Rowdy Rathore

2012 "Faulad ki Aulaad"
5.8| 2h23m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 01 June 2012 Released
Producted By: Bhansali Productions
Country: India
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website:
Info

A small-time thug comes across a young girl who claims him to be her father, following which he realizes he has a lookalike who's being hunted by goons.

Genre

Action, Comedy, Crime

Watch Online

Rowdy Rathore (2012) is now streaming with subscription on Netflix

Director

Prabhu Deva

Production Companies

Bhansali Productions

AD
AD

Watch Free for 30 Days

All Prime Video Movies and TV Shows. Cancel anytime.
Watch Now
Rowdy Rathore Videos and Images
  • Top Credited Cast
  • |
  • Crew

Rowdy Rathore Audience Reviews

Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.
Lawbolisted Powerful
Console best movie i've ever seen.
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
silvan-desouza South remakes after Ghajini, Wanted, Singham became a norm in bollywood, Rowdy Rathore was Akshay's first South remake The film is a remake of Vikramarkadu(2006) which was then dubbed in Hindi as Pratighat- The Revenge. The film is a copy paste from the original hardly few things have been changed like the character's fight with women in the original. From start to end it looks like a south remake with loud characters like Baapji, actors hamming. The first half is a drag, only the fight towards the interval is well handled however stupid it may seem. The second half gets a bit better when Shiva goes to the village but the end result isn't anything great. One can't fathom how come both the Akki's look the same except the moustache which was a flaw in the original as well Even the navel pinching looks odd in an Hindi filmDirection by Prabhu Devaa is okay, most of the film is a copy paste Music is okay, Dhadaang Dhadaang and Chinta Chinta are fun numbers though their picturisation is very South style.Akshay Kumar entertains though he does ham a lot especially in Vikram's role but yet he is good in his part. Sonakshi Sinha in her second film after Dabaang does just the same type acting Amongst rest Nasser overacts and his dubbing could be better, The actor who plays Titya is hardly terrifying like the original, Paresh Ganantra as 2g is good, Yashpal Sharma is good in his part, Gurdeep Kohli is good in a cameo too rest are okay.
Chrysanthepop It is obvious from the get-go that 'Rowdy Rathore' was by no means going to be a good film. However, I thought it was going to be one of those 'so bad it's funny' kind of films. That said, 'Rowdy Rathore' is insufferable. I had expected some interesting dance choreography since Prabhudeva is the director but, my goodness, the awful songs induce more than a headache. Akshay Kumar's dialogue delivery is laughably bad in some scenes. Nasser is just as bad. Sonakshi Sinha is irritating to the core. The idea behind 'Rowdy Rathore' was to recreate the style of those abysmal films that were popular in the 80s. Sadly, this had become the trend. Anyway, enough time's been wasted on this trash. Time to erase this memory with something better.
raja-mishra7 Its actually difficult even to wonder how this movie scored something more than twelve crore, leave aside One Twenty Crore.Had it not been for movies like these, Indian Cinema would loose the tag of absurdity that dignifies its existence.Bad bad bad acting, I wish Prabhudeva stops directing movies now, that will be of great help. First Wanted and then this, its so much a man can take dude! Akshay Kumar is a Director's man, and somehow he gets enough of bad directors to work with, sic! Sonakshi Sinha some how succeeds in disappointing with her bad acting skills, does she even have any acting skills? Lets not talk about that! She looked damn beautiful, that was the best thing in the entire movie a real Indian Beauty Most of the songs were uncalled for, bad, most of the fighting scenes were mismanaged, and despite all these draw backs, this movie is a major hit and we call it masala movie, good.What I couldn't understand is Sanjay Leela Bhansali produced this movie. Really? Of course he has made Saawariya after all.I would differ from what I had rated this movie earlier on: 4.5 3.7/10
