Director : Rohit Shetty
Lyrics :Swanand Kirkire
Music : Ajay-Atul
Cast : Ajay Devgn, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Ashok Saraf and Sonali Kulkarni
Picture this…a bunch of cops openly kick the shit out of a "high-profile" politician . The honest police protagonist gives an extensive emotional speech on how the entire police force has gone corrupt, which instantly awakens the conscience of cops from across the state including the "DGP", all of whom come to Singham’s immediate rescue. A head constable on the brink of retirement mouths a monologue on how a police officer is supposed to be saviour of the society yet remains underpaid than janitor.
In a country already mired with multiple controversial corruption scams, where an average Indian remains a passive spectator, the implausible heroism of Singham attemp to exploit the suppressed sentimentality of the audience.
Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) is an honest Sub-Inspector in his village with practically no case registered at his police station, since he solves most of them amicably. With a heart of gold, chest of steel and fists of like iron, he qualifies as the elementary hero material as we know. He just needs an excuse to flex his muscles and clench his claws, turning a one-man army at the drop of a hat, to battle an entire battalion of zombie-looking goons. The actual story initiates by the end of the first half when he clashes with an "extortionist-cum-aspiring" politician Man Jaykant Shikre (Prakash Raj) and a game of one-upmanship begins between the two.
An aftermath of the success of larger-than-life actioners like Wanted and Dabangg , Singham (officially remade from last year’s Tamil hit by the same name starring Suriya) is clearly devised as
an out-an-out action flick for the original action hero Ajay Devgn. The focus is clearly on action and perhaps Rohit Shetty’s definition of full-blown action is his trademark blowing-up-cars phenomena. Jai Singh Nijjar’s action direction involving mortal combats and car chases is quite unimaginative on that front and it’s only thanks to Ajay Devgn’s intensity and physical authenticity that the fight sequences look kind of convincing.
With a lot of noise (read loud) and no substance, SINGHAM brings no
khushi and only gham.
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