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Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Review

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Rating: 3/5 Stars (Three stars)

Star cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Freddy Daruwala, Sumeet Raghavan, Sahedev Girish

Director: A. R. Murugadoss

Whats Good: The absorbing pace, the intelligent thinking of the proceedings, Akshay Kumar and mostly the gratuitous action sequences.

Whats Bad: Sonakshi Sinha and the films romantic angle, a half baked plot that comes with no back story and doesnt invest enough in painting anelaborate picture of its characters. And mostly the overstretched, over-exaggerated and over the top sequences that probably helps in raising the fun quotientof the film doesnt really smell of wit.

Loo break: Not many.

Watch or Not?: The hardest bit about average films are that you are always in two minds whether to recommend them or to suggest you let it pass.However, for a change, I am suffering from no dubiousness this time. Dont miss Holiday for the sheer fun of watching a film that wins solely for itsdelicious brutish action. The narrative isnt exactly a work of genius with the logical apertures frequently getting the better of you. But Murugadoss doesntlet go off the breakneck speed that Holiday benefits from. The film without the briskness would have failed to rise above the half decent mark. Dont missthis one for the reckless headlong roller coster ride it holds for you.

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Holiday begins with Captain Virat Bakshy coming back to Mumbai. On his advent, his parents take him to meet Saiba (Sonakshi Sinha), as a part of anarranged marriage proposal. While initially it doesnt work out between them, with Virat assuming Saiba to be a shy and reticent person, he eventually gets

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to see a brighter, enthusiastic and feistier side of her.

Meanwhile, Virat entangles himself in a case that involves a bomb blast. As the story advances, Virat tracks down the sleeper cells that have been plotting abigger attack on Mumbai.

Holiday traces the story of how Virat destroys the active sleeper cells and pushes them on to the comatose mode for a good while.

Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar in a still from movie Holiday

Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Review: Script Analysis

An army soldier Virat Bakshy is back home on a Holiday. While for most Holiday would be synonymous to taking respite from work, the script writers goall the way in establishing that army people dont have the luxury of respite that civilians thrive on. Akshay Kumars elaborate speeches on the greatness ofthe Indian army borders on tedious and are perhaps amongst the films most slack moments. And yet, there is probably no reason to slam a otherwise acould have been rubbish film Murugadoss made for you. Though the afterthought gives perspective and makes you realize the utter dumbness of the film,while watching it the filmmaker establishes the ongoings with such sincerity that you dont quite get to sit back and seep the rantings of your logical brain. Itis that much fun!

The script is largely unconvincing. As Akshay disrupts the workings of sleeper cells, one cant help wonder how on earth is an army officer who is off-dutyauthorized to throw himself on cases that logically lies under the purview of the police. Also, if there is a bomb blast in the city, an ordinary sub-inspectorwont be left in-charge of the case but will (I hope) be headed by a group of more senior officers. Not that we go watching masala entertainers expectinglogic but still clever action doesnt always guarantee a clever film.

In a particular scene, where Akshay kidnaps a terrorist, an active sleeper cell member who executes a pivotal operation and keeps him at his home makes mewonder how on earth does no one in his family find out about it. As already clear that logic isnt what one of the things on the menu while you watchHoliday, lapses like these make you guffaw in an immensely thrilling film.

And now I take the liberty to slam the films biggest problem: the romantic story. It is hard to fathom the needless attempt to infuse a romantic track in afilm which is better off without. Be it Special 26 or Holiday, the romantic track of this film barely has any space and is more distracting than appealing.While Murugadoss Ghajini had a brilliantly written female character in Kalpana who had the fragility and charm in a romance that blended well with theaction, Sonakshis Saiba evokes delirium more than tenderness.

Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Review: Star Performances

Akshay Kumar is still a proud over actor. And as much as I enjoy watching his films, it was hard to miss Kumar taking trips back to Once Upon A Time InMumbaai Dobaara which in my opinion was one of the worst roles of his career. But when it comes to the genuineness and the sincerity to which heaccomplishes this role, Akshay gets full marks on it. It was after a long time that Akshay synced in a character this well, as if it was written for him. In thelast scene where he kills the head of the sleeper cells, qualifies as adrenalin rush shot for any Akshay fan. Thumbs up to the cool man!

Sonakshi Sinha barely has a 15 minute role in the film. And as hard as I try to like her each time, I find it very difficult to achieve with the actress practicallydoing nothing in her films. Its high time she really needs to raise the bar of the roles she accepts.

