Feb 14, 2024 05:15 AM
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I am a die-hard sci-fi movie guy. I prefer movies that have less emotion and more story and action. That’s what prompted me to watch this flick. If movies are meant to be mindless entertainers without an iota of sense in them, then this movie has even failed on that count too.
Right from the first frame of SIFRA’s entry, the audience can make out it is a robot except for our super intelligent desi, let’s call him SID’, who just can’t figure it out till we’re deep into the movie and SID’s kind of emotionally invested in SIFRA. It’s all Urmila Devi’s(UB) fault for letting loose SIFRA on poor SID. By the time SID learns the truth SIFRA has cast a seed of infatuation in SID’s mind. He even runs away from his wedding to be with SIFRA.
The scenes that follow are mostly situational set pieces. Once the novelty of watching Kriti Sanon as SIFRA wears off, things begin to get boring reducing the movie to a tiresome watch. The plot is too thin except for the idea. Humans falling in love with robots may just be plausible as the future unravels, given the state of artificial intelligence, but artificial muscles and skin haven’t yet reached a stage where they can mimic natural human emotions. And what about the sixth sense or intuition which is peculiar to humans?
The premises of this story are shaky and as such fails to rise high. Too many questions have been unwittingly raised in the film without any firm answers. In my college days, I came across a famous quote “The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.” – Sydney G. Harris. It made me ponder as to the future of AI but more to the future of humans.
The screenplay is not tight and doesn’t hold your attention. Songs are pretty run-of-the-mill and do not inspire, the same goes for the music. If this movie was intended to be a light-hearted comedy it falls flat on that count, and the plot is such that it cannot pretend to be serious. So where does the movie stand? I presume SIFRA has the answer.
There have been super flop movies like Bombay Velvet and Shaandar(again Shahid Kapoor), I wonder if this movie is worse than those because I haven’t watched both. Credit must be given where it is due and I would like to believe KS and SK have done a fabulous job, especially KS because I am a little biased there. But the storyline was too much of a burden to carry till the end.
A special mention to Dimple Kapadia, whenever she graces the screen it is a treat to watch her emote. The rest of the characters are there to fill up the roles without being too conspicuous. And if that in itself is a credit good for them.
The title says something unintentionally about the movie, 30 minutes into the movie I felt so entangled(uljha gaya) that I was looking at avenues to escape just like SK does in the movie. Considering the plotline, again I would like to believe there is a plotline but don’t go fishing for it, the movie is too long just like the title. I am not in favour of long titles for movies but honestly, did the makers believe a long title would bring in the audiences?
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