Boss is a Bollywood Action-Masala film starring Akshay Kumar, Mithu Chakraborty and Aditi Rao Hydari in key roles. It is apparently a remake of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja starring Mammotty, Prithviraj and Shriya Saran.
Plot : Satyakant (Mithun Chakraborty) unknowingly kills a teenager and his eldest son, Boss (Akshay Kumar), takes the blame on himself. He is sentenced to jail. When he serves his time and is released, Boss moves to another city. Meanwhile, Satyakant’s younger son, Shiv (Shiv Pandit), bashes up the Home Minister’s son Vishal who is harassing Ankita (Aditi Rao Hydari), the sister of a top cop (Ronit Roy). All hell breaks loose at this point.
Review : The movie is very loyal to it’s Malayalam original Pokkiri Raja. The story is waferthin & emotional scenes dominates the screenplay. The film is all about our hero actually becoming a hero in the eyes of his beloved father. The first 20 minutes of the film is all about creating the right platform the grand entry of the Boss aka Akshay Kumar. The scenes are apt here & introduces the basic plot to the audience.
20 minutes into the movie Akshay Kumar literally takes over the film & wins over the audience. I, for one preferred Akshay’s entry to happen with that song first & then the action scene followed. It would’ve made 100% impact on me but still it succeeded in creating the right emotions. The entire first half runs in a brisk pace, no boring scenes whatsoever. Here, Akshay dances, Akshay mouths few punching dialogues, Akshay does comedy & right before the interval he performs well in the emotional scenes.
The second half, starts with an entertaining note but the pace falls especially with the songs. Although I don’t blame the placement of Party All Night song since it’s a chartbuster & it didn’t do much damage. The story takes the back seat here & there’s hardly anything happening in terms of screenplay so it’s again Akshay Kumar to the rescue here & the KHILADI moments in the second half really entertains & Akshay never fails in evoking the laughter. The climax, though entertains because of Akshay’s stunts but in real simply drags as it’s way too predictable.
The first half is high on entertainment & the second half drops but still has Akshay in it & he doesn’t stop entertaining.
Cast Performances - Akshay Kumar is the real BOSS & he entertains throughout. It’s been quite sometime since I saw Khiladi Kumar dance & it was worth it. And also it had been really long time Akshay actually lived up to his title KHILADI, some of the stunts really brought the 90′s memories. It was Akshay Kumar at his masala best.
Shiv Pandit was very average. The highlight of Pokkiri Raja was Prithviraj carrying the film on his shoulders ably till the megastar Mammootty takes over. Shiv lacked that quality & the romantic angle between him & Aditi just didn’t work despite them being picturised on one of the best songs in the film. Aditi Rao Hydari is glamorous but as far as her role goes, she had hardly anything to do. Mithun Da was first rate, not a challenging role for him. Danny Denzongpa was superb in his short role. Johnny Lever was completely wasted. Ronit Roy was perfect as the villain & till the end he gave a power-packed performance for that one-dimensional role. The rest of the cast were ok.
My Verdict : In short, it’s Akshay Kumar’s show all the way & this is the first masala movie of 2013 that actually entertains.
My recommendation : Give it a try! Its a must watch for Akshay Kumar Fans and a one time watch for others!
That .5 extra stars is for only for Khiladi Kumar & his way of entertaining.
My Rating : 3.5/5
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