Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016): Movie Review.

The greatest triumph of Shivaay is that it can be enjoyed at different levels, whether you are an average viewer or a cinema practitioner or even a film scholar. The film may remind some of popular Hollywood action franchises like Bourne/Taken Trilogy. Perhaps, the best way to savor a film revolving around a larger-than-life character like Shivaay is to suspend one's disbelief. While first half of the movie deals with Shivaay’s exploits as a Himalayan mountaineer where we see him as a preserver of mankind, during the second half we see him as a destroyer of all that’s evil. At a connotative level, a keen viewer can discern the movie’s parallels with Hindi mythology, particularly Shiva. In the film, Devgn’s character is depicted as a rebel of sorts.

Also, the acting performances are quite convincing overall, especially those of Ajay Devgn and Abigail Eames-the girl who plays Devgn's daughter.

Finally, I daresay, we look set to challenge Hollywood on the technical frontier. Overall, Shivaay makes for a rare cinematic experience that looks set to usher in a new age of cinema in the context of Hindi film industry.

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