I was always fearing that Dhaakad, having shown off an impressive trailer, might just fail in the main product solely because I have no clue who the director is and his previous work. Same thing happened about 10 years ago, when the trailer of the Saif Ali Khan film "Agent Vinod" released and had promised terrific action scenes and was promoted as Indian James Bond but sadly it tanked miserably due to poor storyline. Dhaakad nearly falls in that "Agent Vinod" category.
My fears nearly came true. The story is not bad. It's just plain ordinary and predictable. The makers completely focused on the action (I'll talk about it soon) hence decided not to invest in the story. Dude, this is what Vidyut Jammwal makes mistake in, taking part in action heavy film with weak story and Kangana now falls prey to it.
Not only is the story ordinary, but certain technical things are also flawed. Abrupt sequence changes , for example, Kangana training in a forest and the very next moment she lands up in Budapest . There should be a proper transition na. Overuse of the song "So jaa..." becomes irritating really ....Was that song made to send chills down our spines? Yes. Did it succeed? No. Then what did it do instead? Made veiwers start to fall asleep instead.
Coming to action. Terrific choreography. South, take note, the action in this film means serious business while the ones we witness in south films (wont name them cuz you know, it will hurt the ego of south fans lol) is just outright hilarious so please, no arguments there. The action sequence just after interval is the highlight of this film. The climax hand to hand combat is a treat to watch. Imagine south recreating it, the villian would go flying in the air and bouncing up again in slow mo as the hero beats him up, lol!! Full marks to Dhaakad for the action.
Kangana, Arjun have given their heart and soul in this film. Both do a terrific job in carrying forward an ordinary story. Saswata is good too although he has a really forced twist at the end which I didn't like. Divya Dutta is good too. Sharib is wasted as a caricaturish JK of Family man.
Overall, this film isn't as good as i expected nor is it as bad as straight 1 star reviewers says. In fact, you shouldn't even read those 1 star reviews because the film does have a fair share of positives too. 5 stars for action + performance. 2 extra star for coming up with a film with a women action lead where the action is of the level which Normally we see the male dominate. Thank you for breaking the shackles and allowing more filmmakers to think of action products with female leads and Dhaakad's ordinary story should allow filmmakers to take as a lesson to invest on story as well.
My fears nearly came true. The story is not bad. It's just plain ordinary and predictable. The makers completely focused on the action (I'll talk about it soon) hence decided not to invest in the story. Dude, this is what Vidyut Jammwal makes mistake in, taking part in action heavy film with weak story and Kangana now falls prey to it.
Not only is the story ordinary, but certain technical things are also flawed. Abrupt sequence changes , for example, Kangana training in a forest and the very next moment she lands up in Budapest . There should be a proper transition na. Overuse of the song "So jaa..." becomes irritating really ....Was that song made to send chills down our spines? Yes. Did it succeed? No. Then what did it do instead? Made veiwers start to fall asleep instead.
Coming to action. Terrific choreography. South, take note, the action in this film means serious business while the ones we witness in south films (wont name them cuz you know, it will hurt the ego of south fans lol) is just outright hilarious so please, no arguments there. The action sequence just after interval is the highlight of this film. The climax hand to hand combat is a treat to watch. Imagine south recreating it, the villian would go flying in the air and bouncing up again in slow mo as the hero beats him up, lol!! Full marks to Dhaakad for the action.
Kangana, Arjun have given their heart and soul in this film. Both do a terrific job in carrying forward an ordinary story. Saswata is good too although he has a really forced twist at the end which I didn't like. Divya Dutta is good too. Sharib is wasted as a caricaturish JK of Family man.
Overall, this film isn't as good as i expected nor is it as bad as straight 1 star reviewers says. In fact, you shouldn't even read those 1 star reviews because the film does have a fair share of positives too. 5 stars for action + performance. 2 extra star for coming up with a film with a women action lead where the action is of the level which Normally we see the male dominate. Thank you for breaking the shackles and allowing more filmmakers to think of action products with female leads and Dhaakad's ordinary story should allow filmmakers to take as a lesson to invest on story as well.