Singh is King

Bollywood has been experimenting with comedy movies for the last few years. You have witnessed various genres of comedies ranging from Priyadarshan's “Hungama” to Rajkumar Hirani's “ Lage Raho Munnabhai”. The audience of Hindi cinema in India and round the world have accepted the wit and humour of the comedy flicks. Now veteran director, Anees Bazmee comes out with his latest comedy plot “Singh is Kinng” with a glamorous star cast of macho Akshay Kumar and stunning diva Katrina Kaif. The heavy budget “Singh is Kinng” has its share of laughter but lacks in overall appeal and charm. There are a considerable number of scenes which makes you erupt in senseless laughter where Akshay Kumar plays the pivotal role of a Sikh guy named Happy Singh. The entire plot revolves around him and he has displayed enormous maturity to depict the character of a foolhardy person. Though, he is good at heart and tries to help the people of his village, they fail to understand him and he has to bear the brunt of all the mistakes. So, after getting tormented by his antics, they conjure up a plan to send him for a foreign trip. His mission revolves around countering the evil deeds of Lucky Singh (role played by Sonu Sood) who happens to be an underworld don based in Australia. The villagers feel that the exemplary image of Punjab is getting tarnished in foreign soil due to the treacherous exploits of Lucky Singh. So, the mission of Happy begins and he has his friend Tony Singh (role played by acclaimed actor Om Puri) for company. As it is a common occurrence with most high budget Bollywood movies, a foreign trip has to figure in the script and this is no different. The scenic wonders of Australia keeps the audience gazing with the sultry Katrina to follow. A double bonanza indeed with the appearance of Neha Dhupia, but her talent has been wasted by the director. Sonia (Katrina Kaif) is Happy Singh's love interest but her character does not have any importance except from the absurd laughs. Before reaching Australia Happy steps on to Egypt! makes no sense indeed. Bollywood producers have lot of finances for sure! In the second half, the plot turns a bit emotional but for what reason nobody knows. You can ask Anees Bazmee who harped in the pre release interviews that it's an overall comedy. But its only for a while, somebody might have whispered in Anees's ears, or he fell asleep for a while waking up to the idea that it's a comedy. His hero again engages in comic misadventures or is he the modern Don Quixote? At least, he has a damsel for company, otherwise nobody would have seen the film. The plot is hopeless and drags on. The music scores by Pritam are also not that impressive except from the title track composed by British band RDB. There are other characters too who appear and fade away. Oh! then what happens in the end, you can make an attempt to watch the film.