'Kick' - Salman Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala Kick Up A Storm

The superhero's mask when it goes on is sure to bring the house down. 'Debutant' director (he handles the cast and characters and the plot like a veteran) Sajid Nadiadwala has set the core-action, a cat-and-mouse chase plan featuring the dare...um...Devil hero and a determined cop (Hooda, in command), in the striking ambience of Warsaw. It's an exhilarating set-up.

The stunts spiral splendidly into a climax .The stunts are of the kind never seen before in Hindi cinema,decidedly superior in execution to what we saw in 'Krrish 3' and 'Dhoom 3'. Nadiadwala spares no expenses to ensure that his super-hero flick gets going from the first frame. The spectacle is never over-the-top.

Playing the karmic crusader comes easily to Salman Khan who likes to see himself being...well... human in real and on screen. Cleverly, the plot weaves the superstar's real and reel persona into a precocious pastiche where you never know where the reel Salman ends and where the fictional begins.

While his eyes go moist for suffering children he also becomes a child on the dancefloor cavorting to the sound of "Saat samundar paar" from Rajiv Rai's "Vishawatma"...Nadiadwala's sly little homage to his deceased wife Divya Bharti on whom the song was originally filmed.

The narrative's pace never slackens. The crucial crossovers in characterization and continents are achieved without much ado. This can be a problem when we're in search of consistency in the characterization of other heroes. But not Salman. We expect him to be whimsical and mercurial. And as he jumps personalities, he lives up to his unpredictable image.

The plot is designed as a flashback conversation between Jacqueline Fernandez and Randeep Hooda who could have been strangers in a train if only they were not engaged to get married. On a journey, they both discuss the man who played havoc in their lives without knowing it's the same character.

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