Krrish 3

Hindi (U) ¬

Director: Rakesh Roshan

Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Vivek Oberoi, Kangna Ranaut



Take a dose of the initial days of Superman, when he leapt great lengths but didn’t fly. Add a pinch of his latest movie version, especially the last bit.



Pit this character against an antagonistic Professor X, of X-Men fame, and give him some henchmen (and women) blatantly “borrowed” from the mutant universe. Throw in some pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo and some decent special effects, stretch the mix over 152 minutes, and voila! You have Krrish 3!



So how come the cash registers are ringing? It's a combination of the Krrish hangover and the kiddie factor. But to be honest, Krrish 3 is so dumbed down and the twists so predictable as to be spotted even light years away, that they may end up insulting even a pre-teen's intelligence!



But say you manage to look past all these flaws, and still try to find something minutely good about the film. Honestly, you still have to contend with the myriad blatant product placements and merchandising opportunities.



And then there are songs that stretch long enough to let people make a trip to the loo without missing anything significant!



Make another immense effort to look past them, and only then does a silver lining emerge. The action sequences, though not top-notch, are a ray solitary of sunshine. The background music lifts the film occasionally, but itself seems lifted from famous sources.



Acting-wise, Vivek Oberoi is more menacing when wheelchair-bound than as the scrap-metal supervillain later. Hrithik Roshan manages to ham up the father, but keeps the character eminently different from the son's.



Kangna Ranaut’s character, with ping-pong-sized irises, manages to evoke some interest, while Priyanka Chopra is little more than an ornament, showing a spark of true talent in only one scene, where she changes facial expression like the chameleon-like personality impersonating her character.



This film is worth it only if you wish to enter a world where viruses, not poisons, have antidotes, where said antidote is tested directly on humans, with no effort made to draw blood and use it for testing, and where the only star the film deserves is because the kids applaud in some parts.

