Reviews & Ratings for
Saaho (2019)

Action Director Asked: “Sir, how much action do you want in the film?”
Director Sujeet: “Yes.”
Saaho is the next project by Baahubali star Prabhas and curiously, they spend a good amount of time in the opening setting up the scene before Prabhas makes his grand entry.
There is no point in trying to summarizing the plot, as this is a film like Race where the plot twists and turns every few minutes.
Without giving away any spoilers, lets me just start by saying that Saaho as a film is overcooked and way overdone. It’s like the makers tried to cram in 1 full season of content in 1 film. That is not to say the film is bad or unwatchable.
Let’s start with the positives. Prabhas for the first time is doing his own dubbing in Hindi and the difference is remarkable. Despite his south tinged Hindi, his own voice matching his mannerisms perfectly is a treat to watch. If you are a fan of the star Prabhas then you won’t be disappointed with the film. Though the film lacks those clap clap moments, which Baahubali 1 and 2 provided, there is a LOT of Prabhas and his acting. Not to mention him doing lots of fights and action.
Coming to the leading lady of the film, Shraddha Kapoor has not looked this good in any of her Bollywood films. Somehow, the south Indian makeup artists or the filmmaker’s vision of their leading lady really do justice to the actresses. Notice how all heroines look much better in south films than Bollywood ones! She is there in the film to be eye candy and to look REALLY good in the songs. Plot wise she hardly makes any difference and is somewhat similar to Priyanka’s role in Don 2.

Before we get to problems of this film, let me just say that I somehow enjoyed the film despite all the issues which I will list below.
Well, for starters the film needed a better director or an editor. The Editing is SUPER choppy and very very bad especially in the beginning and whenever the film goes into plot explanation mode the editing is very abrupt and does not flow at all.
The Film, as I mentioned before is VERY overdone. It has too many side plots, characters and things happening to keep track of. The first half of the film itself looks like a self-contained film and I would have preferred it if like Baahubali and KGF, they had split this film into 2 parts. Each part could then be of 2 hours each and not seem SO jam-packed. The runtime is 3 hours almost including the interval and by the last 20 minutes it seems to oversaturate the brain and the audience can’t appreciate the stunts and action which come at a relentless pace without any respite or dramatic pause.
The climax especially is insane. It’s like every Fast and Furious films ever made all jammed into a single sequence with a good dose of the Matrix thrown in for the heck of it!

So finally if you can power though a plot, which is made way way over complicated and feels like 4 seasons of Game of thrones thrown in together. Along with high-octane action scenes which are cut together to speed things up and doesn’t pause at the right moment for the audience to take things in, then this film is for you…
I personally liked it, I might have to see it again to fully appreciate the 2 or 3 huge plot twists that they introduce over the course of the film. It will come to Netflix soon, so even if you miss it in theaters, it will be online sometime before the end of the year.

Rating: 6.5 /10. It’s an enjoyable action film but might have been better if split into 2 parts.