It was a memorable experience watching King Khan's much awaited film of the year RA.ONE here in New Zealand. Awesome special effects were the highlight of the film for me. SRK & director Anubhav have tried to elevate the level of Indian cinema vis-a-vis Hollywood. It may be recalled that previous attempts by Indian filmmakers at superhero movies, like Hrithik's Krish & Abhi's-Drona proved futile & were much below the international standards. RA.One is a superhero movie with a different spin. Herein the gaming characters come out of their virtual world into the realms of the real world. Shahrukh plays a dual role, as a game developer & G1, a super hero look alike.
The initial hour of the movie was average, but kudos to SRK for trying something different. His South Indian avatar Shekhar with his permed hair & "ayyayo" was not too bad. Actually he is the head of a gaming department in "Barron Industries" where he is asked to produce a new game for the Indian market. Kareena plays Shekhar's wife, Sonia. RA.One (Arjun Rampal) impresses as a villain, his bald & deadly look & his late entry into the film after intermission were the highlights. G.One (SRK) is the good guy in the game. While SRK belives that villains are bad elements, so the good should win, but his son Prateik thinks that the villains are cool dudes. To win over his son , for whom he is always a source of embarrassment, Shekhar designs the villain in such a way that he is near invincible.
Game is set to three levels. And the death will occur only at LEVEL 3. Both G-One & RA-one have H.A.R.T's , that gives them the power to play. Without the HART they cannot die in the game as well. It's fascinating to watch how the villain Ra.One steps out from the gaming world into the real world & destroys it's creator Shekhar. Then he sets out to find Lucifer(Prateek) who had challenged him in the game. In his search for Lucifer, he kills Akashi who was Shekhar's colleague in designing the game. Then Ra.One assumes the form of Akashi to destroy Lucifer. Prateek who is a gaming whiz kid tries to convince his mom, Kareena that his dad did not die in an accident, but was killed by Ra.One. He brings G.one( SRK) from the game into their life, to fight the menace of RA.one . Armaan Verma as Prateek (Shekhar's son) a.k.a Lucifer impresses in his debut performance as a child artiste. Kareena looks gorgeous as always.
The music by Vishal-Shekhar was average apart from Chhamak Chhallo & "Criminal". I particularly enjoyed "Chhamak Challo" by AKON, sung beautifully & picturized in a nice manner. Akon's awesome vocals coupled with flawless Hindi is surely going to be a big hit with the audience. Shahrukh disappointed with his South Indian pronounciation. All in all Ra.One impresses as a superhero movie, but the initial part of the movie lacked the punch of a SRK flick.
Screenplay & dialogues could have been made better. Kids would love SRK's leaps over the buildings, jumping over the cars & his attempt to stop an out of control train with his hands, SRK has tried to blend all the elements, Bollywood masala, Hollywood style action sequences, international musicians like Akon, to cater to not only Indian masses but also to the non resident Indians based overseas & the foreigners . The presence of the legendary Rajnikant, gorgeous Priyanka & dashing Sunju Baba in guest roles adds to the appeal of the film. It comes as no surprise that RA.one has already recoverd it's cost just in one week of it's screening globally, having collected more than 170 crores(US $34.52 mil) in the first week. One hopes that Shahrukh's attempt to raise the level of Indian cinema to match Hollywood on a technological front does succeed. The day is not far when our Indian movies are at par with Hollywood movies or even better.
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