Krrish (2006)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Finally a superhero of our own...Krrish has arrived! The anticipation for this film was immense, especially after the success of Koi Mil Gaya, but unfortunately for me it did not live up to the hype.Rakesh Roshan is an excellent story teller - Khoon Bhari Mang, Karan Arjun, Koyla, Kaho Na Pyar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya but there's always a level of 'unrealistic' in his films! Krrish is not Rakesh's finest work - that mantle piece would certainly go to Koi Mil Gaya, but Krrish comes off nicely from here and makes you wait anxiously for the next version - Krrish 3! The film is a little slow, and does not contain much of the superhero action as you expect once you watch the trailer. Hrithik Roshan, as he was with Koi Mil Gaya, is the soul of Krrish and plays the role of both father and son with supreme ease! The simple truth is that his role as Rohit (an older version now) is far more demanding than his role as Krrishna (minus the stunts). Hrithik is fantastic in every scene, and his chemistry with Priyanka is pleasant. The way he slides into the role of Krrish so simply yet effectively shows that this actor is on top of his game. This is far from Priyanka Chopra's best work, but then again the role doesn't require her to be at her best, but she comes across annoying at times (maybe that was required), but on the whole she does well. Naseeruddin Shah has always been a fantastic actor, but his role as Dr Arya doesn't quite come across that well. I know Rakesh wanted a more senior actor to play the villain role, but perhaps someone like Anupam Kher would have done a better job. The music of the film is decent with my favourites being Koi Tumsa Nahin and Main Hoon Woh Aasman, but the background theme music by Salim-Sulaiman is fantastic and sets the tone well. Overall Krrish is slightly overrated, but once you watch Krrish 3, you realise why it's quite slow...it was simply a build up to the big show!

I've read a lot of the reviews on here and other places. Many of which bemoan all the usual things that I have come to expect from reviews of Bollywood movies; too much borrowing of story, too much romance, not enough or too much action etc etc, bad acting (actually in this case all the cast acquit themselves rather well so I struggle to understand what that is all about).Anyway, enough of what others have said. Krrish is a charming and exciting film in which a sheltered young man of extraordinary gifts goes on a journey of discovery and finds true love. The film starts as a light, romantic comedy and changes tone as Krishna discovers the extent of the betrayal that led him to Singapore in the first place, and that an evil man deprived him of his father for 20 years. The last forty minutes ratchet up the tension nicely as Krrish fulfils his destiny as the hero to save the world from the machinations of an evil man, and save his father too.Hrithik Roshan is superb. He can act, he can dance (boy, can he dance!) and in the wire work and action scenes he shows considerable physical adeptness too. He looks like every girl's dream of the perfect guy as well (forget Edward Cullen -- Krishna is simply PERFECT!).A brief word about borrowing. Please remember that until Hong Kong and Chinese cinema came along, Hollywood was a bit clueless -- The Matrix owes its following almost entirely to Asian Cinema.The romance is sweet without being sickly, especially as there is a twist to it, the only slight down-note for me was Priya's too too silly friend. Mercifully her screen time is limited, because her silliness is really rather irritating. Of course, the romance is aided by the simply stunning backdrop of the location.The songs are charming, unobtrusive and slightly forgettable, except for the circus number. That is a stand-out, not just for the ending, but for Hrithik's incredible dance skills. He really sets the screen alight. This number is his chance to showcase what he can do, and he really gives it his all.The gear change from soft, pastel colours and gentle romance, to something much darker and more intense is handled exceptionally well. The final forty minutes or so are edge-of-the-seat stuff, made even more so when you realise that the majority, if not all, the stunt work is done by Hrithik himself. Wire work is intense, dangerous and requires enormous physical commitment from the guy on the wire, he does not just dangle from a piece of string. And you really get a sense of that total commitment as Krrish relentlessly pursues the villain.Overall, this is a great movie. It packs a lot into its running time and truly deserves the title of blockbuster. It is a great popcorn flick, without either excessive gore, or tiresome sex scenes, and all the better for it. It is entirely different in feel to its predecessor, Koi Mil Gaya, but retains enough of the source material to make sense to both the first time viewer and viewers who have come from that first film. My advice, kick back and enjoy it on its own merits and forget Hollywood for a while.

Enjoyed this movie when I saw it but last night I caught John Woo's Paycheck on TV. The entire premise of a computer that predicts the future has been ripped off from Paycheck right down to the look of the machine and the user interface! That doesn't leave many original ideas in Krrish! His costume looks like Neo from the Matrix, his mask reminds me of The Crow and the whole boy from the mountains things has been done countless times before in Hindi mvoies eg.Kisna.Even with KMG you could forgive the recycled ideas from ET and various other movies but this sucks! Especially when they market the film as being original. When will they stop copying ideas? Shame on you Roshan!

Krrish's script writer (or whoever conceptualized the character of Krrish) watched lots of super man and sci-fi foreign movies and turned Krrish, the hero and the movie a mixture of all. Sample these:Krrish dresses like Zorro (the mask, the leather overcoat in 30 degree hot Singapore). - Krrish runs in the air and jump across and over like Incredible Hulk. - Krrish can jump over/ across city landmarks like Spiderman (eg, when he sneaks into Dr Arya's lab.) - Krrish runs as fast as Dash Incredible of the Incredibles. (eg, where he avoids bullets from Dr Arya) - Krrish can fight like a Kung Fu warrior (when he fights Dr Arya's guards on an island) or like Jackie Chan (eg, when he fights motorcycle riders. (The lead, Hrithik trained for 1 month+ under the famous Tony Cheng of Hong Kong.) - Krrish can, of course, sing like an Indian hero. - Krrish's father Rohit builds a computer that can see future like Precogs of Minority Report. He works on intangible keyboards like in that movie. Rohit is kept in suspended animation by Dr Arya as the convicts in Minority Report. - Krrish's father Rohit can read like autistic Raymond in Rain Man (Rohit finishes Dr Arya's book in minutes.) - Krrish's father Rohit meets with a left-behind alien (as in ET, the Hollywood movie which stole the idea, some credibly claim, from India's Satyajit Ray.) Cut the dance sequence, reduce the length to 90-120 minutes. The movie may be accepted by global audience and I would rate it 7/10.As an aside, Singapore government invested in the movie which was half shot in Singapore. Krrish is/will be a case study for business schools (Indian Institute of Management-Indore, Hongkong University, Harvard Business School.)