Nothing but actions

Film: Sooryavanshi

Director: Rohit Shetty

Cast: Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar, Javed Jaffery, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Kumud Mishra, Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer, Vivan Bhatena and Mrunal Jain

Rating: Two star & half

Rohit Shetty pans out a masala entertainer out of the tried and tested good cop versus bad cop formula

Sheetal

Sharing the release date with Marvel’s Eternals, what Sooryavanshi offers is a mere trailer of Rohit Shetty’s high octane cop-multiverse that he has woven around his three action-loving cops—Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and Alshay Kumar.

Introducing Akshay into the mix of Singham Ajay Devgn and Simbba Ranveer Singh’s antics, his character Veer Sooryavanshi actually strikes a balance between the two. Won’t say it was the fire cracker this Diwali but more of a foundation laid for bursting fire crackers some other day.

The expectations were high from the writing team, especially when Singham and Simbba gave us some unforgettable dialogues and puns. Not a single phrase stays with you when you walk out of theatre but yet it has that entertainment quotient going, especially in the last half an hour when the three big Bollywood heroes come together. That’s Rohit Shetty for you who pans out a masala entertainer out of the tried and tested formula of good cop versus bad cop.

Amid all the mind-blowing action sequences come two romantic songs, one being the Tip Tip Barsa rendition. Only we liked the original one featuring Raveena Tandon more.

With the multi-starrer cast, it is impossible to remember all the characters just like Sooryavanshi (Akshay), who has the habit of forgetting names, but nevertheless it grows on you as the movie progresses. Veer’s spectacular entry in a helicopter takes us back to his Khiladi years and of course, Rohit has moved on from cars to those flying scenes in the air.

The film starts with Ajay Devgn’s voiceover on multiple blasts which also includes 1993 Mumbai blasts and progresses towards the all too familiar script of unity, sacrifices which cops make when it comes to their family life, and ends at the hero saving the day.

Javed Jaaferi, Gulshan Grover and Jackie Shroff are a delight but their characters don’t add much weight to the story. The spotlight is on Sooryavanshi but we have seen him perform better.

With improved Hindi diction, Katrina shines but she doesn’t add much weight to the storyline either. A family drama getting all entangled in bomb attacks seems kind of forced but that’s how Rohit Shetty films are. Leave your brains out when walking in.