Haiwaan - Official Trailer | Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Boman, Shriya, Saiyami | REACTION!!

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The video features a reaction to the official trailer for the upcoming action thriller titled "Hey One," starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan. The hosts discuss the premise revealed in the footage, which centers on a blind martial artist played by Boman Irani who is tasked with protecting a young girl from a psychopathic killer portrayed by Akshay Kumar. While the trailer establishes that Saif Ali Khan's character feels unsafe and is investigating the murders, the primary focus of the clip seems to be on the antagonist, leaving viewers curious about the specific nature of the conflict between the detective and the villain. The commentators express mixed feelings regarding the film's tone and Akshay Kumar's role as a villain. They note that while they are excited to see him break away from his usual comedic persona, there is a concern that the character might be too generic or simply "crazy" without a legitimate motivation. The hosts feel that for the villainy to be effective and authentic, it needs more depth than just being a chaotic force of nature, drawing comparisons to iconic villains like John Wick's Cain or Raman Raghav 2.0's antagonist. They worry that if the character lacks grounded authenticity, the film could fall into the trap of trying too hard to be edgy without delivering genuine scares. Despite these reservations, the hosts appreciate the serious and grounded atmosphere presented in the trailer, particularly how the sound design emphasizes Saif Ali Khan's perspective as a blind man constantly listening for threats. Although they were hoping to see more demonstration of Akshay Kumar's martial arts skills rather than just scenes of him hiding or acting erratic, they acknowledge that the crime thriller genre is well-suited for the cast. Ultimately, while the trailer did not immediately compel them to rush to the cinema, their support remains strong due to the involvement of the talented ensemble, including Boman Irani and Preity Zinta, and the promise of a dramatic narrative.

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Last night I was looking up at the stars and I thought to myself How's your anus? >> The biggest, the baddest, whackiest, funniest, filmest show on earth. >> [music] >> Hey, welcome back to Earth Rex and Corbin. >> I'm Rick. >> You can follow us on Instagram, Twitter for juicy content. Thank you for your Patreon. Follow us on social media by clicking the button. Welcome back. Today we got the trailer for the upcoming Akshay and Saif movie. The full Monty trailer. >> And it looks like are we going to see Akshay? >> I I if it's a trailer, I hope so. >> Um it's the movie called Hey One. >> Hey One? >> Yeah. So you put >> Hey One. >> Not Hawaiian. >> Hey One. >> Okay. >> So when you try to get your gardener's attention. >> Wow. >> [screaming] [music] [laughter] [music] >> What's it about? >> [music] >> I think Saif isn't feeling safe. And he's going to hear things and he's going to react to them and then I can't >> Is it all psychological? >> I There's a killer. Akshay is the killer, clearly. >> Is >> And then I guess after the number of murders he's done, he's going after either Saif or Saif's kid. >> Or he thinks he is. Like a >> And safe's got to stop him. That's That's all I got. >> We didn't get a lot from Akshay in terms of outside of He's this He's this crazy killer. >> Right. >> So, I'm wondering if it's like in his head or something like that. >> I don't think it's I don't think it's a psychological thriller. I think it's more just straight-up Bumman, I think as a detective trying to catch him. Yeah, a blind martial artist protects a girl child from a psychopathic killer. >> I like Bumman I I don't Maybe I Do we know that Bumman was in it? >> I don't remember. >> It's Preity Zinta Arshad So, we've seen good films from him in the past. Particularly comedy. Uh cuz he was Hera >> This Yeah, this doesn't look like there's any tongue-in-cheek. This looks like it's a very much straight drama thriller. >> Yeah. I'm still a little confused though like what the exact I'm not that I need to know everything, but I'm just um I I'm excited to see Akshay in a villain role. >> Mhm. >> Um I just you know, I wanted to be a little more than just generic though. Like, you know, just some generic like >> Mhm. >> Akshay being this I'm hoping it's not. I'm not saying it is. Like it's just just crazy uh laughs a lot kind of villain. >> Right. >> Cuz if those can be fun, but be authentic. >> Correct. >> Then why you're Why are you >> Right. >> doing this? >> Right. >> Um it needs to have a legit reason outside of we want Akshay to seem crazy. >> Right. >> He can He can do it. He's a good actor. >> Right. >> Um but I need it obviously to be I don't want to say I'm not saying that's what it is. I just I don't really know what to make of it. It doesn't look bad, but also I can't really tell if it's going to be good. Like it's like one of those like I don't know. >> Yeah. >> What do you think? >> I I was What I did like, my takeaways are that I liked that it looked more grounded than I maybe was expecting it to be and serious. Um I like that it's a crime thriller. >> Mhm. >> Um I think there was This was very heavy and I think they accentuated sound obviously because they want us to be in Safe's world. That's why we got a lot of his looking around and listening for things. >> Mhm. >> I was expecting in the full trailer cuz we knew that he is um a martial artist. I was expecting us to see some semblance of him being a badass blind martial artist at some point. Not necessarily fighting with Akshay, but at least something that demonstrated that versus right now we just saw him hiding most of the time. >> what he is. Maybe he's not like a badass martial artist. >> It's said in the thing before >> it? >> It said That's what when we first looked at the thing. I compared him to Cain >> That's right. >> in John Wick. >> A Daredevil, yeah. >> Yeah. >> Daredevil. >> Um >> That's right. I forgot about that. >> Um >> So, that's I was expecting at least to see some of that to see how I mean, obviously he's going to fight. They made it clear he's in good shape. Um but it just was a lot of It was real heavy on just Akshay hearing things and looking around. >> Yeah, and I was hoping to get a little more >> Me, too. >> uh from >> Me, too. >> what Akshay is going to do outside of just being crazy, >> Right. >> which I'm excited for, but I need And we said it many times in other films when like the villain is really just trying to be the Joker. >> Mhm. >> Once again, not saying that's what Akshay is doing. But that's what can go wrong with these types of characters. Everybody, every actor, every movie wants to have, you know, the iconic villain. >> Yeah, but that comes with more authenticity. >> Grounded authenticity is much scarier. >> Yeah. >> Raman Raghav 2.0. >> Mhm. >> That's a scary villain. >> Yeah. >> Because that that's a that's a genuine psychopath. >> Yeah. >> Um and and >> Once again, not saying actually >> Yeah, not saying not saying it's not going to be that, but it's still leaving a lot of questions of what I'm still interested in seeing it. >> Yeah. >> It didn't necessarily make me want to show up first show first day, that's for sure. >> Yeah. >> But because it's them and it's Boman and it looks like they're trying to do some grounded drama thriller, I'm very interested. >> Yeah. >> And obviously I'm rooting for it. So >> What are you doing? What's he doing here? >> I don't know. >> What's his name? >> I don't remember. >> The >> Yeah. >> He was in the >> Radio host. Heartthrob of the 90s 90s >> 90s heartthrob, okay. >> Anyways. >> Let us know what you thought about the trailer. >> Yeah. >> If you're excited for this >> Yeah. >> and anything else we need to know, down below. >> The biggest, the baddest, wackiest, [music] funniest, filmiest show on Earth. >> Never before. >> [music]