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{{short description|2008 film directed by V. K. Acharya}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tashan
| image = Tashan Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]]
| producer = [[Aditya Chopra]]
| writer = Vijay Krishna Acharya
| starring = [[Akshay Kumar]] [[Saif Ali Khan]] [[Kareena Kapoor]] [[Anil Kapoor]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Vishal–Shekhar]] '''Background Score:''' [[Ranjit Barot]]
| cinematography = [[Ayananka Bose]]
| editing = Rameshwar S. Bhagat
| distributor = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|04|25}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|310 [[million]]|link=yes}}<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=204|title=Tashan - Movie - Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|516.3 [[million]]|link=yes}}<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=204|title=Tashan - Movie - Box Office India}}</ref>
}}

'''''Tashan''''' ({{translation|'''''Style'''''}}) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language [[action film]] written and directed by [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]] and produced by [[Aditya Chopra]] under [[Yash Raj Films]]. Starring [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Saif Ali Khan]], [[Kareena Kapoor]] and [[Anil Kapoor]], it was released on 25 April 2008.

== Plot ==
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana a.k.a. Jimmy Cliff is a call center executive who also teaches [[English language|English]]. Pooja Singh shows up outside his class and says she needs private tutoring. Without any hesitation, Jimmy quickly agrees as he has already fallen in love with her; he later finds out that Pooja's boss Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz a.k.a. Bhaiyyaji is the one who has to be tutored. As their love grows, Pooja reveals that she is only working for Bhaiyyaji to pay her debts, so she can then go to [[Haridwar]] to scatter her father's ashes. They decide to steal Bhaiyyaji's money and run away. The couple succeeds in their mission, and Jimmy asks Pooja to guard the money while he goes to the call center to tell them he is leaving.

At the call center, Jimmy learns that Bhaiyyaji is a maverick gangster who enjoys killing people and goes home to warn Pooja. Unexpectedly, Pooja has run away with all the money and she meets a bank manager to deposit the money in the bank locker. He initially disagrees but Pooja gives him a handjob and he agrees. Bhaiyyaji hires Bachchan Pandey, a [[gangster]], to catch Jimmy. After getting caught, Jimmy and Bachchhan head towards Haridwar to find Pooja and recover Bhaiyyaji's money. When they reach there, Pooja sees them and runs away. Unable to find Pooja there, Jimmy and Bachchan set off to find her again. While on the road, the duo got into a silly fight about the radio station and their car falls into the water.

Along with Jimmy and Bachchan, Pooja comes out of the water too; she had been hiding in their trunk the whole time. She tells them that she has hidden the money in seven different places across India. Jimmy and Pooja decide to run away with the money. The duo decides that Pooja should seduce Bachchan just like she did Jimmy. She tries to play the ploy, but discovers in the process that he is her childhood lover, and they both fall in love. After recovering all of the money, Bachchan decides to leave with it, not knowing that Jimmy has replaced the money with stones.

When Pooja realizes what Jimmy has done, she tells him the truth about Bhaiyyaji killing her father, a kindhearted gangster, to usurp his throne. Rushing to save Bachchan, Pooja and Jimmy reach Bhaiyyaji's lair with the money. Jimmy pretends to betray Pooja and slaps Bachchan. He tells Bhaiyyaji to give him his gun so that he can kill Bachchan. After getting the gun, Jimmy instead points it to Bhaiyyaji and takes him hostage. He heads towards a car with Pooja and Bachchan following him. Surrounded by Bhaiyyaji's henchmen with guns, Bhaiyyaji manages to jump out of the car and everybody begins shooting at them. After an elongated fight, Bhaiyyaji is killed by Pooja who stabs him with a knife. In the end, Jimmy opens his own call centre, where only girls work, and Bachchhan and Pooja get married.

==Cast==
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz a.k.a. Bhaiyyaji, a dreaded gangster, Killer of Pooja's father and the main antagonist of the film
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Bachchan Pandey, a local goon working for Bhaiyyaji, Pooja's love interest and the main protagonist of the film
* [[Saif Ali Khan]] as Jeetendra Kumar Makwana a.k.a. Jimmy Cliff, a call center executive who is brought to teach Bhaiyyaji English, later assisting Bachchan in finding Pooja and Bhaiyyaji's money
*Ibrahim Ali Khan as Younger Jeetendra Kumar Makwana
* [[Kareena Kapoor]] as Pooja Singh a.k.a. Gudiya, A woman seeking revenge against Bhaiyyaji for killing her father, Bachchan's love interest
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Balakram, one of Bhaiyyaji's sidekick
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as ACP Kuldeep Singh Hooda, a police officer chasing Bhaiyyaji
* [[Manoj Pahwa]] as Anand Mohan Tiwari a.k.a. Pintu, one of Bhaiyyaji's sidekick
* [[Rajesh Jais]] as Pankaj Tiwari, local theatre producer
* [[Sreejita De]] as Parvati

