Anticipation is created at the beginning portrayals, with the well choreographed introduction of the main casting, in simple dance tangos mixed with a pinch of humor. Happily enough, one cannot begin to stop saying “Thank you” to the editor as the scenes all seem well cut and crisp. The drama is just right from the word go.
The director, Anees Bazmee has made sure; to leave his imprint on the film with it’s likewise similarities to his earlier films. There are a whole lot of traces of the film “No entry” in the movie, with one difference. “No entry” was a complete Salman Khan movie; here the concept is solely worked on.
The story line for thank you movie is based on extra marital affairs conducted by three men; Vikram (Irrfan Khan), Raj (Bobby Deol), Yogi (Suneil Shetty) who are married to Karthika (Rimi Sen), Sanjana (Sonam Kapoor) and Radha (Celina Jaitley) respectively. In, steps the formidable Akshay Kumar, as Kishen, to help the women rework their marriage and also to make the men change their mindsets.
With psychological emphasis, the movie focuses on the “generalized” male character that all men are infidels in marriage and all women being saints and good housewives, with fewer brains. More so, it showcases the men having beautiful and gorgeous wives, yet looking for external satiation of their lust. It explores the role of a marriage counselor in real time, full of empathy. This concept is pretty new in India and it may cause people to take a hint that all marriages do not have a rock solid base which would require a lot of working on and also maybe help from competent third parties. The comedy is pretty stale as it uses tried and tested liners, already common and having a pretty high usage locally. But the concept of a counselor helping to keep and build a marriage on love and using it to the effect of making a change is pretty good.
Irrfan Khan in thank you, splendidly essays his character. He creates the mood and pace for the movie with his histrionics and makes a good impact right up to the end. Akshay is not much different from his other movies. He plays it good, by packing in an understated and markedly stamped performance, as the counselor, for the women.
Rimi Sen stands apart, having an excellent comic timing which is indeed refreshing and is different from the staid comedy. She has portrayed her character in the best possible way succeeding immensely in keeping the viewers hooked to her. Bobby Deol does not create much of an impact with the same wooden faced expressions. Celina Jaitley reflects the ‘here and there’ situation which means she occupies hardly any screen space and less said on it the better. Sonam Kapoor just failed to even put on an act, her crying needs a lot of practice and the same goes for her as for Ms Jaitley. Last but not the least, Suneil Shetty, just does what he always does.
