Singh Is King (2008)
6/10
The thing that's good about it is that it is entertaining
22 August 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I it very hard to rate a movie such as Singh is Kinng. The main issue with the film is that you would love to bash some of the overtly silly scenes and dim witted humor. But I do not think that it is a 'bad' movie. Its something that watchable enough, if you want to have some entertainment.

I wish they would've improved the B-grade script. For example, there were many cheesy dialogs and humor is completely wrong scenes. Like the one where Sonu Sood is injured and the others compare his injury to Sharukh Khan's in his movies and argue over the matter at such a wrong time.

Then there was a completely foolish side plot of Kiron Kher pretending to be rich and living in a house where people have guns as their toys. I mean, where does anyone find the time to write such a bad script and spend crores on it? Was Vipul Sharma drunk?

The songs were really good and the locations too suited the picture perfectly. I just didn't like the song in which Snoop Dogg was featured. Neither did he have his own space in the song nor was he needed. The song too was mediocre.

The drama in the movie was so not required. I mean, come on, you don't expect much drama in such a film. Plus, the love triangle sort of resembled the one in Namaste London when Akshay helps Katrina marry Ranvir even though he loves her. All is fine in the end. Yawn!

Katrina looks gorgeous in the film and her acting is good but she should try to improve as she was much better in Namaste London. Akshay isn't as likable as he was in his previous film, though he still hasn't lost the charm. Kiron Kher made me laugh sometimes but I just found her okay, as the role given to her became silly after a while. The side stories of the supporting cast ( The don's men and ladies) wasn't necessary at all. That was just to fill the gap or the movie would get too short.

I do not understand where did Vipul spend so much money in the film? I've seen more action in other films and most of the film just progressed in Sonu Sood's mansion where the love triangle went on and on.

Ranvir Shorey is terribly wasted in the film. Why was he given such rude lines? He just sleepwalked through most of the movie. Neha Dhupia was good and so was the supporting cast. Sonu Sood had nothing to do but was really funny. I especially found the scene where he was used to pass the drinks as he couldn't speak anything and his statue figure was taken advantage by his own men genuinely hilarious.

Overall, it is a likable yet a vulnerable film as critics like me would crush some of the absurdity in it. 6 out of 10.
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