THIS MOVIE IS NOT JUST A THRILLER;IT IS A WONDERFUL APPROACH AT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF RAGGING.PARESH RAWAL IS JUST SUPERB AS MR.KHAN,A FATHER WHO SEEKS REVENGE FROM THE TORMENTORS OF HIS SON AKRAM.AT FIRST IT SEEMS TO BE A THRILLER WHEN A COUPLE IS ASKED TO PLAY A GAME CALLED TABLE NO 21 SIMILAR TO TRUTH OR DARE.SOON THE QUESTIONS ASKED IN THE GAME AND TASKS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM BECOME EXTREME.THE VIEWER MAY FIND IT DISTURBING.HOWEVER,WHEN THE REALITY IS SHOWN AT THE END,ALL FEELINGS WILL CHANGE TOWARDS THE CHARACTERS.THE WAY MR KHAN TAKES REVENGE FROM THE COUPLE FOR RAGGING HIS SON IS PERFECT.EVERY SINNER WHO DOESN'T FEEL SORRY NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED SEVERELY.THIS IS THE MAIN THEME OF THE MOVIE,WHICH IS INDEED A GREAT AND UNIQUE THOUGHT.IT MUST BE MADE CLEAR TO SUCH MONSTERS THAT THEIR BEHAVIOUR IS INHUMAN AND THAT NO ONE WOULD TOLERATE THEM.A MUST WATCH FILM.

Table 21 was one of taut thriller with superb climax that will make you feel pity but also makes it an endearing watch.A couple 5th wedding anniversary vacation goes horribly wrong when they decide to play a game called Table No.21 with a restaurant owner who promises to pay them 21 crores if they manage to win the game. However, as they play the game, mystery unfolds and reveals the ultimate truth which will impact their lives.Aditya Datt(Ashiq Banaya Apne) completely surprises you his latest coming and especially if you are not expecting much from this movie. The story of playing a live-game has been witnessed before in movie LUCK but this was well-directed , well written and well-acted as well. The movie starts off with usual romantic stuff but gets to the point directly and keeps you engrossed till the actual drama unfolds. But main twist is in the end which is the highlight of the film and you will who is the main culprit here. Credit goes to the director for handling the thriller quite well. Acknowledgement for screenplay as well. Dialogues are good. Story is awesome. Songs are just about OK. Background score is nice. Cinematography is good. Performances by Rajeev Khandelwal and Paresh Rawal are brilliant. Both of them enact their part with conviction. Paresh Rawal surprises you with his versatile act.. in fact you are going to love his character. Rajeev Khandelwal is getting better with each film. You would appreciate his choice of films.Table No.21 is edgy , engrossing , well-directed with superb performances and lovely twist at the end. Excellent - 4/5

People commit not mistakes but blunders, not errors but sins, behave in not insensitive but sadistic ways. But ! How many of them ever realize their errors ? Very few. Very very few indeed. I have seen it and felt it as well in my own life through my own suffering in the hands of several people who might not have realized their misdoings till the moment of writing of this review. Then who deserves forgiveness whose glory is eternal and sung every now and then (for the victim only and not for the offender)?Table No. 21 deals with this issue but this fact is known only in the climax when the truth behind all the happenings during the movie is revealed. Frankly speaking, I feel that more or less the same idea worked behind movies like Zinda (2006) and Kidnap (2008). However, Table No. 21 is different from them whose script has been woven through a game-show which is telecast live on internet. The way in Agatha Christie's masterpiece novel - And Then There Were None and in the Hindi movie -Gumnaam (1965) which was its celluloid adaptation, the would-be victims are allured by the would-be murderer through a free-holiday abroad so that they reach the place which is going to be the death-hole for them, the same way the lead pair of Table No. 21 (Rajeev Khandelwaal and Teena Desaai) are trapped by the mastermind (Paresh Rawal) who calls them to Fiji by keeping them under an impression that they have won the trip. Considering themselves as lucky to enjoy the things they could only dream of prior to that, they land where the mastermind wanted them to land. And then they are further allured to play a game show titled as 'Table No. 21' through its whooping prize money of around 21 crores of rupees. The catch in the show is that they cannot leave the game in between and the tagline of the show is - 'If you lie, you die'. And then going through the rounds, one after another, the husband-wife duo suffer a lot out of their original greed. When the truth comes out in the end, they are taken aback and then realize what a shameful sin they had committed in their past.Table No. 21 is a spellbinding thriller. It's a bit slow in the first half but that's required for the build-up of the second breathtaking half. Flashbacks have been used to link the present happenings to the past of the main characters which I found as somewhat boring, still very useful for the understanding of the narrative. With a high production value (beauty of Fiji scattered like anything in different frames), the total presentation of the movie is simply superb. The movie appears to be treading the path of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the TV show - Sach Ka Saamna (hosted by none other than the hero of this movie) but once this small movie (105 minutes only) is over, you can contrast this with them and conclude that it's different.Technically the movie is up to the mark. The actions and thrills have been executed nicely though this movie is not action-oriented. The undercurrent of thrill, sensation, fear and above all sentiments makes it special. The ending scene containing repentance of the participants of the so-called game and expression of grief and anguish of their host moves the spectator deep within and makes him / her leave the theatre with a heavy heart. Whether the hero is actually the hero, whether the heroine is actually the heroine and whether the villain is actually the villain; will be known to you only when everything is over (for you and not for the characters of the story).Performances are good. Paresh Rawal takes the cake and the young actors shown in the flashback when the movie is undergoing its finale have also done superbly. Teena Desaai is a skilled actress (I simply loved her performance in Yeh Faasley which was released two years back) and she has done well here also. Rajeev Khandelwaal is also a good actor and barring some odd scenes, he has also done justice to his role. The bearded sidekick of Paresh Rawal who keeps on moving alongside the actions of his master throughout the movie, keeping a stony face and without uttering a single word from his mouth, has also impressed me very much.This thriller of a different genre is not everybody's cup of tea. If you are fond of taut thrillers sans comedy, romance etc., then only you will like it. The movie has touched the issue of ragging which is now a crime punishable by imprisonment in India but till a few years back, this vice was rampant in schools and colleges, swallowing several innocent young lives. And the filmmaker has made the audience realize the macabre after-effects of ragging very effectively.Before signing off, I come back to the original issue once again. Who deserves forgiveness ? So many posts, blogs, PP presentations, tales, articles and even books have been written singing the glory of forgiveness. It's a great virtue, no doubt. But it is good for the forgiving person who has been the sufferer in the first place. If the offender does not realize his / her error of hurting / harming the victim, what's the use of forgiveness ? I firmly believe, forgiveness is deserved by those only who realize their error / sin and repent for that, going for penitence. If one does not realize his / her error / sin and does not repent, then the victim may opt for forgiveness, the Lord should not. Poetic justice should prevail and punishment should be meted out to such insensitive sinners.

I don't understand people awarded this movie with 9 rating points.I admire their choice and brain. the movie starts with a couple in Fiji. with a random series of question and events it doesn't connect to the viewer. Director think 'Such ka Samna' is no more broadcasting, so why don't give people same taste in a movie. but that thinking was wrong because movie will totally led you down. I watched this movie with my friends and only words that came from their mouth was "Kat Gaya". Now you think what is tha level of movie. And i don't suggest anyone to go tho theater and waste his valuable time and money. instead if he really keen to watch its better to watch Sach ka samna 2nd time than this.