Heropanti (2014)

A remake of the 2008 Telugu film Parugu, 'Heropanti' is A Good Entertainer, that introduces two new-faces, Veteran Actor Jackie Shroff's Son Tiger & Kriti Sanon. And luckily, the new-comers pack a punch!

'Heropanti' Synopsis: When Renu (Sandeepa Dhar) runs away with her lover, her father Chaudhary (Prakash Raj) launches a manhunt to track them down and eliminate them. A livid Chaudhary soon discovers that Bablu (Tiger Shroff) is the man who has assisted the couple to elope & who also happens to be his daughter's lover's friend.

'Heropanti' is unabashedly aimed at the masses. Its an out-and-out commercial masala film, that offers everything that will be loved by the aam-junta. In short, a paisa-vasool entertainer, that aims for nothing else, but to entertain its viewer.

The Screenplay is interesting & well-paced, but there are a few shortcomings. While the first-hour moves with force, the second-hour is comparatively slow. The culmination, especially, is prolonged & doesn't leave much of an impact. Even the running-time for that matter of fact, could've been trimmed by at least 20-minutes. 146-Minutes seems a bit too long!

Sabir Khan has directed the film well. Cinematography is picture-perfect. Editing is fair. Action-Sequences/Stunts are tremendous! Music by Sajid-Wajid & Manj Musik, is fabulous.

Performance-Wise: Tiger makes an impressive debut. He's superb when it comes to doing action & dance. His impeccable flexibility & grace are impossible to ignore. However, his performance has a few rough edges. He certainly needs to work on his acting skills. But for a debut-performance, he shows potential. Kriti Sanon, also makes an impressive debut. She looks gorgeous & delivers a highly confident performance. Also, the on-screen paring of Tiger & Kriti, is exciting. Prakash Raj is first-rate. His emotional outburst in the second-hour, is brilliant. Sandeepa Dahr leaves a mark. Vikram Singh is effective in a brief role.

On the whole, 'Heropanti' works & welcomes two talented newbies - Tiger Shroff & Kirti Sanon.

Fmovies: Tiger Shroff,son of Jacky Shroff has successfully managed to be a hero and show his heropanti with this film.The film is a dosage of masala with action,comedy,romance and also a message for all,which makes it a good and watchable film.

The film has its main strength in its writing. Although it has managed to be good at several places,it fails to rise above Allu Arjun starrer Parugu,of which it is a remake,since Tiger Shroff does not do it like Allu Arjun.But anyhow,it is a tiger Shroff show all the way.Prakash Raj is good as always.Others are also good.The fights and music are very good and worth praise.

On the whole,Heropanti is a full on film that can be watched by masala and drama lovers both.

Looks like the director of this movie has learnt the wrong meaning of the term 'HERO'. In which way does the slim, skinny, fair and lovely Tiger Shroff looks like a hero? He cannot even live up to his name - Tiger. Hero is supposed to have massive dialogue delivery which can attract the audience. Tiger's dialogue delivery was so unmanly. Not at all impressive. Speaking of the movie, the script and the directions, its all the old wine in a new bottle. Not every superstar son can survive in this industry. And this metrosexuality has taken turn for a worst, is what I have observed after watching tiger shroff. I think Sajid Nadiadwala should do a crash course in 'How to recognize the real actor'.

Heropanti fmovies. All right guys & gals...Disclaimer : If you are the serious types, going to a movie theater or even downloading a movie from the internet which is again serious or has a lot of drama or too much romance or even too much of violence; Heropanti is not for you. Sabbir Khan (Director) has recreated a sort or late 80s-early 90s era in his 2nd directorial venture. His earlier movie; Kambhakkt Ishq was total CRAP. But Heropanti is a fantastic improvement. Direction, cinematography, choreography, music everything is good. This movie is a TTP {TOTAL TIME PASS} movie. When you enter the movie hall, you should leave behind all your worries of your life, go in with a clear mind & do not pay too much attention to small details. This movie has a lot to offer to the diversified audience. Action, Romance, Drama, Dance, Emotional Moments, Fantastic Music & a very attractive lead pair. This movie does have some sexist jokes which should be taken in a light manner as it is NOT gross or vulgar in any way. Plot is good, set in modern day Haryana. Although it is copy of the Telugu Film "PARUGU" (Veerta: The Power). See it for the amazing stunts done by Tiger Shroff, the utterly gorgeous Kriti Sanon, Prakash Raj in a different look than his usual gangster character. Emotions are also portrayed beautifully by Prakash Raj & Tiger Shroff. Overall, its a Bollywood entertainer with a fresh cast & good content. Go for it!!

