Sunday, November 13, 2011

My personal take on Ra.One movie


I saw this movie RA One couple of days back and before I proceed let me put in few words. I truly like SRK, his work and personality. But I am not a blind fan. There have been many movies where I too have felt like many others that he could have done better or have not felt that magic. But this movie was somehow so special.

With all the marketing strategies for this movie by SRK, the one last thing u would want to read in this world is a review from me. But I am sorry to say guys; oops! This is indeed a review. Hence, before u read any further let me pre warn u, so that u could opt out of reading this and not feel like strangling me 

I just totally enjoyed the movie from the beginning. I was neither bored nor distracted till the end. Lots of people complained that the first 10 minutes was extremely shallow but hey , if u can recollect it was a small boy’s dream and so as adults let’s just excuse the digitals and the graphics here 
The proverbs used in the movie (quoted from V Shantaram) were so good!). These days with the movies showing drinking, rash driving, broken relationships and so much negativity, I felt this was such a big relief  , even for the the older people to get into the groove of the good - old age proverbs(and not just the kids alone !). The famous quote “Burai sang jo mel rachaya, phir kabhi naa chhute uska saaya...” (If you join the forces of evil, there is no turning around...).. Is superb!. I loved this one too “Haan. Farishtey Hote Hain”( Yes, angels do exist) and many such more …

I am not publicizing the movie and that is not my intention. To watch / not to watch a movie is a personal choice. But I loved the positivity in the movie … I loved the scene where the father Srk tries to become super hero in the eyes of his son . He just wants to impress his son so badly, and that was so cute. Even when he knew that RA one (the villain) would kill him the next moment, he admits that he is “Lucifer” (so that Ra one would not hurt his son and kill him instead!). The movie epitomizes the strong uncorrupted love of a doting father to his son .A love so incomparable and out of this world which only our parents can bestow on us and is irreplaceable. To have been blessed with such pure love from parents is truly a blessing and a gift from God.

I also loved the scene where the son says in the end that “my father would have never let the evil win” (even though the video game was designed in such a way that villain wins the game ). Somehow the son was so sure that his dad being such a nice human being would never have let the game be in  the hands of  evil.


Apart from parental sentiments, on a commercial note the movie was too entertaining with superb songs and the heroine has done more than good justice with superb acting and scintillating dance moves. The movie on the whole, displays such positive energy and ends on a positive note that I was so happy, when I walked out of the theater. (Of course, as I said previously, this is my personal take on the movie). After watching some bad movies earlier with the typical boy meets gal  types , the big fights in the dance clubs and the gal falling for the guy , the ill effects of drug usage and the guy ending in asylum, the pathetic and humiliating display by the hero , heroin and the crew to bring Hollywood culture into our very own Bollywood masala movies(!!!) , I somehow felt that RA One had a totally new and fresh approach . Such super hero movies have never been experimented in Bollywood before and hence I have to congratulate the entire team for such a big effort. I would also like to add that I had no idea about the movie, not even the story line, though I was aware that Srk has travelled far and wide to spread the message of RA One across. I could totally (in fact very easily) connect to the emotions of a doting father and a growing up son.

To distinguish the good from the bad  and  grow up to be a good super hero is what every father would want to tell their son , holding them close ; and with such strong dialogues and by portraying the roles of G one and prateek(his reel son) justice to those emotions has been done superbly . Somewhere this is what SRK himself (like any other father) would want Aryan (his real son) to be –a true super hero in real life.


Hats of to u Khan for making such a different and positive movie. We do not have many movies in Bollywood where a father can tell his son how much he loves him. It’s been a mother’s world all the while and will surely be for years to come .But the movie –Ra one had the boldness to open the door for a whole new trend in Bollywood world with a different outlook both emotionally as well as technically .