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Response: Reema Kagti’s Talaash, although not a great film, has ridden on the Aamir Khan wave but saw revenues drop in the third week, raking in just Rs 7.76 crore in the week. But the total earnings have been impressive at a whopping Rs 93.4 crore.

Talaash, also starring Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee in mega roles, had done good business in its first and second weekend, but the earnings declined considerably in the third week.

Talaash had raked in Rs 47 crore at the box office (in the Indian market) during the first weekend and grossed Rs 15 crore on the opening day.

Film type: Thriller.

Cast: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Director: Reema Kagti.

Time of movie: Two hours and 20 minutes.

Story: In Taalash, Aamir Khan is an investigating officer, inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat, who is probing the bizarre car crash of Armaan Kapoor, a film director.

While digging deep during his probe, the case becomes a maze and Surjan realises something is amiss in the story.

Then surfaces a tragedy in the personal life of Surjan, where he loses his son in a motorboat accident. To overcome the loss, Roshni undergoes therapy while Surjan spends sleepless nights, thinking about his son and in trying to resolve the mystery.

Surjan investigates the mystery behind Armaan’s death and during his probe he meets various shady people, including a pimp, his aide Tehnur (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui) and a sex worker Rosie (Kareena Kapoor). With Rosie into the picture, the mystery in Talaash on who Rosie is and how she is linked to the car crash deepens.

Review: Talaash does have the Aamir Khan aura but the superstar’s acting in the film is a big dampener. Tears in his eyes and his face swollen – these are the two expressions we get to see on the actor’s face.

Perfectionist Aamir tries to get things right by wearing a grim face but gets it all wrong. The versatile Aamir Khan is simply missing in Taalash.

However, Nawazuddin and Kareena have been really impressive but Rani puts up a grim show.

The storyline of Taalash is somewhat unrealistic and tends to get slow (and boring) towards the end. But there is a thriller waiting. Go watch Taalash if you’re game for some ghostly thriller and Aamir Khan’s aura.

Rating: 3/5.