Holiday features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in leading roles.
Seen in supporting roles are Govinda, Sumeet Raghavan and Freddy Daruwala.
Holiday is said to be a remake of 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki.
Here’s what we thought about the Hindi version by A.R Murgadoss…
What’s
it about
Virat
Bakshi (Akshay Kumar) is a Captain in
DIA (Defence Intelligence Agency), a wing
of the Indian Army. He returns to his hometown for a holiday, but is set off on
a mission rather than bunking it out in his room. His mission involves tracking
down sleeper agents in Mumbai as he discovers their plan to blast six different
areas simultaneously, within the city. His ultimate quest is to find the leader
of the sleeper cells played by Freddy Daruwala. He is helped by his police
inspector companion, played by Sumeet Raghavan. The plot running on parallel
lines, involves Saiba( Sonakshi Sinha) who is a boxer and is Virat’s love
interest in the film.
What’s
hot
Akshay
steals the show with his dare devil stunts and action scenes. He looks every bit
an Army man and thankfully does justice to the role. Known for his deadly
stunts and mighty kicks, there’s no beating Akki when it comes to action. Apart
from Akshay, Sumeet Raghavan is surprisingly a treat to watch. Perfect comic
timing topped with witty one liners, Raghavan has managed to create an impact
with his character. Along with this, the sudden twist in the story is
interesting. Where this film starts out with the cliched “girl hates boy and
vice-versa” nonsense, it grows intense with a scene showcasing the first bomb
blast followed by Akshay Kumar’s chasing sequence. The action stunts although
hideously defying the entire law of science on the whole, still manage to
create that “wow” effect. The best part about the whole movie is a Labrador, yes
a dog. We won’t give it all away…
What’s
not
Sonakshi Sinha disappoints us in Holiday.There
isn’t much she has to do apart from being in the songs and dancing with Akshay.
Freddy Daruwala on the other hand would win “the best looking villain” contest
if there was one. However this villain falls flat when it comes to convincing
the audience of his sheer monstrosity. The plot of the movie starts on an
appealing note, but gradually loses its marbles. Certain scenes are
unintentionally funny. For instance there’s a scene where Akshay Kumar twists
the bones of his fractured arm to their original place, and continues to fight
the villain. At this stage, one would be certain that logic isn’t one of the
strong points of the film. Another “not hot” aspect of this film is the limited
role of Govinda. Where we wished to see more of Govinda and less of Sonakshi,
the makers to our utter disappointment, evidently didn’t agree. The music of
the film (by Pritam) fails to make us hum the tunes. Although the dance
sequences manage to grab eyeballs with their unique choreography, the songs are
worth a miss. Although setting out to change our notion of the Army and
representing the functioning of terrorist networks to create a general
awareness, Holiday creates
a different impact instead where the viewer is left confused with the entire
plot and is forced to question the pretentious sentiment of integrity depicted
in the film.
What
to do
Watch it
for Akshay and his amazing ability to make even the unreal stuff look real!
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