I watched this first day first show, as I have lots of expectation from this move but very frankly speaking its nit that action oriented as it was shown in trailer, its more on family drama part rather that action part, but this really doesn’t mean its an average movie its a high class entertainment movie, which whole family can watch. Ajay Devgan at his best and amazing as usual, stunts and graphics and specially the locations covered in Himalayan Mountains are not comparable to any other India Movie, no doubt. The emotional connect with father and child, captivated the audience to there seats, In fact it got carried off the screen when we came out of the theater, It’s like hangover. Stellar performance by every character. Ajay Devgn’s introduce scene, Just mind blowing with title track adding to it. Cinematography excellent. Action sequences is excellent.Erika was too good in her role, Saiyasi Sehgal first rate in her small but important role, Actors like Vir Das as Ethical hacker, Girish Kannad was impressive in their cameos. The relationship that Ajay shares with the child actress Abligail Eames is extremely natural and flawless. More efforts would be put on background music, when such high octane action and emotions and chases were going them. Story is too old and the main negative point of movie may be inspire from some old movies like Taken and rocky handsome. I an sure this movie will receive Negative reviews from Critics though it will earn a lot of profit. The movie actually did not wasted time in establishing characters or their equation. Though, we got an idea about the story line through trailers, still there are few twists that feel keep you on edge. Despite the duration of close to 3 hours. I didn’t feel bored oe checked by phone even once. The action sequences are the best ever coming from Indian Cinema which goes hand in hand with amazing composition, picturesque cinematography. It is so good at times you won’t be able to guess which scenes actually used Green Screen.
The music is extremely powerful and has been timed nicely, ’Darkhast and Raatein’ comes in 40 mins and picks pace right after that. One song after the interval with Sayeshu may not be required. The only problem I had was with the dialogues which at times felt over the top, certain conversations were uncalled for. A few scenes could have been toned down, they were unnecessarily exaggerating Shivaay’ presence. The story wasn’t something you haven;t seen before however, the execution was thrilling and spot on.
On the whole SHIVAAY is an emotional thriller that touches upon the relationship between a father and his daughter and the extent to which he goes for her, it’s a masterpiece. Go For It.