a child trapped in a grown mans body. Immature, outgoing, and hyper who loves partying. He loves his wife too, but Maya feels that they are on a different wave length. She likes to ’discuss’ and talk things over but feels that Rishi isn’t able to understand her at all. Their marriage is slowly breaking and crumbling and to add fuel to the fire their sexual life isn’t that great either as Maya refuses to have sex with Rishi which angers him. Rishis father Samarjit aka Sam (Amitabh Bachchan) is a happy-go-lucky man who loves to live his life to the FULLEST!
Karans story is absolutely mindblowing. Right from the very start the scene is set and the film moves at a breakneck pace keeping the viewer completely engrossed. It has got a strong emotional quotient which comes across with total perfection as well.
The film never slackens in pace and never does it ever lose its grip over the audience. Above all Karan never takes the audiences intelligent for granted . The film on the other hand leaves the audience constantly thinking.Karan is no doubt comfortable in the genre he is making and has complete command over the medium from the very start. He portrays the events on screen in the most realistic manner.
There are numerous moments in the film the viewer will take him with them long after the credits have rolled...these include
The argument between Abhi and Rani right before the interval ..The entire climax sequence and above all the last scene of the film which completely moves and mesmerises the viewer.
Without a doubt the film is completely performance based it belongs to SRK . He gets right into the skin of his character and delivers a completely believable performance that strikes a chord with the viewer. Definetly one of the most complex characters one has witnessed in recent times,
Another actor who shines in his role is Abhishek. With each film he has proved that he is one of Bollywoods most versatile and talented character actors and he adds yet another feather in his cap. Preity leaves a unforgettable mark in a her role. Despite having limited footage the viewer will remain her performance.
Rani looks great on screen and acts well .Ab sr is ok .
Technically the film is fantastic as expected from a KJ production.
All up kank will NOT be everyones cup of tea, but it cannot be denied that the film is one of the most hard hitting fare to come out of Bollywood in recent years.