Ray Acharya (Neil Nitin Mukesh) is a freelance photographer barely able to meet his expenses. One day he gets the news that his grandfather has died leaving him a note behind. Ray heads to his childhood home to bid a final goodbye to him and also take some remaining items of his grandfather. One such item is a boat that growing up his grandfather had told him was not a ‘sadharan’ boat. Twiddling with it, he discovers a key and a photo of a safe. Ray reaches the safe and discovers that his grandfather has left him an old looking camera with magical powers. The magical powers being that it can take pictures of the future. Confused? Well if Ray takes a photo of a man today at 4pm, then the photograph develops to show what will happen to that man tomorrow at the exact same time.

And so the hard up for cash Ray begins to use this camera to his advantage. By looking into the future he starts winning lotteries, betting on horses and on cricket matches. As a result very quickly he gets himself the money, house and car. On the other hand his girlfriend Simi (Bipasha Basu) can’t seem to understand what is happening to her simple boyfriend and how he is becoming rich overnight. One day Ray finds himself facing the same camera and when he develops the picture he gets back a completely black picture that is dated few days into the future. A black picture means only one thing – death isn’t very far for the person in question.

Thus begins Ray’s countdown to his death and he makes every attempt to avoid his end. Will he succeed? That’s what the rest of the film is all about.

A tightly written script that moves very quickly makes Aa Dekhen Zara a decent watch. Credit must be given to director Jehangir Surti for holding the script and not letting it go at any point in the two hours. Sure there are some flaws but which Bollywood film doesn’t? For example you have to deal with Bipasha the DJ dancing on the top of the DJ console or her scantily clad breaking into a peppy number just when she and Neil are running from the police. Neil Nitin Mukesh has done a good job and will definitely put to rest a lot of his critics.

Rahul Dev who is back on our screens after a while pulls off the contract killer role well. Sophie Chaudhry looks hot on screen but her acting as an agent in disguise is more laughable and can’t really be taken seriously.

However, considering the other two extremely mediocre films this weekend, it surely looks like ADZ is your safest bet!


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