'Heropanti' starts off well, then drops down extremely. The first 20 minutes, up until Tiger Shroff's entry (after his entry) the film goes quite downhill and then becomes a bit boring. As the film goes on, it gets more and more boring, until the first half finishes.

The film overall has a clichéd, old, many times used story, but has been changed around a little to make it more exciting, and in my opinion, has worked. The first-half as I mentioned before, is quite boring and will probably make you want to stop watching the film, but as soon as the second-half starts, the film goes back up and gets more and more exciting as it goes on.

Performances are decent, though the main highlight of the film in my opinion performance-wise, is Prakash Raj. He probably gives his best performance in Bollywood so far. After him, Tiger Shroff ranks as the best performance of the film I'd say.

On the whole, Heropanti is an exciting, fun & entertaining romance-action flick that you may enjoy, depending on what genre films you like. What lets down is the old & washed-out storyline in my opinion. Despite this, if you feel you may enjoy this film, watch if you want to.

Watching this latest launching pad for another star son, presented as a youthful love saga, I strongly felt that perhaps we are now into a completely different era which is far away of those eternal love stories of the past. The emotional depth found in the adorable romance between the lead pairs of that golden era is lost somewhere in the materialistic development around and today a love story has to be served like a complete entertainment package, forcing everything into the script ranging from action, songs, dance & drama to six packs, naval shows and hurriedly edited sequences with more than one sub plots.

Another remake of another South Hit PARUGU (Telugu-2008), HEROPANTI has been made with slight changes suiting the Hindi belt. But it actually walks on exactly the same pattern followed by South cinema, in which they mix more than 2-3 interesting subplots into one script and have a separate focus planned for both before and after the interval, intelligently. So in here too the couple actually meets just before the intermission and its probably the first Hindi love story in which the wooing act commences in the second half.

Beginning with a typical marriage sequence and many clichéd insertions later, it simply reminds you of few recent films like CHENNAI EXPRESS, SON OF SARDAR, RANGREZZ and more. The hero's gang of friends starts overacting from their first scene itself and one doesn't get impressed much till we have an well executed chase & escape, action sequence towards the mid. Despite having few weird scenes, the film actually makes a greater impact post interval with an emotional climax again reminding you of DDLJ along with a lengthy duration which could have been shortened by at least 12-15 minutes.

To put it straight, HEROPANTI is purely made keeping in mind the non- stop entertainment more suitable for single screens or smaller centers and has enough action & drama for that particular target audience. Hence it cannot be treated as an awfully made film, delivering nothing. However it's the writing which remains uneven throughout offering some really strange sequences as well as dialogues. For instance, it seems really silly to repeat the word HEROPANTI every 5-10 minutes by various artists in its initial hour. Prakash Raj coming on to the road with a bottle as a drunkard didn't really suit his own persona. A party song comes from no-where in the film all of a sudden and a particular dialogue truly left me confused saying,

"Jo Dost Kameeney Nahin Hotey, Wo Kameenay Dost Nahi Hotey!!!!!!"

Also another verse in the song "Rabba" really forced me to look into the lyrics writer's name i.e. Kausar Munir and he writes,

"Chakhna Bhi Chahun, Rakhna Bhi Chahun, Sabse Chhupa Ke Ussey!!!!!!" And that is supposed to be a love songÂ…Â…Â…Â….really!

Musically, HEROPANTI does have some peppy tracks like "Raat Bhar" & "Whistle Baja" with the famous signature tune from Subhash Ghai's HERO featuring Tiger's father Jackie Shroff, fondly called as Jackie Dada. Moreover the encouraging part is that here we don't have a 5-6 songs thrown in every 12-15 minutes into the film as per the routine. The cinematography captures the action sequences and landscapes superbly. Plus the background score manages to build up the energy level to a large extent.

In the performance section, Tiger Shroff confidently displays his well learned skills in Gymnastics & Martial Arts and makes a d