Also, it must be mentioned that the audiences got a glimpse of Akshays Its Entertainment and if that dog is anything like Holidays Rocky then we have abrilliant chemistry to await.

Sumeet Raghvan, who is best known for his role Sahil Sarabhai in the popular show Sarabhai VS Sarabhai, is reduced to a caricature that doesnt define hisdiverse acting abilities. He was ordinary and played plain silly all along.

The lead terrorist in the film, Freddy Daruwala does his job well emitting the right emotion of spine chilling. The guy surely has promise and with a more


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prominent role, he can deliver better.

Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Review: Direction, Editing and Screenplay

For film critics, the first thing to check out in the censor board certificate is a films runtime. Going by that Holiday wasnt even close to being a pleasantsight. At 2 hours 52 minutes, the film was relatively long. Give A.R Murugadoss the credit that it is so absorbing in both its witty and silly moments thatyou dont quite feel the pangs of its length. It is a sleek film which is done in an old fashioned good vs evil way but Akshay fighting his nemesis is every bitsatisfying.

I cant help taking pot shots at the laughable climactic juncture where a supporting actor screeches, Ek kaam kartey hai dono ko maar daltey hai (aboutAkshay and Freddy). Sounding straight out of daily soaps, it didnt quite fit in the trim narrative. At another juncture where 12 army officers are trackingdown 12 sleeper cells in a very razor sharp sequence, at a nail biting minute they all echo Arey yeh toh gun hai thrice over (on discovering a gun in theirbags). Dialogues like this dont show well on the sagacious thinking of the film.

The screenplay besides these lapses is engrossing. Pritams music adds to the delight factor with tracks like Tu Hi Toh and Shaayraana and though theediting is on the lazier side, it isnt half as bad.

Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Review: The Last Word

Holiday is mostly a delectable film. With Akshays superfluous action sequences beguiling you to watch a film which isnt even close to as brainy as itseems, I will still recommend you to watch it for the lump sum enjoyment it delivers. It isnt a great film but surprisingly winsome and not entirelyforgettable. Quite the value for the buck! I am going with a judicious 3/5.

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Atul Savashe Sharda Vidya MandirAReply Like 3 hours ago

Filmi ChakkarIt is the over stretched screenplay of 2 hrs 51 min which completely dilutes the real essence of themovie. The romantic track between Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar is unnecessary and has noconnection with the main plot. To justify the romance there are songs which crop in and slows thepace of the movie. The characters also lack depth especially the main villains character, there is nobackground given. The screenplay looks disjointed at times. The Climax is too stretched. A RMurugadoss should have actually concentrated on the main plot of the terrorists and their sleepercells and made it into a fast paced thriller which unfortunately Holiday fails miserably.Reply Like 3 hours ago

Syed Ahmed Top Commenter British Council SchoolBefore watching HOLIDAY, I was expecting yet again a regular action thriller but after going through,it came out as a superb action packed entertainer. Director, A. R. Murugadoss, kept the pace so fastand interesting that you would be glued to your seats till the end.Akshay Kumar is at his peak andgave a commendable performance while on the other hand Sonakshi Sinha upset this time andlooks old and chubby for the role and even fails to fulfill the romantic portion of the movie,SumeetRaghavan gave a fun time and Govinda did what he is best for in his short cameo but the surprise isFreddy Daruwala and did left a impact . As for the music,I guess these many songs were notrequired as they were irritating at times, except the last one which surely will bring tears in youreyes. Cinematography, screenplay and the story were genius and works as a catalyst to giveHOLIDAY a must watch. Whether you are on your holidays or no, give yourself 180 minutes of fullon entertainment in the form of HOLIDAY.Reply Like 4 hours ago

Dor G Fubb Bangalore Universitymovie is not yet released and how this idiot got the review.i gues u r brainlessReply Like 20 hours ago

Akhil Raghav Administrator at ABD - Mr.Awesomepreview shows will be there broReply Like 3 hours ago

Jack Thechla Rodrigues Top Commenter Goa Universityyou mean only action. no comic timings or brilliant acting. noooooo... not again.Reply Like June 4 at 11:27pm


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whatever be the outcomne of the movie u cant give akshay credit s it is a remake not aoriginal..copykats make remakes and give superhits..all credit must go toTHUPAKKI the original flick!!!!!

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This is totally fake news .And Paid news .TUM jese logo ki vagah se hi india me logical movies nai ban rahi he .this is A superbly logical movie .Where you will get all the fun action and the most thriller .

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