Let’s start with a question, why one
should watch ‘Kick’? And the answer is one doesn’t need a reason to watch a ‘Salman
Khan’ movie; its guaranteed entertainment with ample doses of laughter and
action. That brings us to the second question, does ‘Kick’ provides it? And the
answer is ‘yes it does’, just at the cost of common sense, but who is
complaining? Not even me.
You don’t expect to watch a thought provoking
idea being pitched to you through a ‘masala’ entertainment movie, you go
for style, songs, action, stunt, dialogues and item songs, and you get all of
that in this movie. ‘Kick’ is an official remake of a Telugu movie by same
name, initially this movie was supposed to be directed by ‘Shirish Kunder’ who
is famous for being Farha Khan’s husband and being slapped by none other than
our own ‘Shah Rukh Khan’. However for unspecified reasons he left the director’s
chair and producer ‘Sajid Nadidwala’ debuted as director with this movie.My interest in this movie was largely due to involvement of ‘Chetan Bhagat’ as a screenplay writer; however it saddens me to say that the screenplay and editing of the movie leaves a lot to be desired.
The movie revolves around Devi Lal Singh (Salman); a guy who searches for ‘Kick’ everywhere; how he meets and falls for the heroine (jackline); and how he becomes a cunning thief Devil. Now without going into specifics, the overall movie experience of the movie is good, Salman gives a natural performance, Randeep Huda supports well, Nawajuddin Siddhiqi catches you attention in a relatively small role, Jackline is likeabl, Mithon and Saurabh Shukla gives flawless performances. Story of the movie is also alright, but the gaps in screenplay are too wide to hide, take for instance the chase sequence in Poland, when Salman drops into the river with a bus, how he got out of there is never cared to be explained, ditto to why Randeep Huda doesn’t arrests Salman after learning his true identity, and God havens I may have to approach a psychic to know how Randeep Huda cracks the code given to him by Salman. The movie starts with a chase sequence, but picks up speed only when Sanjay Mishra and Mithun Charkrowary enters the scene, the graph of the movie dwindles throughout the time. The debutant director may face the problem of keeping the audience glued to the screen if he doesn’t get Salman Khan to star in his next movie.
Music of the film has already caught up with the youngsters, I liked it too, but I would have loved to see a better choreography for the most rocking song of the movie ‘Yaar ni miley’. The energy of the song is not matched by the dancing on the screen.
However keeping in mind that we went for the movie to relax and wanted no exertion for our brain we can spare the movie of its shortcomings, so go to this movie with family and kids, they will enjoy it and so will you.
Rating ***.
