waqt be a perfect example of a chicken soup not exactly for your soul . the broth unfortunately have lose it actual taste thanks to all the excess dilution and garnishing that go into it making . what surprising and disappointing about waqt be that it come from a director who stay away from the usual clichés of hindi cinema in his first venture but who in his second out give in for all the stereotype film formula . while vipul shah have the conviction to show something as implausible a blind men rob a bank in aankhen and he just fail to induce life in the entire packaging of waqt that be base on something as conceivable a a father son relationship . adopt from a gujarati play aavjo vhala fari malishu and waqt do have a sensible storyline with a social message to back up . a mature look on the father son relationship and a father unconditional love towards his son and a son responsibility towards his family . ishwar chand sharawat ( amitabh bachchan ) who have establish his entire empire on his own from the scratch lead an affluent life with his wife sumitra ( shefali shah ) . their only son aditya ( akshay kumar ) never have the need to strive for anything since he get everything tailor make and spoon fed in life . ishwar pampering have only spoil him all the more . aditya dream to turn into a superstar but do nothing to make his dream come true . in the meanwhile he marry his ladylove mitali ( priyanka chopra ) . ishwar hop that marriage will make aditya a more responsible man but he be disappointed . aditya be still at his blithe best lead a carefree life . the endurance limit finally collapse when ishwar expels aditya from his house . the sudden change in the attitude of his affectionate father towards him and his now expect wife baffle aditya . he have no option leave but to strive for the livelihood of his wife and his unborn kid . he start turn into an independent man but the rift in the relationship between him and his father grows . the story be simplistic while the uncomplicated screenplay have a very elementary approach . one can easily identify and relate with the credible character of both the father and the son . if you be not one of the two and you at least might have come across individual like them somewhere in real life . add to it director vipul shah easy handling of the screenplay . with a family affair like this and any other director in his place would have add in ton of melodrama in the proceeding a per the cinematic law of bollywood family drama and turn the film into a compulsive tearjerker . however shah excels in the effortless handling of emotion for most part of the film . clear cut example of his unpretentious direction be palpable in the pre interval scene where the father expel the son from his house in a rather frivolous manner . the purpose of the scene be achieve without blot a brunt on the audience brain . ditto for the scene in the second half wherein the now separate father son have a flippant conversation . that what differentiate waqt from a kabhi kushi ghum or an ek rishtaa and in fact place it one level high in term of treatment . but after gain all the distinction point and one may wonder where do waqt still fail in . the problem lie in the fact that while waqt distinguishes itself from the others in it league in term of treatment and it give in to the glitch in the term of packaging . what with the director force in song n dance every now and then in the first half . there a johar kinda shaadi song and a chopra kinda holi song and a father son disco dandia song and a dream song and a dream come true song induce sufficient yawn in the viewer . picture this . the father have just oust the son from his house and the son be dream of a song in moroccan mountain with his wife . out of place . out of reason . and the audience out of seat . the film just drag in the first half and the actual story start only in the second half . the director have waste too much waqt on unnecessary element . the much talk about dog chase sequence isn not bad but be not redeem either . however akshay kumar taandav dance be simply ridiculous . imagine he qualify for the star hunt in the movie with this ( unintentionally ) hilarious histrionic . add to it the climax set at the final of the star hunt where the son burst out with emotion . that so archetypal . also the editing pattern could have be reverse to conceal the father reason for the change in attitude towards his son . anu malik music be fine though unnecessary in the proceeding . santosh thundiiayil camera work be competent enough though not much demanding . aatish kapadia have come up with some good dialog for dramatic moment . boman irani and rajpal yadav make up or the light moment in the film very efficiently . while rajpal yadav have be go overboard with his comic histrionics in many film off lately and this time he underplay his character and be completely restrain . his deadpan expression be perfectly compliment with boman over the top histrionics . shefali shah be convince in the mother role . not to be take a a censure but she be flawless in both playing and look her character . priyanka be gorgeous and perform her part well . of course the major applause deserves be akshay kumar and amitabh bachchan . akshay be especially expressive in the scene where his dot father intentionally berate him to make him aware of his responsibility . though bachchan go a bit dramatic in a couple of scene and his brilliance strike throughout the film . to sum up and waqt be like a soup whose ingredient be both tasty and nutritional but the final recipe somehow isn not as much appetizing .