Kabir Khan's "New York" is agripping dramatic thriller that has all the trappings to finally end thedrought that Bollywood has been facing for an entire year so far.

His"New York" is a gripping dramatic thriller that has all the trappingsto finally end the drought that Bollywood has been facing for an entire year sofar.

The filmgets on to the point right away. The entire sequence of events involving FBIand the round up of suspects is brilliantly executed that makes you furtherbelieve that Kabir Khan knows the job right.

So what onegets to see is not just America's mentality after 9/11, but also the waysuspects are detained for months and tortured in spite of lack of concreteevidence. However, to the credit of the filmmaker, the brutality beingdemonstrated is pretty much under control. Even though the desired impact iscreated for the audience to be a part of the lives of John Abraham, Neil NitinMukesh and Katrina Kaif, nothing goes over the top or something that cannot beswallowed.

With asubject like "New York" where one of the protagonists is labelled asa terrorist and the other is out to prove that he isn't, the film could havebecome a grim drama, more so because it deals with real issues. Still, themakers do not allow the film to go beyond the boundaries where it couldpossibly have been classified as an art or an offbeat film.

John canfinally do away with his trunks and ignore coming out of the sea and show hisbody beautiful for next few years. The acting potential in him has finally beentapped by Kabir Khan and he gives his career's best performance so far in themovie. Watch out for the scenes in the detention centre or the film's climax -they are surely going to bring a lump in your throat.

Neil has themost complex role of the three as he has to be a part of the proceedings inspite of being on the peripherals. Without revealing much about his part, itcan be comfortably said that all the flak that he got post the release of"Aa Dekhen Zara" would be forgotten once audiences see him in thisauthor backed role.

With thekind of subject that "New York" has, it could have easily become asermonising or a pseudo exercise in motion. Thankfully, Aditya Chopra, who haswritten the film's story, doesn't allow that to happen. He keeps it all undercheck to ensure that "New York" reaches out to the masses while alsoensuring itself quite a few awards when the best of the best are announced atthe end of the year.