‘Yudhara’ Movie Review: Siddhant Chaturvedi Struggles To Revive A Ragged Action

A still from ‘Warriors’

Bollywood has tasted blood again. After the rebellion animal and arrested murder, This week we have a crossbreed that pretends to be an animal but lacks appetite and bite. Like the one-trick pony, it thinks actions have only one meaning. As the title suggests, the hero is born to be a warrior. Surviving violence in the womb, Yudhra (Sidhant Chaturvedi) grows up without struggling with anger issues with his parents and forming a bond with the reptile. It promises an appointment with an undead creature, but we soon realize it’s our same old hero to keep the galleries up with new stunts.

His father’s colleagues Karthik (Gajraj Rao) and Rahman (Ram Kapoor) try to channel Yudhara’s anger by turning him into a soldier to finish the mission started by his father. Meanwhile, Rahman’s daughter Nikhat (Malbika Mohanan) keeps Yudra jiving on the dance floor. When Yudhara infiltrates a drug cartel hideout led by a pragmatic butcher Feroze (Raj Arjun) and his coke-head son (Raghab Jual), blood starts spilling and masks come off.

Siddhant shows the nerve to carry a heavy-footed narrative on his chiseled shoulders and a no-nonsense look that gives way to a mischievous smile at the demand. Malvika gives him charming company with those expressive eyes but the two are paired with some mediocre songs that fail to create the required magic. The psychological flourishes become cosmetic and the romance feels plastic as the actioner makes little more of an emotional connection than a video game. The action set-pieces are performed with conviction but their setting is too predictable to invite surprise.

Raghav brings dance training to his villain, turning him into a reptilian character. However, the actor needs to work on his delivery otherwise he is going to repeat himself very soon. Rao, Raj and Kapoor give importance to the proceedings but the effort pales in the anemic storytelling. It is an old, sometimes isolated, engine that powers this shiny vehicle It enlivens a lot but rarely surprises you with its ambition or suspense.

Those who frequent Bollywood roads will respond to its rhymes and rhythms from a distance. It behaves like a 1990s Mahesh Bhatt flick that copied the style of B-grade Hollywood action without the real gore to back up the testosterone bumps.

Director Ravi Udyawar made it emotional mother (2017) Big screen knows a thing or two about revenge stories and writer Sridhar Raghavan is expected to enrich the action with context and subtext. But here they make deep cuts to their otherwise rich repertoire. Even Farhan Akhtar’s dialogues are dated warriors Abhimanyu repeats the same old story and talks about light after dark night.

Only take this ride if someone else is paying for it.

Yudhara is currently playing in theatres