Date Posted: 24/06/2021
Review By: Sumit Saurav
Tags: #Makaut #Technical_Review #MAR_Activity
Honest Review of Movie Radhe!!
In this Corona induced lockdown, I caught up on some of the old '80s Hindi films which I had missed then. Most of these actioners would invariably have Dharmendra or Mithun Chakraborty fighting out the villains for reason no one cared for. The plot didn't matter here; the hero did. Radhe is exactly that film. Only it has the present day superstar Salman Khan in place of Dharam or Mithunda, and just like them, bhai pulls off the non-existent script entirely on his shoulders.
Making a superhero like entry smashing right through glass shards, Salman plays to the gallery completely bashing up a dozen bozos and mouthing lines to please his fan base. Breaking the fourth wall, he even wishes them Eid Mubarak!! He is Radhe (obviously!!!), an encounter specialist cop - a character carried forward from his own hit Wanted (2009) - who is out to clean Mumbai city from the drug menace penetrated by an unknown outsider (Randeep Hooda).
In between the crash boom bang action, Radhe finds time to flirt with his boss' sister (Disha Patani) and even fool her to believe that he is a wannabe model. "Tumhare liye Bigg Boss theek rahega" says someone as a self reference to Bhai who then looks bemused at the camera. The Disha love angle is the most unconvincing and needless part of this one hour fifty minute movie and shockingly, even Salman didn't seem to be enjoying himself in the romantic shots.
On the positive, the songs are zany, choreographed efficiently and merged seamlessly in the narrative. Particularly, the 'Dil De Diya' number is fun to watch with Bhai's trademark grooves and Randeep's moon walk.
On the tech front, Mumbai city is captured well looking much quieter and sparse probably shot immediately after last years lockdown. Some of the action sequences are impressive like the washroom fight and the one involving a fire extinguisher. The climactic chopper moments are however a big let down with some really tacky VFX which gives it a '90s videogame wala feel...Pathetic!! The editing is also quite patchy in places with disjointed scenes. Prabhu Deva's direction is strictly average. He doesn't appear to be in control here and even the overall film seems to be hurriedly made and dished out...
Of the cast, Jackie Shroff is hopelessly miscast as heroine ka bhai where Disha actually looks like his daughter rather than sister. Randeep is impressive as the main villain. Note his eyes while lusting after a henchman's moll (Ihana Dhillon). Its a super fine performance no doubt!! Marathi actors Siddharth Jadhav and Pravin Tarde get pivotal roles and nail it. On the other hand, Disha Patani has precious little to do as far as acting does. She is a glam doll here but isn't able to strike any notable chemistry with her superstar co-star making their pairing fall flat on its mooh!!
Expectedly, Radhe belongs to Salman Khan with the star clearly rising above the routine script and making the otherwise mundane film an imminently watchable fare. This one is better than his last few outings like Tubelight (2017) and Race 3 (2018) but not to the level of Dabangg (2010) and Wanted (2009).
Finally I would say Salman gets a full five but Radhe is sadly Aadhe!!
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