Review of Deva: Shahid Kapoor does a fantastic job as Dev, but the film's second half stumbles with complicated turns, leaving up possible storylines.
Review of Deva: Not very good. That's Deva's one-word review. Here's why.Whether it was Salman Khan in Dabangg, Akshay Kumar in Rowdy Rathore, or Ranveer Singh in Simmba, viewers have always enjoyed whacky cops. Dev Ambre is well-positioned to become a member of that league. However, the movie is a complete disappointment.
It's interesting that the movie's title misspells his name, which isn't Deva. Does the surname Ambre have an extra "a"? Or is a crucial story detail being cleverly wordplayed? Unfortunately, that's where this movie's cleverness ends.
What's it about?
The protagonist of the tale is Dev, a fiery star police officer in Mumbai who has no fear of anyone. He allows his best friend ACP Rohan D'Silva (Pavail Gulatie) claim the credit after he murders a notorious mobster named Prabhat Jadhav (Manish Wadhwa) in an encounter one day. The shooting death of Rohan occurs during a felicitation event. An irate Dev begins an investigation and solves the matter. and then becomes memoryless. The rest of the narrative is what follows.
The picture was ready to get off to a fantastic start when the opening scene was ruined by shoddy visual effects. Choosing to ignore it, one waits for Shahid to get angry and channel his Haider hairstyle. And he delivers right away. He seems like a really attractive police officer on television, and the swag is spot on.
The director, Roshan Andrews, has done a great job of capturing Mumbai by purposefully skipping well-known sites like the Gateway of India and instead concentrating on the chawls and places like the Crawford market. This gives the scenes a more rustic vibe.
Roshan, wearing a blue shirt from the movie Deewaar, is also obviously a fan of Amitabh Bachchan's well-known mural. The fact that he uses it in multiple frames is not a coincidence. Even though his activities were incorrect in the eyes of others, Amitabh's character in that movie remained adamant about them. Dev is comparable.
And everything breaks down.
Things appear hopeful as the interval draws closer. However, the second part puts your patience to the test. Shahid fulfills the requirements of the plot, but we can't say the same about him.
After the break, things become complicated as an effort is made to give the investigation drama as many twists as possible. Additionally, the climax falls short of expectations. Diya Sathaye, a journalist and Dev's lover, has little to do with Pooja Hegde. Pravessh Rana as DCP Farhan Khan and Pavail are both passable.
Maybe Deva needs to take greater action. and less layers. Why complicate the tale if the treatment is extensive and includes a few really noteworthy moments? Additionally, some intriguing storylines seem unfinished.
The title song, which is upbeat, is the only track in the album. Hussain Dalal and Abbas Dalal's conversations are also passable.
Overall, Deva had a lot of promise to give us a big, erratic figure who is constantly on edge. What we get is an in-form Shahid in a predictable story.
The protagonist of the tale is Dev, a fiery star police officer in Mumbai who has no fear of anyone. He allows his best friend ACP Rohan D'Silva (Pavail Gulatie) claim the credit after he murders a notorious mobster named Prabhat Jadhav (Manish Wadhwa) in an encounter one day. The shooting death of Rohan occurs during a felicitation event. An irate Dev begins an investigation and solves the matter. and then becomes memoryless. The rest of the narrative is what follows.
The picture was ready to get off to a fantastic start when the opening scene was ruined by shoddy visual effects. Choosing to ignore it, one waits for Shahid to get angry and channel his Haider hairstyle. And he delivers right away. He seems like a really attractive police officer on television, and the swag is spot on.
The director, Roshan Andrews, has done a great job of capturing Mumbai by purposefully skipping well-known sites like the Gateway of India and instead concentrating on the chawls and places like the Crawford market. This gives the scenes a more rustic vibe.
Roshan, wearing a blue shirt from the movie Deewaar, is also obviously a fan of Amitabh Bachchan's well-known mural. The fact that he uses it in multiple frames is not a coincidence. Even though his activities were incorrect in the eyes of others, Amitabh's character in that movie remained adamant about them. Dev is comparable.
And everything breaks down.
Things appear hopeful as the interval draws closer. However, the second part puts your patience to the test. Shahid fulfills the requirements of the plot, but we can't say the same about him.
After the break, things become complicated as an effort is made to give the investigation drama as many twists as possible. Additionally, the climax falls short of expectations. Diya Sathaye, a journalist and Dev's lover, has little to do with Pooja Hegde. Pravessh Rana as DCP Farhan Khan and Pavail are both passable.
Maybe Deva needs to take greater action. and less layers. Why complicate the tale if the treatment is extensive and includes a few really noteworthy moments? Additionally, some intriguing storylines seem unfinished.
The title song, which is upbeat, is the only track in the album. Hussain Dalal and Abbas Dalal's conversations are also passable.
Overall, Deva had a lot of promise to give us a big, erratic figure who is constantly on edge. What we get is an in-form Shahid in a predictable story.
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