Cast – Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Vivek Oberoi, Kirron Kher
Direction – Rensil D’ Silva
Kurbaan, the latest film on terrorism, has a similar theme to Dil Se.., with the male and female leads interchanged. While Manisha Koirala was involved in terrorist activities in Dil Se, we have Saif Ali Khan getting involved in terrorism in Kurbaan. While Manisha Koirala uses Shah Rukh Khan in Dil Se.. Saif Ali Khan uses Kareena Kapoor in Kurbaan. However, the way Saif Ali Khan uses Kareena Kapoor in Kurbaan can be compared to Ek Hasina Thi more than Dil Se… Also the character of Vivek Oberoi had some similarities to what Neil Nitin Mukesh was playing in NewYork. But in NewYork, I had problems with how the story was being treated. A depressing theme was made into an action film which didn’t suit the theme at all in my opinion. But in Kurbaan, one is hardly asked to sympathize on the terrorists and the reason they became terrorists. And for that very reason Kurbaan works while New York failed. Dil Se.. obviously was treated in a completely different way.
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