Review of Kick

From last 3-4 years a new brand of cinema has been introduced that is called brand Salman Khan movies. The main features of this type of cinemas are this movies are  remake of a successful south Indian film, there will be high voltage action sequences, there will  be chartbuster songs, the story will not follow any kind of logic, there will be enough punchlines which will generate seetis and tallis, most of them will release on the festive season of Eid, most of them will be produced by any friend or relative of Salman Khan, and above all Salman Khan will be the biggest USP of these films  and in almost every scene there will be an attempt to utilize the popularity of brand Salman Khan. "Kick" belongs to the same category of movies but still it can appeal to the non-Salman fans too because of the presence of two brilliant actors Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Before the release of the film lots of things had been said about the story of the film that it is inspired by Salman's real life but in reality the only similarity is just like real life in the movie

too Salman is attached with a charity fund apart from that there is no similarity.This is the story of Devi Lal Singh who is genius who can multitask on lots of complicated works together, who had lots of educational degrees but can not work on a single job because he does not get the kick in that. One fine day he meets Shaina( Jacqueline Fernandez) who is a psychiatrist and falls in love with her but soon they realizes that their preferences in life are different so they broke up. Then all of a sudden Devi Lal Singh becomes a super cool thief Devil who robs money from rich to serve the poor and he found his much awaited kick in this job. From this point starts the main story which is the cat and mouse chase between a super cool thief Devil and a street smart cop Himanshu Tyagi (Randeep Hooda). This thief and cop encounter has so much similarity with Dhoom series movies that you may think that you are actually watching Dhoom 4. Just like the Dhoom movies here too the thief and cop comes face to face so many times but the cop is unaware of the identity of the thief, here too the thief throws open challenges to the cop before doing his robberies and here too there is an emotional cause attached with the thief as a result the cop develops sympathy for the thief towards the climax. But the difference is the cop Himanshu Tyagi (Randeep Hooda) is much more intelligent and smart than Jay Dixit of Dhoom series and this works for the benefit of the movie.

Four persons name have been credited as the screenplay writer probably they have written different episodes of the film as the movie is clearly divided in four episodes. First one about

Devi and Shaina's love story, second one about Devil and Himanshu's clash, third one featuring the main villain Shiv Gajra (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) in Poland and the final one about the revelation of Devils secret and the final clash between Devil and Himanshu. Among them the first episode is the worst one as the love story processed in a very slow pace and there is not enough engaging moments too. The third section is the best probably because of the entry of the brilliant Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shiv Gajra. The screenplay is inconsistent but there are lots of moments for Salman fans. There are some scenes which will definitely deserve claps from audiences like: when Devi goes to meet Shaina's father Brijesh Mehra (Saurabh Shukla); when Devil crosses a railway track in front of a super fast train; the scene just before the interval where Devi alias Devil comes back to the life of Shaina and Himanshu; the scene where Devi dances to the tune of "Saat Samundar Paar"; the final scene between Devi and Himanshu in the climax etc.
The dialogues written by Rajat Arora are just okay but it could have been better considering the past track record of the movies of Salman Khan as well as the dialogues written by Rajat Arora in the past. The only dialogue which is excellent is the final one which describes the the character of Devi Lal Singh "Main dil mein aata hoon, samajh mein nahin", This line works very well because not only it describe the character of Devi rather it describes the characteristics of Brand Salman movies too.

As a director Sajid Nadiwadwala has made a promising debut. He has handled the large scale

of the movie very well with good quality production values probably being the producer himself has helped him to make the movie on the required large scale. Though most of the movie is dominated by brand power of Salman Khan but his good directional skills are visible. His choice of actors and locations is very much appropriate as per the story.  He has used the computer graphics works very well in the film not only in the action sequences but also in other scenes too in a very innovative way like the use of a series of animations to describe the growing years of Devi Lal Singh or the use of a moving video clip of Himanshu's interview in a newspaper article to describe the interview written on the newspaper.The only thing he has missed out is a grand entry sequence of the hero Salman Khan. The entry sequence here is good but it could have been better also the love story between Devi and Shaina could have been shortened by few minutes.

The interesting thing about Salman Khan's acting is that whatever role he plays he always looks and acts like Salman Khan and he never tries to do anything else as he knows that his fans also love to see him as Salman Khan , the superstar not as the character. Probably his director also knows that so he has used an irrelevant reference of the immensely popular character Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg, which was also played by Salman Khan. So it is useless to comment about his acting abilities. But yes he has looked stylish and much fitter to perform the action sequences. He has performed with the coolness and style required for his on screen character. Also he has danced really well in the song "Jumme Ki Raat".

Jacqueline Fernandez has been a part of superhit movies earlier too and the experience of "Kick" will be no different for her. As an actress here too she has nothing much to do. But she has managed to look glamorous and sexy even with the thick glasses. Her solo dance sequence in the song "Jumme Ki Raat" is superb and it surely deserves seetis and clapping.
Also she has has a good chemistry with her onscreen partner Salman Khan.

Randeep Hooda has done full justice to his character of Himanshu a tough cop. His look, his attitude, his dialogue delivery everything is too good. In fact in such a non logical unrealistic movie his character looks very much realistic and well researched. He has done good job in the lighter moments too like the scenes where he bonds with Devi in a drunk situation or the scenes where he tries to express his feelings for Shaina.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has made his debut in hardcore commercial movies with this film and he has proved his acting abilities here too. He has proved that a good actor is not bounded to any particular category rather he can act in any kind of cinema. Unlike his other movies here he is very loud and over the top and it has worked really well for the film. His evil laughter is just awesome. The only bad thing is the screen time he has been given. He has hardly 4-5 scenes, it would have been a better decision to give him a lengthier role.

Among the rest of the cast members Saurabh Shukla is excellent in his small role as Shaina's father. Every time he comes on the screen he will surely make you laugh. Unfortunately the same can not be said about Mithoon Chakraborty, the good actor has been wasted again in a stereotypical father's character. Archana Puran Singh is okay as the the loud over the top Punjabi mother of Devi. 

The technical team has worked very well. Ayananka Bose's camerawork is a visual treat for the audiences. He has shoot the outdoor locations of Poland very delightfully.The action sequences choreographed by Anl Arasu and Stefan Richter is breath taking. The visual effects are also very nice and it has enhanced the impact of the death-defying stunts very well.

There are not enough scope of songs in the movie still the songs has been forced in the screenplay. Apart from "Jumme Ki Raat" and "Hangover", the rest of the songs are not so good so most of the songs could have been avoided in the movie specially the item song featuring Nargis Fakri. No matter the song is situational or not but "Jumme Ki Raat" is one of the biggest highlights of the film. It is very much popular even before the release of the film and it will definitely help the business of the film. It has been nicely composed by Himesh Reshamiya and superbly choreographed by Ahmed Khan. Also the song "Hangover" is melodious and it is the only situational song in the film so it works well in the film too.

Overall it is yet another masala entertainer from Salman Khan for his fans. No matter how good or bad it will appeal to the audiences it will definitely break lots of box office records.If you are a Salman fan then you will obviously watch it but if you are not then also you can give it a try for the brilliant actors Randeep Hooda and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Don't try to use your brain while watching this film rather feel this by your heart because the movie explains itself in the climax as "Mere baare me itna mat socho , main dil me aata hoon samajh me nahin".