Singh is King - Silly but Watchable

With all the buzz, promos and interviews, Singh is King hit the theatres last week and disappointed many who expected a quality movie with not only quality performances but also a quality story board.

Lets first have a take on story, and screenplay. A gaon ka chora “Akshay" along with “Om Puri” goes to Australia to get “Lucky Singh” back from underworld where he is known as KING. In between all these he falls in love with Katrina, finds a Maa in Kiran Kher, takes on the position of KING due to situation and misunderstanding that arises. Working as KING “Happy Singh” spreads happiness in the world of underworld and change their heart to motivate them to return to Punjab –their home land. Anyone who might have gone to theatres with brain intact would have been terrible disappointed as it just does not have a gripping storyline or a fast paced screenplay.

Now let’s talk about characters, plot and performances. Akshay Kumar has become a success mantra, whenever he comes on screen there is a distinct charm and charisma that comes out. His getup and comic timing and fluent Punjabi deserve a round of applause. Katrina still needs to work on her Hindi, but she is improving with every movie and is perfectly suited for angrezi-desi chori with her annoying hindi dialogue delivery. Actually this made her tick in roles of Namastey London and Singh is King. Moreover she looks gorgeous everytime she captures the screen space. Om Puri disappoint in the character of “Rangeela- Akshay’s friend” as there is always an expectation of stellar performances from such gems. To be honest, he has been wasted in that role. Javed Jaffery did well as KING’s brother. Kiron Kher played a stereotyped bollywood maa decently and other characters were well suited to the plot. One man as mention who stood out is Akshay Kumar. He seem to have master the art of comic timing and silly scenes. This movie is doing well and will do so in coming weeks because KING (real King –Akshay) rocks.

Other positives are the cinematography. Pyramids of Egypt have been captured beautifully and few stunt sequences are well shot. Costumes have been designed in accordance with the plot.

Moving on to the music, it’s different and title track and “Ji Karda” are there to remain in countdown for few weeks at least.

So, though it appears to be a weak story but will work because of Akshay, comic plots and all the buzz that has been created.

Other way to look at it is it was never meant to be a power packed story driven movie, rather it just wanted to keep audience engaged in applauding Akshay’s stunt, his wonderful comedy timing and gorgeous Katrina.