Hero ~ Great Expectations Quashed

Release date - 11'th Sep 2015

One Word which describes the film - Disappointing

Best Dialogue - 'Main bhale hi Radha se door ho jaun, par zindagi bhar usi se pyar karunga. Koi rok sake to rok le.'

Genre - Romance/Action

Music -Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Sachin-Jigar

Producer - Salman Khan, Subhash Ghai

Story - Based on Hero by Subhash Ghai

Direction - Nikhil Advani

Cast - Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Tigmanshu Dhulia

Budget- 35 Crores approximately

In the 90's there came a flood of romantic films and along with it a lot of new heroes like Salman, Amir, Saif, Akshay and Ajay Devgan. In 25 years the quality of the films and the tastes of the audiences changed but we still get to see the same 45 plus heroes romancing new heroines.

Sooraj Pancholi came as a breath of fresh air, an innocent face, well chiseled body, good dancing skills and a nice voice. Athiya Shetty looked like a younger version of Sonam Kapoor, same height, same body language, chirpy voice and exactly no expressions on her face even in the most bizarre situations.

So these were the two debutantes with whom Salman Khan decided to make a film without any concern for the budget. Hero is the second film under the banner of Salman Khan Films after the blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan and is the remake of Hero (983) directed by Subhash Ghai so obviously there were huge expectations from the film.

Sooraj is shown as a hot blooded small time gunda who spends half of his time in the gym and the other half in fighting with shady characters and helping the needy. When he made his entry one of the goons said , ' Hero ki tarah enttry mari hai to khud ko hero samajhne laga hai?'

Athiya is the pampered girl of IG Mathur who loves partying, clubbing, clicking selfies and dancing.

The film started in a good way and the innocent love between the youngsters looked quite real. But lack of proper screenplay and absence of powerful dialogues soon made the film too dull and boring.

Whereas in the original film Meenakshi gets to say dialogues like, Pyar ek imtihaan hai, aur nateeje se darne waalo ka pyar jhoota hota hai' in this film Athiya says lines like,'Agar aapne mujhe isilye mara kyunki main Suraj se pyaar karti hoon to mujhe phir se maariye.' 

Tigmanshu Dhulia plays the role of  IGP Shrikanth Mathur which was played by Late Shammi Kapoor . He looks tired and exhausted in most  of the scenes and the only dialogue which you will remember once the film ends is,'Beta mujhe Sir nahi Daddy kaho .' After playing a powerful character like Ramadhir Singh in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and directing the award winning  Paan Singh Tomar(2012), Tigmanshu should stay away from doing such films.

Aditya Pancholi plays the role of Pasha which was done by Late Amrish Puri in the original film. He is shown in silken kurtas and freshly laundered dhotis which make us wonder that in which prisons such facilities are given. His dialogues of taking revenge from those who have wronged him sound too real but in the full film we hardly get to see his words turning to action.

When Amrish Puri said,' Mere hi kutte ne mujhe kaata' there was disgust and seething anger in his voice but Aditya saying,'15 saal ka pyar 15 din mai hi bhool gaya, sounded more like a plea for help. That's the power of dialogues and their effect on the viewers.

The only dialogue which had an impact was when Athiya says,'Pyar karne wale kabhi darte nahi, jo darte hain wo pyar karte nahi', which we all know is a hit song from the original film.

In an interview Salman admitted that releasing the music just a week prior to the film's release wasn’t a great idea. Because of Salman's popularity the "Main Hoon Hero Tera" sung by him became a hit but other songs despite being melodious failed to click with the audience.

In a line Hero has Zero chances of being another super-hit film and this is that one film which even loyal Salman Khan fans will give a miss.

Not worth spending money on. Can be seen when is aired on TV.