Reviews & Ratings for
शिवाय (2016)

I love Ajay Devgn. Unabashedly love him. In Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, I am totally Team Ajay. One of my Desi friends expressed amazement that I like Ajay and was looking forward to Shivaay, "What? He's so ugly!" She's still my friend even though I now wonder both about her eyesight and her mental acuity. He has superb screen presence and can actually act, but he just has an unmistakable swagger as an action star. The Shivaay trailer just blew me away. We'venever seen this level of stunt work and action cinematography in Indian cinema. I had heard mixed things about Shivaay once it came out, but there was no way I was going to miss this film on the big screen. Read the rest of my review here: https://moviemavengal.com/2016/11/04/shivaay-awesome-action-in-this-attempted-mashup-of-taken-and-bajrangi-bhaijaan/

The box-office collection will be dependent on the single screens as the mutiplexes are likely to favour ADHM. The stunt sequences are the USP of the movie while the emotional drama wedged into the movie fails to connect with the audience. With everything at his disposal as he was both the director & producer, Ajay ought to have paid more attention to the story as it did have the potential to be a winner in all centres. In short, watch it for the action or else forget it!!!

Shivaay-A yawn fest....Yes u heard it right...Don't judge it by the thrilling promos....
From the very first scene there are logic defying scenes...Ajay Devgn is not Shivaay,instead he is a superhero...Someone calls him and he simply leaps from the Himalayas with his swagger vault....He flies in the air....The song 'Bolo Har Har' manages to impress during those scenes but then it's repeatedly played during every action scene which is irritating....Ajay Devgn is super stylish and his performance is bang on...Erika Kaar has little to do(except the gravity defying steamy scenes)....Abigail Eames is cute and acts well,though she's not excellent..Dialogues aren't hard hitting,rather some of them are unintentionally hilarious(Example- 'Main itna bhi nhi kr sakti apne iklautey baap k liye?')
The action sequences are well choreographed thanks to the VFX team,but then they become monotonous...Never ending chase sequences and overstretched melodrama helped the film to achieve the tag of 'Boredom'....
Breathtaking visuals of Bulgaria and Himalayas with ample action aren't the only elements to make a good film...It can't be called a thriller due to its 172 minutes runtime....The main fault is with the characters-they lack any depth...Some parts were interesting enough to keep u hooked but then again predictability killed it...U don't feel for the characters despite the movie being an emotional one.....Sayyesha is beautiful and okay...Vir Das has the swag but he is offered limited screen space...
Note:- Watch it only if u are a die hard fan of either Ajay Devgn or action movies...
Warning:- Ths Diwali there'll b boredom...So don't watch it unless you have already watched 'ADHM'...