SikandarDir: AR MurugadossCast: Salman Khan, Rashmika MandannaRating: 1.5/5Reviewing a film can be tough due to many factors, but it becomes the toughest task when one is writing about what can be called as ‘half a film’. This is superstar Salman Khan’s Eid release Sikandar, which makes sense as a movie only till the interval.
Once upon a time, the demi-God of Bollywood said on screen, “Mujhe pe ek ehsaan karna, ki koi ehsaan mat karna.” It’s not explicitly spelt but every frame with Khan in Sikandar feels like one big favour he is doing the audience. There’s nothing in Sikandar that’s not seen in a Salman Khan film before.
There’s a saviour, his love interest, some music and lots of action. There’s another similarity. Like most of Khan’s recent outings, Sikandar is an example of poor film-making, and its grossly uninterested leading man.
In fact, the film goes one step further, with an absent screenplay in its second half. Post-interval, Sikandar is just a thread of scenes without any transition, reason, or rhyme. Director-writer AR Murugadoss has delivered failures earlier as well, but what do you call an attempt which doesn’t even go the full distance? Over the last 15 years, Khan has achieved the status of a screen figure who doesn’t need the act in the actor to deliver a success.
In fact, Khan’s unparalleled star power has ensured that his movies begin and end at him alone—where people go to watch Salman Khan, not his films. Naturally, when .
