Do you know who Tarzan’s father is? Even I never knew, until I saw Rakesh Roshan’s Krishh.
The first half of the film deals with the ages-old story of Tarzan. Singapore-based Priya comes on a holiday camp to an unknown remote village in India. There she meets Krishna in an impractically dreamy sequence. And with all the expected turn of events, they fall in love.
In the second half, the film shows the hero, in the attire of Superman, doing the deeds of Spiderman. Krishna goes to Singapore to get his beloved and in the process becomes a super-hero, Krishh. As the saying from the movie Spiderman goes: ‘With great power comes great responsibilities’, Krishna takes up the responsibility of fighting against the evil-minds that hold severe threat to the world.
Hrithik Roshan has returned to his best-selling image after a long while. And all his fans will be pleased with this film. The Tarzan attire is nothing tough for him, but the way he stretches himself to blend into the super-hero reflexes is just admirable. On the flip side, his character lacked the depth for him to perform beyond those heroic traits, and repeating his Rohit Mehra character from Koi…. Mil Gaya (his repeat performance of Rohit Mehra will definitely find appreciation from most of the audience).
Priyanka Chopra, Rekha, Sarat Saxena perform their roles adequately. And then there is ever-reliable Naseeruddin Shah. He never fails to impress. This film is no exception.
Technically, this film has enough to rave about. But the fact that it is technically superior is a bit too pronounced, ie the graphics used are very artificial. The Rajesh Roshan’s compositions were too functional, making them the most boring parts of the film. Anyway, Salim-Sulaiman’s background score was upbeat and engrossing (especially in the first reels).
Like every Bollywood film, this film too has umpteen loop-holes; and yet, it wins at the box-office for the following reasons:
Nowhere, does the film slip into vulgarity and violence. It promises clean entertainment for complete 3 hours. This would lure most of the family audience and children to the theatres.
Hrithik has done everything which can make the children relish through the entire run of the film.
Though, the film is heavily inspired from many Hollywood action flicks, it still keeps the Indian-ness alive with the song-n-dance sequences. So the masses will not leave the theatre dissatisfied.
When I came out of the theatre, I realized that Tarzan’s father is none-other-than Rohit Mehra of Koi Mil Gaya fame. Bad joke, naa!!! J