'Dhoom 3': Intriguing, Enrapturing , Unfinished...

Aamir holds the key to the film's efficacy. And how much you like this segment of the Dhoom franchise depends entirely on how well you accept Aamir's over-emphasized performance, ceaseless smirk, constantly arched eyebrows and all. I was left with very mixed feelings about the performance.

Abhishek Bachchan as Jai, Aamir's law-enforcing adversary, tries to offset Aamir's double-edged swat with some straight faced acting. Uday Chopra as Abhishek's sidekick Ali is hopelessly uninteresting.And the Jai-Ali nexus is celebrated in some really dumbed-down action borrowed from Prabhudheva's cinema.

Katrina Kaif has a series of breathtaking dances to perform. She jumps, glides, somersaults and gambols until we flip for her graceful moves. She also has a very interesting date-sequence with the shy stammering Aamir-avatar where she confidently ties his shoelaces for him quipping, "Nice excuse to bring a girl on her knees on the first date."

There is a bed-rock of warm humour underlining the plot. The director knows how to juice the characters' emotions without spilling the sentiments all across the frames. Messy, "Dhoom 3" is not. It is a well-packaged enrapturing drama with beautifully designed sequences.

Technically "Dhoom 3" is one-up on the first and second instalments of the series. There are beautifully layered frames, shots where the lighting creates the afterglow that follows moments of spiritual revelation. Though that sort of depth is just an illusion and a mirage in this film, like the magician's trick which defines the film's plot.

"Dhoom 3" is an intriguing piece of work... slender supple smart and subtle...and yet helmed by a central performance that screams for attention.

Such is the irony of life.

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