A romantic movie that revolves around the social evil of
honor killing - still rampant in certain parts of North Western India - and to
make it a launch pad for a star son is by no means simple. And in this regard
the director Sabbir Khan of “Kamakht Ishq” fame needs a round of applause. He
has been able to do this in a quite lucid yet very convincing manner.
Ask your wife a simple question, “Who loves you more, you as
the husband or her father?” She will “always” say her father. And you live with
this hard truth forever. Heropanti boldly touches upon this complex love
quotient with a dramatic yet convincing feel. The emotion of a father whose
daughter has eloped with her lover is pitched against the emotion of the lover
himself with his new found love in this “Father’s daughter”. This comparison of
love quotient – one between father daughter and the other between daughter and
her lover both from the male perspective is interesting. A subject that
generally the film makers in India have not touched upon so far!
The film has to be
watched or missed, re-watched or re-missed on only one count - Tiger Shroff. This
new lad on the horizon is a complete star material – one who has dashing looks,
dances well, and prefers to do his own stunts. In a nutshell Tiger has in him
everything that makes a perfect star but misses slightly on one front – acting.
Maybe we can spare him this time and wait for his next release to see his
acting skills. Looks like, the weak script too was a reason that restrained him
to come out with his emotions well on screen. For a debutant actor I would
prefer to give him full credit for the movie, even with a weak script Tiger has
pulled off the movie well all along his own shoulders.
The plot is simple! Choudhary’s (Prakas Raj) daughter Renu
has eloped with her lover and Choudhary is out on the hunt for the couple along
with his goons. Choudhary soon realizes that Babloo (Tiger Shroff) had helped
the couple, so Babloo is taken captive and brought to the khap village. It’s
here that Babloo falls in love with Choudhary’s second daughter Dimpy (Kriti
Sanon). Romance unfolds in a melodrama leading to a series of fight sequences
and ultimately Choudhary realizes that Babloo’s love for Dimpy was no less than
his own love for his daughter. In a dramatic climax, Choudhary relents and
gives the hands of his daughter to Babloo.
Prakash Raj as expected is the backbone of the movie and does
it with a good mix of action, emotion and humor. The dance sequences are awesome.
Tiger definitely seems to have done his homework well. The music especially the
flute tune from Hero (Jackie Shroff’s debut movie) has a nostalgic feel. The movie has good action sequences and cheesy dialogues:
Tiger Shroff on Heropanti: “Kya karu kisi ko aati nahi aur
meri jaati nahi”
“Jo dost kaminey nahi hote wo kaminey dost nahi hote.”
The movie falls flat on certain counts. The intensity of
romance is nowhere to be seen. The body chemistry between the lead pair doesn’t
seem to work well and this is quite obvious on the screen. Also on emotional
dialogues Tiger looks hesitant and a novice. The script offers little for Kriti
Sanon and nowhere has she tried to go beyond it.
On a final note you can give it a watch for Tiger Shroff if not
for anything else. He’s definitely a star in the making.
