<p>A curly-locks Shah Rukh Khan lets out a number of ‘aiyyos’ and then slurps down noodles with curd — all to establish his Tamilian identity. That done, the computer game designer tries to impress his long-locks son on the console. He creates Ra.One (Raavan), a villain who is more cool than the hero, G.One (Jeevan).<br /><br />After all, his son loves real dudes (“it’s not dyood papa, it’s ‘doodh’ with an attitude,” the junior even gives some phonetics lessons).<br /><br />The trouble begins when Ra.One decides to step out of PlayStation and play with his creator. A Frankenstein’s monster of sorts, the hooded baddie launches all the SFX fireworks, burning some Rs 175 crore in the process, for the ‘most expensive’ Hindi movie ever made. Enter G.One (SRK version two — no curls, just microchips). Wish our superhero brandished a strong script too along with his stunts — Spiderman, Superman and a LotMoreMen rolled into one with a Matrix and Terminator hangover.<br /><br />Director Anubhav Sinha seems to have devoted his entire resources to reach Hollywood’s sci-fi yardsticks. So ‘Ra.One’ triumphs technically (the train sequence is amazing), but it fails to offer anything more than video-game thrills.<br /><br />Of course, there are a few “human” elements to our robots. They are all hardware with a “H.A.R.T”. The jargons may be hard to digest, but SRK’s man-machine definitely has a blast as he flies down to Mumbai terrain from London skies. He does ‘pooja’ and “upgrades” his system with some ‘karwa chowth’ data. And all this while Kareena Kapoor (once doing a thesis in ‘gaalis’, now a grieving mother fleeing a virtual killer) rotates around her minor son, wandering out briefly for the chartbuster ‘Chammak Challo’ number.<br /><br />Another highlight is Rajnikant’s Chitti cameo, while the prologue involving three Bruce Lee girls (Iski Lee, Uski Lee and Sabki Lee to be precise) is weird. But a full round of clap-clap for the menacing Arjun Rampal who plays Ra.One with gusto.<br /><br />The problem is there are too few bright spots. Yes, the special effects are in a different league, but the movie’s effect is not that special. All stunts and no stuff makes ‘Ra.One’ a Dull.One.<br /></p>
<p>A curly-locks Shah Rukh Khan lets out a number of ‘aiyyos’ and then slurps down noodles with curd — all to establish his Tamilian identity. That done, the computer game designer tries to impress his long-locks son on the console. He creates Ra.One (Raavan), a villain who is more cool than the hero, G.One (Jeevan).<br /><br />After all, his son loves real dudes (“it’s not dyood papa, it’s ‘doodh’ with an attitude,” the junior even gives some phonetics lessons).<br /><br />The trouble begins when Ra.One decides to step out of PlayStation and play with his creator. A Frankenstein’s monster of sorts, the hooded baddie launches all the SFX fireworks, burning some Rs 175 crore in the process, for the ‘most expensive’ Hindi movie ever made. Enter G.One (SRK version two — no curls, just microchips). Wish our superhero brandished a strong script too along with his stunts — Spiderman, Superman and a LotMoreMen rolled into one with a Matrix and Terminator hangover.<br /><br />Director Anubhav Sinha seems to have devoted his entire resources to reach Hollywood’s sci-fi yardsticks. So ‘Ra.One’ triumphs technically (the train sequence is amazing), but it fails to offer anything more than video-game thrills.<br /><br />Of course, there are a few “human” elements to our robots. They are all hardware with a “H.A.R.T”. The jargons may be hard to digest, but SRK’s man-machine definitely has a blast as he flies down to Mumbai terrain from London skies. He does ‘pooja’ and “upgrades” his system with some ‘karwa chowth’ data. And all this while Kareena Kapoor (once doing a thesis in ‘gaalis’, now a grieving mother fleeing a virtual killer) rotates around her minor son, wandering out briefly for the chartbuster ‘Chammak Challo’ number.<br /><br />Another highlight is Rajnikant’s Chitti cameo, while the prologue involving three Bruce Lee girls (Iski Lee, Uski Lee and Sabki Lee to be precise) is weird. But a full round of clap-clap for the menacing Arjun Rampal who plays Ra.One with gusto.<br /><br />The problem is there are too few bright spots. Yes, the special effects are in a different league, but the movie’s effect is not that special. All stunts and no stuff makes ‘Ra.One’ a Dull.One.<br /></p>
