Shoot To Kill
Film: Kill /Dil
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar,
Directed by: Shaad Ali
Duration: 2 hrs 7 mins
Rating: * *
The success of Gunday seems to have prompted Yashraj films
to go full throttle on films that are reminiscent of the flicks made in the
70’s and 80’s. Directed by Shaad Ali (Saathiya, Bunty aur Babli, Jhoom Barabar
Jhoom), not only the screenplay but the direction also looks like it belongs to
the Mohenjo Daro and Harappa era.
The plot is similar to Gunday and there can’t any other reason
apart from box office considerations that the production house went ahead with
this film.
Told in flashback, the story is about two young men Dev
(Ranveer Singh) and Tutu (Ali Zafar) who are sharp shooters. The latter also
puts a bullet in a politician’s brain from a moving train, at a railway
crossing.
Both the blokes are orphans rescued by a gangster Bhaiyyaji
(Govinda) and they always do as he says and mostly it is about extortion or
pumping bullets. All is well till they meet Disha (Parineeti Chopra) a hip girl
who becomes friendly with the two guys. For Dev though, it is more than just
friendship and he falls head over high heels in love with her.
Bhaiyyaji doesn’t like it, Tutu doesn’t like it and you
don’t like it either. When Dev spends Diwali with his girl Bhaiyyaji gets very
annoyed- so annoyed that he sings a song. Actually, they all sing songs at some
point when just about anything happens. Besides, it is rather odd to see
gangsters singing songs and dancing and then getting all serious in the very
next scene. As Guns and Roses said, “My way your way anything goes…”
Love makes the world go round and it also makes shooters
give up their profession and be become decent hardworking men. Post interval
the plot gets more contrived than before and heads for a finale that is all too
convenient. The only convenient factor for the audience is the running length
of the film which just over two hours.
Initially the film opens on a decent note but very quickly
goes downhill and never recovers. The plot has neither any logic nor sense or
conviction. Even though Govinda tries his vintage act, the character of
Bhaiyyaji is the weakest of them all. Not that the others are any better.
The background score is reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s Have a Cigar. Of the cast, Ranveer Singh
adds some zing with his enthusiastic act. But these gangster sagas are so
passé, time to let them rest in peace.
Published in The Navhind Times on 16th Nov 2014
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