Khiladi 786 Movie Reviews

Now that the 1980s' variety of masala films are being lapped up by spectators, it is heartening to see Mumbai-based film-makers working hard to create zany entertainers, also boarding the next available flight to South India to clinch the deal/s for the remake rights of Southern blockbusters. The A-list actors, on their part, are equally gung ho for unabashed entertainers, consenting to allocate ample time to movies of this variety

For those looking for some logic-less laughtime, groovy tunes topped with some todh-podh – this one could bring some action to your weekend.

Review: It was the year 1992 when a rather goodlooking man came to be called as The Khiladi of the Hindi film industry. That man – Akshay Kumar......

Khiladi 786 is a mish-mash of Akshay Kumar’s Welcome and Ajay Devgn’s Son Of Sardaar. Even if it doesn’t take the best of both worlds, you’ll end up having enough laughs in the theatre, though it won’t be memorable any time after that. A wedding planner’s son, Mansukh (Himesh Reshammiya) ends up ruining most of the marriages his father works on. After getting thrown out of his house, he winds up with Jeevanlal (Sanjay Mishra)

Khiladi 786 stars Akshay Kumar, who breaks into a Himesh-voiced song at the drop of a hat. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, except that Himesh Reshammiya himself appears in this film, which means you have two people on screen with the same voice - Himesh Reshammiya's voice. Creepy, positively creepy. The nasal-voiced crooner who's credited as actor, singer, music composer, story writer, and co-producer of this film

Don't go looking for logic. KHILADI 786 delivers what it promises, action and comedy. Nothing more, nothing less. If you are willing to just keep your feet up and have a relaxed time, KHILADI 786 is your type of a game. The action is comic in its execution and the comedy at some stages is hilarious. Bahattar Singh (Akshay Kumar, who has 72 Singh written on his name tag on his police uniform) is a 'cop' who helps cops in Punjab

Khiladi 786 seems to be a conscious attempt by Akshay Kumar to regain his khiladi brand after more than a decade, especially in times when every other 'star' has designed himself as a larger-than-life 'player'. Also it seems to be a desperate attempt by Himesh Reshammiya to redeem himself in every possible way. As a co-producer, he not only subjects us to half a dozen nasal tracks at his own expense (pun intended) but we also have to endure

Sometime in 2010, I sat through something called Khichdi: The Movie. It was not a film; it was a bad experience. Written and directed by Aatish Kapadia, the same fellow who once had a successful TV series of the same name, Khichdi’s plot was an excuse for a gang of imbeciles to act out their various neuroses. I remember the film for two reasons. One, because it was really unbearable, and two, because it had one shtick that stuck in my head

If it wasn’t for the chorus of “Khiladi Bhaiyya” that accompanies Akshay Kumar each time he makes an entrance on screen, I would’ve forgotten I was watching Ashish Mohan’s “Khiladi 786?. I might as well have been watching “Singham” or “Golmaal” or any of the comedies earning a box-office billion that dot our cinematic landscape these days. The hero here is blase, and seems to have no other ambition in life other than to get married

If I wasn’t so exhausted, I would have been offended. Box office figures suggest that many people enjoy this school of cheerfully moronic cinema, but Khiladi 786 really isn’t my idea of a good time.

If you are one of those who tries to make sense out of every movie, mind you, this is definitely not your kind of a film. The movie can only be fun if you leave your brains at home. I

Beyond the numbers, caricatures abound: a tough Punjabi munda whose fists are as fast as lightning when he takes on the baddies; a feisty Marathi mulgi who turns into a maniac when she gets behind the wheels of a car; and a luckless Gujju boy who cannot stay out of trouble. Neither is that all – a Canadian mother, a Chinese aunt and an African grandmother are added to the broth. It’s the united colours of Punjab. Khiladi 786 is every bit as hopelessly mixed-up

Gloom and doom. A jeep goes crash-bang-slam-kaboom. Scores of goons are injured or dead — remember they’re human too — but does anyone care? Really, in this intended masala package about the search for a 40-plus superhero’s suitable bride, anything goes. Lots of woes. Promoted as the eighth edition in an amoeba-like franchise, Khiladi 786 is directed by Ashish R. Mohan, erstwhile assistant to Rohit Shetty. And throughout it echoes his master’s voice

All said and done, Khiladi 786 is not half as bad as Joker. But is that saying much?

In the end, I was left looking at a straw to clutch. Any little thing. I found, dear viewer, none. Not. A. One.

Watch the film if you swear by Akshay Kumar. If you don’t, you’d be ill-advised to go into the theatres.

The writer of this review has been brought up on a constant diet of bad-good movies such as Gunda, Clerk, Saawariya and Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon, and his patience for such movies is limitless. BUT I have also lost count of the number of times I have wanted to run away, or close my eyes and wished the movie was finished. The last such movie was unfortunately another Akshay Kumar starrer called Joker. These movies come under a category