Roy Hindi Film - Review

ROY (Hindi film review)

Starring: Arjun Rampal; Jacqueline Fernadez  and in a sort of guest role Ranbir Kapoor.

Music: Ankit Tiwari, Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan,

Background score: Sanjoy Chowdhury.

Direction: Vikramjit Singh.

I guess, the new age Hindi cinema has come here to stay, irrespective of the fact whether we may like it or not?

This film too is one of such new age modern cinema. In these new age films there is no requirement of any story line or theme. Simply one can take off the movie based on an incident or a thought. 

Just weave some dialogues spoken in base voice (even if they make no sense)………. In serene atmosphere…under dim lighting……..breeze of air blowing softly……… Care will be taken to add beautiful cinematography; soothing symphony type back ground score. There you are - you will have a beautiful canvass of a film. After the movie ends, even if you do not understand the story, it does not matter much, because you just saw a beautifully picturized new age film.

I have a feeling that, some people may even say “you just watched a master piece”.

This movie is also one such film.

Hero is Arjun Rampal. He is a famous film director who is known to be very moody and romantic. He becomes popular for his films about an unknown thief who specializes in robbing high value antic paintings. His films’ names were Guns – 1; Guns – 2;

By the time film starts Arjun Rampal was having the record of having a history of ‘22 break ups’ in his romantic life. How does this number of 22 break ups help the story line I could not understand? He goes to Malaysia for a film shoot for the sequel Guns – 3. There he conceives a plot of a painting robbery. His imaginary actor for the role of the robber was Ranbir Kapoor. Whenever Arjun Rampal thinks about the role, we see Ranbir on screen. If Arjun Rampal is upset for any issue, Ranbir goes off the screen.  Jacqueline is the heroine on the screen whom Arjun meets in Malaysia. So conveniently she will be the heroine in Arjun’s imaginary heroine character in his film. Hence she romances with Arjun in the life and also romances with Ranbir in his movie.  So we will get to see her smooching and hugging both Arjun and Ranbir. I think by now you understood that Jacqueline is his 23^rd romantic acquaintance.  

Throughout the film both Arjun and Ranbir appear to us with a puffing cigarette or a whiskey glass in hand. I guess that is the hall mark of high society people? Whenever two people meet in the film, either it is Arjun, Jacqueline or Arjun, Anupam Kher or any other two…….  Glass with whiskey (on the rocks) and ice cubes is a standard feature. That is why in the beginning I said welcome to our new age cinema.

The story narration is interwoven between the real life incidents of the director Arjun Rampal and his ongoing movie character Ranbir. Both gets mixed up often and we too sometimes get confused about what is happening as the heroine for these two on the screen is the same for us – Jacqueline.

Many dialogues talk about life, love, and attitude and what not are poured on us during the course of the movie.

I enjoyed the back ground score very much. Locales were awesome. Malaysia was presented to us on an awesome colourful canvass.

Though there is no comparison: just like the English films ‘Inception’, ‘Interstellar’ if anybody can understand and decipher the plot – they may like the movie and enjoy.

I could not decipher the plot.