KRRISH
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra,
Vivek Oberoi, Kangana Ranaut
Director: Rakesh Roshan
IMDB Rating: 7.2
'Krrish 3'
is a superhero film. It is also a throwback to the creaky family entertainers
Bollywood used to make. The hero has special powers, sure, but also a loving
daddy, a lovely wifey, an attractive moll and a villain with severe daddy
issues. Only a pet poodle or parrot is missing.
Superheroes
have been around in Hindi cinema for decades, but huge technology jumps have
made 'Krrish 3' the slickest of them all, special effects-wise. The rest of it
is marred by tackiness. When Krrish is doing his derring-do stunts, we watch,
even if we've seen Superman do this 30 years ago. But when he delivers maudlin
dialogue about fathers and mothers and bravery, we are pulled back to the
ground with a thud, with the superhero the Roshans made.
Hrithik is
the perfect choice amongst the Bollywood superstar lot to do this role. With
his superbly articulated chest, each muscle moving and shiny and oiled, Krrish
doesn't even need a mask and a cape. But the ensemble is eye-catching, and we
ignore his immaculately-styled long hair, flying in the wind, when he is
whizzing about rescuing little boys. Roshan Jr is as likeable and earnest as he
usually is, but can't rise above the mothballed treatment. Roshan Sr, who has
written and directed, should have given the superhero more to do.
But he gets
stuck in bringing the backstory forward. The soppy but sweet `Koi Mil Gaya's (
2003) socially challenged but brilliant Rohit begets Krishna, who finds his
super-powers in 'Krrish' ( 2006). Both the ageing Rohit and Krishna star in
`'Krrish 3', and both roles are played by Hrithik. Priyanka, playing Krishna's
TV reporter wife, has to look on admiringly as Hrithik does his standard dance
number. He is still as dextrous, but the dancing has no zing, and the songs are
terrible.
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