Yudhra Review: Underwhelming drama fails to make a right balance between solid emotions and stellar action sequences
Yudhra Movie Rating: 1.5 Stars
Watched Yudhra movie in Cinema. Let’s focus on the complete details, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Siddhant Chaturvedi, Malavika Mohanan, Raghav Juyal, Gajraj Rao, Ram Kapoor, Raj Arjun and Shilpa Shukla
Director: Ravi Udyawar
Release Date: 20th September 2024 in cinema
Story: The film starts off with a shootout of Yudhra (Siddhant Chaturvedi), who then takes us through a flashback of events which has led to today’s situation wherein he is drowning in water with blood all over the sea water.
His father Girish Dixit (Saurabh Gokhale) was a decorated policeman who was killed in the same car accident that claimed the life of her mother Prerna (Sharvari Deshpande) as well. Somehow, baby survived by doctors and since he did not get blood supply for five full minutes before his delivery, he became a victim of extreme anger issues. He is adopted by Girish’s colleague Karthik (Gajraj Rao).
In order to control and channelize his anger issues, Yudhra is sent to NCTA (National Cadet Training Academy) Pune where he meets his childhood friend Nikhat (Malavika Mohanan) and romance happens between them. But, one day, a random fight with a stranger resulted in him being court martialed and jailed for nine months, on the basis of disciplinary grounds.
It is here he meets Inspector Rahman (Ram Kapoor) who tells him to channelize all his anger for the right causes and be an undercover agent for the police department. He joined the gang led by Firoz (Raj Arjun) and his son Shafiq (Raghav Juyal). He is given the task to bust a drug racket involving very powerful names, who were also responsible for the death of his parents. Will he be able to bust the drug racket? Are there any betrayals? Watch the movie to find out.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Background Music
Negatives
1. Length
2. Screenplay
3. Climax
4. Story
5. Direction
6. Songs
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie in cinemas as loved the action sequences and background music. Yudhra is struggling with anger issues and is assigned an undercover mission to bring down a powerful drug syndicate headed by Firoz and his son Shafiq. He accepts the responsibility as he wants to exact revenge against Firoz for his parent’s death.
Yudhra boasts of mind-boggling action sequences and most of these sequences are so brutal that they’ll haunt you. The camera work and cinematography are first rate, and it makes the movie quite appealing from a visual standpoint. There’s a lot of thought which has gone in each and every shot and it makes the film watchable. A scene where Ravi shows his brilliance is the chase sequence in Portugal and the madness, which ensues in the music shop. The scene in the bathroom towards the end is also quite novel. The film also has been mounted on a huge scale and this makes it apt for the big screen. Even though the film has ample amount of action, drama, suspense, emotions and romance. But the problem that the film suffers is that all of these elements have been scattered all over the narrative, which becomes the root cause for the film to become boring and predictable at regular intervals. As for the performances, the film looks like Siddhant Chaturvedi’s launchpad into the world of action heroes. Special brownie points to the film’s action director for devising well-choreographed stunts, which emits the aroma of international techniques.
The greatest action films are built on a balance of solid emotions and stellar action sequences. The most mind-blowing action scene will impress the audience only when the emotions behind it are real and raw and movie is missing the emotion and story badly. The first half builds momentum and creates an anticipation of a solid twist, but the second half douses its own fire before things could get all heated. The film never reaches the tipping point despite showing promise and that’s frustrating. Neither the story is new, nor is the storytelling very appealing. The movie doesn’t really grip you and a gripping screenplay is what’s most important for a movie of this genre. The scene in the jail is unexciting and the amount of bloodshed puts viewers off. The film also doesn’t end on a high. Overall movie suffers from a routine and predictable plot but is watchable due to the background music, action sequences and performances. My view on this movie Not Recommended.
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