Before I start talking here, I would like to tell you all that this new movie from SLB is a rocker. I confess that I watched it in a single screen theatre, but it is worth a watch in those dark confined big 'halls' full of cheers and whistle from the crowd.'Rowdy Rathore', a film produced by someone who has given films like 'Khamoshi', 'Devdas', 'Black' and a dancer-actor turned director who introduced us to the massy Salman in 'Wanted'.
The film, as we know it is a remake of the Ravi Teja-starrer Telugu film 'Vikramarkudu'. It alslo marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after 7 years.
The film can be said an exact copy of the original but why it is worth a watch is because of the screenplay and the direction which goes hand to hand supporting each other in the whole movie.
Shiva (Akshay) is a small-time thief in Mumbai. He falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi), who has come from Patna to attend a marriage. Shiva manages to makes his way into Paro’s heart and she also starts loving him.
Shiva tells Paro about his real life and promises to lead a normal life. But just then his life gets a twist. He meets a girl who calls him a father. Shiva, who usually hates kids starts feeling for this cute girl and tries to hide her from Paro.
One day when Paro finds about the girl and leaves Shiva, he encounters goons who want to kill him. Another twist is inserted into Shiva's life when he meets Vikram Rathore (Akshay) and understands the reason why the little girl was calling him father.
The story unfolds and with every passing minute we see a new things coming on screen. There is nothing great about the story and narrating the whole story here won't be a spoiler I bet.
Why 'Rowdy Rathore' is a great deal is because of the characters, songs, action sequences, direction. The story is just there to hold all these together and which it does with great perfection.
Acting-wise, Akshay has done great job with his comic timing. Action scenes are too good (which you might have already seen in trailers and there is nothing more). The best part about the actions sequences is that I think they have been treated keeping a 3D movie in mind (watch the movie and feel it). Sonakshi has personally disappointed me. She (or maybe her character) has been portrayed as someone who is confused about what to do and also the expressions on her face sometimes very unreal. Talking about the negative roles, Titla, played by Supreeth Rana could have been made more fearful. I think the character didn't get time to be established properly and thus it was not able to make a good impact. Other casts were perfect in portraying their characters. Paresh Ganatra deserves a special mention for his acting. This man has long way to go and is proving his worth in whatever he is doing be it a comedy show or a movie. The little girl also did a commendable job.
Music is good. Although songs pop up one after another and makes the viewing a bit uneasy. But all songs apart from the romantic number 'Tera Ishq' are great.
Prabhudeva has done a great job in his just-second venture. After 'Wanted' people expected something very nice and guess what, the guy has done it again. His camera angles and story building has been great throughout.
Watch the movie for some great dialogues from Akshay and also some great action scenes. Look out for Tamil actor Vijay, Kareena Kapoor and director Prabhudheva, who make a special appearance in the song 'Chinta Ta'.
The movie is being made with a budget of Rs 40 crore and has reportedly made about Rs 54 crore in the first weekend. If it goes on with the same pace, it would definately make its way somewhere near 'Dabangg'.
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