Who do you believe is the best Bollywood director when it comes to mass entertainers??? If I have to make an educative guess, then one of the most popular answer will be Rohit Shetty. Hence when he announced his latest project "Simmba" with Ranveer Singh, there was quite a bit of hype in the lead up to its release. The question that most of us have is how distinct is it going to be from "Singham" or other such flicks. Well the subsequent paragraphs will tell you about whether it was worth spending time.
For audiences who are well versed with the "Singham" series will know that he hailed from Sivagadh & incidentally that also happens to be the home town of Sangram Bhalerao/Simmba (Ranveer Singh). As he was an orphan there was no one to instill the virtue of righteousness in him & he looked upon the police profession as a means of making easy bucks through corruption. In time, he becomes a corrupt officer who was hands in glove with the gangster Durva Ranade (Sonu Sood). But things take a turn when his loved ones get hurt.
Inspired from the Telugu flick "Temper" (which I havent watched), Rohit Shetty has given us a movie which seems like a mix of Dabangg & Singham. The reason for saying so is that in the first half Simmba is a fun loving bindaas police officer like Chulbul Pandey while in the latter half he resembles Bajirao Singham. With regard to the script by Vakkantham Vamsi, there is no element that could be considered as unique and fresh. None of the technical aspects deserves special mention as it was average at best.
Ranveer Singh has done utmost justice to the role after all comparisons with Ajay Devgn & Salman Khan were inevitable. He reveled in the buffoonery & was a hoot when he flexed his muscles to good effect. Ashutosh Rana had a rather interesting role which though was a cake walk was something that we have barely seen him in, Sara Ali Khan did her part aptly after all she didnt have much to do apart from shake her leg & utter a couple of dialogues. Sonu Sood was ok, Ajay Devgn's cameo was whistle worthy stuff while the rest of the cast were fine as well.
Verdict: The film delivers what it promises & that is a no holds barred masala entertainer. If you are in the mood to watch something without having to trouble your grey matter, then this is indeed the right choice. It is already making big bucks at the box office & brings the curtains down on Bollywood for this year with a bang!!!
Rating: 2.25/5
Regards...Ben
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