== Production ==
Pre-production began in late 2006 with [[Akshay Kumar]] being signed first, and [[Saif Ali Khan]] and [[Kareena Kapoor]] next.<ref>{{cite web|author=Adarsh, Taran|title=Yash Raj's new project!|url=http://indiafm.com/news/2006/12/27/8514/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=27 December 2006}}</ref> In early 2007, [[Anil Kapoor]] was signed on to play a negative role in the film which marks his first role as a villain.<ref>{{cite web|author=IndiaFM News Bureau|title=Anil Kapoor returns to Yash Raj Films|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/01/29/8750/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=29 January 2007}}</ref> This film continued Khan's long-standing successful collaboration with Yash Raj Films. It also marked a return for 3 of its lead actors to [[Yash Raj Films]]: Kumar was previously seen in ''[[Dil To Pagal Hai]]'' (1997), whilst Kareena Kapoor and Anil Kapoor were last seen in ''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]'' (2002) and ''[[Lamhe]]'' (1991), respectively.

Apart from the major star cast, Khan's son, Ibrahim, also made his acting debut, where he played the younger version of his father's character.<ref>{{cite web|author=IndiaFM News Bureau|title=Saif's son makes his debut in Tashan|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/09/28/10169/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=28 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Vyavahare, Renuka|title=Saif's son is quite a nawab!|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2538331.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=14 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213235858/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2538331.cms|archive-date=13 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Sources later indicated that all the actors would be seen sporting new looks designed by designer [[Aki Narula]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bebo's going grunge|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Bebos_going_grunge/articleshow/2903577.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=27 March 2008|date=28 March 2008}}</ref> In June 2007, the cast began filming in [[Kerala]], and later continued shooting in [[Ladakh]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web |author=ApunKaChoice |title=Kareena Kapoor working day and night |url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070606-2.html |publisher=ApunKaChoice.com |access-date=6 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609220643/http://apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070606-2.html |archive-date=9 June 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=ApunKaChoice |title=Saif and Kareena mobbed by fans |url=http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070807-4.html |publisher=ApunKaChoice.com |access-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023546/http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070807-4.html |archive-date=30 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=ApunKaChoice |title=Saif Ali Khan grows moustache for 'Tashan' |url=http://apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070809-2.html |publisher=ApunKaChoice.com |access-date=9 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919231252/http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20070809-2.html |archive-date=19 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> Pictures of Khan and Kareena Kapoor were taken in September 2007 while shooting for the film in the [[Fort (Mumbai precinct)|Fort]] area of [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|author=MiD DAY|author-link=MiD DAY|title=Saif-Kareena shoot for Tashan on Mumbai streets|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/09/24/3062/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=24 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017053632/http://indiafm.com/features/2007/09/24/3062/index.html|archive-date=17 October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Some portions of the film were later shot in the city of [[Haridwar]] on the banks of the river [[Ganges]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Abid|title=Kareena shoots for Tashan at Haridwar|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/11/28/10509/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=28 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Screen Weekly|title="I play a high society girl in Kambakkht Ishq" - Kareena Kapoor|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/12/24/3384/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=24 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226133328/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/12/24/3384/index.html|archive-date=26 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The video clips of two songs were made in [[Milos Island]] and [[Nafplio]] in [[Greece]].<ref>[https://elinepa.org/en/tashan-2008-hindi-film/ Tashan (2008 Hindi Film)], ELINEPA, 2003</ref>

The first promo was shown on 30 November 2007 with the release of [[Anil Mehta]]'s ''[[Aaja Nachle]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=IndiaFM News Bureau|title=Tashan theatrical shown with Aaja Nachle|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/11/30/10523/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=30 November 2007}}</ref> In a poll conducted by ''[[indiaFM]]'', ''Tashan'' ranked #1 on the list of "Most Awaited Movies of 2008".<ref>{{cite web|author=Bollywood Hungama News Network|title=The Most Awaited movies of 2008|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/02/08/3550/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=8 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215221047/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/02/08/3550/index.html|archive-date=15 February 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> To promote the film, [[Yash Raj Films]] built communities on social networking sites like [[Facebook]], [[Orkut]] and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Businessofcinema.com Team|title=Yash Raj promotes Tashan on Facebook, Orkut, YouTube|url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/newboc/frontend/news.php?newsid=7666|publisher=Business of Cinema|access-date=2 April 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

== Music ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Tashan
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|01|10}} (Digital Release) {{Start date|df=yes|2008|04|25}} (Film)
| recorded = 26:33
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Yash Raj Films|YRF Music]]
| producer = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| prev_title = [[Om Shanti Om]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Bhoothnath]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

