Movie Review: Saaho

Movie Review: ‘Saaho’
Rating: 2/5
Director: Sujeeth
Cast: Prabhas, Jackie Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Chunky Pandey, Arun Vijay, Tinnu Anand, Mahesh Manjrekar.

The remote city of Waaji once ruled by gangster Prithvi Raj (Tinnu Anand) sees hierarchy handed over to Roy(Jackie Shroff) one of Prithvi’s trusted ally. This angers Prithvi’s son Devraj (Chunky) to a larger extent, causing turmoil within the gang.

Roy who is known to not harm innocent people and families decides to set up a legal hydro plant project in India. He somehow tricks his way through ministry approvals only to find himself hit in a car by a truck, leading to his death.

Here arrives his undisclosed heir/son Vishwank(Arun Vijay) who claims the throne leaving Devraj further distressed.

In Parallel to this we witness 3 robbery’s in Mumbai conducted in a unfamiliar fashion leaving no trace of who the perpetrator could be. Here arrives undercover officer Prabhas who partners with Amritha Nair (Shraddha Kapoor) to crack this case. Somehow both these plots intertwine and the sage continues for 3 long hours.

Sujeeth, the director seems to be particularly inclined in displaying convoluted plots and action sequences leaving us audience in utter state of disbelief, confusion and by the end of it, laughing at the non-sense that we are forced to par take in. A particular example would be the appearance of a python and black panther confronting Prabhas for no rhyme or reason.

The action sequences while state of the art seem to be forced into the narrative. They are lengthy beyond a point leaving a sour taste in our mouth by the end of it all.

The movie also appears to pay homage to Mr and Mr’s Smith, Mission Impossible and Mad Max Fury but to no great avail.

The support cast of Jackie, Chunky, Tinnu Anand, Mahesh Manjrekar, Neil and Arun all do a decent job.

Shraddha Kapoor while doing a decent job for what was offered to her finds herself in a character which could have been completely avoided in the plot.

Prabhas pales in comparison to the larger than life screen presence he brought in Baahubali, making it seem like a lazy day at work for him.

Saaho displays extraordinary and state of the art action sequences. But a lazily scripted first half coupled with an unimaginative and stretchy second half makes this a undesirable watch. Disappointing !