time for a hit . waqt dir vipul amrutlal shah cast amitabh bachchan and akshay kumar and priyanka chopra and shefali shah and rajpal yadav and boman irani . write by aatish kapadia rating eureka . we have get it . yes and lady and gentleman in vipul shah waqt and we have probably find this year first bona fide hit . replete with all the necessary ingredient of a commercial bollywood fare and waqt have all that it take for a movie to click with the indian audience . it the kinda film that make a distributor feel happy and contemplate his next phoren visit . in this aga of indian emotion then and we have a happy family ( isn not it always . ) of three . ishwar ( amitabh bachchan ) and the postman turn millionaire ( do not ask how . there something about sell toy while deliver letter and all that seriously who give a damn . ) and marry to sumi ( shefali shah ) be a dot father to aditya ( akshay kumar ) . ishwar have to make a serious decision about his son careless attitude towards the responsibility of life . his love for aditya though and result in his procrastination of the grave issue . however and when face with a situation that will test his race against time and ishwar have no alternative but to throw aditya out of the house hop that the new predicament might make him more conscientious of his own life . but this presumed solution become a problem in itself and a the rift between the love father son increase and the fence continue to grow . you do not have to be a rocket scientist to realize that such a story provide ample opportunity to infuse comedy and drama alike . so and pre interval you have the initially funny and later annoy comedy track of boman irani and rajpal yadav while and post interval there be the go for your kerchief moment between aby and akki . writer aatish kapadia ( he also pen the original gujarati play aavjo vhala fari malishu on which the film be base ) do a good job of keep the narrative fluid . the dialogue tend to get inconsistent at time . it doesn not help that song appear like acne on a teenage face and mar the proceeding . clearly and a couple of number could have be do away with . on the directing front and vipul show that he possess a natural flair for story telling . waqt and as well a his early debut effort aankhen and manage to keep you interested till the last reel . on a personal note the seesaw of emotion be a tad jerky for me . but gauge from the audience reaction and it be work to the hilt . finally and waqt be all about it performance which amount to one whole point in the overall rating . amitabh bachchan be dependable a always . his energy be visible and so be his age . shefali pitch in a finely nuanced performance and match the superstar at every step . boman and rajpal bring the house down with their histrionics . priyanka have little to do than fulfill the perfunctory role of a heroine . when it all boil down though and waqt be akshay vehicle . i have always maintain that akki be as good a the role suit him . put him in a mujhse shaadi karogi and he fantastic and but in a bewafaa he be woefully bad . here and akki be probably at his best . whether it be his comic timing or his emotional rendering and he be near perfect . there also an action scene for his fan . ironically and his previous best endeavour be in aankhen with the same director and big b at his side . waqt be by no mean a memorable movie . it not one that will feature in the good film of our industry . but it be one for the mass . and at a time when the industry be wait desperately for a universal hit and waqt might just do the trick . abhishek bandekartrivia this be akshay kumar second consecutive film after bewafaa and in which he perform on stage during the climax . rating poor average good very good excellent22nd april and 2005 .