Sanjay Gupta's Kaabil has Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam in the lead roles which has a talented supporting cast in the likes of Ronit Roy, Rohit Roy, Narendra Jha and Girish Kulkarni. Drawing inspiration from Hollywood’s Blind Fury (1989) with Rutger Hauer in the lead and even borrowing shades of the Korean super hit, Broken (2014), Sanjay Gupta gives you a Bollywood adaptation that is entertaining and effective.
Sanjay Gupta’s Kaabil is an ambitious film that revolves around the gripping tale of a blind protagonist seeking revenge against those in power. Action sequences are the best directed portions in the film and hence the second half is a much better watch. The climax is well executed and makes a good enough ending to the film. Certain dialogues work their way extremely well. Like Rohan’s answer during interrogation about his whereabouts, “Log kya sote waqt gawah rakh ke sote hai”. Also his amazing comeback when Rohit’s character tries to fool him by removing his shoes, so as to mislead his hearing sense and Rohan (Hrithik) saying, “Tere socks to mara hua admi bhi sungh leta.”
The film is engaging throughout the two and half hours and gives an adrenaline rush, leaving you at the edge of the seat. The first half of the film is little slow which mainly revolves around the love life of Hrithik and Yami but the scene before interval will give us an idea about the pace which the film is going to take off and that interrogation scene before the interval is my favourite personally favourite scene where Hrithik was extra ordinary. In the second half, the film picks up well and takes the audience for a roller-coaster ride.
For ages now, bollywood movies has been obsessed with the idea that nothing is impossible for the hero and the director follows the same pattern here. The mind-blowing action scenes between the hero and antagonists are so captivating and that at some point of time it would leave you wondering " wasn't the hero supposed to be blind? ". What I want to say is that blind people may have been blessed with highly sensitive sensory organs like ears and nose, but Gupta in his quest to slay the audience takes things over the top, making some portions looks unrealistic.
Yami Gautam looks pretty as Supriya. She emotes well in certain scenes and that’s about it. Nothing extraordinary but she compliments well to Hrithik's performance. The chemistry between the two looked effortless. Rohit Roy as the baddie does a decent job. It does come across as though he is trying hard to sound sleazy and succeeds in provoking you to hate him. Ronit Roy is fabulous as Madhavrao Shelar. He picks up a great Maharashtrian accent and his stern dialogue delivery is eerie. Girish Kulkarni should be Bollywood’s favorite cop. As inspector Nalavade, he does a great job. Narendra Jha as the officer on case does a good job too.
POSITIVES
1- Hrithik Roshan at his best. A career best performance from the versatile actor.
2- chemistry between Hrithik and Yami
3- Rohit and Ronit Roy did a great job.
4- Girish Kulkarni and Narendra Jha did a good job as police officers.
5- Rasool Pookutty's sound mixing
6- Sudeep Chatterger's camera.
7- Dialogues
NEGATIVES
1- Slow first half
2- Rajesh Roshan's music
Kaabil is all about the way a visually challenged, but extremely talented Rohan analyses,
calculates and executes his plan to accomplish his mission is what forms the crux of the film, making it different from other tried and tested formula films. With Hrithik Roshan's top class performance and as a better film Kaabil wins the battle over Raees.
KAABIL - 8/10 (GOOD, Must Watch, enjoy it rather than wasting your time looking for loopholes in a thriller subject)
Sanjay Gupta’s Kaabil is an ambitious film that revolves around the gripping tale of a blind protagonist seeking revenge against those in power. Action sequences are the best directed portions in the film and hence the second half is a much better watch. The climax is well executed and makes a good enough ending to the film. Certain dialogues work their way extremely well. Like Rohan’s answer during interrogation about his whereabouts, “Log kya sote waqt gawah rakh ke sote hai”. Also his amazing comeback when Rohit’s character tries to fool him by removing his shoes, so as to mislead his hearing sense and Rohan (Hrithik) saying, “Tere socks to mara hua admi bhi sungh leta.”
The film is engaging throughout the two and half hours and gives an adrenaline rush, leaving you at the edge of the seat. The first half of the film is little slow which mainly revolves around the love life of Hrithik and Yami but the scene before interval will give us an idea about the pace which the film is going to take off and that interrogation scene before the interval is my favourite personally favourite scene where Hrithik was extra ordinary. In the second half, the film picks up well and takes the audience for a roller-coaster ride.
For ages now, bollywood movies has been obsessed with the idea that nothing is impossible for the hero and the director follows the same pattern here. The mind-blowing action scenes between the hero and antagonists are so captivating and that at some point of time it would leave you wondering " wasn't the hero supposed to be blind? ". What I want to say is that blind people may have been blessed with highly sensitive sensory organs like ears and nose, but Gupta in his quest to slay the audience takes things over the top, making some portions looks unrealistic.
Kaabil is designed as a Hrithik vehicle all the way. Every scene is designed to provide proof of the star’s versatility. Hrithik Roshan has taken efforts to play a visually impaired person and that’s quite evident here. He is vulnerable as a lover and menacing as a killing-machine. He excels in the action scenes particularly, where you may truly feel like he is being caught off guard because of his blindness. The actor is known to take up challenging roles and we have to laud him for this brave attempt.
Yami Gautam looks pretty as Supriya. She emotes well in certain scenes and that’s about it. Nothing extraordinary but she compliments well to Hrithik's performance. The chemistry between the two looked effortless. Rohit Roy as the baddie does a decent job. It does come across as though he is trying hard to sound sleazy and succeeds in provoking you to hate him. Ronit Roy is fabulous as Madhavrao Shelar. He picks up a great Maharashtrian accent and his stern dialogue delivery is eerie. Girish Kulkarni should be Bollywood’s favorite cop. As inspector Nalavade, he does a great job. Narendra Jha as the officer on case does a good job too.
POSITIVES
1- Hrithik Roshan at his best. A career best performance from the versatile actor.
2- chemistry between Hrithik and Yami
3- Rohit and Ronit Roy did a great job.
4- Girish Kulkarni and Narendra Jha did a good job as police officers.
5- Rasool Pookutty's sound mixing
6- Sudeep Chatterger's camera.
7- Dialogues
NEGATIVES
1- Slow first half
2- Rajesh Roshan's music
Kaabil is all about the way a visually challenged, but extremely talented Rohan analyses,
calculates and executes his plan to accomplish his mission is what forms the crux of the film, making it different from other tried and tested formula films. With Hrithik Roshan's top class performance and as a better film Kaabil wins the battle over Raees.
KAABIL - 8/10 (GOOD, Must Watch, enjoy it rather than wasting your time looking for loopholes in a thriller subject)
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