singh is king review

Film: SINGH IS KINNG
Rating: 2/5
Banners:Studio 18 & Blockbuster Movie Entertainers
Cast:,Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia Javed Jaffrey Ranvir Shorey Kamal Chopra, Om Puri, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sonu Sood, Kirron Kher, Yashpal Sharma, Manoj Pahwa and others
Music Director:Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematography:Ben Nott, Sanjay F Gupta
Director:Anees Bazmee
Producer:Vipul Shah
Release Date: August 8, 2008


Story

A one line story, the film begins with a small village in Punjab which has Happy Singh (Akshay) the good natured sardar who always wants to help but ends up doing a lot of trouble and destruction. So much so that even his friend Rangeela (Om Puri) has complaints, the village is unable to bear the chaos caused by Happy but then all of them love him for the fact that he always helps others and is a very kind person. However, they want to see him away from the village to save themselves from the trouble and in this process they decide to send him to Australia to get back Lakhan Singh known as Lucky (Sonu Sood) to the village along with his group- Raftar Singh (Sudhanshu), Mika (Javed Jaffrey), Guruji (Kamal Chopra), Pankaj Udhas (Yashpal Sharma). Happy is accompanied by Rangeela who is reluctant to go and due to a freak misunderstanding they end up in Egypt and not in Australia. Happy sees Sonia (Katrina) there and falls in love with her. However, both Happy and Rangeela make it to Australia and catch up with Lucky who is the most dreaded underworld kingpin but before that Happy is given asylum by the owner of a flower shop (Kirron Kher). As fate would have it, a freak accident has Lucky ending up with a disorder and a misunderstanding leads Happy to become the King. On the other hand, the rose lady is expecting her daughter who happens to be Sonia along with her boyfriend Puneet (Ranvir). She tells Sonia that they are very rich and now is in a fix as to how to tell her the truth. Happy steps in and tries to set things right and is shocked to see Sonia and that too with her boyfriend. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.


Presentation

The director has come up with a wafer thin plot and though the presentation and narration are alright, the script is weak and dialogues are stale. Screenplay is just about okay and cinematography was good at key locations. The art department and costume department have done a very good job and the music was good with three numbers while others were just okay. Editing could have been a lot better to make things more attentive. Akshay Kumar was his original best and appeared at ease with his new get up and the act of getting sympathy was tried again like 'Namastey London' but not that effective. Katrina is having something magical in her diet since she is getting hotter and hotter with each day. She has improved in her expressions and dialogues. Sonu Sood was expressive though his role was a bit dumb for the major portion, Yashpal Sharma gave his share of laughter while Sunil Pahwa and Kamal Chopra did okay, Sudhanshu could have been better, Javed Jaffrey's role was a bit childish and did not actually achieve the humor point as it was expected, Om Puri was mechanical and Kirron was average. Neha Dhupia came out with some exotic appearance and she was too sexy with her short minis and luscious legs. Ranvir was regular.


Conclusion

The film has been very rich in its presentation but then without proper depth and a substantial plot its impact will be less. While the first half of the film shows the comedy of errors, the second half adds a dose of sentiment and finally a weird climax which looks stupid. Agreed that such movies must not be seen with logic but the magic of films like 'Welcome' was nowhere seen in this movie and despite having some really strong artistes like Yashpal Sharma, Om Puri, Ranvir nothing was extracted out of them. One really wonders why the Snoop Dog song which was boasted about with hype has to be given at the end credits when the theatre is practically empty. The film might make money due to its heavy star appeal and grandeur of scenes but the truth remains that it is a stale, lifeless, disconnected movie with no flavour in it.

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