Yesterday, I went to navina to watch A GENTLEMAN with by g.f as both of us a big fan of Siddharth, but again he dissapoints like that in baar baar dekho.
PLOT- Gaurav is a strait-laced techie who has ordinary dreams of that of a wife, two kids and a dog. On the other hand Rishi kills for a living in the seedy lanes South east asian cities. How will their paths cross?
MY REVIEW- Gentleman is a lazy title for this action-comedy, which is an improvement on the leave-your-brains-at-home genre.
Directors Raj & DK introduce the two Siddharths with light humour and low key intrigue. Gaurav is a good boy with sliced back hair, tucked in shirt, a safe mini van and a big house. He is passively wooing Kavya ( Jacqueline) . Rishi enters the scene jumping off a railing and knocking a security guard unconscious, he is a rough, risky, contract killer for Unit X, works under Colonel ( Sunil Shetty) , but he is a goon with a golden heart who has had enough.
A Gentleman has a lot of moving parts: it cuts between the two Siddharths with some thrill and a dose of dry humour in the first half. The connection between the two-a smoothly executed sequence halfway through the movie-is the highlight. The directors could have easily used the big suspense as the climax, however, they take a chance by making it their story’s interval.
But the downside of that risky reveal is that the intrugue is sucked out of the movie. The second half steadily declines into the usual action fare with stilen hard drives, close counter combats and heist in big glass building. The eleborate action sequences will make u want to check ur phones.
The movie would have been a perfect entertainer had it held its card closer to its chest. However, it still goes on with amazing stunts, cinematography.
ACTORS PERFORMANCES- The film’s lead pair helps in keeping your eyes on the screen. Siddharth plays two parts with distinctive skills and puts his charm to good use. Jacqueline’s sincerity is palpable and she makes for a breezy addition here. Hussain dalal provides comic relief and Darshan Kumar’s one note villainous act is satisfactory.
MUSIC- Music of the film is rendered by Sachin-jigar that is something noteworthy and mentionable. All the songs with the flow of the film. There are total 5songs in the film, but the disco disco songs is after the end of the film, so it is a promotional song. Laagi na choote and bandook meri laila are catchy songs and it will get to the audience.