Jan 09, 2015 03:03 PM
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Expectations:
Hindi cinema is popularly known for its mass entertaining films with good blending of songs, dance, romance, action and drama. If made perfecty manner these films are loved by both masses and the classes. Filmmakers like Raj Kapoor, Manmohan Desai, Yash Chopra and many more have enhanced the level of popular films in our Hindi cinema.
Along with the makers these films, mainly work due the star charisma of the main lead actor. Right from the Amitabh Bachchan era to the recent times where senior actors like Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan and many more the audience love to see their favorite superstar performing the every aspect of the mass entertaining cinema.
These actors along with their star power ride high on the conviction factor, which is highly missing in many of the younger actors from today's generation. Though, one can see a positive spark in actors like Varun Dhawan, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor. These younger actors look promising and if play their cards perfectly might attain the super stardom required for out and out masala entertainers.
Arjun Kapoor started his last year, with masala entertainer'Gunday' followed by blockbuster hit'2 States' and a sweet film'Finding Fanny'. After such versatile display of talent, Arjun returns back into the masala entertaining zone with his home production'Tevar'. So let's find out, whether'Tevar' will add up as a another milestone for Arjun Kapoor to reach his super stardom or might join the long list of bad and weak remakes we have been recently witnessing in the name of popular masala entertainers.
Story:
'Tevar' is the story of a young and daring Kabbadi player Pintoo(Arjun Kapoor), who loves helping people in distress. One day in order to save a stranger Radhika(Sonakshi Sinha), he ends up beating a political gangster Gajendar Singh(Manoj Bajpayee). Later, Pintoo comes to know that Gajendar Singh wants to marry Radhika and has killed her brother too. Pintoo has no other option than to elope with Radhika and what happens next is what the entire film is all about.
Screenplay & Technicalities:
The story, despite being an official remake of a Tamil film'Okkadu', still has many similarities with films like'R Rajkumar', 'Run' and most importantly Vidyut Jamwal's'Commando'. The first half starts on the interesting note with the introduction of the characters, especially the track of Arjun Kapoor. As the movie progresses the novelty factor dries out and keeps dragging till the expected climax with lots of repetitive scenes and melodrama. There are some enjoyable scenes like Arjun fighting goons in the streets of Agra, Arjun eloping with Sonakshi, Manoj warning the crowd, Raj Babber questioning Manoj, Arjun-Manoj fight and few more. In spite of lots of stuffs happening the movie fails to catch up to its momentum mainly due to weak screenplay and lethargic length of the film. The movie should have been strictly trimmed down by twenty minutes and some more dramatic scenes should have been inserted as the soul was highly missing in the second half of the film. The camera work by Laxman Utekar is good and gives a colourful feel to the film.
Music & Direction:
Music of such types of films has to be popular, but in case of'Tevar', except for the'Superman' song none of the songs are popular nor enjoyable.'Radha Nachegi', 'Madamiyan' and'Let's Celebrate' could have been avoided.'Main Nai Jaana' and'Joganiyan' goes well with the flow of the film. Director Amit Sharma debuts with something which has been seen end numbers of times. He tries hard to add up the small detailing in this film(Kabbadi, small streets, festivals, fairs, dialect, etc.) due to which, despite of being a repetitive product, the film looks fresh in a certain manner. Thanks to the sensibilities of Amit Sharma, 'Tevar' does not end up being another trash in lines of films like'Action Jackson' or'Policigiri'. If only would had he focused more on the screenplay along with the length of the film the movie would have ended up being an above average product.
Performances:
Arjun Kapoor looks great and has full conviction factor, especially in the action scenes. He needs to get the right types of films and proper directors to explore his hidden talent and potential. Sonakshi Sinha is better than her worst performance in'Action Jackson' as she has nothing much other than running to do in the film. Manoj Bajpayee is good in his role, but again, it reminds you many of his earlier performances. Raj Babber lends good support. Subratt Dutta is fine in his part. Deepti Naval and Rajesh Sharma are wasted. Shruti Hassan lacks the item girl power.
Final Verdict: So bol meri "FILMI KHOPDI" iss film mein kitna hain Dum? Dum?
Well, it's not a bad film, but it also has nothing new to offer. The movie works mainly due to the conviction level of Arjun Kapoor with decent support from Manoj Bajpayee and Raj Babber. Though, the stale script, super lengthy duration and predictable story line work against the favour of the film. The movie is like a filmy bhaagam bhaag, where a small kid too knows that everything will happen only in the end of the film and the rest is mostly a waste of time.
