Antim — The final truth — Review. Have you ever thought of the first day…
By: Sreeharsha Garimella
Tags: Bollywood, Latest, Ayush Sharma, Salman Khan, Antimthefinaltruth

Have you ever thought of the first day first show fever and then think that why are people such movie freaks?. Yes , even I was one of those. But my view has changed over this quarantine period, I have come to an understanding that its an experience just like a festival. Not that you are a fan of a superstar but to just experience the huge crowds hooting and dancing when a popular star’s movie is released is in itself a surreal experience.

So, what better opportunity can you ask for than a Salman Khan’s movie . So I booked first day first show in my hometown Visakapatnam in one of the iconic theatres Jagadamba, mostly famous among the masses though I have a multiplex near my house.

I was unaware of the reality that I was about to see at the theatre, there was no crowd, hardly 20% was occupied. Anyhow lets keep my excitement aside and jump into the review of the movie.

First Half

It begins at a village in Maharashtra where Ayush Sharma ( Rahuliya) is a son of a contract farmer who had lost his land to a landlord and is hired on contract to farm on his own land because he did not read the terms and conditions properly. Rahuliya a jobless uneducated normal guy challenges the landlord who cheated his dad that he would come back someday and would tie the landlord to bulls and use his body to plough the same land he had occupied.

After 30 minutes, the slow transition of Rahuliya’s character starts when he moves to Pune with his family. Meanwhile Salman’s first entry happens which was below normal not a typical superstar entry.

Rahuliya transforms form a normal youth to a most feared person in Pune by killing many top shots, a don observes Rahuliya’s talent and recruits him into his clan, here I would like to mention that the character transition of Rahuliya was so smooth on the screen that we need to give credit to the screenplay writer Mahesh Manjrekar who is also the writer of the film.

Meanwhile, 2nd entry of Salman happens and that is when the crowd gets to know that he is a cop, as expected Rahuliya and Salman meet first time at the police station as Rahuliya was jailed as a suspect for a murder but gets saved by the don who had recruited him. Also, Rahuliya’s family disowns him as he starts to grow as a goon and earns money by threatening others which his family members did not want.

First half ends at the middle of the fight between Rahuliya and Salman where Salman was dominating. Overall, first half had set the stage for the movie to be a blockbuster but for that to happen the second half should be even better and more unpredictable.

Second Half

With high expectations, the second half starts, now Rahuliya is the main villain in the movie. But, script starts to take a nose dive as soon as the second half begins.

Soon it started to look like the writer was not able to control the build up of the first half and wrote whatever he felt like just to complete the movie.

The second half is full of unnecessary violence except for few good dialogues. Too much of violence makes the movie very irritating, the violence did not even have good action sequences and the screenplay was so fast and that the audience was completely confused what does the director wants to do.

Conclusion

To be very clear, this is not a Salman Khan’s movie, the script did not have much to offer for Salman Khan, he is just a side actor.

Ayush is the villain as well as the hero of the film, the script completely revolves around him, and he did a fantastic job. Bollywood has found a new gem and I feel if he keeps working hard he would be one of the superstars of Bollywood as villain as well as a hero.

The writer should have been patient and should have taken help from someone else if he was facing a writer’s block such that second half would have been at least at same level of that of the first half.

My Ratings :

Dialogues — 2/5 Music — 2/5 Screenplay — 3/5 Script — 2/5 Direction — 2/5 Ayush — 4/5

Please feel free to leave your view on my review.