Teesri Aankh begins with a disadvantage, even though its star cast is much bigger than that of its predecessor Kalyug, this film too builds upon the same story idea that Kalyug brought from real-life to reel-life and was declared a sleeping hit. Teesri Aankh, alas, is just half that: Sleeping. And not a hit.
This is yet another film about the pornographic films racket, with the Teesri aankh, of course, being the camera that's the villain in the lives of the women of today.
An out and out exploitation and revenge drama, Teesri Aankh stars the musclebound bone-crunching supercop Sunny Deol as ACP Arjun Singh, who is actually investigating the same racket.
Arjun Singh's fiancée sapna (Neha Dhupia) leaves for London to take part in a beauty contest, but there, she falls prey to Sudama (Mukesh Rishi), the London-based kingpin of the racket of making pornographic films of women. Sudama's henchmen Dinesh and Dines (Mukesh Tiwari and Murli Sharma respectively) trap Sapna.
And as Sapna, desperate to escape, struggles, her efforts draw the attention of another young woman, Ammu (Amisha Patel), who is speech-impaired. Even as Ammu watches, shocked, Sapna is murdered. The goons chase Ammu, who is saved by the appearance of Ashish (Ashish Chaudhary) and Ammu's sister Aarti (Aarti Chhabria).
And before long, desi Rambo ACP Arjun Singh lands up in London, and gets wind of Ammu. And after songs most illogically and unnecessarily placed, and after uneblieveably mindlessly choreographed action stunts in which ACP Arjun grabs speeding bikes with his bare hands and wards off cars with lethal kicks and kayos a gangful of goons singlehandedly, the duo have busted the porn racket!
While Sunny Deol looks like he could walk through a wall and actually kayo a gangful of fighters and is perfectly cast for the action role, everything he does is unrealistic.
Amisha Patel continues with her usual expression of contrite agony from her recent films and is still in need of coaching on unaccented dialogue delivery, but Neha Dhupia does well in her brief role.
Dinesh and Dinesh, the goons are irritating, and Mukesh Rishi looks evil alright, but the songs are a huge speedbreaker in this gripless story, and seem to come on at the oddest places, adding to the irritation in no small manner.
This absolutely cliched masala story would give the hottest Hyderabadi achaar a complex, and its cliched situations, action sequences, and storyline without any grip whatsoever except for the first fifteen-odd minutes, is incredibly crass commercial stuff. Avoid this mindless mishmash that's masquerading as movie manoranjan. Never did one expect such stuff from Harry Baweja!
The only way to see Teesri Aankh is with both your eyes shut. Avoid this one!
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