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Singham

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Director           Rohit Shetty
Cast                 Ajay Devgn, Prakash Raj, Kajal Agarwal, Sonali Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Ashok Saraf, Sonali Kulkarni, Govind Namdeo, Ashok Samarth
Year                2011
Genre              Action

Now here is a case of a movie being as good (or should I say as bad) as a trailer.  Such a welcome relief for the avid movie watcher like me which cuts the crap and the red tape and shows what the entire movie is about in just the trailer.  I wish there were more such movies which are made.  The viewer would know exactly what is in store for her / him.  A brilliant way to ensure that expectations match the final result and therefore the viewer doesn’t really leave the hall feeling cheated in anyways.  Come on guys – what more can a movie maker do? He can put his heart and soul into making the movie and then ensure that the movie is marketed enough with the right trailer being shown in the right place.  Now if you expect the makers of the movie to say, “Pretty much what you want to see in the movie is in the trailer” as a scroller on the trailer then I think you are expecting a bit too much folks.  Why would they shoot themselves in the foot? Use what the person up above as give you that is between your ears sometimes and make up your mind.  If u still believe that you aren’t satisfied and your curiosity gets the better of you then go right ahead and spend your hard earned money in whichever way you want.

Singham is anything but an original movie.  It was supposed to be a remake of the Tamil Version starring Surya.  Now here again I think it was my fault that I expected Rohit Shetty to actually give us something that was at least a bit different.  Now why should someone go through the effort when you have someone else’s experience to learn from.  And Rohit does exactly that. Smart work in a way.  Just some confusion between whether he wanted to make the movie in Hindi or Marathi or Tullu (People in Goa speak Konkani right?).  But if the audiences are loving it then why not I say. Rohit sticks to what he knows best – dramatization and cheap humour. 

Singham is peppered with corny one liners – quite a few of them are in really bad taste.  Stuff like “India mein sirf 1400 sher bachein hain (only 1400 tigers left in India)” OR “Cockroach ko marne ke liye Baygon nahin milta hai to Paragon bhi chalega” or snide references to the Brrrrrr commercial of Coca Cola – all of this come together to give something that the audiences seem to like.  A lot at that.  People could not stop laughing.  One of these days, I am going to slide down the abyss of understanding and appreciating cheap humour.  God save me from that day!!!!

Acting is not something you could expect from a Rohit Shetty movie but one person who stands out would be Ashok Samarth (remember Inspector Malvankar from ek Chaalis Ki Last Local) who in his role of Shiva Naik does a solid job.  The rest of the cast is quite insipid.  Kajal Agarwal debuts as the heroine whose primary role seems to be carrying Bajirao Singham’s belt, gun and uniform. Ajay Devgn tries very hard to do a Rajnikanth but Rajni Saar is Rajni Saar.  Ajay doesn’t come even close to Surya who did the Tamil version so Rajni Saar is currently on a different planet as far as Ajay is concerned.  Sachin Khedekar does his image no good and neither does Anant Jog or for that matter Govind Namdeo.  All good actors in their own right who have taken themselves down to really low levels.  Rohit must have paid them a lot. 

In a nutshell, save yourself the pains of going to the movie halls.  Singham is playing on you tube.  The link for trailer is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp-XqCrCi6I. And while you are at it, watch the Tamil Trailer as well and judge for yourself if there are any similarities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9pMoHK8XZg&feature=fvsr.  I thought it was a superb cut / copy paste job.  If you still gather the courage to go to the screen, please don’t miss the beginning and Ajay Devgn’s Singham Claw dance and his effort to speak Marathi *yawn*.  3 on 10 for this one purely for some good action.
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  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011

    Lols u must be nuts to give it 3/10.....U got a real bad taste i must say

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