I attribute this to the audience's current and annoying penchant for seeing "Mass" movies that exalt imperfect individuals and their twisted notion of machismo. The usually sincere actor shahid kapoor overdoes his "intense" and empty gazes, which we interpret as bravery. You get jabs and sly one-liners for claptrap instead of answers in your talks with him.
 
Hegde describes this character like this- “I like your Sadupan, your anger issues, but tumhare andar ek bachcha hai.” For amusement, he even makes out with a married woman. I think about Kabir Singh. And because it was his biggest hit, it makes sense. However, the majority of them smell of hollowness. We seldom get to the story's emotional center because Deva, the movie and its title character, are so focused on entertaining the masses. Before we can witness Hegde's response, the camera switches to a scene in the hospital after her father is horribly hurt by a bomb.
 
However, why did the film's creators choose the title Deva? "You were Dev-A before your accident, and now you're Dev-B," explains Kapoor's doctor in one episode. Hmm! As the action picks up speed in the second half, it gets slightly better. Sadly, though, it turns out to be a run to a dead end. The biggest letdown is the climactic turn of events when Dev-A's cliched sermon takes the place of the original's protagonist's vulnerability.
 
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Pooja Hegde

SIBY JEYYA

01/02/2025 09:31 AM