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Director:
Anees Bazmee
Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Mayur Puri
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Javed Jaffrey, Ranvir
Shorey, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sonu Sood
It's Balle Balle from Amrutlal to Amritsar! Producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah hits
bull's eye. With Anees Bazmee in the director's seat and Akshay Kumar moving
around with serious comic intent, this film is a laugh riot that will have the
multiplexes bursting at the seams in the days to come. At the paid preview on
Thursday night, there was not a single empty seat. Ladies and Gentlemen, a big
round of applause to Singh, who is now officially King. The khiladi has proved
that comedy is also his cup of tea.
The films rests on a very basic plot of 'Good Vs Bad', but the characters
incorporated and the treatment given on a lavish scale is what tilts the balance
in the film's favour. Also, you cannot discount the fact that Akshay is in his
elements right from take one! There is some magic in his body language, a
purpose in his every scene, and the desire to excel in every shot. He lights up
the screen every time he comes on and spreads the energy like a virus. The man
once called wooden I'm sure is having critics and producers who shied away
earlier, having to eat out of his hands from a wooden spoon! SINGH IS KINNG is
an out and out Akshay Kumar film. The support cast too is terrific; Om Puri
Javed Jaffrey, Ranvir Shorey, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sonu Sood, Kirron Kher, Yashpal
Sharma and Manoj Pahwa.
Akshay (Happy Singh) is one happy-go-lucky chap with a big heart who always goes
out to help his villagers. Sonu Sood (Lucky Singh) another villager is a dreaded
gangster in Australia. He makes headlines almost every other day. He is King in
Australia and his cronies are his friends from his village Amritsar in India.
Happy is forever putting the villagers in trouble with his 'do goo act'. Fed up,
a few decide to get rid of him. They decide to send him to Australia to get back
Lucky Singh whose ailing parents are longing for him. With him on this mission
is his childhood friend Rangeela (Om Puri). How Happy manages to make Lucky and
his gang of Sardars turn back from their evil ways is what the film is all
about.
There's action and romance packaged to guarantee the best returns for you bucks.
Bazmee excels on both counts. Somewhere in between is writer Suresh Nair's
humour, which is the film's selling point! |