Singham Movie Reviews

Singham Story:

The opening scene of Singham starts in a small village, Shivgad which is on the border of Maharashtra and Goa. The film revolves around a honest, sincere cop Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn), who fights against injustice and chauvinism using his own ethics and principles. The villagers love him and are ready to do anything for him because he is upright and fair in all his dealings.

Fate now enters in the form of Jaikant Shikre (Prakash Raj), a dreaded criminal/politician who has Goa under his wings of corruption and crime. Jaikant throws a challenge to Singham against his morals and beliefs. On seeking revenge on Singham, Jaikant using his political power get Singham transferred in the city he is ruling. He leaves no stone unturned in making Singham’s life a terrifying to live. At one point of time Singham even thinks of leaving his job. Kavya Bhosle (Kajal Aggarwal) is Singham’s love interest who always stands as his support. Singham one fine day meets late Rakesh Kadam's family (Sonali Kulkarni) and decides to bring change in the society and the system by wiping out the root cause of all happenings Jaikant Shikre.

As they lock horns, things take a different turn with second half keeping everyone on the edge-of-seats.

Performances:

Its out-and-out Ajay Devgn show, he played the role of a cop outstandingly with his perfect performance. Undoubtedly Ajay is flawless in his expressions and delivers best body language. Even during scenes, where he hops up and down doing goofy stunts, things turn out to be doubtfully good. That’s all because of his enigmatic appeal.

Kajal is more than a regular heroine here. She romances with Ajay Devgn and was limited only for few scenes. Frankly speaking Kajal doesn't really get much of an opportunity to prove her mettle as Singham cannot be regarded as a perfect Bollywood debut for her.

Prakash Raj (a big name in South) looks promising during the start of the film, but as the film passes on his character loses steam and becomes like a joker. His character might have been diluted just to boost up Ajay Devgn's role. Yet Prakash Raj is the scene-stealer back to do what he knows the best.

Sonali Kulkarni is apt. There are a excess of actors who don the supporting role characters from Ashok Saraf, Sachin Khedekar Sana Amin Sheikh to name a few who are in perfect sync with their roles.

Technicalities:

Director Rohit Shetty has once again proved that he is a master, both at delivering an action as well as comedy entertainers. Singham has somewhere the resemblance of Dabangg but Rohit has smartly managed to create a different identity for the film. Rohit Shetty has designed mind blowing action pieces for Ajay and looks like he was inspired form his father Shetty, but to tell frankly Rohit action choreography looked more stylish. Singham stars as an action entertainer takes a romantic turn in between and again comes back to maar-dhad.

Cinematography of Dudley is good while the Steven H. Bernard's editing is shoddy.

Ajay and Atul Gogavale's music is totally lackluster and failed to reach the expectations of the music lovers. The title track is almost similar to the title track of Dabangg. Only Saathiya is a decent number and rest of the songs will not linger in your mind.

There are more of Marathi dialogues used in the film which are written by Farhad-Sajid and they lack the punch.

Analysis:

On the whole, Singham has hardly any story in the first half, while the second half has innumerable unintentionally comical scenes. It's a complete package of entertainment for the masses and devoted fans of mass masala films. On the positive side the film can be watched for its energetic action sequences, some light romantic scenes, off course for the three heroes Ajay Devgn, Prakash Raj and director Rohit Shetty. On the flip side screenplay and editing of the film needs polish, moreover the action dominates romance in the film. If you reach the screens without any expectations you can enjoy Singham.