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Boss Movie Review: Skip This Silly Saga Of Akshay Kumar
'In a film only three things matter - Entertainment, entertainment and entertainment'. Do you recall this famous Vidya Balan dialogue from the 2011 movie The Dirty Picture? The newly released Boss which stars Akshay Kumar in the title role solely aims at this 'entertainment factor' but fails at it terribly. This Bollywood masala film is high on action and comedy but we see that director Anthony D'Souza is trying a little too hard in this flick. This action-comedy combo does not even make the audiences smile forget about cheering and clapping in applause.
Boss, which is a remake of a Malayalam movie titled Pokkiri Raja, has all the elements of a masala entertainer - there is drama, dishum dishum (action), dance, droll and dialogue delivery, but it may not leave you too pleased. Somehow, everything in the film seems very clichéd but may leave Akshay Kumar fans whistling away for his punch lines.
Story
Boss
revolves
around
a
relationship
between
a
father
(Satyakant
Shastri
played
by
Mithun
Chakraborty)
and
son
(Boss
played
by
Akshay
Kumar).
Boss
does
not
share
good
relationship
with
his
father
and
instead
he
is
the
right
hand
of
a
local
don
named
Big
Boss.
It's
from
him
that
he
even
gets
the
name
of
Boss.
Akshay
plays
a
kind-hearted
rogue
king
in
the
film.
Akshay's younger brother Shiv (played by Shiv Pandit) also comes into the picture and he is in love with Ankita (Aditi Rao Hydari). Shiv is even dragged into a controversy due to Ayushman Thakur (Ronit Roy), who is the villainous cop in the movie. The twisted tale is that the cop is also the brother of none other than Shiv's lady lover Ankita. The rest of the plot is left for Boss to deal with this issue.
Performances
Although
Akshay
does
his
part
of
the
job
just
fine,
there
is
nothing
new
that
we
see
here.
It's
like
the
same
old
Akshay
Kumar
in
just
different
costumes
and
avatars.
His
dialogues
and
punch
lines
are
just
getting
aren't
exciting
any
more.
He
has
done
his
bit;
it's
probably
the
filmmakers
that
need
to
start
giving
him
versatile
roles.
Verdict
Boss
is
a
typical
masala
flick
with
clichés
and
we
mostly
see
what
we
expected;
and
that
is
nothing
fresh.
There
won't
be
many
surprises
in
the
film.
The
point
of
a
masala
entertainer
is
to
leave
the
mass
pleased,
but
Boss
makes
you
restless
with
its
insipid
story-telling
instead.
Even
if
you
leave
your
brains
outside
the
cinema
hall
and
for
this
one,
you
will
still
not
enjoy
it.
Skip
this
silly
saga.
Akshay Has No Lover
Akshay Kumar has no leading lady opposite him. Earlier, it was said that Aditi Rao Hydari would be paired opposite the actor but we now see that this actress is the love interest of Shiv Pandit in the film.
Sonakshi Sinha
Although Akshay does not have a love interest in this film, he will be seen romancing Sonakshi Sinha who appears in a cameo role. She reprises Sridevi from an old movie in the song titled 'Har Kisi Ko'.
Akshay-Sonakshi Romance
Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha will be seen sharing a sparkling chemistry in a song from the movie. The music from Boss is one of the positive aspects of the movie.
Aditi Rao Hydari
Aditi Rao Hydari, who comes from a royal lineage, sports a well-toned body for this movie, as she flaunts it off in her pink bikini.
Aditi-Shiv
Here is a still from the movie with Aditi Rao Hydari and Shiv Pandit.
Action Sequences
We see that Akshay Kumar is high on action in this movie. Here is a sneak peek of Akshay in an action still.
Prabhu Deva's Presence
The audiences get to see the Micheal Jackson of India in Boss. Yes, Prabhudeva will be featured in a song. This is a special appearance in the song titled 'Hum Na Tode'.
Music
The film's music has 9 tracks totally. Meet Bros Anjjan has composed 5 of them and P.A.Deepak and Chirantan Bhatt have composed the rest. The music is one of the strongest elements of this film.
Title
The film was initially named as Naam Hai Boss as the title Boss was unavailable. Akshay tried his best and was able to get the desired title.
Remake
The original version of Boss which is Pokkiri Raja had the legendary actor Mammooty in the lead role. Prithviraj played Shiv Pandit's role.
Not Copied Exactly
Director Antony D'Souza has made sure that he has not copied scene-to-scene from the original movie. The basic idea and story is retained but he has used new sequences and situations too.
Aditi Hopes To Leave The Baggage
With Boss, Aditi Rao Hydari hopes that she can change her image perceived by the audiences. She wants to be seen in versatile roles and avatars.
Sneak Peek
Here is an image that shows Aditi in a churidar along with Shiv Pandit in a bus.
Sizzling Pair
Although Sonakshi just a has a cameo role in the film, the audiences will enjoy her screen presence as she romances the lead actor Akshay Kumar.
Trailer
The movie is out in theatres now. We will update you with another review which has opinions from the audiences as well, so do come back to our site. As of now, have a look at the trailer of Boss below.
