Rashtra Kavach Om Review: Aditya Roy Kapur body and action sequence is only highlight of this mediocre action drama
Rashtra Kavach Om Movie Rating: 2 Stars
Just watched Rashtra Kavach Om movie on Zee5 Premium. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjana Sanghi, Jackie Shroff, Prakash Raj, Ashutosh Rana and Prachee Shah
Director: Kapil Verma
Release Date: 1st July in cinemas & Digital debut on Zee5 from 11th August 2022
Story: It revolves around Om (Aditya Roy Kapur) who is a para-commando sent for a mission to find the Kavach. He has to infiltrate a battleship to find clues to an important asset of the country. While fighting the enemies on the ship, he gets shot. Om survives and his colleague Kavya (Sanjana Sanghi) is sent to help him recuperate. When he recovers, he has lost his memory and he is now fumbling to find answers about his past and present.
He starts hallucinating about a child called Rishi, whose father Dev (Jackie Shroff) was snatched away from him while he was left to die. We later learn that he was adopted by his military officer uncle Jai (Ashutosh Rana) and her wife Yashvi (Prachee Shah) and got trained to become India’s best para commando so that he could take revenge upon those who allegedly kidnapped/killed his scientist father.
In 2003, Dev had designed the best defense system in the world called ‘Kavach’. As per RAW, he joined hands with India’s enemies and sold Kavach. Jai however doesn’t believe in this theory. He’s also aware that Om’s real name is Rishi and that he’s not his biological son. His mission is to stop the sale of the technology and catch the culprits whatever the cost may be. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Screenplay
Negatives
1. Story
2. Climax
3. Music
4. Direction
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie on premiere day because it looks amazing and always loved action movies.
A para commando is on a top-secret mission for the nation. But as he goes to work with his top-notch combat skills, he realises that his personal and professional life is intertwined with multiple layers of lies, betrayal and deceit. Can he trust anyone at all?
Rashtra Kavach Om story is padded with multiple layers making it unnecessarily complex. The deafening background score adds noise to every big and small event on the screen. However, the action choreography is a definite plus and somewhat makes up for the otherwise lengthy and laborious screenplay. Since the drama moves back and forth, it sometimes takes time for the viewers to decipher what exactly is happening. Whatever Om sets out to do is accomplished quite easily makes the drama quite unbelievable. The only good point is that it is fast-paced and does not give the audience time to think. However, that is just one plus point among many minus points
Direction is also average but he has handled the action well. Few scenes are deftly executed like Om’s entry, Om and Kavya fighting the baddies in the safehouse and Om chasing the truck in Armenia. An emotional scene which stands out is Yashvi feeding kheer to Om. On the flipside, the narrative leaves viewers confused as there is too much flashback in the film. The whole setup looks superficial, especially in the first half. Yet, till the intermission point, the film seems decent and one hopes that after the build-up, the film would go higher in the second half. But in the second half, too many childish developments take place. The climax fight gives a déjà vu of the Baaghi films. In the name of unpredictability, there are multiple twists with regards to the main villain. After a point, it becomes frustrating for the viewers.
Overall films begin on excellent note but routine story and poor 2nd half, climax make this action drama very predictable which we have seen in multiple movies. My view on this movie Time Pass only if you’re a diehard fan of Aditya Roy Kapur or mindless action films.
For more Bollywood and Cricket updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website