Singh is Bliing Review

The new action comedy ‘Singh is Bliing’ directed by Prabhu Deva and starring Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Lara Dutta, Kunal Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon, Rati Agnihotri, Pradeep Rawat and Yograj Singh revolves around the concept of this world still being inhabited by Neanderthals. The movie showcases a hero who is looking for the mission of his life, a female protagonist and a sleepwalker, but also English – to – Hindi translator. Literally, the title doesn’t mean anything specific. The audience is left with the burden of figuring out what is happening and why? The male protagonist is also confused and the whole movie generates a lot of chaos on the scene and in minds of the audience. Meant to be a laugh riot, the movie has actually turned out to be an endurance test. With the slapstick comedy, the movie looks hopeless. The wit of the film is limited to Hindi words mistaken for English slangs.

Akshay Kumar is portrayed as a Punjabi villager with a happy-go-lucky attitude who likes to dance and loves animals. This love lands him a job at a zoo. At the zoo, a lion escapes and is replaced by dog sporting a faux mane. Not much good happens in the movie as it takes from animal kingdom to humans.

The movie is Prabhu Deva’s first Hindi non- remake film and a second one with Akshay. The first one was Rowdy Rathore which comparatively did well on the screen. The scenes follow one another without shedding some light on the previous one or the next one. The film doesn’t rise much in the concept, though the songs do hit your ears hard. It is in the song Tung Tung that the Raftaar (Akshay) as the villager is introduced to us along with Rati Agnihotri as his overprotective mom and Yograj Singh as his irritating dad. The father sends his son to Goa to work for his friend i.e., Pradeep Rawat there. he has a casino in Mandovi. Meanwhile in Romania, Sara Rana (Amy Jackson), the daughter of a weapon trader reacts to eve teasing by Mark i.e., Kay Kay Menon who then is forced to ask her for a public apology. Feeling insulted he vows revenge. Sara takes a flight to Goa to find her lost mother. The owner of the casino puts her under the watch of Raftaar.

This poses a communication problem between the two as Sara speaks English and Raftaar does not. Here is when our translator Lara Dutta comes in to the rescue. The liberal translation further adds to the confusion. In all the verbal confusion Raftaar begins thinking that Sara has taken a liking to him. Sara is also a martial arts expert and it is she who rescues the hero from being killed by a drug dealer’s men. We see two talking cows where one says to another that human beings talk too much, however this isn’t the problem. The problem is that the movie fails to wow the crowd.