One lazy Saturday afternoon and there pops up a link from a friend to watch "Special Chabbis", the latest of the series from the coveted Neeraj Pandey. After becoming a fan of the execution of the recent sleeper hit, "A Wednesday", there was an eagerness to see how Mr. Pandey-ji thinks. And ahoy, he amazes to the core!

This movie is a special touch from Pandey. A heist, never explored and is almost foolproof, is the subject topic from Pandey-ji's stables. The screenplay and the casting give it a neat icing, not to forget some mistakes that could be overlooked, like Kajal Agarwal and Himesh Reshammiya's nosy songs. When the plot was this power-packed, the entertainment was enough to engage, no?

Let us turn to 1987, when Mumbai was still, Bombay. I was looking for one blooper where the dialogue would mention the new name to please the current fundamentalists, but was unsuccessful. Some persons faking themselves as investigating officials from the Central government, loot the house whom they term it as a "raid" and disappear to their hives, only to turn up somewhere else to begin the process over and over. This suddenly gets reported to the "real" officials who then, plot a hatch to hack them out. And that's the movie is all about.

When you realize that this could be a boring movie, that's when Pandey-ji's pen strikes to blow your head off. In order to accomplish their "final" plot, the fakers use the real ones in their plan to loot the famous Opera House jewellery store. This case is a real-reported one where 26 people, posed as officers of the crime branch, loot the same store and escape, only to leave the people shocked. Pandey-ji gives a beautiful twist to see that the main characters don't loose sheen and the story becomes a well-plotted, cunning and a brilliantly organized, intelligent masterpiece.

Coming to the performances, Anupam Kher is the best. Playing the dumb, timid man of the gang but is actually outlying the real ones isn't an easy task. Akshay Kumar was good. He could’ve been more subtle and lively than his "Khiladi" seriousness. Manoj Bajpai is perfect for the real officer who is sharp, brave and wise for the job. Like I mentioned, Kajal Agarwal and the songs weren't needed and why is an unknown Neeru Bajwa giving a guest appearance in a song so unrelated to the sequence? Flaws are there, but like I said, when the story delivers, these can be ignored.

My weekend was a superb one this time.