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disgRACE 2

Ok, we get it – brains are not what mainstream, big-budget, bollywood movies are for. There might be something for every other organ, may be, but brains, please leave them at the entrance. And try (unlike me) to forget to pick it up when you leave the hall, when you come out of Race 2.. If you do end up taking your brain back, you might end up ranting as follows: Abbas Mustan are no Vishal Bhardwaj or Mani Ratnam. They claim to direct commercial potboilers that  intend to entertain. But whether they entertain you intentionally or unintentionally is subjective. As for me, I haven’t been entertained this much in the recent past. I saw Aakash Vani just a day before, and I must confess, that the questionably entertaining Akash Vaani was a better movie than Race too.. I mean Race 2, too. Yes.. It is a make believe world, but they would like you to believe it is reality. Much like reality shows insisting they aren’t scripted. Of course the film has concept cars and concept gadg