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Cash

quick review: This is a perfect 21st century hindi masala flick - action, drama, romance, comedy, animation, song, dance, dudes, chicks and NO STORY! There are a few, very amusing scenes and the music sounds good, but the whole thing is very shoddily put together.

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

Warning: this section has some details that could distort your experience while watching the movie. I strongly recommend reading this only after you have seen the movie or if you have decided not to see it.

Plot Summary

A bunch of thieves want to rob a bunch of diamonds.

What Worked

  • Riteish Deshmukh's entry on a skate board. The action choreography is cool.
  • A couple of jokes given to Riteish Deshmukh are really funny.
  • The scene where Shayina's (Shamita Shetty's) car breaks down. It was a good blend of comedy, action and romance.
  • Some action scenes were really cool - silly but cool! Like the "kabbadi" with cars sequence.
  • The use of red and black in "Reham kare"

What did not

Note: This section simply lists the things that I did not like in this movie. This is not the overall impression about this movie. Please read the full review here

  • Just because they had Riya (Ayesha Takia), they had to put her to some use. They made her the smiley audience to an irritating, poor poor-joke-cracking narrative.
  • It's really sad when in an action movie - which has speed as a major form action - the only way to gauge the speed of the vehicle is through the expressions of the actors.
  • Where exactly is Angad (Sunil Shetty) when he is shown for the first time? First he is shown on a bike, then a few seconds later on a boat.
  • Did Pooja's (Esha Deol's) house have two entrances? If yes, then, it was very convenient that the two guys arrived at the same time but from two different entrances.
  • Was Shayina (Shamita Shetty) supposed to be a smart security officer or not? How come she acted plain dumb at times, like when she doesn't see her name on the cake?
  • What kind of a security system does the museum where the painting lies have? How could Lucky (Riteish Deshmukh) just pick the painting up, without any alarms going off?
  • How did the police know that Danny (Zayed Khan) was going to be in the water? Lucky had already lost the cops on his way to Danny.
  • Why did Danny set-off a blast in the water near the boat?
  • The van that carried the money in Shayina's convoy was blasted on the top. How come it kept running without interruption and the only damage caused was the hole on the top?
  • Why were Pooja, Lucky and Danny called in the night club by Doc (Ajay Devgan), where the song "Reham kare" was played?
  • Why didn't the police arrive at Angad's (Sunil Shetty's) place?
  • How and why does everybody reach Pooja's house?
  • Where does everybody get all their cool vehicles from for the last fight sequence?

Nitty-Gritty

This section lists things that I think are not important to the overall impact of the movie. In most cases, it could be explained away by something like, "we noticed the glitch after the scene was shot and there were schedule/budget issues and thus we could not re-shoot it". I like giving the makers the benefit of doubt, but I am amused nevertheless. Hopefully, they will tickle you too.

  • When Lucky (Riteish Deshmukh) and Danny (Zayed Khan) are robbing the bank in France, what is the bank security service doing? How come they come in so late?
  • The sound effect of a Volkswagon Beetle starting sounded like that of a bike.
  • Was Karan (Ajay Devgan) staying in a building or a bungalow? The entrance alley looked like it was a building but the rest of the place looked like a bungalow.
  • Why is it raining 10 dollar bills on Karan long after Pooja, Danny and Lucky are done throwing the money at him?

Cash - Movie Details

Cash - Trailer

Cash - All reviews summary

External Reviews

16 reviewers have given Cash an average rating of 0.2/5.0. 0 yays, 15 nays, 1 so-so. See all external reviews »

Readers' Ratings

2 readers have given Cash an average rating of 3/5.0. 0 yays, 0 nays, 2 so-so. See all reader reviews »

Comments (13)

Pooj:

love, love, love, love, love...the review! brilllllliant!

definitely not watching the film tho'! :P

PutVote.com:

Review - Cash...

This is a perfect 21st century hindi masala flick - action, drama, romance, comedy, animation, song, dance, dudes, chicks and NO STORY! There are a few, very amusing scenes and the music sounds good, but the whole thing is very shoddily put together. M...

Ashish Mehta:

BROTHERS & SISTERS

DONT watch CASH if

1* IF U HAVE HUUUUGE EXPECTATIONS from this FILM...
2* IF U DONT LIKE ACTION FLICKS...
3* IF U DONT HAVE BRAINS or if u have it & U DONT LIKE TO USE IT !!!
4* IF U NEED A REASON & DETAIL of each & every scene in a MOVIE... (coz MANY MANY & MANY SCENES goes (OVER-the-HEAD)...

Ashish Mehta:

ANUBHAV SINHA seems to PRACTISE for his NXT FILM in CASH itself as his MOVIE will be AN FULL-FLEGED ANIMATION FILM named "SHLOK"...

The use of ANIMATION, ek hadd tak theek tha BUT FILM mein kuch zyaada hi ho gaya tha [:P]....

DesiPundit » Archives » Cash review:

[...] reviews Cash. Just because this is an action flick, Glitter, style and oomph is all we feed. - good dialogues, [...]

G:

Thanks for the head up. I STILL might end up watching the movie because the public DEMANDS mindless action movies - see Dhoom and Dhoom2 for eg. :) PS Quite a lot of trouble you go to for writing the reviews and maintaining the site. Great job!

raj:

Alrite everyone.....so far every reivew that i read, everyone keeps complaining NO STORY...NO STORY...NO STORY.....goshhhh....after seeing that trailer, you still expect a STORYY????.....lol...
the trailer itself tells you, that this is going to be a movie with nothing but cool looking action.........and i think no one should expect anything more than that from this movie....
these guys do all this crap, get hurt doing it too......and in return all you can give them is a bunch of complains on how the movie sucked??
it's true that not all movies are the best movies, but i think if you can't say anything nice for someone's hard work, you shouldn't say anything at all...
thank you very much...

meetu:

Oh come on raj, if we really stop expecting stories from more than half the movies we generate, what is the point of making movies. Aren't movies "supposed" to narrate stories.


Action movies should at least have a coherent plot. By the way, Cash didn't even have "cool" action. It was old stuff repeated over and over.


Cricketers get hurt while playing a match/during practice. Do we stop complaining when the team we favor loses? It's a part of their job to get hurt.


In summary, I reserve and absolutely shamelessly use my right to complain! :D
Thank you for taking the time to leave the comment, raj!

Deepa:

Hi..

Just becos most movies
are not worth reviewing
Meeta's set herself a challenge
of innovating the ways of doing

The question that needs asking
Is, do netizens come to read
for the packaging or the critiquing
Or some of both indeed

As usual what I'm saying
Is nothing too wise my dear
But how you answer the question
Make's the blog's future clear!

Now how can i let go
without saying what i think
if you don't quickly spread your wings
you'll be teetering on the rink!

Just because this style
can't accomodate what i feel
when we meet up next for coffee
I'll give it reel by reel!

regards

meetu:

Thanks G, for appreciating the effort and Deepa for taking the effort!

Navin:

Deepa,

I come for the review
But the format should also be new
Otherwise there will be ennui
and nobody wants that, see?

In websites, women and life in general
There is a common principle
People come for the looks
But it is the content that hooks

meetu:

Wow, readers commenting in poetry ...
Questions, answers, and rhyming to the tee

Visitors dear, form or content - take your pick, i say
review you'll find for sure, without giving the movie away

heena:

i think people are trying 2 drag a particular point that the movie had no story but according to me 'Dus' was also directy by anubhav sinha it was a hit. This movie has lots of expectations and i think riteish has done a brilliant job and i think he should be appreciated for this movie. I loved it!!!!!

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