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umm...u went off in a completely different tangent...so...yeh not gonna bother with tht...and yeh no thanx with the "grow up" advice...im fine... 😊PS: personally attacking other members by calling them dumb, telling them to grow up and ridiculing their taste in films (with regards to Billa) , dosent make ur argument any valid...jus sayin...
Woe. Just look at that crotch potato. Scratching away obscenely, he grins that an abducted woman should pleasure him for a couple of nights more. Snore. Potato's big brother, who displays Dracula teeth, assents, "Sure, sure." Get set, then, for sadistic violence galore.
What a splash of gore! Rowdy Rathore, directed by dance machine Prabhu Deva and produced by romanticist Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is a head-crusher, ear-basher, in sum a helzapoppin' yawntertainer. Adapted from the Telugu hit Vikramarkudu, the outcome is also a Don-plus Kallicharan (double-role business) and Dabbang (peacocksure cop taking on rustic varmints), rolled into one lengthy exercise to present Akshay Kumar as a petty thief-cum-moustache-twirling cop. Biff pow bang, ho-haw-hum. Truly, you are well advised to leave your brains as well as body at home. Sense, logic, clean entertainment are conspicuous by their absence.
Throughout the attempt is to cater to the lowest-common-denominator. In that aim, Prabhu Deva may well achieve a cushy cash-earner. But sorry, as in the case of his earlier slambang saucefest Wanted, he is as far away from a quality product as Planet Earth is from Venus and Mars. The values espoused are patently regressive, to the extent of depicting crime on the streets as a cute vocation. Cellphones are snatched, plump housewives are burgled, and even religious deities are offered a share of the loot. Hoot!
Evidently, the budget is uber-extravagant. In fact, different cities serve as quickie backdrops for a single song-'n'-dance's antaras. And there are more daredevil stunts than you'd find in a vintage Dharmendra or Amitabh Bachchan flick. So what! So, plenty. How about narrating a plausible story simultaneously? Er, and how about some appropriate casting? Akshay Kumar, at 44, can't play thirtyish. The heroine is so mismatched that it's surprising that she doesn't call her screenmate, "Uncle!" Problem: if investors and the audiences – who're quite generous with suspending their sense of disbelief –don't mind, who're you? It's only the initial week's ticket window collections that count.
Till that ideology persists, watch the Mumbai backalley conman (Akshay Kumar) in action -- till brakes are applied by a poppet visiting from Patna (Sonakshi Sinha). Our Backalley Badshah taps his forehead to ogle at her in rewind, shows off a magic drumbeat which attracts all girls to rock and roll rightaway, and paws Ms Patna's errogenous zone: her hips evidently sculpted on a diet of potato chips. Miracle on the way: Backalley Badshah promises to reform. So, she swoons as if she'd just smelt chloroform. Next, out pops a sweet little girl from an antique chest of drawers. Baap re baap, she calls Backalley Badshah, "Daddy!" And everyone in the vicinity goes cross-eyed. Where did this moppet materialise from? Odd, very odd.
Squawk. Prabhu Deva is no fan of Hitchcock. No suspense. Briskly, it is revealed that Moppet is actually the daughter of Backalley's replica (Akshay Kumar: Part 2). That's an uptight police officer, who sports an identical moustache (save for a tiny curl), same voice and same smile as the Backalley Badshah. Indeed, they could well be brothers a la Ram aur Shyam. Banish the thought. The screenplay now shifts bag and baggage to a deathly place called Devgarh. The look-alike heroes must instantly restore peace in the land, which essentially means exterminating Dracula, Brother Crotch, a maniacal hit-man, a thousand hoodlums, besides tackling a corrupt minister (are there any other kind in the movies?) – not to forget a stern commisioner who delivers a sermon about how lawman must live with fear. Oh dear. To that, Uptight Cop twirls his moustache some more. Moochh ado about nothing really.
Sigh. There are more chip-chop, frantically edited reels to endure. On surviving the ordeal you stagger out, grateful that the world is still spinning on its axis. Admittedly, the crowd scenes in the rugged, boulder-strewn ruralscape are marvellously handled. Also on the upside, an item number performed by little-known faces is robustly choreorgaphed and fluidly photographed by Santosh Thundiyil.
On the music front, Sandeep Chowtha's background music is achingly loud. Sajid-Wajid's songs are blared as if you were hard of hearing. The dialogue strives to be melodramatic or is restricted to yaarghs, yelps and yowls.
Performance-wise, Yashpal Sharma as a long-suffering cop is convincing. Sonakshi Sinha is majorly spunky but almost disappears like Aladdin't genie in the second-half. She is sorely missed till she reappears for the finale's hi-jinks. In the twin role, Akshay Kumar frequently shot in mammoth close-ups, is likeable as the Uptight Cop. In the comic portions, any more said the worse.
