Gagan K.

Had been to Singh is Kinng film. Actually i read The Hindu review by Ziya Us Salam and went to this movie. Ziya Us wrote “a breezy entertainer”. But when the film ended, i felt it was not breezy but very tiring entertainer.

Coming to the film. The film starts with high tech action where one singh called “king” is targeted by a sharp shooter. At the end of this scene, this king singh lands in parachute and kills the shooter in a miraculous way. There itself i got doubts about this film. But i kept quiet. All this happens in Australia we are told.

Then the director takes us to Punjab where Akshay Kumar is busy catching the hen and making all sorts of damage to the village people and property. In the starting of the film, there is an announcement that the hen scene was shot using graphics and no violence was caused to the hen. But i could easily make out it was not at all graphics but truly picturised. But i felt no violence was made there. May be the producers at the time of going to censor board inserted the opening claim of usage of graphics to avoid any problem!

We have the first song shot in a marriage. The place of marriage is a rich green field with yellow flowers. But the song is too irritating to watch and hear. Akshay Kumar and Om Puri then reach Egypt instead of Australia and Akshay Kumar ends up meeting a sardarni Katrina Kaif and falls in love with her. Here one song “balle shaava” is quite entertaining not a problem to watch. Katrina pleases with her lively steps in her small pink skirt.

Then these two people Om Puri and Akshay Kumar reach Australia. Whatever is shown after this seems like a sheer bullshit. No logic, unbelievable stuff. The comedy is quite convincing. But at times comedy is incomprehensible as well as irritating.

The story moves on expected lines. Akshay Kumar meets Kiron Kher who gets him food. And Akshay Kumar wants to help her back in all ways possible. Kiron Kher’s daughter is returning back to Australia after her studies and as expected, we know it is none other than Katrina. Here starts the drama. A slight unexpected twist.

Then another silly twist when we realise Javed Jafferi is conspiring against his own brother. Mainly the idea of King (an underworld don) itself is silly. And the scenes of crying africans is so unrealistic. Director tries to show some humanitarian things but fails miserably. May be he needs to Watch Munna Bhai series and learn some techniques.

The film ends in a silly way again. And after the climax, all the singhs come back to Punjab which is shown very unclearly. There is one african rapper screaming something and in background, these people go back to Punjab. I am sure this director has targeted mainly the NRI crowd.

Nothing great in Music. teri oar teri oar was good but has been cut at half. No other songs impress. Javed Jafferi’s talent has been wasted. Nothing great for Katrina to show her “great acting skills”. And Akshay Kumar does his job well. But mainly the director has not done his job– applying a logical mind. I agree comedy need not have logic,.. But this film’s story has nothing in it. Camera work is rich and ok. No such great aesthetics in camera work except the fact that they have used high quality cinematography equipments.

To conclude, i can say this was a worst movie i watched recently. This film is the part of the kharaab films series of bollywood. These days bollywood is churning out only such waste films targeted mainly at NRI’s. Such films have overseas shooting, rap songs etc. It  is better these films should be directly released in overseas and should not be shown in India at all.

Added: Sikhs were protesting against this film. After watching this film, i feel they should protest more. Because this film has shown singhs in a very silly way.