Two hunks take their battle for the
desired trophy from the backyard of Kerala to the streets of Thailand. The
trophy is a lass who takes to rains like fish Zeenat Aman and Mandakini take to
water. This much muscle about nothing is a weary tale of time rejected formulae
laid bare of love triangles and the conflict between the good guy and the bad
guy. The treatment is clichéd, the story old. The actors are just stars and the
script predictable. What remains is the locales and the names of the characters
and such minor nitty gritties that may be of partial interest. So instead of
the Alps we have the backyard of Kerala and the picturesque backdrop makes for
some good viewing. Add to this the sculpted hero and the charming heroine and
the decent looking villain, the love triangle is pleasing on the eye if poor on
the emotional and intelligent quotients.
Ronny (Tiger Shroff) is the rebel without a cause. He gets on this train where
he runs into the gal without a cause Sia (Shradha Kapoor) who loves to dance in
the rains and the rain Gods are ever obliging. Whenever the story telling takes
a nap the choreographer and the rain Gods arrive. Resultantly be a short stop
at a railway station of the breezy top of a light house, the tow have to meet
and the rain Gods are on overworking mode. While Sia plays high a mighty even
the not so intelligent Ronny knows for sure that the chemistry is working and
the smooch time is just one rain away. Also in the picture is bad guy Raghav
Shetty (Sudheer Babu) the son of the local martial arts teacher Guruswamy
(Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj). Guruswamy takes Ronny under his tutelage and makes
the going tough.
Soon the battle lines are divided and Raghav Shetty does not hesitate to poison
his dad when he objects to a forced marriage. On the other hand we have Sia’s
Dad PP Khurana (Sunil Grover) an ambitious film maker who does not want to
loose the goose that lays the golden egg. However when Sia is kidnapped and
taken to Bangkok, Ronny is left with no choice but follow and take his action
skill sets abroad.
While the pre interval narration has some story line on how the lovers meet or
how they have to cope up with the other surrounding challenges, the entire the
later part of the film is left to the stunt man. The chase scenes are getting
too long boring predictable and yawnful. Perhaps when it began in Darr it
brought in a sense of novelty. No longer. The bad guy seems to have a parallel
army of his own in Bangkok but not the kings men can keep Humpty Dumpty away
from one another. The entire second half is dedicated unabashedly to fights
thrills races, destruction and blood. Shradha too gets a few chances to show
case her fighting skill sets. Watching Pappa’s old films have helped!! Sudheer
Babu as the villain comes up with a very polished performance and stays away
from the usual sneers and abusive style. Tiger like Dad Jackie is star
material. He sure can dance with great ease and style. In the acting department
though he is a chip of the old block. A whole generation of actors seem to
believe that tear away your shirt and if you can reveal a stunning well packed
torso than you have arrived as an actor. Tiger is one from the school.
Rating : 1.5
+ Binod Pradhan’s cinematography
– Old story in old bottle.
L. Ravichander