Yudhra movie review: Action films are made by the dozen today, but good ones are far and few between. Yudhra, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi , is another addition to the genre. Is it good? Well, I have my reservations.
Also read: Siddhant Chaturvedi says no other action film comes ‘in the same zone’ as his Yudhra The plot The story revolves around Yudhra, played by Siddhant. A boy orphaned at birth, he has anger issues. Doctors had told Rehman and Karthick (played by Ram Kapoor and Gajraj Rao), friends of his deceased father, a cop, that since the mother died before giving birth, the blood supply was cut off for five minutes.
This could lead to some issues later in life. They bring him up. Later, he is court martialled as a cadet due to engaging in violence, and appointed as an undercover agent by Rehman to bust a drug cartel.
There’s also a romantic track between Yudhra and Nikhat (Malavika Mohanan), who happens to be Rehman's daughter. But things go haywire fast, and this forms the rest of the plot. The film begins on a very promising note.
A good backstory always helps in making the characters believable, and Yudhra ticks that off the list. What works and what doesn't Next comes the action itself. Slick and fresh sequences are ideally supposed to enhance an already good story.
The problem here is that the fights are the only saving grace. I was left wondering: has action as a genre been overdone so much, that there's no effort put in to come up with interesting stories.