Directed by Vishal Pandya, ‘Wajah Tum Ho’ is a thriller movie featuring Sana Khan, Sharman Joshi, Gurmeet Choudhary and Rajneesh Duggal. The story is about a murder investigation done by Sharman (Kabir) who has less time to find out the killer of the live murders he has shown by hacking into the system of a TV channel. Sana (Sia) and Gurmeet (Ranvir) are the lovers and lawyers who are fighting the case against each other. Rajneesh (Rahul) is the prime suspect of this heinous crime. The story had a suspense-like plot, but it couldn’t manage to execute it that well. Also, any logical point wasn’t clear at all and everyone was running without a proper purpose. The music is literally stolen from the old classics and remade into a bad track. All in all, a thumbs down from my side.

It’s so formulaic that you can actually put your headphones on and still decipher each scene and lipread every dialogue.Director Vishal Pandya’s (Hate Story 2 and 3) latest offering Wajah Tum Ho is one such film where you know that they are going to use a ‘the-butler-did-it’ kind of theory. And just for a twist, it will be the butler’s friend, the maid, or the gardener, or somebody similar. But that’s probably not enough to drive the audience mildly insane, so heavy sighs and insane pelvic thrusts are thrown your way. Classics like ‘Pal pal dil ke paas’ and ‘Aise na mujhe tum dekho’ are “re-mastered” in a way that you may stop listening to the originals. They must have been insanely confident to think that they can re-arrange the composition for these timeless songs. Are these songs really that easy to recreate, or the younger audience is absolutely clueless about the originals? In any case, it’s the loss of music. Don’t be disheartened: Zareen Khan and Sherlyn Chopra do everything in their capacity to entertain in their special numbers. But, are you the kind of an audience the makers are looking for?

Wajah Tum Ho is the latest product on the assembly line of half-baked sex-thrillers. Which is unfortunate, because the idea isn’t half bad. On the surface level, live murders on national TV followed by a manhunt sounds like an intriguing plot. But minutes into the movie, intrigue gives way to intimate scenes, cringe-worthy dialogue and highly predictable twists. At one point in the second half, you realize that a whole chunk from the first half was unnecessary; hacking is explained in a powerpoint presentation; several references are made to how a woman who sleeps with her boyfriend should not complain about rape and the big reveal at the end is devoid of logic. Another gripe: the shocking English pronunciation of all the actors. A speech coach would have been a good investment. Rajneish, who changes his name’s spelling in every film, has to realize that the change has to be made elsewhere. Gurmeet flaunts his abs and not much else and Sharman, the only credible actor here, goes a little over-the-top with his enunciation. Sana, a Bigg Boss alumna, is still play-acting for 94 cameras instead of performing sincerely for one. Three of the four songs are recreations of older hits and pop-up dutifully when there’s a lull in the screenplay. The background score refuses to die down and accompanies you throughout the movie.