24th January 2012… The day I so vividly remember. The day when i was blown away by the first trailer of Agent Vinod!
Swashbuckling, amazing, flamboyant, awe-inspiring, kickass! were some of the adjectives that i used to describe Agent Vinod’s first look. Being a BIG fan of the crime-thriller genre, I simply loved the first look.
Coming from Director Sriram Raghvan, who has given taut thriller’s like Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar and has co-written the episodes of telly serial CID, the expectations from his latest offering Agent Vinod were at its peak.Crispy sequences, tongue-in-the-cheek dialogues and that so called suspense… The trailer was vintage Sriram Raghvan!
Then came the review the film’s music. From the disco song ‘I Will Do The Talking’ to the peppy number ‘Pyaar Ki Pungi’ each and every song was a chart-buster. My excitement increased further. Pritam da did a great job, with a bit of his usual ‘inspiration’ 
In the meantime I caught on the 1977′s original Agent Vinod film starring Mahinder Sandhu. Found it an average spy film.
And then finally came 23rd March 2012! Saif Ali Khan’s Agent Vinod arrived in the theaters. The film didn’t live up to its expectations. The movie put up a sad show, in almost all the departments 
. It left me totally disappointed to the extent that I felt robbed!
Some of you might not agree with me and would have liked Raghvan’s desi 007 Agent Vinod.
But here are my 5 reasons on why Agent Vinod failed to ‘Do The Talking Tonight’ :
- Copied from several Hollywood crime-thrillers. Never expected this from a director who sets benchmarks for others in the industry.
- Incoherent screenplay! The most annoying thing in the film. ‘Dimag Ka Dahi’ will most aptly describe it.
- Poor acting and choice of actors. Apart from Saif, rest were wooden!
- Pathetic editing. The good action scenes were shamelessly chopped and silly boring scenes were kept uncut. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- The predictable and melodramatic climax. Come on Sriram you could have done much much better.
Well that’s my opinion but hey all those who loved Vinod, rejoice because a sequel and that too in 3D was announced by the Director few days back.
For those hated the film like me, lets watch the trailer again, i think that will make us feel a lot better :)
.The terrific musical score and the tight screenplay holds you till the end making this film an immensely satisfying experience.
