Simmba is another movie from the stable of Rohit Shetty's entertaining movies and comes right after the success of his last movie, Golmaal Again. Similarly, Ranveer Singh came back to the big screen after the super success of his last movie, Padmavat. For both of them this movie is going to be a commercial success, but it is not as good as their previous movie.
Simmba has got all the elements of an entertainer - from high octane background score to danceable music to loud acting and thus will be lapped up by the audiences. However if you look at it closely it gives you nothing new and just tries to encash on the existing formula. It looks and feels like a rehash of Singham, Dabanng and Rowdy Rathore with the various sequences giving you a sense of Dejavu. While the first half of the movie is entertaining, it actually offers you no story till the interval. The first half has all the elements that we have seen in previous Rohit Shetty movies - the hero introduction action scene, the follow-up mohalla song with countless dancers, the heroine introduction (who has nothing to do except look stunning and steal the hero's heart at first glance) and the villain introduction. You can thus watch the first half of a Dabanng or Singham and still watch the second half without getting confused with the movie's story. It is the post interval portion where the movie has much more on-screen action and the story moves forward. The second half has much more to offer and is more entertaining. While the movie is entertaining, the writing is not good. The problem here is that the writers have tried nothing new in this movie which makes it a regular entertainment affair. Another thing that I noticed about the movie was that in the first half I could not see a single woman police character inside the police station. And suddenly in the second half you get to see 5 to 6 women police characters inside the police station. Was this a miss or an after thought. Thus the continuity seems to suffer. Another big problem here is the movie's trailer which tells you the entire movie's story even before the movie has released. Due to this you know what's coming next and just wait for it to happen instead of being on you heels all the time to try and figure out what is going to happen. Even the plot point which wasn't shown in the trailer is given out in the first scene itself. This is a perfect example of poor movie promotion and also poor writing. Indian movie makers should learn the art of cutting a trailer from Hollywood because their trailers do not tell you the entire story but still build up the audience's curiosity. Thus while the movie entertains you, it has got a lot of problems, removing which would have made it more entertaining.
Ranveer Singh, Sonu Sood and Ashutosh Rana are the three actors who provide life to this movie. While Ranveer Singh goes overboard in most of his scenes, Sonu Sood's character makes you remind of his character from Dabangg. Ashutosh Rana is the only one who seems to be acting his heart out in all his scenes. All the other actors including Sara Ali Khan are just there to fill up the movie with characters and provide nothing in terms of story or acting.
Rohit Shetty is a director who can make good family entertainers but the problem is he just sticks to that and tries nothing new. Thus his movies look repetitive and this one too gives you the same feeling. While he is good in providing the entertaining and tense moments, but they fall flat because of the problems in other areas as already mentioned. He is one director who needs to try something different. Hoping that he will try something new in his next movie.
The movie's songs are good but they stop the flow of the movie making you want to skip them. One more thing to be corrected by Rohit Shetty.
Even with all these flaws the movie entertains you. So go watch this mindless entertainer if you just want some entertainment this holiday season.
Rating - 3 / 5
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