Holiday - A soldier is never off duty

Today is 12^th June.
Today Football World-cup begins with its first face-off.

You all may know a thing about me today.

I am a person who loves Shopping if it is for myself or my close friends, and only guys. There is a reason why only guys, that you will come to know as we proceed. So it is a bit irregular of a boy liking shopping. Now I have a cousin called Aakash, pursuing his Charted Accountancy a year younger to me, who doesn’t like to shop without me. And I do take some pride in that. Someone gives you some sort of importance, that’s pleasing. The clothes I have in my wardrobe (Cup-board I would say) are all branded. Not the luxurious brands like Armani, Gucci or Louis Vuitton but a common man brands – most of the clothes being, Louis Philippe, Van Heusen & Spykar.

However, there are at least a dozen of girls who just don’t care about it. And they are right not caring, coz If I own a big car, and it’s just parked because I don’t know how to drive, then there is no point buying the car at all. Likewise, what they feel is, having the cup-board full of branded shirts and jeans is futile when I do not know what to wear on what, what will suit the situation or what is right to wear where and what is correct. Even after spending a good long 20 minutes to think what combination would suit well, I get it wrong. There is a specific girl who knows me pretty well, loves me to the core but hates me even more for my zero fashion sense. ‘You just don’t understand! Leave it’ she says. One thing I get right when it comes to clothing – getting it wrong!
And these girls, they do not tell what to wear, but just criticize. They do not correct. They expect that I should understand it myself.
Now this is the reason why I never go shopping along with the girls even when they really want me to. And by chance if I am out with them and any of them start shopping, then I am the most silent person in the world. When they ask – Is this nice? I have only one reply to – Very!

However, leaving the sad story of my fashion sense behind…I would like to talk about a Film not at all related to the topic above. (See I don’t even have a sense of how to tactfully change the topic.)

This is the latest one I saw, released just 6 days before –

HOLIDAY – A soldier is never off duty

Starring Akshay Kumar this one is the remake of south Indian film – Thuppakki (2012) directed by the same director A.R.Murugadoss. It also features Sonakshi Sinha as leading lady and Govinda in special appearance, Sumeet Raghavan as the supporting actor.

It is an action thriller, which Akshay Kumar has done after a long time, when he started doing comedy – Yes Rowdy Rathore and Boss had action but was not thrilling enough. But this time, it’s A.R.Murugadoss, the person who made Ghajini whose action is his forte and thrill is his genre. I liked Holiday a lot.

The best thing about this film is its screenplay. Well written screenplay and a very well defined characterization of Akshay Kumar, Sumeet Raghavan and The villain played by this new guy – Freddy Daruwala, (played amazingly well) is the formula that keeps the film uptight and crispy.

The film is about the networking of sleeper-cells, the kind of common people, who perform their daily chores in the city, being just beside you, talking to you, shaking hands with you, doing petty business with you, however, you will have no idea, that they are the pawns of either a terrorist group or a group of organized criminals - The most difficult race of people that could be recognized and eradicated. The film talks about the eradication of these sleeping cells throughout its running time that is up to – 170mins.

Akshay Kumar is in Indian army, who has come home for his holiday. Sumeet Raghavan is his best-friend and a police officer. Akshay faces few incidents that keep him acting busy as he has made a promise to his nation to protect it. The soldier in him becomes fierce as the things start going out of the hands

Even the introduction of what sleeping cells are, is done amazingly in the movie. The balance of good and bad is kept perfectly correct. Means, you get tensed about the situation and they have it solved. Then a new tensed situation and how Akshay solves it too…all this in a progressive manner. You tend to sit at the edge of your seat, enjoy the follow up, clap for the action and relax back again. This cycle goes on for 3-4 times throughout the movie, which you enjoy a lot.

Plot Twists are in bundles. And though very small and subtle they put a smile on your face coz you didn’t see that coming. The minute details are taken care of; use of technology in the story is well utilized. And more over, leaving a few dramatic things everything can seem real if given a thought.

Maybe every bullet hit, is hit on the forehead (temple) of a person is dramatic (which looks awesome in the movie) but it is possible for army personnel to at least kill a person in real. So, if thought of the story properly it may seem feasible.

Music is done by Pritam which is stupid…except for that one song – Aaj Dil Shayrana – which is somewhat okay to hear.

Sonakshi Sinha is a torture. She doesn’t look good (I am not talking about this movie in particular; I am saying in general that she never does). The film would have got a better rating if she wasn’t there. Seriously, it hurts that she is in this industry, pulling it down in value.

I would rate this movie 7/10 - 2 for Akshay, 2 for A.R.M’s direction and rest 3 for writing of this film.