My celebrated penchant for Rubenesque frames took root almost simultaneously with the start of my growth as an incorrupible admirer of beauty. Ramp-walk always appeared to be a tasteless display of glorified Anorexia. Pray good thoughts prevail and feminine curves redeem their rightful place in human fantasy...and creativity!
‘Rowdy Rathore’, like many others, decidedly owes its plot to Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Yojimbo’- his trendsetting 1961 masterpiece with Toshiro Mifune, and thereby to Sergio Leone’s ‘Spagetti Western’ genre that churned a series of Clint Eastwood starrer blockbusters in late 60s. For the uninitiated, the plot revolves around a person’s valiant and violent mission to rescue villagers from the tyranny of crime-lords or some powerful person of disrepute.
Hey, let’s level! We aren’t here to suffer some senseless parading of scholarship on history of cinema. Excuse me, but that’s exactly the thought what crossed my mind while watching ‘Rowdy Rathore’…a movie that, besides doing justice to its time-tested storyline, is positioned to do many others at once – reviving Akshay Kumar’s tottering career, fostering crosspollination of regional cinematic talents et al…and it does it all though in varying degrees.
Enough talking around…let’s focus! ‘Rowdy Rathore’ is a cross-breed, hyped Hindi remake of a successful southern pot-boiler. The movie sets off on a comedic funny note and turns gorily serious abruptly. No sooner the thinking audience could come to terms with its fast-moving storyline than the ‘Intermission’ intervenes. The untangling laced with unapologetic violence in second half is tough and engaging though.
Broadly speaking, the story has it all to catch on – starting from the rustic, betel-chewing, lewd, lecherous villain pitted against a righteous Police inspector sworn to save the oppressed villagers, his ‘Rowdy’ urbane duplicate, who eventually transforms to an honest dude, to the curvaceous Sonakshi Sinha (and the apparently redundant first para is raised to her). One observation, in view of the enormity of the villain and his loyalists, the punishment should have been rougher.
The usual caveat for discerning viewers – leave your senses back home at a safe place! I have a simple funda, we all have our share of sadness in life and in movies we seek respite – that’s the raison d'être of entertainment. ‘Rowdy Rathore’ qualifies to be an entertaining movie on all counts.
I just set my expectations right (sounds familiar?) and watched RR. I was entertained. It’s a movie with a strong aftertaste.
And I vow to follow Sonakshi more ‘closely’ in future!
Hey, let’s level! We aren’t here to suffer some senseless parading of scholarship on history of cinema. Excuse me, but that’s exactly the thought what crossed my mind while watching ‘Rowdy Rathore’…a movie that, besides doing justice to its time-tested storyline, is positioned to do many others at once – reviving Akshay Kumar’s tottering career, fostering crosspollination of regional cinematic talents et al…and it does it all though in varying degrees.
Enough talking around…let’s focus! ‘Rowdy Rathore’ is a cross-breed, hyped Hindi remake of a successful southern pot-boiler. The movie sets off on a comedic funny note and turns gorily serious abruptly. No sooner the thinking audience could come to terms with its fast-moving storyline than the ‘Intermission’ intervenes. The untangling laced with unapologetic violence in second half is tough and engaging though.
Broadly speaking, the story has it all to catch on – starting from the rustic, betel-chewing, lewd, lecherous villain pitted against a righteous Police inspector sworn to save the oppressed villagers, his ‘Rowdy’ urbane duplicate, who eventually transforms to an honest dude, to the curvaceous Sonakshi Sinha (and the apparently redundant first para is raised to her). One observation, in view of the enormity of the villain and his loyalists, the punishment should have been rougher.
The usual caveat for discerning viewers – leave your senses back home at a safe place! I have a simple funda, we all have our share of sadness in life and in movies we seek respite – that’s the raison d'être of entertainment. ‘Rowdy Rathore’ qualifies to be an entertaining movie on all counts.
I just set my expectations right (sounds familiar?) and watched RR. I was entertained. It’s a movie with a strong aftertaste.
And I vow to follow Sonakshi more ‘closely’ in future!
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