Rohit
Shetty
doesn’t
have
a
single
simple
bone
in
his
body.
His
films
are
extravagant
explosions
that
aspire
for
little
sense
and
big
business.
Sparing
no
expense
or
effort
to
entertain
his
audience
has
mostly
reaped
in
rich
dividends
for
Bollywood’s
King
of
Masala.
With
his
Diwali
offering
Singham
Again,
the
director’s
homegrown
cop
universe,
which
reunites
his
khaki-clad
daredevils
—
Singham,
Simmba,
Sooryavanshi
—
the
man
hopes
to
unlock
new
levels
of
action-packed
spectacle
led
by
a
star-studded
cast
of
Ajay
Devgn,
Akshay
Kumar,
Kareena
Kapoor,
Ranveer
Singh,
Deepika
Padukone,
Tiger
Shroff,
Arjun
Kapoor
and,
if
the
rumours
are
to
be
believed,
Salman
Khan
in
a
Chulbul
Pandey-sized
cameo.
Sukanya
Verma
lists
everything
you
can
expect
from
the
Rohit
Shetty
brand
of
film-making.
Crowd
Pleaser
You’ll
rarely
spot
a
lonesome
figure
in
his
movies.
Rohit
Shetty
is
all
for
more
the
merrier
and
loves
to
fill
his
frames
with
actors
as
different
as
cheese
and
chalk.
Ensemble
cast
is
his
thing
and
if
there’s
one
film
he’ll
probably
never
remake
is
Sunil
Dutt’s
Yaadein.
Lights,
camera,
colours
The
world
how
Rohit
Shetty
sees
it
is,
at
least,
four
times
brighter
and
over-saturated
than
our
mortal
eyes
can
handle.
There
should
be
special
glasses
to
survive
such
extreme
fluorescent
splash.
Over
the
top
action
Somersaulting
vehicles,
flying
cars,
exploding
jeeps,
actors
balancing
themselves
on
bikes
and
other
modes
of
transport
only
to
leap
on
to
hovering
helicopters,
these
are
commonplace
sights
in
a
Rohit
Shetty
creation.
Slapstick
humour
Possessed
Deepika
Padukone,
Johnny
Lever
in
Veerappan
mode,
Abhishek
Bachchan’s
three
mothers,
Shreyas
Talpade
unleashing
his
inner
Nana
Patekar,
Kunal
Kemmu
taking
a
spin
inside
a
washing
machine
or
Irrfan’s
Raavan
imagery,
Rohit
Shetty’s
gags
make
their
presence
felt
loud
and
clear.
Laughing
at
another’s
expense
Lowbrow
wit
is
another
favourite
of
this
film-maker.
Jokes
about
disabilities,
parodying
films
that
centred
around
it,
homophobic
jibes
and
cross
dressing
shenanigans
find
much
favour
in
his
brand
of
entertainment,
entertainment,
entertainment.
The
usual
suspects
Believe
it
or
faint,
but
Christopher
Nolan
and
Rohit
Shetty
do
have
one
thing
in
common.
They
love
to
repeat
a
bunch
of
actors.
Apart
from
the
most
obvious
name
on
the
list,
Ajay
Devgn,
you’ll
notice
the
likes
of
Mukesh
Tiwari,
Ashwini
Kalsekar,
Vrajesh
Hirjee
alongside
Sanjay
Mishra
and
Johnny
Lever
featuring
in
nearly
everything
made
by
the
director.
Larger
than
life
As
summarised
in
my
Golmaal
Again
review,
‘Overkill
is
Shetty’s
thing.
The
director
stuffs
the
screen
with
props,
people
and
puerile
energy
to
orchestrate
his
comedy
of
crackpots.’
Big
star
collaborations,
exaggerated
responses,
action,
comedy
and
romance
bordering
on
fantasy,
suspension
of
disbelief
and
spectacle
go
hand
in
hand
in
a
Rohit
Shetty
film.
This
feature
was
first
published
on
December
20,
2022.