'Singh is Kinng' : A One-time-watch Popcorn Entertainer amidst Colossal Hype


'Singh is Kinng' : A One-time-watch Popcorn Entertainer amidst Colossal Hype

                                                                  
 
by Sujay Iyer - Mangalore

Sujay Iyer, a V semester student of MBBS at KMC Medical College, Mangalore. He was born in Bhopal. He has represented School in quiz competitions, scored 94.3% in CIGKL General Knowledge Exam, got through in Manipal Entrance and JIPMER, Pondicherry, represented college in twenty-twenty cricket tournament.  His hobbies include writing, movies, cricket and singing.

Sujay will write film reviews exclusively for daijiworld.com readers

Aug 9, 2008

Opening this Friday amidst colossal hype is the new Akshay Kumar starrer, 'Singh is Kinng'  The film has been built and marketed as a celebration to Punjabi culture, but unfortunately it does not live up to its great expectations and instead turns out to be a decent, just above average comedy.

Directed by Anees Bazmee, the man who has given us fantastic films like 'Aankhen' 'Deewangi' and others 'Singh is Kinng' is your complete time-pass comedy which every family will enjoy. Bazmee teaming up with Vipul Shah has stuck to the commercially-bankable formula of slapstick comedy with an established star cast and a mindless ending, although, I feel the plot is very similar to the previous Akshay-Katrina films like 'Welcome' 'Namastey London'.

The first half of the movie is pure joy, it's almost hilarious. The funny moments are spot on and the direction is admirable.

What lets the movie down is the second half. In trying to make the film look like a heart-warming comedy which has a touching climax, the director flounders and destroys the goodwill set up in the first half. The reforming of the gangsters is completely unconvincing and poor screenplay just adds on to the misery of the film.

The movie is Akshay Kumar's tour de force as an actor. He is simply outstanding in his role as the clueless, truthful, 'do-good' Sardar. He remains very honest to his character and his comic timing is undoubtedly the best in present Bollywood. He is becoming a very serious contender to the SRK throne. The chemistry between him and Om Puri is marvelous.

The supporting cast of Puri, Sonu Sood, Javed Jaffery, Kiron Kher, Yashpal Sharma, Neha Dhupia and Sudhanshu Pandey has put in a formidable performance. Katrina Kaif looks gorgeous throughout the movie, but again fails to deliver a decent effort.

In all, 'Singh is Kinng' is not a film you will remember and cannot come under what is termed as good cinema. It is a pleasant one-time-watch popcorn entertainer. I sincerely hope that Akshay Kumar does not repeat a film like this for a long time and strive for a masterpiece that has been missing in his impressive resume since 'Hera Pheri'.

  

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  • Riya, Mangalore

    Tue, Sep 09 2008

    Why should we come out with dissapointment

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  • ravindra arora, delhi

    Tue, Aug 19 2008

    sujay, u write really well. since i have not watched this movie so far,i am not sure about contents , but i would try to comment after watching it.

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  • JAYANT SHRIVASTAVA, RAIGARH

    Tue, Aug 12 2008

    Remarkable comments, but it would be better if Aishvarya replacing the katrina kaif in this movie.As  I have heard she is not good in performance but gives cute smile only.

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  • Shaf, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 12 2008

    The movie had good one liners,good senti moments...and Akki is taking over as the comedy king

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  • Aalok Shrivastava, Bilaspur,C.G

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    very good review,good going sujay, but I would like to see you on cricket ground writing some great story from your Bat.

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  • raju uncle and anju aunty, raigarh

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    congratulation's! sujay read your review on "singh is kinng",it was excellent. now our expectations for the movie will not be too high .Your article in daijiworld.com was more exciting and pleasure giving to us. MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!

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  • Khanjar, Mangalore / KSA

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    4 AANE KI MURGI 12 AANE KA MASAALA

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  • riyaz, oman / mangalore

    Sun, Aug 10 2008

    Dear Sujay, Very good review...... today i watched this movie....... all my dear freinds Go into this movie with no expectations ... and u will still come out disappointed :(

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  • sujatajairam, bilaspur

    Mon, Aug 11 2008

    if we get contented with such type of mediocre movie where r we leading to in terms of values? its high time producers think of benchmarking themselves up

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  • Sujay Iyer,

    Sun, Aug 10 2008

    Thanks for the compliment mate...you see movies like this are setting a dangerous precedent...films like 'no entry', 'welcome' do not deserve to be superhits...but instead they become blockbusters...the audience is becoming more and more inclined towards average cinema. they are becoming content with mediocrity and this is dangerous

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  • DIVYESH, MANGALORE/SHARJAH

    Sun, Aug 10 2008

    Dear Sujay, Very good review...yesterday night I  watched this movie... I completely agree with you..for me itsz waste of time, waste of money..I expected more from this movie.. but akshay is good.. very poor story... poor comedy.. I dont want to see this movie again...

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  • Siddhartha , Pune

    Sun, Aug 10 2008

    Reading your review,has definitely established that see the movie in first half & see the girl friend in second half.....so paisa vasool from both the sides

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  • Seema Sathe, Mumbai

    Sun, Aug 10 2008

    Very Good Review, Sujay. It is great to see medico reviewing films. Keep it up.All the best.

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