As many a wise man who preceded us said one disappointment always follows another and the same does certain hold true at the cinema as Singh Saab the great proves to be almost as big a let down as Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Ram Leela......
Die hard fans of Sunny Paaji ventured into our friendly neighbourhood multiplexes with exalted expectations as the very same combination of Sunny Paaji and Anil Sharma had delivered a tour de force like Gadar in the past; alas this one is a far cry from the afore mentioned blockbuster and leaves one with a sour after taste in the mouth and pondering over what might have been.....
The most significant problem with Singh Saab is that it tries a little too hard to surreptitiously occupy the space temporarily vacated by Salman Khan and his Dabbang avatar; yes there is no denying the fact that Sunny Paaji was the original "Dabbang" and began the trend os the chest thumping, testosterone churning sagas with "Ghayal", but much water has flown under the bridge since and Sunny Paaji is in his late fifties and expecting him to do an encore of Ghayal and Gadar is akin to asking for the sun, moon and stars at the same time........
Poor writing, a practically non existent screenplay and the penchant of settling all pending issues between the two protagonists (Sunny Paaji and Prakash Raaj) only serve to pull down the narrative even further; yes, Sunny Paaji, Prakash Raaj and Amrita Rao do strive to salvage this not so great venture more than manfully, but moon sized craters in the screenplay and amateurish etching of characters soon puts paid to their sterling efforts.........
Alas, this supposed tour de force does loose steam even before it reaches the half way mark and Sunny Paaji's earnest efforts to combine "Gandhigiri" with "Goondagiri" fail to strike a chord and leave one indifferent to this beleaguered and belaboured effort to regain lost ground with "seeti maar" dialogues and "Dhai Kilo" ke haath.........
Sadly Sunny Paaji is reduced to the the rather forlorn status of a rampaging bull in the proverbial China shop by the time the third act comes around and repeated attempts to chrun the same emotions from the audience in the name of Sunny Paaji's better half and dearer than life sister leave the audiences squirming in their seats and praying fervently for the final curtains to come down on this anything but great venture...........
Catch this one only if you are a die hard Sunny Paaji fan like moi as this one has nothing new to offer and at best is a misplaced effort to spawn old wine in a vinatage bottle and leaves one with the feeling of "been there done that" and so on and so forth...........
Die hard fans of Sunny Paaji ventured into our friendly neighbourhood multiplexes with exalted expectations as the very same combination of Sunny Paaji and Anil Sharma had delivered a tour de force like Gadar in the past; alas this one is a far cry from the afore mentioned blockbuster and leaves one with a sour after taste in the mouth and pondering over what might have been.....
The most significant problem with Singh Saab is that it tries a little too hard to surreptitiously occupy the space temporarily vacated by Salman Khan and his Dabbang avatar; yes there is no denying the fact that Sunny Paaji was the original "Dabbang" and began the trend os the chest thumping, testosterone churning sagas with "Ghayal", but much water has flown under the bridge since and Sunny Paaji is in his late fifties and expecting him to do an encore of Ghayal and Gadar is akin to asking for the sun, moon and stars at the same time........
Poor writing, a practically non existent screenplay and the penchant of settling all pending issues between the two protagonists (Sunny Paaji and Prakash Raaj) only serve to pull down the narrative even further; yes, Sunny Paaji, Prakash Raaj and Amrita Rao do strive to salvage this not so great venture more than manfully, but moon sized craters in the screenplay and amateurish etching of characters soon puts paid to their sterling efforts.........
Alas, this supposed tour de force does loose steam even before it reaches the half way mark and Sunny Paaji's earnest efforts to combine "Gandhigiri" with "Goondagiri" fail to strike a chord and leave one indifferent to this beleaguered and belaboured effort to regain lost ground with "seeti maar" dialogues and "Dhai Kilo" ke haath.........
Sadly Sunny Paaji is reduced to the the rather forlorn status of a rampaging bull in the proverbial China shop by the time the third act comes around and repeated attempts to chrun the same emotions from the audience in the name of Sunny Paaji's better half and dearer than life sister leave the audiences squirming in their seats and praying fervently for the final curtains to come down on this anything but great venture...........
Catch this one only if you are a die hard Sunny Paaji fan like moi as this one has nothing new to offer and at best is a misplaced effort to spawn old wine in a vinatage bottle and leaves one with the feeling of "been there done that" and so on and so forth...........
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