The film could have been masterfully handled even without her role. Priyanka was unbearably annoying in her NRI role. She has some of the worst lines that I wish no actress in the future should get. I feel sorry for Mahie, who was merely used to woo audiences with her cleavage.
Prakash and Mahie were clowns of the first order in their roles. With his robotic body and expression, Ram Charan looks like a caricature in a cop flick that has more panache than logic.Įven with a talented cast of Prakash Raj, Priyanka Chopra and Mahie Gill, we are a bunch of unblessed souls to be let down. Firstly, it questions our faith in the original, and secondly, it never takes itself seriously as a film, then how could it possibly expect the same in return from the audience?ĭirector Apoorva Lakhia makes the film with the mindset of projecting Ram as a superstar even in Bollywood, but regrettably, he makes him look like a hero with a paralysed face that can't deliver a single expression worthy of appreciation. It need not be compared because by no standards the film deserves it. That explains why he still lives off the popularity earned by his father over the years.Įven for those who haven't watched the original, "Thoofan" may turn out to be a boring experience. Ram Charan is no 'angry young man', but he is someone who still wants to score brownie points by showing life-size cut outs of his father Chiranjeevi, uncle Pawan Kalyan even in his Bollywood debut. But, our hero is a superstar, and therefore, Apoorva Lakhia takes a leaf out Bollywood's rulebook and applies it to Vijay Khanna. Vijay Khanna is transferred for the 22nd time and as he takes up duty in his new station, he is forewarned by his superior. Onlookers cheer for him as the bad guys are taken away.Ĭut to the next scene, a James Bond style opening song that makes Ram Charan look like a beefed-up cartoon character in a tuxedo. The story of our 'angry wooden man' begins on a busy road where Vijay Khanna is seen beating members of a political party to pulp for obstructing traffic and creating nuisance. "Thoofan" is proof to how not to remake a classic, especially one that features a superstar. Barring scenes involving Sri Hari, the rest of the film is so badly dubbed in Telugu for 140 minutes, that I felt like I was watching a Hindi dubbed version of a Telugu film on television. For starters, "Zanjeer" is not a bilingual film as claimed by its makers.
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