Sikandar lacks a strong story line and is merely infused with unnecessary action. It is a redemptive relief for Salman Khan fans that he finally displays some improvement in his acting skills and emotions on screen (though this comes at such a late juncture in his long career) however a lot still needs to be done with the dialogues department.
What really appears confusing as to whether the filmmaker intends to pass on the message of humanity, cautioning on ecological disasters or whether it is about a the King of Rajkot and his army on a mission of cleansing ills of the society.
All hopes are shattered. Neither the story nor the super-man like action scenes featuring Salman Khan fighting 200 goons with his five man army sink in one’s mind. One is confused if he is watching an emotional film or rather a super hero flick. In fact the story doesn’t have anything in it worth mentioning.
Rashmika Mandanna appears wooden and is just used as a show-piece, while Kajal Aggarwal is simple with the appearance of a lady next door. While Salman’s acting ability appears improving, there is much desired from his dialogue deliveries. At times, Salman Khan’s appearance looks unpleasant and unfit as a Raja Saheb who walks more like a gym trainer.
The only redeeming factor in Sikandar is that finally one can notice some maturity in expressing emotions in Salman Khan, however he is still stuck up with his typical dialogue delivery, maintaining his flat speeches throughout be it in happiness, anger or casual statements.
It is high time that Salman Khan decides taking up either strong content based flicks or full and full super hero movies. Unfortunately Sikandar doesn’t fit into any of the categories.
There are a few songs grandly picturised and a couple of them running in background, yet none of them are noteworthy. At several moments in the film, the grieving Royal heir is shown helpless and is shown drowning into having alcohol.
It makes us wonder that is it the same director who gave us the fascinating 2008 thriller Ghajini? A R Murugadoss & Salman Khan surely disappoint their fans!
Cast of Sikandar:
Salman Khan as Sanjay Rajkot (Sikandar)
Rashmika Mandanna as Saisri (Sanjay’s wife)
Kajal Aggarwal as Vaidehi Ranga
Sathyaraj as Minister Rakesh Pradhan
Sharman Joshi as Amar
Prateik Babbar as Arjun Pradhan
Anjini Dhawan as Nisha
Kishore as Inspector Prakash
Jatin Sarna as De Niro (Taxi driver)
Sanjay Kapoor as Nisha’s father
Nawab Shah as Virat Bakshi
Vishal Vashishtha as Rangachari
Kishori Shahane as Minister’s wife
Credits of Sikandar:
Production companies – Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Salman Khan Films
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala
Story, Screenplay & Directed by A. R. Murugadoss
Dialogues by Rajat Arora, Hussain Dalal, Abbas Dalal
Cinematography – Tirru
Edited by Vivek Harshan
Music by Pritam
Score – Santhosh Narayanan