Bottomwhine: Rowdy Rathore leaves you exhausted, as if you'd come out of a war zone. Recuperate in peace.
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| Top Ten First Day Collections In CI: ROWDY RATHORE Third Saturday 2nd June 2012 09.00 IST |
Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network Rowdy Rathore was excellent in CI as it recorded the third highest first day collection of all time in the circuit. The top first day collections in CI till date are as follows. 1. Bodyguard - 91 lakhs 2. Agneepath - 88 lakhs 3. Rowdy Rathore - 65 lakhs 4. Dabangg - 62 lakhs 5. Ready - 59 lakhs 6. Three Idiots - 57 lakhs 7. Don 2 - 51 lakhs 8. Tees Maar Khan - 49 lakhs 9. Housefull 2 - 49 lakhs http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4498&nCat= |
omgeee just got back am speechless... this movie makes me proud, being a Akshay supporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's no secret that Rowdy Rathore is a remake of a South and a Bangla film. It is also nothing but a rehash of old Hindi movies like Kaalicharan, Don and Sanjay Dutt-Anita Raj starrer Jaan Ki Baazi. Like these films, this one also has two lookalikes, one dies and the other takes his place.
But the surprise package in this film is the presentation, that is, the way the story has been told and the way leading man Akshay Kumar has been presented. It's a colourful ride and rich in content. Even though the film is filled with histrionics, the movie is enjoyable and very funny. Since the main objective of this film is to entertain, the film is a winner in this department. It's a total entertainer with all the commercial ingredients of a masala film.
Even in his first Hindi film Wanted, Prabhudheva as a director presented his main protagonist in flamboyant colours. He's done the same in Rowdy Rathore. It is Prabhudheva's way of showcasing the hero that makes this film a joyride. The hero acts, emotes, dances, fights, flirts and cries, and during this crazy routine, he entertains the audience.
The film opens with Shiva, a conman. He meets Paro, who is in the city to attend a wedding. They fall in love and Shiva decides to give up his crooked ways. Soon, he comes across a child who addresses him as her father. There's chaos and Paro decides to leave him. Shiva must find out who this child is. While looking for her real father, he gets trapped into a deadly plot.
Apart from being a true entertainer, the best part of this film is that it's pacy and stays that way unlike most Hindi films, which start on a high note and then nosedive either pre-climax or climax. Rowdy Rathoremaintains the tempo and is peppered with entertaining scenes. But the story really picks up just before the interval. That's a tantaliser and keeps you guessing!
The writer and director do not disappoint in the second half, which includes even more fun elements and drama. Though Shiva turns into Rowdy Rathore, he does not behave like him. He always maintains his own style and reserves the action for the very end.
Despite being a joyride till the very end, there are a few lacunae in the film. Why did Rowdy's aide initially conceal details from Shiva? Why do they cook up a ploy to make Shiva meet the girl? Also, the love interest between Shiva and Paro is cute but it unfolds so fast that it's incredulous. The relationship between the child and Shiva becomes better and better as they get to know each other but the same cannot be said about the relationship between Shiva and Paro.
Also, in the second half, the way Shiva teaches the goons a lesson is hilarious but if it were so easy, why couldn't Rathore manage. Shiva puts all the goons behind the bars, and the politician comes to rescue them, but he does nothing. Paro, who suddenly disappears from the movie, arrives just as suddenly in the village. If she is from the same village, why didn't she know about cop Rathore? Though the running time of the film is reasonably good, the film could have been a little crisper. Also, the first half has three songs back-to-back. And which city allows 50 armed men to roam on its streets?
Still, the film is a true joyride, which makes you ignore the loopholes. The fight sequence before the interval and the one during the climax are the highlights of this film.
Director Prabhudheva is in his elements. First with Wanted and now Rowdy Rathore, he declares he's a director who believes in pure entertainment. Santosh Thundiyil's cinematography is superb. Dialogue is a highlight. Background score is terrific.
Music by Sajid-Wajid is good but not great. Chinta ta ta is the best song. Aa re pritam pyaare has catchy lines but it is the picturisation of the song that is more impressive. The action is another highlight.
Performance-wise, Akshay Kumar delivers one of his best performances. If he is hilarious as the conman, he is powerful as a cop. His look and walk (different for both the characters he plays), and dialogue delivery are major attraction of the film.
Sonakshi Sinha has nothing much to do in the film. She appears in the beginning and then re-appears pre-climax. But the dialogue she's been given during the climax, at the villain's den, and the way she acts is fantastic. M Nasser is first-rate. Paresh Ganatra makes you laugh. Yashpal Sharma is good. The child, however, fails on the acting front but is sweet. The actor who plays Nasser's son and the one who plays his brother are good.
Verdict: A winner all the way!
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