Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer “Phantom” won't have the actors frolicking and engaging in song and dance. Based on the book “Mumbai Avengers” by author S Hussain Zaidi, the film lines on an army officer out to seek revenge on the terrorists who masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Scheduled to release a month after “Bajrangi Bhaijaan,” both the Kabir Khan films are poles apart.
A source said, “While in BB, Kabir champions the cause of cross-border friendship by showing an Indian Hanuman bhakt helping a lost Pakistani girl find her way back home, “Phantom” sees Saif track down and kill Pakistani ISI agents who masterminded the Mumbai attacks.”
Kabir Khan refrained from commenting on the story lines of the films, but said, “ All I’ll say is 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' and 'Phantom' are two completely different films. While 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' is a full-on masala film with lots of music and singing, 'Phantom' has no lip-sync songs. It’s intended as a far more serious exploration of a political issue.”
So while Salman, with Bajrangi Bhaijaan is set to delight and appeal to our neighbour, Saif Ali Khan is hardly even trying.
