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SHIVAAY
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Film Shivaay is an out-and-out action film. Shivaay is a man of the mountains, fully alive only in their icy reaches. Then one day, love strikes, and the whole thing changes.
Ajay Devgn’s second directorial film, in which he essays the In and As eponymous hero, sweeps us up on to rugged cliffs and down into deep clefts, both in the Himalayas and in Bulgaria, and then leaves us high and dry. Well-made, this could have been a cross-continental movie about devoted love and romantic betrayal.
Earlier in 2008, Liam Neeson had rediscovered himself as an action hero with Taken, in which he essayed a former CIA agent on the rampage after his daughter gets kidnapped by a gang of traffickers.
Director cum Actor Ajay Devgn took more or less the same idea, added some Indian filmy elements to it and came up with Shivaay, a movie which was also directed by him. But, while Taken was an absolutely thriller, Shivaay comes across as a self-satisfaction affair.
Shivaay (Devgn) is a fearless mountaineer in the Himalayas, who is often spotted getting doped and sleeping shirtless on snow-capped mountains. When Shivaay meets Bulgarian beauty Olga (Erika Kaar) on a trek campaign and the two have a short-lived affair, Olga gets pregnant and leaves daddy dearest holding the baby while she jets back to Bulgaria as she has various priorities.
The baby grows up to be a mute brat Gaura (Abigail Eames), who discovers that her mother is alive and insists on meeting her. Shivaay and Gaura land up in Bulgaria, where the daughter gets abducted by a child trafficking gang, compelling Shivaay to become a fugitive in order to rescue his princess and save the day.
Devgn, who is finest at playing intense characters, is completely in his element this time around too and the passion that he lends to his action scenes, makes watching them a pleasurable affair. With his dark looks and his deep eyes, Devgn is the flawless actor to essay a character based on the potentials of Lord Shiva.
But, the lethal Devgn sucks when it comes to romance and his scenes with Erika Kaar are inadvertently hilarious. We hope the director could have showed some sensitivity while writing the initial 30 minutes, which encompasses Shivaay's love story. Erika is decent to look at but her insistence on speaking in accented Hindi, even in letters, is quite outlandish. Sayyeshaa Saigal should have truly chosen a better film to make her debut with as she barely gets to do much in the movie, apart from saying inadvertently humorous lines while Vir Das should shun cameos where he is required to overact. As a final point, what is wrong with Girish Karnad!? The man, who is considered one of the best actors we have today, is an absolute disappointment in his role as a religious father.
Regarding cinematography, Shivaay has some gorgeous locales to watch at and it is a tremendous feeling to watch those snow-capped mountains on the big screen. Another thing that Shivaay has worth watching is slick action scenes and die-hard admirers of Devgn will have a great time seeing the movie.
In terms of direction, the movie has mishandled in terms of an emotional connect and sense. There is barely any chemistry between Shivaay and Olga, which makes their love track seem quite forced. Even Shivaay and Gaura's relation hardly touches you the way Bajrangi Bhaijaan did and the movie lacks an extremely menacing villain, who could have made the fight between good and evil more fun to watch.
Overall, Shivaay is a very hedonism affair with Devgn standing tall in almost every scene of the movie. If you are a Devgn admirer, Shivaay will assuredly be a weekend affair to see.
In general, it is worthy to watch once for Ajay Devgn’s high octane action scenes and stunning snow-capped mountains.
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