Gift
an
infant
his/her
favourite
toy
and
see
how
the
toddler
plays
it
with
glee.
In
Toss,
the
camera
seems
to
be
the
toy
for
debutante
director
Ramesh
Khatkar.
He
plays
with
the
camera
so
much,
experimenting
with
zany
frames,
that
you
get
put
off
after
a
point.
Toss
has
an
interesting
thought
that
the
urban
junta
would
like
to
watch,
but
the
screenplay
blows
the
story
to
smithereens.
This
thriller
thrills
in
bits
and
spurts
and
the
final
outcome
is
least
exciting.
The
culprit
here,
like
most
films
helmed
by
debutantes,
is
that
form
overpowers
content
to
such
an
extent
that
what
you
get
to
watch
is
a
good
looking
film
with
minimal
substance
to
offer.
In
a
nutshell,
the
subject
goes
for
a
toss
in
Toss.
Toss
tells
the
story
of
a
bunch
of
friends
who,
on
their
way
back
from
a
vacation,
stumble
upon
a
fortune.
They
decide
to
split
the
money
and
start
dreaming
a
king's
life.
Soon,
before
they
realize
the
owners
of
the
booty
are
after
them,
the
law
is
after
them
and
worse,
they
are
after
each
other.
After
a
lot
of
camera
jugglery
at
the
start,
the
director
takes
his
own
sweet
time
to
come
to
the
point.
The
concept
of
money
being
the
root
of
all
evil
is
enticing
and
the
writers
could've
come
up
with
a
riveting
screenplay.
Sadly,
the
writing
is
so
childish
at
times
that
it
fails
to
do
justice
to
the
subject.
Debutante
director
Ramesh
Khatkar
seems
to
have
concentrated
more
on
making
a
technically
attractive
project,
instead
of
telling
an
absorbing
story.
Music
[Sandesh
Shandilya
and
Siddharth-Suhas]
isn't
invigorating
either.
Background
score
[Ranjit
Barot]
is
far
more
effective.
The
visuals
[DoP:
Anil
Akki],
of
course,
are
good
and
that's
what
you
carry
home.
Amongst
actors,
Prashant
Raj
is
the
best
of
the
lot,
followed
by
Ashmit
Patel
and
Aarti
Chhabria.
Rannvijay
is
a
non-actor
and
even
the
length
of
the
role
is
minimal
[he's
killed
before
the
interval].
Zakir
Hussain
irritates.
Mahesh
Manjrekar
and
Sushant
Singh
are
wasted.
And
what
did
Vijay
Raaz
see
in
this
role?
Rajpal
Yadav
gets
no
scope
either.
On
the
whole,
Toss
is
body
beautiful
minus
soul.
Story first published: Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:13 [IST]