Saturday, October 4, 2008

Drona : The review



'Drona' , the latest venture from the junior Bachchan have him in the role of a superhero named as Drona. This highly budgeted action based film also have Priyanka Chopra, Jaya Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon as it's leading artists. This film is directed by Goldie Behl, one of Abhishek Bachchan's childhood friend.


Goldie and Abhishek promise that the movie is one of its kinds and has the potential to appeal to audience across all ages. This film features hundreds of top notch special effects and various Indian martial art forms, and in all the director and the actor of this film have tried to find a place for Drona in the history of superheros. The question that arises here is that whether this film can match up with the expectations of the audience and can it become a sensation like Krrish did with kids?


All of us are here for a special reason and so is Adithya (Abhishek Bachchan). Drona is Adithya's story. It's about the journey that he embarks on to understand the true destiny of his life. Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) is his body guard and his companion in this adventurous journey. Riz Raizada, a magician is the evil who wants to conquer the world by defeating Drona and breaking his task.


Director Goldie Behl deserves an applaude for having ventured into a genre less chosen by Bollywood directors. But before making a superhero ( fantasy) film, there are lots of things that should be checked. First of all, a decent engrossing script and the optimum interpretation of the same is required. In this film, the character played by the Abhishek, Drona clearly lacks soul to be a superhero / fantasy film. The movie lies on a wafer thin and totally defective plotline that is weakly narrated. A very important aspect of such flicks is in fact the characterization and Drona falls short here too.


A back-story that explains the circumstances by which the character acquires his abilities and motivation for becoming a superhero is hasty and dire. So is the portrayal of the characters, the power and the repercussion of both the good and bad is not defined. Our super hero here doesn't have a strong story to back-up his physical prowess nor does he have an equally magnificent evil to fight with, here the villain is funny and less daunting.Another major reason why the movie fails to grab your attention is the lack of connection and continuity between two scenes. And the list of drawbacks is endless...


The music of this film is not only doing any justification to the film but also it drags the film to a some extend. Abhishek Bachchan just doesn't have the personality to carry the image of a superhero. He is wretched in his expressions, where as Priyanka Chopra was better when compared with her recent performances in her near by releases. She even outraged Abhishek in most of the fight scenes. The potential artist, Kay Kay is wasted in this clownish evil role. Another leading artist of the film, Jaya Bachchan was good, that is she was perfect.


Taking its root from Indian mythology, Drona had the scope and the command to become a great superhero but unfortunately disappoints. Special effects were wonderful but lost its charm in this irrational film.


According to me, Drona is one of the worst movie that i have seen in the recent past. I won't suggest that u should watch this movie, because it will be a waste of time and money for you.

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