Released on 10 January 2008 by [[Yash Raj Films]], ''Tashan''{{'}}s soundtrack was composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], whilst the lyrics were penned by 4 different lyricists: [[Piyush Mishra]], [[Anvita Dutt Guptan]], [[Vishal Dadlani]] and [[Kausar Munir]]. Joginder Tuteja from ''IndiaFM'' gave the film's soundtrack 4 out of 5 stars and noted, "Songs in ''Tashan'' excite, get on to you quickly and make you put them on a repeat mode". There is not a single dull moment in this entire album which has its tallest highpoints in "Dil Dance Maare", "Dil Haara" and "Falak Tak".<ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|title=Music Review: Tashan|url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/13446/index.html|access-date=29 March 2008|publisher=IndiaFM}}</ref>

The soundtrack of the film debuted at #3, where it stayed the following week.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|date=7 April 2008|title=Top Ten albums of the week|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/04/07/3748/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411045035/http://indiafm.com/features/2008/04/07/3748/index.html|archive-date=11 April 2008|access-date=21 April 2008|publisher=IndiaFM|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|date=14 April 2008|title=Top Ten albums of the week|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/04/14/3770/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416000141/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/04/14/3770/index.html|archive-date=16 April 2008|access-date=21 April 2008|publisher=IndiaFM|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On the week of the film's release, the album moved up to #1.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|date=21 April 2008|title=Top Ten albums of the week|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/04/21/3795/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425023420/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2008/04/21/3795/index.html|archive-date=25 April 2008|access-date=21 April 2008|publisher=IndiaFM|df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to the Indian trade website ''[[Box Office India]]'', with around 15,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ninth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624132928/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-date=24 June 2010|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration !! Notes
|-
| "Dil Haara"
|[[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| 5:51
| Picturised on [[Saif Ali Khan]] & [[Kareena Kapoor]] (Lyrics: [[Piyush Mishra]])
|-
| "Pooja Ka Tashan"
|[[Kareena Kapoor]]
| 0:16
| Picturised on Kareena Kapoor
|-
| "Chhaliya"
|[[Sunidhi Chauhan]] & [[Piyush Mishra]]
| 4:43
| Picturised on Kareena Kapoor (Lyrics: [[Anvita Dutt Guptan]])
|-
| "Jimmy Ka Tashan"
| Saif Ali Khan
| 0:16
| Picturised on Saif Ali Khan
|-
| "Dil Dance Maare"
| Sukhwinder Singh, [[Udit Narayan]] & Sunidhi Chauhan
| 5:21
| Picturised on [[Akshay Kumar]], Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor (Lyrics: [[Vishal Dadlani]])
|-
| "Bachchan Pandey Ka Tashan"
| Akshay Kumar
| 0:16
| Picturised on Akshay Kumar
|-
| "Falak Tak"
| Udit Narayan & [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| 5:52
| Picturised on Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor & Saif Ali Khan (Lyrics: Kausar Munir)
|-
| "Bhaiyyaji Ka Tashan"
|[[Anil Kapoor]]
| 0:16
| Picturised on Anil Kapoor
|-
| "Tashan Main"
|[[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Master Saleem]] & [[Rehan Khan]]
| 5:06
| Picturised on Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor (Lyrics: Piyush Mishra & Vishal Dadlani)
|}

