Ram Setu Review

Ram Setu Review

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Temples and religious motifs are a matter of faith and should be taken as such, their veracity shouldn't be challenged. The feelings of the majority shouldn't be trifled with at any cost. This remains by and large the film's broad argument. Dr. Aryan Kulshrestha (Akshay Kumar) is a world renowned

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 archaeologist who is asked by the government to prove that Ram Setu, which exists between India and Sri Lanka is actually a natural formation and not a man-made structure. His wife Gayatri (Nushrratt Bharuccha) warns him not to take up the controversial projects as it might earn him the ire of the

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 masses. He still proceeds to do so and is seen as a villain by the society. The public sentiment is against the dismantling of the bridge and hence the government needs more proof. They set him up with a moneybags investor (Nassar), who has his own interest in the destruction of the bridge. He's provided

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 with a state-of-the-art floating lab to gather concrete evidence. However, the physical evidence gathered under the water starts pointing towards the fact that its indeed man-made. That's when things get awry. The industrialist wants Aryan and his team to be eliminated. How they escape death and come

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 back to India in time to stop the destruction of the bridge forms the crux of the film. The film juxtaposes fact and fiction to make for a compelling case for making us believe that things described in the Ramayana are not folklore or mythology but actual history. The film takes us through the jungles of

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 Sri Lanka to various sites mentioned in the holy epic and makes us form our own opinion about their authenticity. The film couldn't be shot on actual locations because of the coronavirus pandemic and hence various parts of India stood for Sri Lanka. The underwater effects have been nicely done, though

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 they aren't as grand as one expected them to be. The makers take the Indiana Jones route but stop short of turning Akshay Kumar into an all-conquering adventurer. The edge-of-the-seat excitement that's the staple of such films isn't properly recreated. So much more could have been done with the material but

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 you feel the director has kind of pulled in his punches. While an attempt at keeping it real is laudable, you feel cheated not seeing Akshay Kumar used to his full potential – that of a bonafide action star. Such films provide a whole lot of joy because of their campiness and improbability. Ram Setu stops

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 being fun and becomes preachy after a while. We want Akshay Kumar to explore the mysteries of Ramayana and instead he offers arguments in court about taking the epic at its face value. Apart from Akshay Kumar, the actor who gets the most footage is South actor Satya Dev, whose antics remind you

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 of Circuit from the Munna Bhai series. Unlike Circuit, he remains a mysterious figure and provides the only real twist in the film. Both the girls, be it Jacqueline Fernandez or Nushrratt Bharuccha, don't have much to do. The former plays a concerned environmental scientist while the latter plays the loving wife.

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 Both are competent in their parts. The film revolves around Akshay Kumar. He has tried his best to be a geeky academic and has vastly underplayed his part. He's such a charismatic actor and hence it's

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 difficult for us to see him in such a sedate role. We don't want him running away from danger but running towards it. He's tried in vain to make his character look believable and remains committed to the film's vision till the last frame. 

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