Review : Ram Setu : A real story presented in an entertaining but caricaturish way!
#God fearing #Indians take pride in their Gods and the stories around them. It is strongly believed that #LordRam was physically present and there are enough historical proofs to prove that. Everyone is aware of #Ramayan and things and places mentioned in them are existant in our country. Though in recent times our country is reeling in controversy around Lord Ram and his existence, the people’s faith is of high importance. When Ram fought #Ravan, his #’VanarSena’ built a #seabridge between #India and #SriLanka. The same bridge is called Ram Setu and a film with the same name is headlined by #AkshayKumar hit the theatres during #Diwali which deals with #religion, #belief, #myths and #reality. Incidentally Ram Setu was re-named #Adam’sBridge by the #British who wanted to ‘erase’ #India’shistory.
Ram Setu starts with a Supreme Court asking the petitioners to offer proof of Ram Setu being man made or nature’s creation. Dr Aryan Kulshrestha (Akshay Kumar) is an archaeologist who is an atheist too. Contrastingly his professor wife (Nushrratt Bharuccha) strongly believes in God. He is made to give a statement on Ram Setu not being man made, for which he gets suspended from a Government job. He gets hired by a private businessman Nasser to explore possibilies of proving that Ram Setu is not man made. But during the expedition Aryan’s life gets in danger and he alongwith fellow scientist Sandra Ribello (Jacqueline Fernandez) reaches Sri Lanka where he is joined by a ‘Guide’ KP (Satya Dev) in his mission. After travelling in air, water and land an atheist Aaryan realises that the Ram Setu was actually man made, built around 7000 years ago, and Lord Ram existed and is not merely mythological. How all this happen is narrated in the film.
Ram Setu starts with a disclaimer that it’s a work of fiction. Though the film seems to have been made taking into account the current affairs in the country, the narrative is very poor. If one tosses away the logic out in the sea the movie could be enjoyed. The screenplay has quite a few loose ends and lacks realism in most places. Music is good and background score too. Cinematography is extremely good and the production values are high too. Editing should have been crisper because the film gets stretched in the latter half.
Akshay Kumar has aced the role of archeologist and carries an interesting look. His intensity is well placed and he delivers a convincing performance despite lacklustre screenplay. Nushrratt Bharuccha has a limited screen time and does well in that. Jacqueline Fernandes looks good and it ends there. Nasser overacts while his crony Rana is purely filmy. One character which win hearts is that of KP which is played by Satya Dev and he has portrayed it endearingly. A suspense around this character is revealed in an interesting way.
Ram Setu tries to tell real story in a caricaturish way and is enjoyable if you throw the logic into the sea.
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