It takes a special kind of talent to make a film like Shivaay - Ajay Devgan steps into Director's shoes, plays the heavily 'tattoo ed' titular protagonist of the much ambitious adventure..err...misadventure which fails miserably in terms of its placement - a thriller ? an action-adventure ? an emotional saga of father and daughter? Whipping up a cocktail of a harebrained plot , some jaw-dropping action scenes against the terrific and exotic foreign locales and an uninspiring narrative , Devgan leaves no stone unturned in jarring our heads. A common man turning into an unstoppable and lethal force when it comes to save his family or loved ones - is a premise that has been witnessed zillion times in the annals of Bollywood.
Playing a mountaineer in the Himalayas and a single father whose mute daughter gets kidnapped by human traffickers in Bulgaria, he unleashes hell on all the wrong-doers and it quite literally becomes a one-man fight against the network of the baddies and those in the garb of cops.
Devgan is virtually in every frame and other accomplished actors like Girish Karnad , Saurabh Shukla hardly have a character sketch.At certain situations, his suffering due to his missing daughter is palpable but the short-lived romantic interlude comes across as laughably cringy.The foreign actors - Erika Kaar and Abigail Eames are mere marionettes and don't seize even a moment to provide the much-needed emotional wallop.Little respite comes from Mithoon's melodious scores and the British Band The Vamps who have devised the absorbing title track.
Its disappointing to see such a lavishly mounted film on a hefty budget derailing off its tracks , without any grip to hold your attention.
'A helluva excruciating film further weighed down by a sloppy script, only occasionally uplifted with awe-inspiring stunts" I am going with a generous 1.5 stars
Playing a mountaineer in the Himalayas and a single father whose mute daughter gets kidnapped by human traffickers in Bulgaria, he unleashes hell on all the wrong-doers and it quite literally becomes a one-man fight against the network of the baddies and those in the garb of cops.
Devgan is virtually in every frame and other accomplished actors like Girish Karnad , Saurabh Shukla hardly have a character sketch.At certain situations, his suffering due to his missing daughter is palpable but the short-lived romantic interlude comes across as laughably cringy.The foreign actors - Erika Kaar and Abigail Eames are mere marionettes and don't seize even a moment to provide the much-needed emotional wallop.Little respite comes from Mithoon's melodious scores and the British Band The Vamps who have devised the absorbing title track.
Its disappointing to see such a lavishly mounted film on a hefty budget derailing off its tracks , without any grip to hold your attention.
'A helluva excruciating film further weighed down by a sloppy script, only occasionally uplifted with awe-inspiring stunts" I am going with a generous 1.5 stars
