NOV 20 - Kurbaan, noticeably, is set on the same plot of New York—the pun involves both the city and the story. And while with any other film this could have been a setback for the ulterior release, the former, a Karan Johar film, scores for being a more convincing and compelling version of the latter, a Yash Raj production.

Avantika (Kareena Kapoor) teaches at a University and falls in love with colleague Ehsaan Khan (Saif Ali Khan). The duo marries and shifts to New York City. There Avantika witnesses terrorist operations in her neighbourhood headed by a Muslim fundamentalist (Om Puri). She realizes that she is a pawn to a huge conspiracy. She secretly seeks help from a television reporter Riyaaz (Vivek Oberoi) who attempts to infiltrate the terrorist outfit to foil their plan.

Kurbaan starts as a love story, swiftly changes identity to a social film and keeps the viewer engaged throughout with its thriller treatment. Sensibly the romance is kept succinct, without losing out on the chemistry of the characters. Once the major plot begins, the love story is fittingly given a backseat, as the story intends to highlight and discuss serious issues related to global terrorism. By adapting a thrilling story-telling technique, the film doesn’t compromise on entertainment while dealing with social issues.

A line from the film very subtly mentions ‘The word Jihad is mentioned in the Quran only 31 times while other terms like love and affection are mentioned more than 50 times’. Jihad is an outcome of selective thinking. Kurbaan is an outcome of sensitive filmmaking.

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