Movie Review – Krrish 3 (Hindi) – A wet firecracker for this Diwali

Krrish 3 marks Krrish’s struggle to save humanity from Kaal.

My Review marks my struggle to save humanity and their kaal (time) from Krrish 3.

They say Krrish 3 is an ambitious effort to give India their own super-hero. Firstly, who asked for a super-hero and secondly, if culling set-pieces from various Hollywood and Kollywood sources can be called ambitious, then this film is also ambitious.

Krrish 3 starts with a montage of Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish in the voice-over of Amitabh Bachchan. This is for those who missed the previous ones. Then it slips into the introduction of Mehras – Rohit, Krishna and Priya, and an Optics class about reflection of light with proper alignment of mirrors to tap life-saving sunlight.

Then the movie shifts gears to Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) and his maanvars – that’s a portmanteau of maanav and jaanwar. One of them steals ice-cream scoops from cones. They are mutants and are results of fusion experiments carried by Kaal’s team, who remarks that ‘fusion is future’. That’s so close to X-Men series.

More on Kaal… He is bound to a wheel chair and uses his power of Telekinesis – Professor Xavier and Magneto rolled into one. You can even bring in the traces of Stephen Hawking (for the two fingers only work thing). He stays in a den on a snow-capped mountain. Does that remind you of Blofeld from the George Lazenby’s only Bond flick – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Kaal’s objective is to wreak havoc on mankind by spreading virus and leading to biological war. And Rohit and Krrish’s is to stop him. Simple! If you want to draw a reference from many films including Mission Impossible 2, you are welcome.

Spiderman pitches in:

When the director wanted to show Kaal’s tainted childhood and how he turns evil.

Superman pitches in:

When Krrish’s towering machismo needs to be surfaced with an intro scene to save a plane from crash landing. This one is from Superman Returns.

When the climax tries to show some imagination, it drifts away with Man of Steel like wreckage and Mumbai skyline biting the dust.

So we have covered X-Men, Spiderman, Superman and a James Bond villain. Now let’s venture down south and probe into some Tamil stories. Rakesh Roshan tries to be Murugadoss and Shankar by borrowing stuff from 7am Arivu (Tamil) / 7^th Sense (Telugu) and Enthiran (Tamil) / Robot (Telugu). Thanks Rakesh sir, we are honored.

High-lights of the film:

You must be kidding me.

Wait, there's one. The scene where Kaal connects with two helicopters flying high in the sky and blasts them. Then I realized that everyone is on CLOUD, so this is possible!

Low-lights of the film:

The story of virus and antidotes has been done to death. The audience needs something new.

This is a super-hero film sans the fun element. 

Hrithik Roshan – a Greek-God-ish super-hero with 8 pack abs– is forcibly thrown into an ill-written, shoddily-executed film. What can he do, for everyone family comes first, right!

The second half of Krrish 3 drags in such a way that even a snail may feel ashamed of it.

When you feel the role of Kanagana Ranaut’s Kaaya is a bundle of surprises and is taking a transformation, the director pops up a song, which is the most irritating part of the film. That’s so routine and so boring.

Why people still accept Priyanka ‘Plastic’ Chopra as an actress.

Rajesh Roshan hits the last nail in his coffin and Salim-Sulaiman desperately try to pull some Zimmer-ish overtures.

Nothing can beat this one. There is Krrish 4 too!

Bottom-line: Have a safe Diwali and only buy crackers that sparkle and spread light & joy. Please avoid this wet firecracker brand called Krrish 3.

P.S. For the first time, I want to praise SRK’s Ra.One. With a decent music and SRK on screen, that was a better Diwali offering than Krrish 3.

My Rating: You must be kidding me, again!