== Reception ==
===Box office===
Before the release of the film, ''Tashan'' received an advance booking, which ranged from 25 to 35% tickets sold for the weekend at the major centres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tashan Set To Embark on Huge Start |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=200&nCat=news |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429201417/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=200&nCat=news |archive-date=29 April 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> On the day of its release, the film opened to a 75-80% response but well short of the expected bumper opening due to the multiplex revenue-sharing problem, which didn't allow the film to be released in major multiplexes across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tashan Opens Well |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=201&nCat=box_office_report |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501015517/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=201&nCat=box_office_report |archive-date=1 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tashan Struggles at the Box Office |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=206&nCat=news |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501181637/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=206&nCat=news |archive-date=1 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> Due to this, the film lost a major chunk of its revenue and collected a total of Rs. 180 million after its first week.<ref>{{cite web|author=Adarsh, Taran|title=Rejected!|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/business_talk/318.html|publisher=[[IndiaFM]]|access-date=3 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505042817/http://www.indiafm.com/trade/business_talk/318.html|archive-date=5 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tashan Well Below Expectations |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=210&nCat=box_office_report |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506140912/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=210&nCat=box_office_report |archive-date=6 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> Although the following week, an agreement was made between [[Yash Raj Films]] and the multiplexes, which allowed the film to be screened from 3 May 2008 onwards at multiplexes across the country,<ref>{{cite web |author=Bhandari, Rohini |title=YRF, multiplexes settle for all films; Tashan screens 3 May |url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=8167 |publisher=Business of Cinema |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506124510/http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=8167 |archive-date=6 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> the film managed to add only another Rs. 70 million to its collections and was declared below-average at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhoothnath Opens to a Poor Response |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=214&nCat=box_office_report |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517120412/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=214&nCat=box_office_report |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Meanwhile, the film opened to below-average response overseas as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tashan Opens To Below Average Response |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=207&nCat=overseas_report |publisher=BoxOffice India |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502170113/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=207&nCat=overseas_report |archive-date=2 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> During its first week, the film collected £181,838 on 46 screens and debuted at #13 in the [[United Kingdom|U.K]] charts.<ref name="Overseas">{{cite web|author=Adarsh, Taran|title=Major disappointment!|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/208.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=3 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510094710/http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/208.html|archive-date=10 May 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the United States, the film debuted at #24 and collected US$301,226 on 75 screens whilst in Australia, ''Tashan'' debuted at #17 and collected a total of $148,087 on 13 screens.<ref name="Overseas"/> During its second week in the overseas market, the film experienced a heavy fall and was declared below average.<ref>{{cite web|author=Adarsh, Taran|title=Supreme disaster!|url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/209.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=11 May 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081229093938/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/209.html|archive-date=29 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
''Tashan'' opened to mixed reviews from critics. Most Indian critics criticized the lackluster script penned by director Vijay Krishna Acharya. Critic [[Taran Adarsh]] from ''[[indiaFM]]'' gave the film a 1.5 out of 5 rating and concluded that it was "...one of the weakest films to come out of the Yash Raj banner."<ref name="IndiaFM Review">{{cite web|author=Adarsh, Taran|title=Movie Review: Tashan
|url=http://indiafm.com/movies/review/13446/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] from ''[[CNN-IBN]]'' described the film as "...a road movie...that is going in all the wrong directions."<ref>{{cite web|author=Masand, Rajeev|title=Masand's Verdict: Tashan is terribly trashy|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/masands-verdicttashan-lacks-style/63972-8.html|publisher=IBNLive|access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref> On the other hand, Sanjay Ram, who gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, wrote, "The film, though with many slips, is thoroughly engaging and entertaining. The vibrancy and spunk keeps it alive and loaded."<ref>{{cite web |author=Ram, Sanjay |title=Film Review: Tashan |url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=8032 |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430070153/http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=8032 |archive-date=30 April 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>

US critics were favourable. Rachel Saltz of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "The giddy camera work and busy visual effects would be exhausting if their excess didn't fit so well with the movie's tongue-in-cheek tone".<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/movies/26tash.html?ref=movies Saltz, Rachel, ''The New York Times'', review of ''Tashan'', 26 April 2008]</ref> [[Frank Lovece]] of ''[[Film Journal International]]'' found it "crowded with dizzying visuals, dry humor, cartoonishly violent set-pieces that play like Indian Spaghetti Westerns, and gorgeously shot musical numbers.<ref>[http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003799977 Lovece, Frank, ''Film Journal International'', review of ''Tashan'']</ref> [[Maitland McDonagh]] of ''[[TV Guide]]'' described the film as "a delirious crime romp [that] borrows pop-savvy attitude from [[Quentin Tarantino]], stylised gun-play from [[Sergio Leone]] and stylised hand-to-hand combat moves from [[Hong Kong action films]]. The result is a nutty, ridiculously entertaining neo-noir pastiche with lavish musical numbers."<ref>{{cite web|author=McDonagh, Maitland|title=Tashan Review|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/tashan/review/293552|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=6 May 2008|author-link=Maitland McDonagh}}</ref>

The performances of the lead cast too received mixed reviews. Kumar and Kareena were praised for their performances, however Anil and Khan received mixed reviews for their performances. Taran Adarsh noted, "''Tashan'' belongs to Akshay Kumar completely. No two opinions on that. Take Akshay out of this film and the movie is a big zero. He's the lifeline of this project...[whilst] Kareena Kapoor is fantastic. She looks gorgeous and acts very well."<ref name="IndiaFM Review"/> Sonia Chopra from ''[[Sify]]'' concluded, "It is Akshay and Kareena who sizzle in the film and have the best parts."<ref name="Sify Review">{{cite web|author=Chopra, Sonia|title=Tashan|url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14655472&ctid=5&cid=2425|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429202855/http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14655472&ctid=5&cid=2425|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2008|website=[[Sify]]|access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref> Sonia Chopra explained "Anil plays the baddie to the hilt...[and] Saif...gives a strictly lukewarm performance."<ref name="Sify Review"/>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.yashrajfilms.com/microsites/tashan/tashan.html}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
* {{Metacritic movie}}
* {{Mojo movie}}
* {{AllMovie movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|tashan}}

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Tashan (film) - Revision history

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