Citadel: Honey bunny is a gripping story of romance, adventure, and espionage set in two different timeframes, 1992 and 2000. While successful stuntman bunny (Varun Dhawan) is accustomed to filling in for the story's hero, knowing that his face will never be seen even as he risks his life to accomplish a variety of physical feats, struggling actress Honey (Samantha) in 1992 dreams of a much larger career than the bit roles she has been landing in movies. After another unsuccessful audition for a spooky casting director, bunny knows precisely where to locate Honey to console her because they have been friends for so long.
This time, though, the promise to play a significant role for one evening accompanies said consolation. Although bunny does stunts during the day, at night he works for an organization run by the enigmatic and menacing Guru (Kay Kay Menon), who took in the young orphan and turned him into the ideal spy. Although Honey is accepted into their tiny squad, along with Bunny's longstanding pals and fellow agents Ludo (Soham Majumdar) and Chacko (Shivankit Singh Parihar), she does so despite Guru's reluctance to include a woman. Honey is determined to prove herself under Bunny's tutelage during her training, but as they approach closer and closer in close quarters, Honey starts to doubt the agency's underlying motivations and its leader's actual goals. In the meantime, Honey is raising her little daughter Nadia (Kashvi Majmundar), who would eventually become a senior Citadel agent for priyanka Chopra, in 2000 while leading an anonymous existence. When danger strikes as a revived adversary and Honey and Nadia must flee, their problems bring them back together with the one person Honey hasn't spoken to in years: bunny, her father, and previous lover. Although bunny has long since retired from spying for reasons that will become apparent, he is prepared to put himself in danger again if it means protecting his family. Given the stakes, he even enlists Chacko and Ludo for what may be their last assignment. Citadel: There are foolish things about Honey Bunny. Its characters also do. The heroes are not truly heroic, and the villains are not truly villainous. It's all grey. The winner quickly loses, and the bluffing player is bluffed. However, Raahi and Honey leave a deep impression on your mind, which you get to enjoy. After three episodes, you practically start cheering them on. The narrative alternates between 1992 and 2000. Before a local mission forces Honey, a promising actress in the 1990s, and Raahi (Bunny), a stuntman, to work together as part of a fishy charity run by Kay Kay Menon's baba, the two are just friends. His goal is to demolish the Citadel, and for bunny, his word must always be taken at face value. Why? Because baba raised and cared for bunny while he was an orphan in prem Niwas in Mumbai, much as in many well-known hindi films from the 1990s. In his role as bunny, varun delivers one of his most mature performances to date. Every frame reveals his honesty. This is most likely the first time a filmmaker hasn't tried to impose his intensity on screen or treated him like a macho crowd-puller or fluff in a film. samantha is a suitable contrast to Varun. Her warrior side is never overshadowed by her fragility as a mother, and vice versa. It's entertaining to see her and varun together. Their action sequences seem well-coordinated and synchronized. Neither their chemistry nor their activity is noisy. They seem natural in every way. Not even their first kiss, which is so masterfully positioned in between the scenes, seems forced. However, the little girl, played by Kashvi Majmundar as Nadia, continues to be the series' protagonist. She urges everyone in her vicinity to perform to her level. The things that today's youth are capable of are astounding. However, in Citadel, you want to accept a seven-year-old child as an equal when you witness her make courageous decisions for her family, fleeing through the roof, and diving through poles—qualities Honey also utilizes in a scene to explain to her father. Citadel: Honey bunny still suffers from a few annoying story gimmicks despite its many positive aspects. It feels as though the conclusion was purposefully left open-ended, a cliffhanger that challenges a Season 2 renewal before one has been confirmed, without going into the overt spoiler zone. Even if the program's ending leaves the plot at a high-stress point with no clear guarantee of resolution, the confirmation of more may come sooner rather than later given the considerable star power of its protagonists and everything else the show has going for it. Overall, Citadel: Honey bunny skillfully threads the needle when it comes to justifying its existence as both a prequel and a spin-off. A leaner, intimate, action-packed spy thriller
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