Singham Again 2024
Sinopsis
The cop universe expands with newer additions while the old ones return led by Bajirao Singham. Singham Again interweaves the mythological epic Ramayana’s good vs evil narrative when his wife Avni Kamath gets abducted by Danger Lanka setting Bajirao and his gang of Sangram Bhalerao and Veer Sooryavanshi along with Satya and Shakti Shetty on a mission to rescue her.
Cast
- Ajay Devgn as DCP Bajirao Singham (Ram)
- Akshay Kumar as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi (Garuda)
- Ranveer Singh as ACP Sangram “Simmba” Bhalerao (Hanuman)
- Tiger Shroff as ACP Satya Bali (Lakshman)
- Kareena Kapoor Khan as Avni Kamat Singham (Sita)
- Deepika Padukone as DCP Shakti Shetty / Lady Singham (Sugreeva)
- Arjun Kapoor as Zubair Hafeez / Danger Lanka (Ravan)
- Jackie Shroff as Omar Hafeez
- Ravi Kishan as Home Minister Raj Jaishankar
- Shweta Tiwari as ACP Devika Singh
- Dayanand Shetty as ACP Daya Shetty (Jatayu)[9]
- Viren Vazirani as Shaurya Singham
- Ranbir Vijan as Melvin
- Anushka Merchande as Trisha
- Rajshree Nair as Nilima Bali
- Prerna Gandhi as Revti Amma
- Rounak Rawat as Sahil
- Hemant Rathi as B. Subramani “Subbu”
- Bhagya Nair as Sneha Subramani
- Sara Arfeen Khan as Iqra Hafeez / Mrigya
Review
Singham Again has a strong second half with engaging performances, especially by Ranveer Singh, but suffers from a chaotic first half.I can sum it up in one sentence. A villain’s (Jackie Shroff) relative Danger Lanka (Arjun Kapoor) is back for revenge, and Bajirao Singham’s (Ajay Devgn) wife Avni (Kareena Kapoor Khan) is kidnapped, but he can’t save her alone, so he gets friends on board.
This is where the curious case of Singham Again begins. A common complaint with a lot of films is that while the first halves are always good, the dip comes in the second one. Here, it’s the opposite. Six people have been credited for the screenplay- Yunus Sajawal, Abhijeet Khuman, Kshitij Patwardhan, Sandeep Saket, Anusha Nandakumar, and Rohit. I wonder what so many people did, because the first half is chaotic. Actually, I get it now. Too many cooks spoil the broth. The attempt to link Ramayana’s story with Singham’s universe is novel, but the execution goes haywire. It takes forever to evoke the thrills we are seated for.
Singham Again review: The verdict
Rohit has a good concept in hand- then he decides to take the entire first half just to establish ‘look its Ramayana, see the same scene, look at the symbolism’. What also doesn’t help is that we know what’s going to happen next, as is the template of masala films. The ‘India ghuske maarta hai dushmanon ko’ is a narrative that’s added to make the film appear in sync with real life. All it does is disconnect one as a viewer because we didn’t sign up for a political science lesson when we purchased the ticket.
A big drawback is the makers had shown pretty much everything in the trailer. I can only imagine the disbelief in theatres if say, Deepika Padukone’s role in the film was kept a secret. But everyone’s entry, which is supposed to be a high point in multi starrers, arrives cold as we had already seen them in the trailer.
The intermission comes, rather quickly. It can only go downhill from here, right? The second half begins, and it’s a completely different film. The one liners, the in-jokes, and just seeing a smattering of stars- Deepika, Tiger Shroff, Ranveer, Akshay Kumar and Ajay in one frame is worth the price of admission. Yes, movie universes are here to stay.
Worth mentioning here is the decision to shoot the portions based in Kashmir, at real locations. Over reliance on VFX has ushered in a certain laziness into filmmaking of late, which is why films don’t feel visually grand. Rohit and his team have captured the valleys of Kashmir very well, and it definitely helps.
