Mission Istaanbul

Cast: Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Suniel Shetty Director: Apoorva Lakhia Derring-do by Indian TV journo cleans up a nest of terrorists! At the headquarters of TV channel Al Johara in Istanbul!! Aided and abetted by a brave Turkish commando!!! All those exclamation marks spill out of Apoorva Lakhia’s latest ‘Mission Istaanbul’, which takes a contemporary, cautionary tale of terror, and its modern-day purveyors, and serves it up lathered with so much leftover masala that it’s neither easily gobbled, nor thoughtfully chewed upon. Take the leading man, for starters. Zayed Khan (yes, that’s right), plays Vikas Sagar, Aaj Tak reporter, who’s so famous in India that everyone knows his worth except his estranged wife-and-colleague at the same channel (Shriya). You can take Zayed as a likeable bumbling... [read full story]