09-25-2014, 11:51 AM
I still haven't escaped from the Akki rabbit hole. I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?
Rowdy Rathore is a tour de force for Akki. He takes on duel roles, a thief scam artist named Shiva which allows his to showcase his buffoon side, and Rathore, a hard ass super cop which shows off his macho ultravi skills. It's an unrelenting, unapologetic Bollywood flick, full of silliness, melodrama and some delicious ultravi. Bollywood ultravi has really improved over the last few years. I used to mock the ridiculousness of Bollywood fight scenes. Now I enjoy their grittiness - lots of farm implements like machetes, hatchets and ratchets, plus street improvised weapons like pipes, sugar canes, buckets and bags of rocks. And in this one, Akki wields some industrial part that he pulls of a construction site - it's like a giant pizza cutter with a jagged circular edge that's sword length. And swords? Oh yeah. The villain wields the sword of Ravana.
But back to the rest of the flick, it's starts like a goofy comedy as Akki scams his way with his Joe-Pesci-like sidekick 2G (took me a while to figure out that was his name in the subtitles - played by Paresh Ganatra. He scams the heart of Sonakshi Sinha, who is cute as a button and smoking hot in her sari here. Shiva has this weird ability to rewind his brain like a camcorder, replay scenes and even zoom in - plus he has this amazing skill with hand jive music, slapping out a beat that makes women shake their hips (the main fetish object here is Sonakshi's ample exposed hip, which is strangely refreshing in these booty filled days). He even charms an arresting female cop. Then Shiva winds up with Rathore's innocent daughter and things slow down to some overly sentimental scenes. Then the crime gang finds him, mistaking him for Rathore, and the ultravi ensues. Actually a lot more happens because when you have 2+hours of Bollywood film, a plot can cover a lot of territory. It's like two movies in one. For example, there's this harsh subplot with one of the cops whose wife is kidnapped and raped by the crime lord's son, held captive for several days for repeated raping, and then crime lord makes the cop grovel at his feet with his kids as the whole gang laughs at him and his wife cries helplessly from the balcony.
Akki is really good in this one. The two roles allow him to show off his range (basically those two) and he delivers some good fights. He's not a great dancer but he always seems to be having fun and this was shot in some amazingly scenic locations. He's not that good looking either - there's a cute early courtship scene where Sonakshi compares him to the other great Bollywood stars like Sharukh and Hrithak. But he has an odd charisma and can throw some wacky flying kicks (with a little wirework help). I'd recommend this one as my second fav Akki flick, right after Chandni Chowk to China.
Here are some fresh Bollywood earworms:
The wacky hand jive music:
[youtube]KwepZi1W3EE[/youtube]
My fav number - shows off Sonakshi well:
[youtube]H5FomT7Mh-0[/youtube]
The villain's lair number - yea, I totally want to party here (plus you can see Rowdy's pizza cutter)
[youtube]BlonlZQ_gbs[/youtube]
OK, I hope to escape the Akki rabbit hole tonight and give you DOOMbros a break from Bollywood. It's Thursday. You know what that means. Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursday on EL REY. And tonight, they are playing one of my all time favorite films. I can hardly wait.
Rowdy Rathore is a tour de force for Akki. He takes on duel roles, a thief scam artist named Shiva which allows his to showcase his buffoon side, and Rathore, a hard ass super cop which shows off his macho ultravi skills. It's an unrelenting, unapologetic Bollywood flick, full of silliness, melodrama and some delicious ultravi. Bollywood ultravi has really improved over the last few years. I used to mock the ridiculousness of Bollywood fight scenes. Now I enjoy their grittiness - lots of farm implements like machetes, hatchets and ratchets, plus street improvised weapons like pipes, sugar canes, buckets and bags of rocks. And in this one, Akki wields some industrial part that he pulls of a construction site - it's like a giant pizza cutter with a jagged circular edge that's sword length. And swords? Oh yeah. The villain wields the sword of Ravana.
But back to the rest of the flick, it's starts like a goofy comedy as Akki scams his way with his Joe-Pesci-like sidekick 2G (took me a while to figure out that was his name in the subtitles - played by Paresh Ganatra. He scams the heart of Sonakshi Sinha, who is cute as a button and smoking hot in her sari here. Shiva has this weird ability to rewind his brain like a camcorder, replay scenes and even zoom in - plus he has this amazing skill with hand jive music, slapping out a beat that makes women shake their hips (the main fetish object here is Sonakshi's ample exposed hip, which is strangely refreshing in these booty filled days). He even charms an arresting female cop. Then Shiva winds up with Rathore's innocent daughter and things slow down to some overly sentimental scenes. Then the crime gang finds him, mistaking him for Rathore, and the ultravi ensues. Actually a lot more happens because when you have 2+hours of Bollywood film, a plot can cover a lot of territory. It's like two movies in one. For example, there's this harsh subplot with one of the cops whose wife is kidnapped and raped by the crime lord's son, held captive for several days for repeated raping, and then crime lord makes the cop grovel at his feet with his kids as the whole gang laughs at him and his wife cries helplessly from the balcony.
Akki is really good in this one. The two roles allow him to show off his range (basically those two) and he delivers some good fights. He's not a great dancer but he always seems to be having fun and this was shot in some amazingly scenic locations. He's not that good looking either - there's a cute early courtship scene where Sonakshi compares him to the other great Bollywood stars like Sharukh and Hrithak. But he has an odd charisma and can throw some wacky flying kicks (with a little wirework help). I'd recommend this one as my second fav Akki flick, right after Chandni Chowk to China.
Here are some fresh Bollywood earworms:
The wacky hand jive music:
[youtube]KwepZi1W3EE[/youtube]
My fav number - shows off Sonakshi well:
[youtube]H5FomT7Mh-0[/youtube]
The villain's lair number - yea, I totally want to party here (plus you can see Rowdy's pizza cutter)
[youtube]BlonlZQ_gbs[/youtube]
OK, I hope to escape the Akki rabbit hole tonight and give you DOOMbros a break from Bollywood. It's Thursday. You know what that means. Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursday on EL REY. And tonight, they are playing one of my all time favorite films. I can hardly wait.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse