Liger #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #Liger (Hindi /Telugu/Tamil/Malayalam/Kannada) Runtime: 140 minutes Rating: * ½ Cast: #VijayDeverakonda #AnanyaPanday #RamyaKrishnan #RonitRoy #Ali #MakarandDeshpande #MikeTyson #ChunkyPandey Producer: #KaranJohar #PuriJagannadh #CharmmeKaur #ApoorvaMehta #HirooYashJohar Story/Sceenplay/Director: #PuriJagannadh Dialogue: #PuriJagannadh (Telugu), #PrashantPandey (Hindi) Cinematography: #VishnuSharma Editor: #JunaidSiddiqui Music: #SunilKashyap #VikramMontrose #TanishkBagchi #LijoGeorge #DJChetas #SunilKashyap #Jaani.

Karan Johar appears to be digging deep into the south for his Box-Office fodder but his choices are iffy at best. After all, not every film can be a #Bahubali at the BO. This one is total crass. There’s no story to tell and the lead actor, despite having an #ArjunReddy as his brand awakening, has been unable to score big in the role of an MMA fighter with an all-pervading Mother(steely-eyed one-note Ramya Krishnan) egging him on. The title tag – Saala Cross-Breed is unintentionally befitting in the sense that we see a south hero trying to don Bollywood pizazz to score it big, pan India. Not that it hasn’t happened before but Deverakonda’s personality is rather ‘Duh’ as seen on Karan Johar’s show. Despite all the pre-release publicity and the make-believe plugs of heroines like #JahnviKapoor, #SaraAliKhan, and #Ananya hitting on him publicly on #KoffeeWithKaran, Vijay Deverakonda ends up looking rather ‘Thanda’ on screen. The MMA action plays out in music video format so there’s really no build-up, adrenaline rush or excitement. The overall action is just not interesting and the performances are terribly caricaturist. The oft-retreaded, formulaic, stereotypical Bollywood plot, being rehashed in music video style, is just not entertaining for the viewer. And the long line-up of music composers has failed to score a single memorable number. A terribly disappointing watch this!