Roy [2015]

Language - Hindi

Director - Vikramjit Singh

Run Time - 2 hours. 27 minutes

Genre - Drama

Starring - Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez

One of the most awaited bollywood movies of the year, ROY. The trailer promised so much - a smart, riveting thriller, with a love triangle and some great acting and action. But to our much disappointment, that is all a facade. This movie lacks a plot, and even the charisma of Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez fail to pull this off. A futile attempt by Vikramjit Singh to make a mind-bending movie. Till the first half, you are befuddled as to what is happening in the movie. Even after the interval, when the plot becomes clear, the movie still fails to capture our attention.

There’s a scene in Roy where Arjun Rampal says "Pata nahin yeh film kaise ban gayi?" One wonders the same when they leave the theater after watching this torturous movie. This movie revolves around Kabir Grewal [Rampal] as a script-writer cum director working towards making his next film titled 'Guns Part III'. Mind you, these are new age directors who do not have a complete script, neither do they have a female lead in the movie until they reach Malaysia where the shooting takes place.

The heist which we believe the movie is about, after watching the trailer is a part of the movie Grewal is shooting, with Roy[Ranbir Kapoor] as the protagonist. Neither the movie, nor the movie shot by Grewal [movieception] make sense and the audience is left wondering when will this horror end.

The film also at times fails logic. It takes its inspiration from the Dhoom series for this - Indian cops going around the world to catch a global masterthief, the cop telling the theif [although unknowingly] that he has come to catch the thief. Also, we see Malaysian news channels and radios are more interested in Bollywood moviemakers coming to their country to shoot pictures and here we again have that prodigal Bollywood actor kicking down 5-7 trained guards just with his bare hands.

Some good music and some good acting by Arjun Rampal are the only saving grace of the film. I personally did not like Ranbir Kapoor's acting this time [Inspite of being a big fan of him]. He seemed doped throughout the movie. We are scammed into believing the protagonist of the film would be Ranbir. He gets about a quarter of the screen time Arjun Rampal gets.

DO NOT WATCH. YOU WILL SAVE TIME AND MONEY

My Rating - 5/10