We have more than a dozen (main) characters being introduced but none of them (and I repeat, none of them) are well-fleshed out. Character-building is one area that the film lacks terribly in. Everyone speaks as if they've been preparing their cheese-filled quotes/monologues for years, just waiting to spit them out at first given instance. It's like no one in the film speaks normally. The dialogues too are some of the campiest I've heard in recent times. Yet, the director chooses to drive the point home over and over again. It's clear from the very first scene that he's in. There are a bunch of scenes that try to reinstate the fact that Rocky (Yash) is unbeatable. Prashant Neel has packaged the film with all necessary massy ingredients: there are slow-motion intro sequences, exquisitely staged yet pointless fights, and excessive hype created around the protagonist's indomitable aura. This, in turn, makes K.G.F Chapter 1 a less than exciting experience. The problem with films that have invincible heroes is that none of the challenges that the screenplay poses turns out to be engaging enough. But, honestly, it is little beyond an overstretched exercise in hailing the protagonist as invincible. K.G.F Chapter 1 might be an astonishing wonder for one section of film-goers who haven't yet been exposed to world cinema.
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