Tiger attributes the slow start to A Flying Jatt to the film’s unusual release date.
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A superhero named after a community of agriculturalists is certainly new for cinema. “A Flying Jatt” is the mumma’s boy who flies to clean the ceiling and buys vegetables in the same costume. The film is directed by Remo D’Souza while has Kay Kay Menon and others in the key roles.
A Flying Jatt is too silly for adults but could promise enough fun for kids. Shroff turned as a super hero for kids. The film is all about the antics of Tiger Shroff, whose martial skills are in full display in the film. Today we complain about Hollywood superhero movies becoming derivative and here we have A Flying Jatt that is a derivative’s derivative.
Tiger Shroff is seen in two different looks in the movie one sporting a normal look and another superhero. Overall A Flying Jatt failed to fly in audience mind. Tiger maintains that it was a hit with children. It is obvious he can’t act, but it is impossible to hold a grudge against him.
The set-up is tiresome but things get moving when, after a series of events, Aman acquires superpowers and turns into the titular superhero. Last 15 minutes of “A Flying Jatt” are thrilling.
Trending Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff can perfectly blend with action adventure films. Raka encounters Aman as he is praying there, and, in their ensuing fight, both of them metamorphose – Aman into a superhero, and Raka into an evil force fed by pollution and toxic waste.
Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Amrita Singh, KK Menon, Nathan Jones and Shraddha Kapoor in a cameo. Jacqueline, who plays Aman’s love interest Kriti, does not have much to do except shaking legs, doing a bit of romance and delivering some mystifying dialogues that clearly tell of her rather fake accent.
The Hindi version of director S. Shankar’s Tamil science fiction film Enthiran made about Rs.24 crore at the box office. And because he is still a work-in-progress actor to whom fumbling and bumbling and being awkward comes naturally, he is a good fit for his character, even if it’s cobbled together from familiar caped crusaders: “bits of Superman and Spiderman and our own home-grown Krrish”. The best part of the movie is its Universal rating which helped in attracting more of young audiences along with their families, of course. But for its honesty to laugh at the superhero phenomenon and to bring in Indianness, it could still be a one-time watch.
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A Flying Jatt won’t come across as compelling; it has its share of lag.
