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Feb 13, 2015

Roy Hindi Movie Review

An apt title for the movie would be Kabir rather than Roy, the reason being that the character of Roy doesn't have any major significance whatsoever in this movie except the fact that Roy is a character in the film within the film being directed by Kabir. The pace at which the movie moves along, it is literally a yawning experience rather than a movie watching experience. A confused script only add more pain for our eyes.

Kabir Greval ( Arjun Rampal ) is a hit director of the Guns movie series and moves to Malaysia for filming the third part of the series. There he meets Ayesha ( Jackquline ferandez ) who is another film maker. Roy ( Ranbir Kapoor ) is a character based on which the story of the movie is developed. How the three characters evolve in the movie and how their relationship move forward form the basic synopsis of Roy directed by debutant Vikramjeeth Singh.

Kabir's and Ayesha's romance is the main plot here. A film within a film is happening and naturally the word script is used n number of times. Had the same script for the original film was given a makeover instead of making such a boring affair, the romance between the lead pair would have looked convincing on screen. But what happens here is just the opposite as the film just goes on endlessly testing the patience level and making the viewing experience a bad one.

Acting wise, not a bad attempt from Arjun Rampal as Kabir. Jacqueline Fernandez looked sexy and beautiful without much to perform on screen. For Ranbir, this was a different role altogether from his familiar territory but the sad part is that the character Roy is a half baked one. Anupam Kher appear in a cameo as as always he makes his presence felt.

Direction is not that bad and being a newcomer Vikramjeeth has done a reasonably good job but with a weak storyline and screenplay there is a limit to what a director can do in such a scenario. Cinematography is done well supported by the visual beauty of Malaysia. One of the major highlight of the film is the songs and one would definitely like to hear couple of songs from the movie again and again.

Some movies begin well and looses the momentum towards the post intermission part while there are others it happens the other way around where the start is bad but the landing would be a safe one. But here in Roy, right from the word go, the movie runs like a steam less train that drags till the very end. I go with one and a half out of five as my personal rating for the movie.

Rating - 1.5 / 5

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