SooryavanshiReview:With a hefty dosage of flying and somersaulting automobiles, Veer Sooryavanshi, Akshay Kumar has successfully taken over the mantle from his predecessors (Singham and Simmba), and this one is certainly a huge Diwali delight for you. And if you like high-octane action movies, you'll love this! Akshay's walk is a feat in and of itself, looking like a cross between a model on the runway and a superhero preparing to take flight. Katrina Kaif does a fantastic Tip tip barsa paani rejig.
Following Singham Returns and Simmba, it was clear that Rohit Shetty's cop actioners were in desperate need of some policing. Sooryavanshi, the fourth book in the series, seeks a course correction. The outcomes are, at best, mediocre. Some sections of the movie are solid, while others are a little too starchy.
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Shetty himself 'created' the movement once more. As a result, Sooryavanshi has seen its fair share of cars blow up, turn turtle, or ram into cleverly placed barriers. We saw the greatest of such exploits in Singham a decade ago. Nothing that Sooryavanshi does in terms of the action takes us by surprise. Aside from that, the film takes its time laying out the intricate intricacies of the hero's mission: preventing a repeat of the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings.
Synopsis:
Sooryavanshi is much quieter than Singham. It's more of a standard cop procedural than a crusading cop battling a corrupt system drama. The hero, a seasoned member of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), has his work cut out for him. A group of terrorists from across the border are still hiding and biding their time in various districts of India.
Worse, intelligence reports suggest that one tonne of RDX was smuggled into Mumbai in the 1990s, but only half of it was used in the March 12, 1993, serial attacks. The rest of the explosives are hidden somewhere, ready to be used in the next major terror attack.
Riyaz Hafeez (Abhimanyu Singh, in his second Diwali weekend release after the Rajini-starrer Annaatthe), the son of Lashkar chief Omar Hafeez, commands the sleeper cells (Jackie Shroff). The narrative of Sooryavanshi revolves around a police effort to locate hidden RDX and neutralize sleeper cells.
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Sooryavanshi and his troops are up against a slew of other terrorists, some of whom are based in India and others in POK. Bilal Ahmed (Kumud Mishra), one of the individuals who escaped after the 1993 serial blasts despite the best efforts of Mumbai Police Officer Kabir Shroff, is among them (Jaaved Jaffrey). The opponent can be found both inside and outside the building. As a result, the action occasionally moves outside of India, most notably to Bangkok, where the hero is involved in a car, helicopter, and ski boat chase that concludes in the hero apprehending a man (Sikandar Kher) suspected of assisting a terrorist.
Despite the grave danger that looms over the country, Akshay Kumar's committed and intrepid cop adheres to the actor's recent clean-cut film persona. The cop he plays is unlike the tough-as-nails, enraged-as-a-wasp Bajirao Singham and the jovial, jaunty Sangram Bhalerao in both style and substance (of Simmba). Veer Sooryavanshi, in other words, is the type of lawman who prefers to come down on the side of stodginess.
Early in the film:
Someone refers to the protagonist of the film as paagal early on (insane). However, this uniformed officer, who has been ordered to locate the 600 kg of RDX that has been missing for 27 years after landing in India, does not quite fit that description. He's a straight-laced, hardworking cop. He doesn't have a smidgeon of insanity in him.
Veer Sooryavanshi, unlike Bajirao Singham, isn't prone to flying off the handle in the "aata maajhi satakli" fashion, but he is normally quick on the draw and dislikes waiting for orders from his superiors. His estrangement with his doctor-wife Ria is the result of one such episode of haste (Katrina Kaif).
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When Sooryavanshi checks into a hospital with a bullet wound, their love tale begins. Ria looks after him. He is smitten with her. They tie the knot. After a few years, the couple divorces because he prioritizes duty before family. It's simple to understand why. He is a true-blue fighter who values his country above all else.
At the drop of a hat, he bursts into indignant lectures. He even harps on the importance of communal harmony. Before drawing the trigger, the Mumbai police do not look at a man's faith, only his criminal past, he claims to be a pickpocket-turned-religious leader played by Gulshan Grover.
Sooryavanshi holds up a former associate Naeem Khan (Rajendra Gupta), who served the police force with distinction for 30 years, as a contrast to a suspect who has been summoned to the ATS headquarters for questioning in a sanctimonious scene aimed at underlining the difference between a patriotic Muslim and a perfidious one, something that Hindi cinema never tires of doing while merrily carrying on with its stereotyping of a community
As if that weren't enough, another image shows a maulvi and his men taking a Ganpati idol to safety after word gets out that a bomb has been set near a temple and a mosque. o get a rise out of the audience, Chhodo kal ki baatein kal ki baat purani/Naye daur mein likhenge milkar nayin kahani hum Hindustani (from the 1961 Hindi film Hum Hindustani) plays on the soundtrack. You desperately want to warm up to the sentiment. Unfortunately, it does not ring true.
Second Half:
The film brings back the heroes from both Singham and Simmba to fight the terrorists alongside Sooryavanshi in the second half. As the three men team up for the climax in the ATS building, the in-jokes fly thick and fast.
Bhalerao gets on the other two's nerves and has been brusquely ticked off a few times. "I believe you're both envious of me. Apna time aayega, koi baat nahi," He responds with a rejoinder. Ranveer Singh, on the other hand, has a habit of stealing the spotlight from more experienced actors.
From Bell Bottom to Sooryavanshi, Akshay Kumar's performance is only a hop and a skip from one set to the next. His gait, as always, is a veritable stunt in and of itself: a combination between a catwalk model and a superhero preparing to take flight. It's directed at his followers. Who are we to complain if it works for them?
Katrina Kaif does a fantastic Tip tip barsa paani rejig. However, in a film dominated by three larger-than-life cops hawking their wares, a doctor is left with little choice but to deal with the aftermath of a failed marriage.
Conclusion:
Sooryavanshi, in the same way, that Simmba hinted at what was to come in the following installment, hints at what the future might contain for the Rohit Shetty cop universe. Prepare for another cops-versus-terrorists showdown, with Jackie Shroff's character getting more screen time than he did here. That could be something to anticipate.
Finally, the million-dollar question: is Sooryavanshi the film that Bollywood's post-pandemic era has been waiting for? Well, almost, is the answer.
