Girls love heroes. Suraj is a street gangster who once had to kidnap a girl on the orders of his father, a criminal authority who is spending time in prison, and is very eager to take revenge on his abuser. Radha, the daughter of the head of police, a glamorous girl with ambitions that quickly dissipated, once she was in the hands of a pretty stranger. However, she does not even know that she was kidnapped, and calmly enjoys life in the company of cheerful guys and that handsome guy. The hearts of young people freeze at the sight of each other, and it seems that the moment is about to come when the cherished three words “I love you” are uttered, but then they are suddenly reminded of the true purpose of their strange solitude. Real life wedges between lovers, trying to separate and making difficult choices between feelings and family duty.
It seems that a typical action movie is a melodrama in its traditional Indian guise, with a full set of songs, dances, fights and tears, however, something here still attracts attention. By the way, this is a remake of the film "Hero" in 1983 with Jackie Shroff. So, the plot is almost repeated, only with new faces and in modern processing. And if you want to find fault with anything, it’s just directing. The fact is that the narrative itself turned out to be somehow crumpled, torn into episodes, and with a sharp change of places, time and events. Of course, this is a frequent reception in Indian cinema, but it was possible to smooth out sharp corners and smoothly transition from one to another. Okay, that's half the trouble. Perhaps the very name “Hero” obliges the writers to come up with completely unreal fights with flights, almost to the moon, and with the epic tearing off clothes with one touch from powerful torsos, and flying it in an unknown direction. But even that would be excusable if it wasn’t so much eye-popping and almost 60% of the scenario. However, this is probably all the downsides.
For those who don’t know, the actors playing the main roles are not only debutants, but also the children of celebrities. So it happened in Bollywood, the flowers of life do not have to walk through the thresholds of film studios themselves, they immediately fall into good hands to the masters who mold stars, idols, so to speak, millions of them. This time, Aditya Pancholi’s son, Suraj, and Sunila Shetty’s daughter, Atia, take the stage. At first glance, a good pair turned out, but with a completely template appearance. There are a lot of such faces on the screen, and you start to confuse who is who until you look into his filmography. However, in addition to appearance, it is important to have at least a drop of talent, so as not to sink into the sea of such an abundance of artists. And as far as I could see in this messy flashing of frames, there is something in them. Atia, it seems that the girl is emotional, with large sad eyes that will be very appropriate to look in dramas and tearful melodramas. In Suraj the role was to play the eyes and muscles. In the first, he almost succeeded, but often there was a void in his eyes, either at such moments Suraj thought to himself why he even went to act in films, or he still lacks acting skills to convey the depth of emotions. It is not clear what genre he is predisposed to, but at least he can let a tear. As for his body, an important, by the way, moment for the main character, then everything is fine. You can see that he was preparing, studying and overgrown with tattoos (or his own?). Surely the local girls have posters on the walls with his naked torso. As if in support of the aspiring star in the film starred and his father, in the role (that's the turn!) of his father. So, in relation to the Pope, Suraj’s emotions were quite real.
But, if you leave the debutants aside, and they still added interest to the film, then you can safely proceed to the obvious advantages of the picture, which form the foundation of its basis. First, for 2 hours sounds very beautiful voiceover music. It could not be otherwise, since a whole trio of composers with experience worked on it. The hallmark of the project was a wonderful song Main Hoon Hero Tera. Undoubtedly, this is a hit, and it will be remembered for a long time. For me, the track O Khuda is in second place in beauty, and in general, all the songs turned out to be successful. Secondly, I was pleased with the creative approach of the characters to the story of their love. This scene looked very original and touching in theatrical production, which a little hides the shortcomings in the plot. By the way, not all writers managed to screw up. I like adequacy in family affairs, so I would also attribute to the pros that relatives did not chase young people with pitchforks to separate lovers once and for all. No, they were against it, but within reason. Also sympathetic is the brother of the heroine, who sympathized with her mental suffering, although, at first, he attacked Suraja, aka an angry bull in the arena.
To add to the above, the film, in general terms, does not reach the story of a large scale. I don't think you'll want to reconsider. The soundtracks are perfectly listened to separately from the picture, so you can enjoy the album. Special thanks to Salman Khan for the cover of Main Hoon Hero Tera. In the credits will show a video for the studio recording of this song. I think it was the right conclusion, as a gift to a patient viewer who stayed in the hall until the end of the performance, although he tried to leave a couple of times. Pleasant viewing for everyone!