Tevar is an unusual love story between Moochi Man (Manoj
Bajpayee), Ditsy Dame (Sonakshi Sinha) and Pintu Boy (Yep, that’s Arjun
Kapoor's name in the film). Unusual, because characters in this film
fall in love for some very strange reasons. For instance, Moochi Man
falls in love with ditsy dame because she is dancing. Ditsy Dame falls
in love with Pintu boy because he is fighting and Pintu Boy falls in
love with Ditsy Dame because the film is getting too long. Trust me the
'I love you’ moment happens only at the climax.
It’s a maverick love story on the run where Pintu saves Ditsy in
Mathura. He dodges naked swords of Moochi and his men, ducks from
policemen’s bullets, jumps off buildings, races and crashes his car to
finally and safely bring Ditsy home in Agra. And guess what? Ditsy
doesn’t say sorry or thank you but complains how she has forgotten her
US visa papers back in Mathura. Er... what?? Yes, Ditsy has
Mathura-to-Manhattan dreams so that she can be away from Moochi. So you
see the action conveniently keeps shifting from Agra to Mathura and
back like a convenient trip to Lulu centre every weekend. And, mind you,
they make sure we know we are in Agra because every shot in the city
has The Taj Mahal in the background. So no matter the shot is set in a
garden or on the terrace, the monument looms large. Short of putting Taj
Mahal posters in the kitchen and bathroom, it’s omnipresent like it
wasn’t just a monument but Burj Khalifa, visible even from Sharjah.
Pintu respects women. He really does. In an important scene, he saves
a young girl from an eve teaser and in a heartbeat sings a song; ‘Main Superman, Salman ka Fan, jo le panga, kar du MAA-BEHAN!’
Even Radhika is such a sensitive character. The writers have given
her so much depth. For instance, she doesn’t like peas. She likes only paneer.
See such quirks. Also, there is a pensive side to her character as she
loses her beloved brother in the movie. In a very emotional scene she
fondly remembers her dead brother and in exactly five seconds she raps
in a song, “Let’s celebrate this moment”. The writers don’t exactly tell us ‘which moment’ though! ‘My-bro-died-I-am-so-sad- moment?’
The film is full of such brilliant screenplay, like the death of
Ditsy’s brother juxtaposed with an item number by Shruti Haasan.
Arjun-now-available-in-papa’s-production-Kapoor is exactly what he was in Ishaqzaade, slightly brooding, slightly intense and when nothing seems to work, just smile.
Sonakshi-now-available-in-a-new-haircut-Sinha can do such roles in her sleep. And put everyone to SLEEP too.
The real stars of the film are Manoj Bajpayee and Rajesh Sharma. They
both infuse such life into their otherwise one-dimensional characters.
Manoj Bajpayee is intimidating as Bahubali. What’s interesting is that
both Manoj Bajpayee and Arjun Kapoor have dreamy eyes. What you do with
them differentiates the stalwart from the amateur.
Tevar, ironically, lacks attitude and spunk. Watch it only for Manoj Bajpayee.
Rating - 2/5
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