Selfiee Review: Akshay Kumar has been facing back-to-back flops with Ram Setu, Cutputli, and Rakshabandan and now he needs a solid hit. Without losing hope he has set up a solid lineup with releases and he now come up with this film called Selfiee. Selfiee is a remake of Malayalam’s Driving Licence. Selfiee raised expectations since Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi share screen space and once the trailer was released the expectations got two-fold, however, carrying with the humongous expectations, the film has finally been released and let’s get into the in-depth review and find out whether the film is worth watching or not.
Story
A story set in Bhopal where Om Prakash (Emraan Hashmi) is the middle called motor inspector. He and his son are die-hard fans of superstar Vijay Kumar(Akshay Kumar). One day Om Prakash tries to get a selfiee but Vijay Kumar doesn’t care about them and Om Prakash’s ego hurts, eventually, Vijay Kumar lost his driving license and Om Prakash has to approve then the misunderstanding leads to a cold war between Om Prakash and Vijay Kumar. Finally, did Vijay Kumar get his license approval? did Om Prakash get a selfiee need to be seen in the film?
Cast & Crew
Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Diana Penty, and others, and the film is directed by Raj Mehta, Rajeev Ravi is the cinematographer, Azeem Dayani is the music supervisor and the film is produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Supriya Menon, Karan Johar, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Apoorva Mehta & Listin Stephen under the banner of Dharma Productions.
| Movie Name | Selfiee |
|---|---|
| Director | Raj Mehta |
| Music Director | Azeem Dayani |
| Producer | Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Supriya Menon, Karan Johar, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Apoorva Mehta & Listin Stephen |
| Genre | Drama |
| Cast | Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Diana Penty, and others |
| Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi |
Verdict
Bollywood has been eyeing superhit films in other industries and remaking them, this scenario is been going on quite often in recent times. Recently there are many films Bollywood has remade and now it’s time for another film which is Selfiee, which is an official remake of the 2019’s Malayalam super hit film Driving Licence. Talking about the Selfiee well, the film starts off intrestingly by setting up the plot and introducing the two main characters.
Raj Mehta the director of Selfiee hasn’t changed anything as he kept all the scenes that the original version has which is a good thing though. Though the film has everything still it doesn’t excite you much coz a lot of people have already watched the original version on OTT. The core point the film may connect with the Hindi audience because it is relatable to every movie lover. Though the narrative has loose ends Akshay Kumar and Emran Hashmi make you glued to the seats.
Akshay Kumar has superstar Vijay Kumar has does a brilliant job as his energy levels is just brilliant, Emran Hashmi as Om Prakash does a brilliant job as we have seen him mostly in romantic films but this middle father role quite new to him and he effortlessly pulled it off, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Diana Penty does their part well as they doesn’t have much screen time to perform and rest of the cast did their best.
Raj Mehta sticks to the original version in a way he succeeded in presenting the story in quite an engaging way but he went a bit overboard in showing Vijay Kumar’s stardom in the film. Technically, Selfiee is good, and Azeem Dayani’s music is good but the background score should have been better, Rajeev Ravi’s cinematography took the film to next level.
Overall, Selfiee is an honest remake and a must-watch film for all sections of the audience.
Plus Points:
- Screenplay
- Performances
Minus Points:
- Few repetitive scenes
Rating: 2.75/5
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