kunalkhandwala A daring Police officer dons the role of the angry young protagonist whose self worth is calculated as a measure of songs themed around himself and by the film's ticket sales. Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan are thereby worth billions after 'Wanted', 'Dabangg' and 'Singham'. Never mind that two were remakes of South Indian blockbusters and were over- the-top, they still entertained the masala movie goer. Prabhudeva casts Akshay Kumar as the fearless, macho, 'Rowdy Rathore' who upholds the law while challenging authoritarian villains. This, again, is a remake of a blockbuster Telugu film.A small time thief, Shiva (Akshay Kumar), who loots houses, picks up wallets and dances with Prabhudeva, is smitten by the beautiful Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) whose mere sight makes him rewind the scene in slow motion. After all the song and dance, Shiva's life is suddenly intruded by a young girl Chutki, who claims him as her father. Even the child-hater Shiva's heart melts and he acts as her father, while he is constantly being attacked and pursued by a gang that apparently wants him dead. Shiva is left clueless about these circumstances until, in the midst of the gang attack, he is saved by the audacious Vikram Rathore, whom the world believes is dead. Rathore is a powerful force for the bad guys to confront and in a slick, yet inspired style, Prabhudeva re-directs the construction site scene before the interval. Thereafter, Shiva's Rowdiness and Rathore's brute force combine to form a better second half, which itself is a rarity of sorts.What makes this movie watchable for its length is the focus on Vikram Rathore's story rather than that of Shiva's. The oppressive rule of the village landlord is challenged by Rathore's audacious approach of enforcing law and order, leaving trails of beaten up henchmen. Subsequent to Rathore's storyline, it is his loyal followers who convince Shiva to take revenge upon Baapji (Nassar) and free the villagers from his tyranny. The biggest issue with 'Rowdy Rathore' however, is one of familiarity. This angry inspector out to correct the oppressive forces story has been well exploited in 'Wanted', 'Dabangg' and 'Singham'. Watching Akshay Kumar throw a few threatening words to the villain and walk away in a bold manner with things exploding behind him, is a familiar scene. Indeed, Kumar does his best to own his characters and portray something different but he too, is dictated by the South Indian films and their Bollywood remakes that have now typecast our heroes in uniforms. What Rowdy Rathore thus ends up being is a good film for masala entertainment, similar to what its predecessors of the genre were but it leaves no impact, no residual value whatsoever because of the familiarity of the subject. Its runaway success can be attributed to the dearth of entertaining films in recent times as well but one more movie from Bollywood that's a remake of a South Indian action film and this whole trend will spiral downward and disappear into oblivion. One can only take so much of one genre at a time. After that, it all looks the same. No matter how hard Prabhudeva tries to re-invent the wheel with fly-out action, slow motion capture of fights and the might of a one-man-army Policeman, the film suffers from the lack of novelty in its approach and depiction of characters. Akshay Kumar joins the angry cop team of action heroes and does well to portray both Shiva and Vikram Rathore's characters with whatever distinction the director could come up with. They make him dress up ridiculously in songs and dance alongside Prabhudeva, where he does manage to hold his own. While his romantic side reminds us of Akshay Kumar's charmer days, his Vikram Rathore side reminds us of what he is capable of as an action hero whom we had almost forgotten. Yet, the romantic side misses the charm that Salman Khan carried in 'Dabangg' and his action hero side misses the convincing boldness of Ajay Devgan in 'Singham'. Sonakshi Sinha could be eye candy for some, but not at all for others. She is one of those actresses who might disappear with the genre unless she finds a way to break free. Nassar and Yashpal Sharma portray their characters well and are the only noteworthy performances after Akshay Kumar's.Sajid-Wajid's music suits the film's masala flavour. Some of the tracks will remain popular for a while such as Chinta ta ta chita, Chamak challo chel chhabeeli and Dhadang dhang dhang. However, it was great to hear Kumar Sanu return to singing in films with Chamak challo. The song may even become a trend at weddings.....Rohit Shetty and Prabhudeva have brought South India to West India but it clearly is a genre waiting to take a sharp turn downward. The lack of novelty in its approach, shallow story lines, forgettable characters, over-the-top action sequences and slapstick humor indicate the dearth of creative film-making in this genre. All rests with the lead actors to pull off a below par product and convert it into a money tree. One can sit through Rowdy Rathore but only if it's under a certain price. It's paisa vasool factor is quickly diminishing in terms of a movie going experience and it's only a matter of time till it all implodes bigger than how the props explode on screen. One can only fear the potential of more remakes, considering the fact that there are a few more action heroes out there who are keen to wake up from their slumber and they all want their actions to speak louder than words. 5.712 on a scale of 1-10.