Sunday, April 27, 2014

Movie Review: Samrat And Co.

SAC starts with a tribute to Sherlock Holmes - its main protagonist, Samrat (Rajeev Khandelwal) is a true follower of the great detective (and especially the reel version, where even the opening scenes are uncannily similar - the boxing match), relying on his powers of observation and deduction (which he takes a lot of pain to explain in detail to whoever is ready to listen) to crack complex cases. Except that he has no challenging cases worth his talent. Until a pretty girl arrives at this apartment to call him to Shimla, where spooky and unexplained events are troubling her aged father. Samrat accepts the case, and things quickly turn deadly when bodies start piling up.

The story starts building up well, but the movie loses the plot quickly. An amateurish support cast including the very irritating "Dr Watson" of this desi Sherlock, "mystery codes" of the level we actually played with in our early school years, and run of the mill dialogues drag the film down, until it descends into absolute chaos towards the end.

Can be given a miss, although the guys might provide some good eye fodder for the female fans - especially in one decently choreographed fight sequence towards the end.

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