Review of Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) . . .

Review of Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) . . .

Like Akshay Kumar nowadays John Abraham is also doing such films which are having a patriotism elements. RAW aka Romeo Akbar Walter is a story of a banker who's also interested in doing some plays once called in the office of Research and Analysis Wing for a mission of spying at Pakistan before the war of 1971. That time Pakistan was divided into two parts east Pakistan and west Pakistan later that became an independent from Pakistan and took an entity of Bangladesh.

A RAW agent who live in another country and spys for India we have seen several times in Bollywood. Last year Meghna Gulzar made a wonderful film named Raazi starring Alia Bhatt was also based on same theme and like that Romeo Akbar Walter is also inspired by true events happened during the world war before 1971.

I'm big fan of action, thriller, crime saga, gangsters life or a suspens spy films etc. Generally I don't miss these genres.

RAW doesn't have actions but it has thrills and patriotism. It doesn't turn out to be the best of this genre and superior like Raazi and not even stylish like Salman Bhai's Tiger series but still it has something that i enjoyed.

As i read reviews on first day that it's not good one but as i said I'm big fan of this genre so i didn't skip it and went it on very first day for night show. I loved John Abraham's Madras Cafe in which he proved himself a solid actor. Then i liked Parmanu which came last year. I also enjoyed his action thriller Rocky Handsome but i didn't like his Dishoom or Satyamev Jayate which were also having patriotism theme. RAW is for me placed between somewhere of these films. It's not great like Madras Cafe and neither weak like Dishoom kinda films. It has technical problems such as not engaging screenplay but still it managed to be a good watch for me. I liked it in many parts while somewhere it was slowing down.

I must say some dialogues are very well written. Jackie Shroff tells to Romeo during training to be Akbar and go to Pakistan and live there as a spy agent.

Cinematography is marvellous. It seems real Pakistan i don't know exactly where it was shot in Baroda (Vadodara) or Mumbai but several locations are mind blowing. When an ISI officer (Sikander Kher) runs behind John and Azaan is playing in background is AWESOME scene and very well shot.

Jackie Shroff as a RAW officer is very nice. Mouni Roy is also plays her part so well and looks stunning in Saree costume. Sikander Kher also worked nicely.

Lastly John Abraham fans will surely like him for these three roles he's playing as Romeo Akbar and Walter. He's not as good as he was in Dhoom or Madras Cafe but still his facial expressions specially as Akbar he nails it.

Inspite of technically weak i found it a good watch specially for John Abraham. Not writing it's negative points here and ending my review with one best line of the films which i loved the most

"Jab Mai Tumhe Kahu Tumari Chaay Thandi Ho Gayi Hai Iska Matlab Yeh Hai Ki Chaay Tumhare Pine Layak Nahi Hai"

People who have seen it will understand this.

Overall all for another spy film for Bollywood 

3.4/5.

--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . . 

Review of Kesari . . .

Review of Kesari . . .

Watched Kesari on very first day of it's release. But as i was busy in traveling i didn't get time to write about it. Finally sharing my views today.
Akshay Kumar is synonymous of Patriotism. Baby, Holiday, Rustom etc and one more film entered in the list. Kesari directed by Anurag Singh based on the true story of 1897 battle of Saragarhi. 21 Shikhs fought against 10k Afghani Pathans. A pride moment for Shikh community, pride for the nation. Kudos to Karan Johar for producing such a brave untold story.
Nowadays actors like Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and others prefer to choose a film which is based on true events and film makers are also more interested in making on reality level rather than typical fictional stories of Bollywood.
Kesari an engaging action entertainer where director taken care of every departments. Whether it's action sequences or emoutional scenes, dialogues writing and performances by leads everything executed tightly.
Solid story with solid execution makes the film worth watch for Akshay Kumar fans, it's for those who like patriotic films, it's for those who like action masalas and for those who are eagerly waiting for the films coming on untold stories.
I didn't know much about the Saragarhi battle where 21 Shikhs fought against Afghanis therefore this film has became an informative stuff as well as i felt proud of Shikh regiment over 100 years ago where they proved themselves as real heroes.
It's story of bravura and self encouragement. Many motivational lessons are there such as leadership quality in Ishar Singh (Akshay Kumar), self esteem, rise above the fear and smart work.
I really enjoyed the film as it's an action film generally i love action masalas, i loved many well made scenes such as Akshay Kumar's entry sequence where he saves an Afghani women from slaughtered. Ishar Singh taking charge 36 fort and then introduction with other characters. Whole battle fight and climate i enjoyed.
Music is quite ok. Sanu Kehndi track was missing from the film. While background score is nice.
Casting is also nice. Shikhs played their role so well. Rakesh Chaturvedi nailed his role. He's damn good here. Parineeti Chopra didn't have much to do here as she has special appearance only.
Lastly the one and only Akshay Kumar as Ishar Singh FANTASTIC. I have noticed that he has improved his acting skills so much. He's superb at comic timing but film by film he's becoming a versatile actor. Loved his seriousness in Baby and here too he's solid and in full form. He always nails the role of Shikh whether that was Singh Is King or this Kesari. I have been his big fan since Khiladi series so it's obvious thing that i go for his films on very first day.
Execution is very tight therefore it wasn't a boring for a minute.
Overall it's solid entertaining masala film and pride for the Shikh community, pride for the nation and as it came in form of film so pride for Bollywood now.
I think it deserves
4/5
--- by Harsh Desai Filmy . . .