Movie Review of CASH (A.K.A. Assessment of Self-Imposed Brain Damage)

Cast: Shamita Shetty, Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sunil Shetty, Dia Mirza, Ajay Devgan

Director: Anubhav Sinha

Story: My first impression was that the movie was a random collection of the most embarrassing moments of the actors taken by hidden camera. However, the widely prevalent belief regarding the plot, among my fellow-survivors, is as follows – Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh (all names + or – the numerology) are recruited by Ajay Devgan, who is recruited by Dia Mirza, who is recruited by Sunil Shetty, who is recruited by unknown B/C grade firang actor, to steal some diamonds. Shamita Shetty, meanwhile, is a police officer dating Ajay Devgan, who’s supposed to protect the diamonds. Meanwhile, all stunts are done by the actors’ computer-animated avatars, probably due to some grievance the director had with the stuntmen’s association.

High Points: Shamita Shetty who is deliciously doll-like, and 2 seconds of Ajay Devgan trying to dance.

Low Points: Extend from paying for the tickets, till the exits open.

Music: The Vishal-Shekhar duo seems to have made this album by infusing mujhra music into whatever was playing in VH1 at that time. The lyrics sound as if a toddler learning to string sentences together in Hinglish has written them.

Final verdict: If this movie had stuck to its original release date, I would have taken my juniors here for a job-treat. ‘Nuff said.

P.S. Coming up next – movie review for “Buddha Mar Gaya”