Sooryavanshi (सूर्यवंशी)

"Sooryavanshi (सूर्यवंशी)"

Watched Hindi movie "Sooryavanshi (सूर्यवंशी". This movie is directed by Rohit Shetty. Produced by Reliance entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Dharma Productions and Cape of good films. Story by Rohit Shetty. Screenplay by Yunus Sajawal. Music Tanishk Bagchi, Lijo George, Chetas, JAM8. Cinematography Jomon T. John. It stars Akshy Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Vivan Bhatena, Nikitin Dheer, Gulshan Grover, Jackie Shroff, Haelin Shastri, Javed Jafri, Abhimanyu Singh, Kumud Mishra, Rajendra Gupta. Guest appearance Ajay Devgan and Ranveer Singh. The film runs for 2 hours 25 minutes and was released on 5th Nov 2021. I watched the movie in theater with Aditi,  Mihika, Dada, Thangaokar family, Kamble family and Sambhaji family on 6th Nov 2021.

Veer Sooryavanshi (Akshay) is an ATS officer. A Pakistani terrorist (Jackie) and an Indian terrorist (Kumud) who ran away to Pakistan after causing 1993 Mumbai blasts, activate 40 sleeper cells in India and retrieve 600kg RDX that was buried in 1993 in India. Akshay has to foil the terrorist plot. 

It's a Rohit Shetty movie.  So it has the customary grand entries, bunch of vehicles on the move, exploding and tumbling cars, jumping over buildings, superb action, destruction of property, high speed car chases etc. This time there are a lot of choppers too. Add to it situational comedy, slapstick comedy and comedy fighting. There is Hindu Muslim unity and also the customary song while credits roll by at the end. 

Akshay forgets names of his near and dear ones (including his wife) and calls them by rediculous names like kide, garbhavati, malaria, hernia etc. Its overdone. 

Akshay's name is Veer. But Katrina and others call Akshay Soorya, whereas Sooryavanshi is his surname, not name. Singham had same issue.

Akshay looks old. Javed Jaffri has got a decent role after a long time. Ajay Devgan has a grand entry with spinning car. He evades RPG like a fly. Katrina can't speak Hindi and needs to start acting. There is a scene of police officers wife (she's a Marathi actress, but don't remember her name) and Katrina after the death of a policeman. It's a study in contrast. Marathi actress acts naturally, with ease and there is almost no expression on Katrina's face. But it's Ranveer Singh who steals the show with his guest appearance. He is good. His comedy timing is impeccable and dialogues are witty. 

 

One wonders why no bullet hits 3 heroes and why villains manage to jump in front of bullets fired by the heroes. But one mustn't ask such questions. After all it's a Rohit Shetty movie. There is one mistake. When the villain wraps bomb around Katrina, he shows a trigger that he threatens to press. This was the mistake. A dead man's trigger is not one to be pressed but one to be released. With dead man's trigger bomb blast happens even if the trigger person is killed, hence the name. How did Rohit miss it?

The movie is not good. There isn't enough comedy, not enough story, not enough seriousness, not enough drama. As a result it has become insipid. It doesn't capture the imagination of audience. It becomes somewhat interesting after entry of Singham and Simba. Rohit had no choice but to bring them to hold the movie together. Without them this movie was a flop. 

At the end of the movie there is a preamble for next movie. A Singham sequel. I hope there is no Sooryavanshi sequel ever. 

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