36 China Town

Movie: 36 China Town
Language: Hindi
Date Watched: 18th May 2006
Venue watched: Jade Cinema
Watched with: Preeti and Lalita














a huge cast and even bigger publicity and a murder mystery..that was what i knew of 36 china town when i went to watch it. i also had gotten mixed reviews about it from friends. but i decided to watch it anways. so yesterday i finally managed to catch the movie after work. (my office is 5min walk from jade cinema!!!!)

the story of 36 china town is that of a murder mystery. sonia chang, the owner of a casino in china town, goa gets murdered. her two year old son had been kidnapped. but he had been found and was returning home. unfortunately she never got to see him. shahid and karrena enter sonia's mansion to return her son but discover her dead body. they get implicated in the murder investigation. however the investigating officer, akshay khanna, soon has to many suspects on hand and no idea of the real killer.

so the credits and roll and upen patel fills the screen. i have to very frankly say this, he is NOT cute. i hate the cleft in his chin and even more his mannerisms. so anyways for some weird reason the print of the movie seemd stretched, making the actors look short and wide. soon the story starts unfolding. i love the way the story moves from the happenings in goa to the events happening in munbai simultaneously. very interesting indeed. however once the story shifts to mumbai, its as though the murder has almost been forgotten about. too many songs and comedy make the viewer forget the main story; who killed sonia? and although the comedy is good, it distracts the story away from the murder. however that is still alright because the comedy is used as a platform to further the story.

shahid overacts in many scenes and karrena lacks expression in many. (they seemed to have switched acting personalities) karrena's dance as usual is ungraceful and weird. shahid is excellent. the surprise dancing package of the movie is upen patel. he dances well and i' sure his style will catch up soon. he should always wear hats as they make him look a little bearable. akshay khanna is lovable along with jonny lever and paresh rawal.

the music of the movie is catchy. but the picturisation of 24x7 looks very confusing. i was left asking what the story line of the song was... upen does a great job with aashiqi main teri (good moves) but the moves for isha are a let down.

over all the is ok. i give it 3 out of 6 stars.