Singh is Kinng: Movie Review

The Good:

• Hmmm... Let me think. Comedy was OK. Music was just about OK. Akshay Kumar was OK. Katrina looked good, again. The movie is well... below OK.
  
• There are a bunch of laughs sprinkled here and there. Akshay Kumar does his best with his brash sense of comedy as the punjabi jat (yet again..). For the most part the characters at least try hard to make the audience laugh.
• With rampant publicity across the world the business minds behind the movie did well to make up the cost of the movie and also rake in some profits.
• The title song is catchy with our desi female rapper Hard Kaur doing the jigs as well as vocals.

The Bad:

• Well apart from the title song, none of the songs pack a punch although the mould is punjabi bhangra which is fast catching up in bollywood movies. The music is a let down.
• Akshay Kumar is getting into this mould of a brash jat who has a knack of uttering sniggering punchlines. Well nothing wrong with that but I sincerely hope Akshay does not get stuck in this mould. He is a good actor and one of my favorites. The repetitive style is killing the jokes and the true fan following. Akshay sir, kuch action wagerah bhi ho jaaye.
• Screenplay. Well it moves like a old station wagon who has run out of steam. It jerks and burps and never settles on a thread long enough to hold your interest. In a race of who blinks first, between the audience or this screenplay, this screenplay looses.
• Too many side characters. It becomes difficult if you have to provide for everybody. Javed Jaffery comes and goes, Om puri is reduced to nothing in the second half and Sonu Sood had nothing much to do either. None of the supporing cast helps the cause.
• I went with high hopes and came back big headache. Some might argue that you should leave your brains home before watching such fare. I think the film posters should advertise this fact that "Brains not allowed".
  

The Ugly:

• Akshay Kumar everywhere in the frame, yet not being able to salvage the fare. He is practically in every frame of the movie.
• Om Puri's character elicited some laughs and promised more but unfortunately he was omitted out.
  

Endnote
Avoidable with a sigh for it could have been better.