SRK as a Lover boy - Check; SRK as a NASA scientist - Check; SRK as Hocky team coach - Check; SRK even as Asperger patient - Check; But SRK as a super hero!! Clearly NOT his cup of tea... I think its also an example of too much hype can backfire some time by setting up ridiculously high expectations. After watching RA.one, clearly my loyalty as his fan had come under scanner, but he had done too many good works to count and this fan lives on. Out of our group of 14 people, who went to watch this movie, 2 of them enjoyed the most, are the kids who had slept of!
Enough of criticism. Lets give some respect to the efforts. This movie is not that bad after all, but it doesnt meet the hype and expectation it had built. Approximately, two and half hour long movie but I never felt bored or distracted. Your mind will come across various emotions such as anger, pity, humor, frustration but you will be still glued to the seat only because of its pace. Its a classic case study for directorial mishap. Of all the directors, why Anubhav Sinha, I cant understand. I felt like as if I was watching two movies, one, where with all super special effects and story and on the other hand the typical bollywoodisation and double meaning PJs bringing its downfall. If at all story telling could have been better, I think RA.one would have been a completely different movie.
Now lets move onto SRK paragraph. Hats off to him first of all for trying something different and putting so much effort, but he cant do a Rajnikaanth. Its still fresh in memories how Rajni pulled off Robot last year, but SRK cant do that. There is hardly any scope for his acting skills or even his charismatic appearance. It just looks he is trying too hard. I can believe if Rajni stops a moving train but not SRK! So well done for trying but better get back to the roles where SRK is bigger than the characters rather than otherway around.
Strengths:
1. Special effects! Mind blowing. The fight sequences are incredible, especially the final one. You got to see that.
2. Arjun Rampal.. Outstanding; am sure he is the only one who will be benefited from this movie.
3. Chammak challo, and that too Kareena... hmm.. great to watch. Even Dildara song takes you to the good old days where SRK used to charm us.
Weakness:
1. Flawed screenplay, storytelling.
2. SRK can not convince the audience that he is a super hero. Please dont stop a moving train.
3. Too much bollywoodisation. It works with OSO because it was a typcial bollywood movie but not with RA.one
So in short, RA.one is not a must watch movie. Watch it for special effects if you like, but make sure you leave your thinking hat in the house when you go out to watch this movie. If you are an SRK fan, you might still want to watch it as a tribute for trying something new. On a whole its a disappointing experience, as the movies theme says "Burai sang jo khel rachaya, kabhi na choote uska saaya.." May be we have to rephrase it as "... Kabhi na choote SRK ka saaya!". After reviewing this movie from unbiased point of view, I still go out with 5.5/10 for this goofup of 2011, where director had let this film misrerably down. SRK has lot of soul searching to do but it was fun watching RA.one ;-)
