http://buzz18.in.com/reviews/movies/review-akkisanjus-blue/161912/0
It’s all about the sea where whales make their home; where dolphins and incalculable species of fish swim; and where lies a secret buried deep within. The film stars rolling with AR Rahman’s Blue theme track. Soon we are introduced to the two lead characters Aarav Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) and Sagar Singh (Sanjay Dutt) – two friends who run afishing business in the Bahamas. Akshay as usual plays a rich brat who prefers to spice up his life with the PYTs. He loves them all - be it ‘ebony or ivory’. Sagar comes across as one of the serious types. After a hard day’s work they drink and play. It was during one of their mock boxing fights, Aarav chooses to drop the bomb. He pokes Sagar to do something big in life and mentions about a certain 'The Lady in Blue.' But Sagar, visibly angry, tries to avoid the topic. Perhaps director Anthony D'souza doesn’t believe in building up the mystery as we soon find out that Aarav was referring to the much-fabled lost treasure, which still lay buried somewhere under the sea. We eventually come to know the back-story. Way back in 1949, the British decided to return some of India's jewels back and dispatched them on a ship called The Lady in Blue. The ship sank mysteriously with its precious contents. Aarav wants the treasure and only Sagar could help him reach his goal. He keeps pestering him every now and then, but Sagar wouldn’t budge. He is content with his girlfriend Mona (Lara Dutta) who understands him and his ways of life. So when Aarav asks him in Deewar style, "Tere paas kay hai?" Sagar quips, “Mere paas bunglow, naukri hai aur Mona hai.” Sameer Singh aka Sam (Zayed Khan) can do anything provided he gets good money. One of his passions being bike racing, he loves taking risks in life. He meets Nikki (Katrina Kaif) and Gulshan (Rahul Dev) on one such occasion as Rahul challenges him to beat him in the race. Sam falls in love with Nikki the moment he sets his eyes on her. On Nikki’s urging he even agrees to work for Gulshan. An overconfident Zayed fails to deliver his consignment and Gulshan threatens to kills him. Sam runs back home to take refuge at his elder brother Sagar’s place. Sam has to return Gulshan’s money or he has to die. Aarav as it seems has only one solution for everything. He reinforces that finding the hidden treasure is the only solution. Sagar sulks. Blue has all the ingredients to make a film work – from treasure hunt, breathtaking visuals, underwater action and speeding bikes to resurrecting family honour – but sadly, it fails to touch a chord with the audience. Also for those hunting for a storyline, it actually begins and ends at the basic synopsis level. A thriller should have a racy script that keeps you on-the-edge. Here the pace is rather disappointing. Even Akki's littleChiggy Wiggy item number with Kylie Minogue fails to impress. The scene where Sanjay hears Gulshan entering his house and instinctively puts on his glares, all ready to face the villain, is funny. The dialogues in the film are not only clichéd but also boring to the core. Sample this: Rahul Dev arrives at Sanjay Dutt’s place with his goons looking for Zayed Khan. Not finding anyone around he starts firing.Sanju finally manages to get hold of a hitman, smashes his head and takes his gun. Lara gets panicky and tries to stop Sanjay from fighting the villain. She implores, "Hum baatchhet se bhi toh suljha sakte hain." (We can talk and sort out the problem). It seems the dialogue writer got heavily inspired by Sanju’s Gandhigiri and applied it on Lara this time. Yet another masterpiece mouthed by Rahul Dev as he addresses Sanjay, Akshay and Zayed, “I can see Ram, Lakshan and Hanuman. Where is your Sita?” Audience is supposed to laugh... Well, you decide for yourself. And guess what? The villain simply snatches Lara out of Sanju’s arm and makes her hostage. Too difficult to digest... It is then Sanju relents and the journey into the deep Blue begins. The Three Musketeers – Akshay, Sanjay and Zayed dive into the sea and it’s right there waiting for them – all glittery and dazzling after all these years inside the sea. Oh! You just can’t miss the parting shot by Akki and Katrina as they give out their real identity. Katrina tells Zayed, "Sameer, I had to do it for my family’s honour. Hope you’ll forgive me." We don’t know if Sam could, but am sure the audience wouldn’t like to forgive the director at this point. Technically, the camerawork and sound do have an international feel. The three bike sequences featuring Zayed become better and better and the underwater fights are something unusual for a Bollywood film. Lara is perhaps the only 'wow' factor in the film. She looks super hot in sexy bikinis and seems quite comfortable in the skimpy two-piece attire. Katrina looks cute and it’s better if we leave out the acting bit. Zayed Khan is as far from being cool thought he tries his best. Sanjay Dutt looks a little bloated but does a fairly good job. As for Akki, he is just the same as in any other film. It's high time he should come out his Hera Pheri mould and try something different. It hurts to see Rs 100 crore going down the drain, oops! Blue. Thankfully, director Anthony D'souza, has kept the runtime of about 1 hour 57 minutes. VERDICT: Blue could have been much more shorter. Come on, audience would rather watch all about the marine life on NatGeo or Animal Planet. Feeling blue? RATING: 1.5/ 5