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Critic's Rating:4.5/5
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Vivek Oberoi, Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut
Direction: Rakesh Roshan
Genre: Sci-Fi
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Avg Readers Rating:4.5/5
Story:
Each time evil awakens in the world, a superhero rekindles his
superpowers. This time Krrish is back, with thrice the power to destroy
the demonic Kaal and his bastion of beastly mutants.
Review: Evil
doesn't raise its ugly head anymore. It raises a finger. But then
'Good' flies too. In 'Superhero' form - Caped, masked, winged - with
muscles of steel and hearts of gold. Our comic-book phirang fantasy boys
have flown high as 'Supermen' in Hollywood epics for eons. In India,
only one man with an audacious flight of imagination - Rakesh Roshan -
has thrice-over, superbly crafted a fantastical world 'alien' to
Bollywood, with our very own amazingly evocative superhero - Krrish
(Hrithik).
Leaping from where the prequel ended, Krishna
(Hrithik) lives with his wife (Priyanka), and genius Dad, Rohit Mehra
(Hrithik). In twirling black cape and mask, he hurtles across the city
on heroic rescue operations, playing good hubby and doing odd jobs (as
the alter ego). But his life is uproariously interrupted with the
emergence of a dark and destructive world of an evil called 'Kaal'
(Vivek). A maniacal villain, with special powers and a venomous will to
erase inferior beings - the human race.
Kaal fuses DNA, to create
an assortment of evil mutants called maanvars (manav+jaanwar) - a
horned Rhinoman, red-eyed Antman, a Frogman (who gives lot of tongue)
and a super-shapely chameleon Kaya (Kangna). He wants to spread a deadly
virus to exterminate humanity, but Krrish uses his superpowers to save
'mankind' from the malignant 'mutakind'.
Hrithik is truly the
stuff superheroes are made of. Brandishing his Greek-God looks and
almighty powers. Displaying larger-than-life flair and flying
shoulder-to-shoulder with any Hollywood superman. As the prosthetically
pot-bellied and ageing Rohit, he is incredible. Vivek, as a physically
disabled anti-hero is menacing as a 'hellboy'. His lunatic laugh and
white-washed make-up make him fearfully fantastic. Priyanka is good in
her limited role. Kangna in her gothic and deviously dark avatar looks
stunning and pulls off an outstanding act.
With a visually
riveting and emotionally engaging story, intriguing characters, sweeping
VFX (unseen thus far on Indian celluloid) Rakesh Roshan's ambitious
dream lives up. Yes, it's hugely inspired (by the Bats, Spideys and
Wolverines of the West), but our superhero has his own 'X-factor'. Even
with all the high-octane car crashes, explosions and 'animatronics', the
philosophy is the force behind it all, yet, never overpowering the
story.
The songs are slightly disappointing and background score
(Salim-Sulaiman) is good, but unable to amp up the magnitude of the
film.
For sheer vision, bravado and superlative execution, this
one soars to new orbits. Latch on to this cape for an exhilarating ride.
Note: You might not like this film if sci-fi, fantastical films are not your scene.