Ramaa - The Saviour Review

The storyline, if one can even credit 'Raama - The Saviour' to be boasting of one, is a total mishmash. A bunch of kids begin to play a video game and find themselves in a virtual reality world. This is a world which is an island where body builders of all shapes and sizes happen to collide with each other. In the middle of all these men comes a femme fatale in the form of Tanushree Dutta who is also on a 'khazane ki khoj'.

Confused? Well, don't worry because you are not alone. This was just one aspect of the storyline which was highlighted here. Add to that 'Khali', his brother 'Kaali' [reminding one of the battle of Baali and Sugreev], some random medallion, the powers that it comes with, a 'sookhi nadi', some hidden treasure, a bunch of backup fighters that just go up and down in number based on their dates avaialbility, some 'shakti' and 'mahashakti' mumbo jumbo and you know within a few minutes itself that 'Raama - The Saviour' is not going anywhere.

The kids share a few jokes amongst themselves but you hardly gets a smile or two (despite trying to be a child at heart), the fights try to be enticing but frequent hand-to-hand combat only become repetitive, one scene leads to another without any respect for continuity, lead protagonist Raama [played by Sahil Khan] ends up dancing like a Tarzan in the middle of the night when the entire bunch of folks around him are worried about life and death, Khali keeps making a random blink-and-you-will-definitely-miss-but-not-quite-miss appearance (mostly in close up shots) while the real motive of everyone doing everything is never clear.

In the middle of all this mayhem, one genuinely feels sad for Tanushree Dutta to have found herself in a film like this which doesn't add anything to her portfolio. Yes, she does her action scenes well [watch out for her fight atop water], looks good and tries to look convincing as well with the right conviction on display. However, a poorly etched out part, some laughable lines and a thankless part in the film means that she can hardly be expected to talk about this film of hers in future.

As for Saahil, he is required to be beefcake from start to finish and though his Tarzan like persona requires him to flash his abs in practically every shot of his, it only starts appearing repulsive after a point in time. As for his act, it is better left unsaid as one only ends up wondering if he is the same man who was at least decent in his debut outing 'Style' a decade back. Music of the film is barely passable and only interrupts the flow of the film. What really gets the chuckles on is the title track where Saahil is hung like Christ. It's the 'now what's that' moment of the film.

'Come on, they can't be serious' - I said to myself 20 minutes into 'Raama - The Saviour'. Ok, so I didn't expect a moon from the film. Moreover, despite the fact that this is a delayed product, I wasn't biased against it being a totally dismissible affair. However, the way 'Raama - The Saviour' begins to unfold, you know that it is a totally compromised product which would have been better off stuck in the cans.

Rating: *