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| Ra.One Poster |
After months of promotion, advertisement, the 26th Oct finally came when a hell lot of money was at stake along with people's expectations about much hyped SRK's dream project Ra.One hit the theater. In recent times movie industry is all about business numbers while the story goes for a walk. With nearly 150 Cr invested into the film making with added 50 Cr in promotional events, odds were rising along with hype as pre booking numbers were good and EROS international roped in the opportunity to market this blockbuster. The movie started with bizarre direction with cliche dialogues of SRK hit movies and it was evident that the filmmakers tried desperate efforts to rope in guest appearances and tried the visual effects overdose to hold the audience to hide the flaws in the storyline and that is the main reason behind Shah Rukh Khan’s over-ambitious superhero project RA.One received quite a few negative reviews in India. The first 20 minutes were useless and add nothing to the movie.
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| G.one |
The movie is about Shekhar Subramanium (Shah Rukh Khan),
who lives in London and who is so clumsy and uncool that his young,
school-going son, Pratik (master Armaan Varma), does not consider him as
his hero or idol. In fact, he doesn’t even respect his father like a
son should. Shekhar works in a gaming company and he
alongwith his colleagues makes a video game, Ra.One, in which the
villain, Ra.One, is almost invincible. He makes the villain so powerful
because his son tells him that heroes are boring and villains are cool.
As luck would have it, Pratik, who plays games under the name of
Lucifer, defeats Ra.One upto a level. Ra.One then loses his head and
escapes from the computer in search of Lucifer. Soon, he kills Shekhar
when he lies to him that his name is Lucifer. Shekhar takes on the blame
in a bid to save his son’s life. But Ra.One, who has now taken the
identity of Shekhar’s own colleague Akashi (Tom Wu), does not give up
his search for Lucifer alias Pratik. Meanwhile, Pratik goes to his dad’s
office and between Jenny (Shahana Goswami) and Pratik, the two decide
that G.One or, in other words, the Good One from the game would have to
be released from the game to combat Ra.One. Pratik and his widowed mother, Sonia (Kareena Kapoor),
leave London to return to India and are given a hot chase by Ra.One.
After a lot of misses, Ra.One finally confronts the mother-son duo but
G.One emerges in the form of Shekhar to save them. Now, G.One, Sonia and Pratik come to
India after G.One has almost eliminated Ra.One. However, Ra.One is
re-constructed one day and lands in India. What happens next? Does he
find Lucifer? Does G.One protect Sonia and Pratik alias Lucifer? If so,
how?
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| Ra.one |
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| Pratik |
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| Sonia |
The film openly take the storyline from previous Hollywood blockbuster superhero action movies and their action sequence. But Indian flavor is there in parts which makes some sense of originality in the storyline. There are other emotional moments like when Sonia takes a promise from
G.One that he would save Pratik’s life, come what may, and when G.One
and Pratik join forces to try and combat Ra.One in the end. Also, how
Pratik is made to realize that ultimately, it is the hero who is good,
and it is the villain who is evil and that good is what one should
pursue, is subtle yet effective.Again, since the base of the story is the Ra.One video game, it will not
be fully understood by the computer-illiterate older generation. On the
other hand, kids and the youth will love the drama for the very reasons
the older generation wouldn’t – it has a lot of technical jargon, the
drama is more subtle and less over-dramatic; and the experience is
absolutely novel for the Indian audiences. But in the end it is better to watch the movie in 3D solely to experience the stunning visual effects which is the soul of the movie. Another best part of this movie is the music. Chammak challo and Criminal are the two hit numbers sung by Akon are still topping the music charts. Novelty factor and visual effects will sail the movie through to break even with its costs.
Rating: 2.5/5
