Finally got to watch Singham

Just the kind of movie that doesn’t tax your brain. which holds your attention for the two odd hours that it runs.

Singham – after Wanted and Dabangg – is a back to basics film. Totally Desi. The only aspect that fine tuned it for the multiplex audience was the waxed torso of Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn). Otherwise the film had the most important elements of a masala Hindi film –

• A Hero (Ajay Devgn) who is invincible – he can fight 20 bad baddies and his white banyan will remain super white (almost expected yeh hai super rin ka kamaal), turn a whole bunch of corrupt police to the side of ‘good’ through a single speech
• A villain (Prakash Raj) who has no redeeming qualities – who talks about himself in the 3rd person. murders children, extorts, grabs land, gets honest policemen trapped and commit suicide.
• A heroine (Kajal Agarwal) – who can be replaced with anyone else. but looks pretty. flirts nicely. and who stands by her man
• A sister – a sister figure actually (Sonali Kulkarni) whose husband’s ‘assisted’ suicide – and the clearing of his name becomes the crux of the story
• A decent support cast – Ashok Saraf, Sachin Khedekar, Murli Sharma, Govind Namdev,

The film is fun. Don’t go in expecting Art. This is a masala Fillum 😀 … Over the top fight scenes, great throw away lines, a decent enough chemistry between Hero & Heroine, totally time pass, and total paisa vasool. Both Ajay Devgn and Prakash Raj seem to be having a blast in their roles – its almost as though they know it is comic book and are playing it accordingly. It did crack me up when Devgn goes “phakt Bajirao Singham” or “chayla ..” – the forced marathification of the scripting a terrible accent — but it was fun.

I don’t pay money to go to a theatre and cry or figure the meaning of life. I pay money for this kind of masala entertainment.  If you are like me , you will enjoy this film. If, on the other hand, you like ‘cinema’ – then save your money 😀

story synopsis here