Rowdy Rathore (2012)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Good concept, poorly executed.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

One of the best Bollywood films I've seen in very long time. Even my teenage sons enjoyed. It had both comedic and action elements in this title. And I would highly recommend this title too anyone. Akshay Kumar's performance in this title was amazing. Do not listen to the bad reviews. They just do not know how to review a great movie. Definitely better than most of the Bollywood junk out there. Overall it's a great movie for the whole family to enjoy and contains humorous parts throughout the whole of the film. This is accompanied with a blend of comedic action, That really makes this film great. I would definitely recommend this. A great Bollywood flick!

If not for the stunningly sensationl-Sonakshi Sinha, this movie has all the ingredients of a kachada movie. You can't expect much class from a Telugu director like Prabhu Deva (Vastundi Shigramu..Kachada moviealu-Bhayankara Kattivarasalu-Bhayankara Mustiyuddalu) who is not only the worst but cheap and un-aesthetic choreographer. By letting him direct a movie, the producer, the caliber of Bhansali, is stooping low and has shown disrespect to the Hindi cinema. The music is horrible, and it is a shame, if this duo, were paid for this malady of composition. The humor is low brow and stupid, very much consistent with front-bencher's expectation of comedy.Akshay Kumar,is the highest paid actor in Hindi cinema. He is capable of good acting as in "Patiala House" yet, he keeps churning out stupid, dimwit, buffoonary as in this movie. The action is generic dishum-dishum that a six year old street kid can direct. I give this movie a 3 for Sonakshi (who looks very much Indian as opposed to the imbecile imports, who can't act, dance or speak Hindi,) reminding us of classy actresses of yester-years, the likes of Vijayntimala and Sadhana. The rest of the movie is for the birds, with cheap thrills for the front benchers who relish and dictate the 100 crore movie market, and not for the sophisticated audience, which is in the process of extinction and this movie along with "Dabhang", "3 Idiots" and Delhi Belly" will only help to hasten that process.

"Rowdy Rathore" is a clear indication that B-grade is the new Bollywood grade. The trend started off with "Dabaang" , followed suit by many south remakes like "Bodygaurd" , "Singham" & so on. Seeing his contemporaries falling back on to the ever-bankable masala formula , Akshay Kumar tries his hand at the same with this remake of Telugu movie "Vikramarkudu". It is actually going back to the basics as far as Akshay is concerned for he started off with these kinda movies , changed his track post "" to comedies . Currently following string of flops he has taken recourse in the current trend of remaking south Indian movies, especially considering the success these movies are."Vikramarkudu " was a very crass & crude Telugu masala with extra spice which when was remade in Tamil as "Siruthai" , the crassness & crudity was a bit watered-down , though for Tamil standards it was a bit too much. This Hindi version of the same story is the most refined of the three (despite Prabhu Deva's direction..!) with not even 50 % of masala of the original but for Bollywood standards it is one of the most inane movies in recent times.That the audience would lap it up like they did some of the recent blockbusters in Hindi doesn't necessarily means that it is a good movie. Movie has male chauvinism, larger than life fight sequences, coarse dance sequences with garish of costumes, uncouth language & ridiculous love plot. Old (older looking) hero & overweight heroine rounds up the misery for the viewer.Akshay Kumar looks jaded & a far cry from what Ravi Teja & even Karthi managed with this role. His comical scenes irritates while his serious ones make you laugh out loud. Sonakshi Sinha looks heavy & needs a lot to do to reduce her weight as well to develop her acting skills. Nasser is as dependable as ever.Music is heavily inspired from south songs as does the background score.Santhosh Thundiyil is the cinematographer , has done his part well.Prabhu Deva after string of flops in Tamil , has done his second movie in Hindi following his successful remake of "Pokiri" as "Wanted". He has added his signature elements here & there in the narration, except for that nothing much to write about.On the whole, "Rowdy Rathore" is an unabashed masala movie without any pretensions. You would either get entertained or would end up with a severe Migraine.Bottomline: "Rowdy Rathore" is a clear indication that B-grade is the new Bollywood grade. The trend started off with "Dabaang" , followed suit by many south remakes like "Bodygaurd" , "Singham" & so on. Seeing his contemporaries falling back on to the ever-bankable masala formula , Akshay Kumar tries his hand at the same with this remake of Telugu movie "Vikramarkudu". It is actually going back to the basics as far as Akshay is concerned for he started off with these kinda movies , changed his track post "" to comedies . Currently following string of flops he has taken recourse in the current trend of remaking south Indian movies, especially considering the success these movies are."Vikramarkudu " was a very crass & crude Telugu masala with extra spice which when was remade in Tamil as "Siruthai" , the crassness & crudity was a bit watered-down , though for Tamil standards it was a bit too much. This Hindi version of the same story is the most refined of the three (despite Prabhu Deva's direction..!) with not even 50 % of masala of the original but for Bollywood standards it is one of the most inane movies in recent times.That the audience would lap it up like they did some of the recent blockbusters in Hindi doesn't necessarily means that it is a good movie. Movie has male chauvinism, larger than life fight sequences, coarse dance sequences with garish of costumes, uncouth language & ridiculous love plot. Old (older looking) hero & overweight heroine rounds up the misery for the viewer.Akshay Kumar looks jaded & a far cry from what Ravi Teja & even Karthi managed with this role. His comical scenes irritates while his serious ones make you laugh out loud. Sonakshi Sinha looks heavy & needs a lot to do to reduce her weight as well to develop her acting skills. Nasser is as dependable as ever.Music is heavily inspired from south songs as does the background score.Santhosh Thundiyil is the cinematographer , has done his part well.Prabhu Deva after string of flops in Tamil , has done his second movie in Hindi following his successful remake of "Pokiri" as "Wanted". He has added his signature elements here & there in the narration, except for that nothing much to write about.On the whole, "Rowdy Rathore" is an unabashed masala movie without any pretensions. You would either get entertained or would end up with a severe Migraine.Bottomline: Don't angry me..!

Aki you do best job in Rowdy Rathore you are my supper Hero , aki is natural actor no one equal to aki , Thanks God aki movie hit .....! last year aki is very bad luck given great hit as compared to salman khan. salaman khan don't know acting in front of Aki , Akshay keep it conti......... ! your supporter with you. am so happy i love you Rowdy :) this film give lot of fun and enjoy i really appreciated all peoples to make this movie supper hit Akshay is really supper supper actor Aki we all wait for your next supper hit :) <3 <3 <3 So i hope you do best job and continue to make a great hit and give all of us lot of enjoy...! We all waiting for your next supper hit more then Rowdy Rathore.