SiMmBa Review 2/5

20 mins into the movie & I asked myself, that in all the Indian movies that I have seen, why the sidekicks of the antagonist are usually big , fat , dark & mostly unshaven . Is that some-kind of racism that we have chosen to ignore over the years or may be a convenient image of somebody possibly threatening us (physically). Also, the ever echoing sounds of trumpets , that Rohit Shetty puts in the backdrop , every time Ranveer Singh twirls his mustache on screen ... God.. Tell me something I already don’t know ( Spoiler Alert - Original dialogue from the movie ) .

The movie starts with simmBu ( Lil SimmBa ) , showcasing an orphan having skyhigh confidence in things which seasonal professionals would hold expertise of. Oh yes & Trumpets have already started. SimmBu grows up with the idea of how much a money a police officer can harness (unofficially of-course) through the power & trust entrusted in one by the public & government . Thankfully, little simmbu didnt get to see the potential of Godmen business in India & chooses to become a Police officer ( Oh actually a senior Police Officer ) by .. well... a convenient time jump ( NAICE ) ..

So simmbu is now SimmbA ( U -à A ... that’s for Ranveer’s lusty body language ) & trumpets go on again , but this time , with a fixed time interval of 343 seconds . Scene, dialogues, body language don’t matter ... Trumpets keep on going in all their might . In one scene actually, trumpets blowing on full force are phased out with a DJ playing music in a club ...  For some reason the DJ isn’t playing the trumpet.. GAWD what’s happening ... SimmBa aala re ..

I manage to survive through the interval , with some good angry old man hysteria from Ashutosh Rana , who inspite of being a head constable , shouts his lungs out on the much senior ranking officer , well pretty much in every scene . He would have been better off as the main Antagonist , which is played by Sonu Muscle Sood , who well is kept for flexing his DOLAS only ( & i mean literally ) . Poor guy doesn’t even gets to commit a serious crime ( oops spoiler alert )

Post interval is a time slowing slugfest, where you feel every minute spend watching the screen is 1 hr of your time doing something better with your life, much like Miller’s planet in Interstellar . SimmBa realises he hasn’t been on righteous path , blames himself for certain things , has a moment of reckoning , goes after the bad guys , blah blah blah & blaaaah ( oh don’t forget the trumpets !!! ) .

Just when you thought, Rohit SHetty is going to do away his mandatory jumping car scenes , enters Bajirao Singham , with his revolving SUV & misfit shirts . At this very moment, the title of the movie made sense to me . Singham ( BIG LION ) . SimmBa ( Little Lion a.k.a Naaty Pussy ) . Hats off to whoever had this brilliant idea. Spoiler alert, there’s a Medium size Soorvyanshi LiON also in this .. Wonder how the original LION KING would feel about this .. !!

Did I miss something ,  ... ,... , .. oh yes there’s 12 mins of Sara Ali Khan ( including the time for 2 songs ) . SimmBa’s assistant got more screen time than her, wonder how begging Rohit Shetty for a role like this would help Sara .

So , the movie is a must for all you trumpet lovers & mustache twirlers . If you can find something else to love about this flick, then congratulations you have attained nirvana & now can see positive in even the bleakest of situations.