#BOSS Rating -3.25/5 - Akshay Kumar is impeccable bollywood3 Rating : 3.25/5 Producer:Ashwin Varde Director:Anthony D’Souza Music Director:Meet Bros Anjjan, Chirantan Bhatt Starring:Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Aditi Rao Hydari After the not so successful Once Upon a Mumbaai Dobara, Akshay Kumar is back with yet another action comedy in Boss. Directed by Anthony D’ Souza, this action comedy has Shiv Pandit, Aditi Rao Hydari and Ronit Roy in other lead roles. We have been to a special screening of the film and lets see how the film turns out to be. Story: The film starts off with a flash back of Boss(Akshay Kumar) and his younger brother Shiv (Shiv Pandit), who live in a village in Haryana along with their father (Mithun Chakraborthy). Boss, being a short tempered boy ends up getting into a major tiff with his classmate and lands himself in jail. Fed up with his son, Boss’s father disowns him. Things make a u-turn, and Boss is adopted by a kindhearted gangster, Big Boss (Danny Denzongpa). On the other hand when the story moves to present day, Shiv falls in love with Ankita (Aditi Rao Hyadari) who is the sister of a ghastly cop Ayushman Mathur (Ronit Roy). While Ayushman is behind Shiv’s life, Boss comes to his rescue. Will Boss be able to take on the deadly Ayushman and save his brother. That forms the rest of the story. Positive Points: Boss is a remake of a 2010 Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja’ starring Mammootty and Prithviraj. But the best part of Boss is that it is not adapted scene by scene from the original. While the Malayalam counterpart was on a serious side, Boss is rather comical. After watching Boss, one can surely say that no one can stand close to Akshay when it comes to action comedies. He is splendid in every frame, and leaves no prospect of condemnation. From Akshay’s dialogue delivery to his funny expressions, he is in just top form. The action sequences between Ronit and Akshay is the one to watch out for. Ronit is awesome as a corrupt cop and is a master stroke in every way. Another good part about the film are its comic sequences. Other cast including Shiv Pandit and Aditi are pretty decent. Danny Denzongpa, Johnny Lever, Mithun, and Sanja Mishra do justice to their roles. Negative Points: The one thing that may disappoint the viewers is the movie’s same old masala theme. The script could have been a little more engaging. Also the climax is rather cliched and could have been unique, especially the over emotional parts between Akshay and Mithun. While the first half of the film goes at a decent pace, the second half drops its pace down, somewhere by the end. Shiv Pandit and Aditi’s romantic sequences in the movie are not impactful. Technical Aspects: The music album is quite strong especially the title track. Editing by Rameshwar S. Bhagat is sharp and Laxman Utekar’s cinematography is brilliant. The dialogues, whether comic or serious, have quite an impact on the audiences. Director Anthony has played smart in knowing what the Hindi movie-goers long for and has made his flick a pure masala entertainer. Even though his debut venture Blue turned out to be a let down, this time around he made a smart choice by opting to make something light and visually appealing. Verdict: On the whole, Akshay once again proves that he is the real boss of action comedies. Though this film has all the regular cliched commercial elements which all masala films have, it is still worth a watch. Bollywood3 Rating –3.25 /5 bit.ly/16dXK9j
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:46:11 +0000