A con man uncovers a deadly secret and must save his
lady love, the small-town locals and the little girl who insists she's
his daughter, from the mob.
Director: Prabhudheva (as Prabhu Deva)
Writer: Shiraz Ahmed
Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Nasser | See full cast & crew »
Storyline
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small time conman in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girl whom he met at a wedding he wasn't invited to. Into this picture perfect world enters six year old Chinki who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this wasn't bad enough, Shiva also becomes the object of a series of life threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals who seem to know something he doesn't. While trying desperately to save his life and love, Shiva stumbles upon a deadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar; a town terrorized by a ruthless politician and the mafia he controls; a town whose inhabitants only hope for redemption is ... ShivaUser Reviews
Another regressive commercial trash
With Paan Singh Tomar,
Kahaani, Vicky Donor becoming big hits it ensure that there are many
sensible viewers who are ready to see mature films with hatke topics
dealt in an entertaining fashion. While one hand there are film makers
like Anurag Kashrap,Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal Bhardwaj,Tigmanshu Dhulia
who are trying to elevate the level of Indian cinema and at the same
time there are the Rohit Shetty,Sajid Khan,Aneez Bazmee and hoards of
South Indian inputs decelerating Hindi cinema back to 90s loud inane
films. I have no problem with commercial cinema. Even Rang De Basanti or
3 Idiots are commercial entertaining films but they aren't as
regressive as Rowdy Rathore. The trend started with Wanted followed by
Dabang,Bodyguard,Singham whereby you have a muscled hero fighting with
huge sized villain to take revenge. There are ample violence, slow-mo
action sequences and loud dialoguebaazi where by the hero acquires the
persona of a superman killing all in the way. There will be a family
angle to instigate some over the top melodrama and obviously a dumb
bimbo who is there to titillate audience's hormones with her midriff.
Sadly Rowdy Rathore falls in the same category with nothing new to
offer. In fact Prabhu Deva has changed nothing from the original making
it a loud meaningless film only to catch the attention of single screen
viewers to earn profit. There is nothing wrong in earning money but
there should be an aesthetic sense to do so. At least Prabhu Deva should
have presented the simple story of a cop getting killed by goons and
his look-alike taking revenge differently. The hero is louder than the
villain, the heroine is dumb than the ass and the janata frustrated with
mundane life enjoying the slow-mo brutal action sequences. There are
ample songs with sexual innuendos which are lapped by the hypocrite
audiences and even the censor board giving the films "U" certificate.
IMDb represents world cinema and as Indian we should show some
respectable cinema to world. There are numerous topics to deal with,
numerous stories to tell. Many directors are making good films, even
stars like Aamir Khan is making good cinema in commercial milieu which
we should highlight. I can't force people but it is high time who give
more respect to films like Shanghai & Gangs of Wasseypur (releasing
soon) than lapping on age old formulaic films so that Indian cinema
gives more and more fresh stories. The trend started with Dil Chahta Hai
shouldn't go down. Even if they want to remake Southie films there are
some great south Indian films which can be remade, why do the same thing
just for the sake of commercial benefits??
