Simmba- revisiting the good old 90's with Shetty Flavour
SIMMBA
Director : Rohit Shetty
Witness yet another commercial potboiler by "Rohit Shetty and Team"(that's how he credits it) wherein you need leave your brain as well as basic logic at home and sit with a bucket of 🍿 to be bombarded with a heavy dosage of action, comedy and oodles of melodrama.
The movie is centred around a corrupt cop Sangram Bhalerao aka Simmba(Ranveer Singh) who accepts bribe at the drop of a hat, protects criminals and is as good as a pet loyal dog to the local don (Sonu Sood) who along with his brothers runs a drug mafia business using a pub as the centre and children as drug carriers. A heinous crime involving the brutal gangrape and murder of a teacher (Vaidehi Parashurami) brings a complete transformation in Simmba who turns righteous overnight and fights for justice.
Rohit Shetty is best known for mindless yet profit earning propositions like the Singham and Golmaal franchise. Simbba is also high on the commercial entertainer parameter with a heavy dose of Shetty trademark action sequences bordering on violence and the stereotypical Bollywood comedy. Shetty also uses the feminist angle to woo the audiences this time. Technically it's extremely poor with highly disappointing remixes, lacklustre screenplay and editing. Action is definitely the upper selling point here.
Ranveer Singh mouths dialogues exactly the way he did whilst playing Bajirao, yet one must applaud this actor for having the ability to display multiple expressions in a few nano seconds, he's there in every frame and fits the character perfectly. Ashutosh Rana is marvellous and a delight to watch playing an honest middle aged constable. Sonu Sood frowns and flexes his biceps to justify his villainous streak. The comedy angle is taken care of by Siddharth Jadhav, Vijay Patkar and other actors playing the constables. Vipin Sharma, Uday Tikekar are cast in regular corrupt politician roles and they ham through their acts. Special mention of actor Nandu Madhav who plays his part really well.
Vaidehi Parashurami is excellent, The gorgeous Sara Ali Khan is wasted in a blink and miss kind of role yet she is pleasant to watch. There is an entire Mahila Morcha brigade in the movie comprising Suchitra Bandekar, Sulabha Arya, Neha Mahajan and others. Ever irritating Ashwini Kalshekar yet again overacts and is too loud.
What works is an reliable lead actor who very sincerely carries the movie on his strong shoulders and the heavy dosage of action comedy that can easily cater to the audiences. What doesn't work would be a hackneyed storyline that resembles 90's movies which dealt with the "rape and revenge" theme and the dramatic melodrama that may not go down well with the millennial audience. Overall Rohit Shetty has a confirmed winner on the cards.
Director : Rohit Shetty
Witness yet another commercial potboiler by "Rohit Shetty and Team"(that's how he credits it) wherein you need leave your brain as well as basic logic at home and sit with a bucket of 🍿 to be bombarded with a heavy dosage of action, comedy and oodles of melodrama.
The movie is centred around a corrupt cop Sangram Bhalerao aka Simmba(Ranveer Singh) who accepts bribe at the drop of a hat, protects criminals and is as good as a pet loyal dog to the local don (Sonu Sood) who along with his brothers runs a drug mafia business using a pub as the centre and children as drug carriers. A heinous crime involving the brutal gangrape and murder of a teacher (Vaidehi Parashurami) brings a complete transformation in Simmba who turns righteous overnight and fights for justice.
Rohit Shetty is best known for mindless yet profit earning propositions like the Singham and Golmaal franchise. Simbba is also high on the commercial entertainer parameter with a heavy dose of Shetty trademark action sequences bordering on violence and the stereotypical Bollywood comedy. Shetty also uses the feminist angle to woo the audiences this time. Technically it's extremely poor with highly disappointing remixes, lacklustre screenplay and editing. Action is definitely the upper selling point here.
Ranveer Singh mouths dialogues exactly the way he did whilst playing Bajirao, yet one must applaud this actor for having the ability to display multiple expressions in a few nano seconds, he's there in every frame and fits the character perfectly. Ashutosh Rana is marvellous and a delight to watch playing an honest middle aged constable. Sonu Sood frowns and flexes his biceps to justify his villainous streak. The comedy angle is taken care of by Siddharth Jadhav, Vijay Patkar and other actors playing the constables. Vipin Sharma, Uday Tikekar are cast in regular corrupt politician roles and they ham through their acts. Special mention of actor Nandu Madhav who plays his part really well.
Vaidehi Parashurami is excellent, The gorgeous Sara Ali Khan is wasted in a blink and miss kind of role yet she is pleasant to watch. There is an entire Mahila Morcha brigade in the movie comprising Suchitra Bandekar, Sulabha Arya, Neha Mahajan and others. Ever irritating Ashwini Kalshekar yet again overacts and is too loud.
What works is an reliable lead actor who very sincerely carries the movie on his strong shoulders and the heavy dosage of action comedy that can easily cater to the audiences. What doesn't work would be a hackneyed storyline that resembles 90's movies which dealt with the "rape and revenge" theme and the dramatic melodrama that may not go down well with the millennial audience. Overall Rohit Shetty has a confirmed winner on the cards.
- anujnaik
- Dec 27, 2018