The Xposé

...an average film which would die a silent death majorly because of a poor screenplay despite of having a decent script.

Unable to stay true to its genre, The Expose ends up being Himesh's attempt at having another shot of being an actor, an effort that falters right from the start.about playing up that card.

The movie is slick in the way it is executed; stylish with good settings. The music also has a distinct flavour of the bygone era and is a mixture of old tunes, layered with new sounds. Dhan te te...!!! Another 'X' factor is the dialogue, designed to reflect the state of the hero of the film - Himesh. Even though the joke is on him, Himesh delivers the lines with an 'innocent-matter-of-fact-charm'.

If you are going for the film hoping to catch up on some suspense thriller, The Xpose will surely disappoint you. It is a half baked attempt at creating a scandalous 60s era with underlined themes of sex, infidelity and murder. With tongue-in-cheek dialogues, I found the film unsuccessful at creating suspense.

In case you're looking for plain entertainment, this extravagant endeavour won't disapppoint. So who do you want to see the film for? Himesh or Honey? The choice is entirely yours.

Honey Singh proves to be mildly competent, thereby not fitting into the scheme. Still, this is nothing that can't be overcome with a rowdy gang of friends and pre-screening tequila shots. 3 stars for the entertainment. Note that the final rating is the Arithmetic Mean-still two more than the number of stars in the film.

You can watch the film for the visual chutzpah, a sprinkling of interesting behind-the-scenes moments, and the intermittent unintentional laugh. But honestly, enduring the rest of the film for that, is a stretch.

Where the film fails spectacularly is in its inability to come together as either an unapologetic camp-fest or serious murder mystery, trying to walk the fine line unsuccessfully. As a movie set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry, it's neither outrageous (Om Shaanti Om), nor sardonic (Luck By Chance), and definitely not cheesy enough (The Dirty Picture).

Go watch it if you must, though we think the television news channels are offering better entertainment this weekend. One of the hilarious things about the film are its dialogues. Unintentionally funny and delivered with all-seriousness, they make up for the lack of script and acting by the leads.

The Xpose is HR's way of saying he can do everything that Salman Khan, the man who gave him his big break, can do. With little merit in the film, we're more interested in seeing the featurette on the making of the film.

The only good thing about the film is SURPRISINGLY, Himesh Reshammiya (Awww!!) and nothing else. If you readers are satisfied with this review why waste your hard earned money? That sums up The Xpose!

In a nutshell, The Xpose is nothing like the suspense films made in the '60s. The dialogues of the film is the only saving grace which are available on YouTube too, so why waste money in theatres? Himesh has done a decent job, though there is still much scope of improvement. Overall don't sulk if you miss the film. It's not worth it.

Good films require innovation; bad ones are usually recipe-based. And the really terrible ones? Those are recipes gone horribly wrong. What the makers of The Xposé will have you believe is cinema is actually punch lines, and lots (and by lots, we mean nearly a dozen) of songs roughly chopped up and mashed together. Add a poker-faced, nasal-toned lead actor, and you have what can only be a Himesh Reshammiya creation.

I must say The Xpose is a complete paisa-vasool project. It was one of the rarest of its kind - the so bad that it's fantastic! I suggest go and watch it alone. You might make some new friends in the theater while laughing hollow at the film. A ticket is after all really inexpensive in comparison to new friendships!