The Great Indian Superman is here. Superstar Hritik blazes the screen with super romance and action. Mugs and masks sold out in supermarkets. The father and son duo strikes again superbly knocking down the doubters and fence sitters.
Krish tells the story of Krishna, the perennial gaon ka chokra who falls inevitably for the seher ki kudi and follows her singing to Singapore. Soon his hidden super powers is accidently exposed in a circus ring fire and after that he goes berserk saving the good old mother earth.
The problem with Krish is that it is so exasperatingly predictable. From the first scene to the last scene you can tell what will happen next without blinking. The characters, their dialogues and the costume changes are so seeped in the traditional Hindi movie mould that this movie can easily be researched for the evolution of Bollywood stereotypes.
The movie, ultimately belong to Hritik Roshan. Credit should go to him for trying his level best to put some flesh in his cardboard character. The transformation of Krishna to Krish is shown in a very trite manner. He could have as well have saved the children in the fire using one of the clown masks available around him. In fact he was dancing the previous scene wearing one. A superhero must have a super reason for being the way he is. For our man in black, the only reason seem to be getting clicked in slow motion while he does his super stunts.
The movie is distinctly separated in two parts. We can very well dedicate the first half to Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh and Rajendranath. The content is same except the packaging had changed. Priyanka Chopra with her silly grins, paddle pushers and woolen muffins and caps look straight out from the Sixties. Looking retro is cool provided you sport a gen next attitude. The latter was definitely subtracted while conceiving the scenes.
The second half is more complex. It oscillates between comedy, romance and action in simple harmonic motion. Naseeruddin Shah plays the evil computer genius who dreams of world domination. The plot surrounding him with Krish’s father had so many loopholes that I might fall in one before I complete my sentence. Bottomline the climax showcases the amazing powers of Krish who single handedly saved the world, reunites with his long lost father and gets a bahu for his mother.
I will not discuss the songs as all of them are ordinary and you guessed it….full of rehashed, heard it before melodies.
We all know that this movie had by now created box office history and the subject of innumerable dissections. I have no problem with that and would like to congratulate the Roshans for their stupendous success. However it is not my cup of Horlicks or Bournvita. The concept was fine but the execution left a lot to be desired. I will wait for my real Indian superhero in Omkara.
Did someone say Krrish was a sequel to Koi Mil Gaya?
Where is my shotgun, honey?
Did someone say Rekha was there in Krrish?
I thought it was Nirupa Roy.
Did somesone say Priyanka Chopra is on her way to the top after Krrish?
One for the road, baby.
Did someone say Krrish is better than Superman, Batman and Spiderman?
He might me but he still need to jump higher, lift heavier weights than Priyanka and grow a tail to be the next Hanuman.