New York may bring a smile

Kabir Khan's debut movie, Kabul Express had its flaws. But the movie festivals picked it up and they fell in love with the movie. That the entire shooting was completed in a post US invaded and battle-torn Afghanistan was nothing short of an acheivement. It dealt with the plight of all the people involved in that war and thankfully didn't preach. A visual feast, which told a fine story with the help of breath-taking frames.
The director is only a movie young and he is on it again. This time kicking it up a notch. Teaming up with Yash Raj Films, the new movie titled New York deals with post 9/11 issues faced by the international students in the Big Apple. The star cast comprises of a better acting John Abraham, still a non-actor but gorgeous looker Katrina Kaif, niche kid Neil Nithin Mukesh and the always marvellous Irrfan Khan. The promos have Kabir Khan shots written all over them. Since it's a YRF movie, no compromises on the packaging part.

The promotional poster does deserve a mention here. A night shot of the Manhattan skyline with a ghostly image of the World Trade Centre is not just catchy but can be a topic of discussion for the bearded thinkers. The WTC is long gone. However, the ghosts of the past still remain to haunt the inhabitants of the city.

I hope Ram Gopal Verma isn't listening. If he is, then please don't take thae previous sentence literally. And don't torture us with a Nisha Kothari-starrer horror flick set in New York.