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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #RamSetu Cast: #AkshayKumar #JaquelineFernandez #NushrrattBharuccha #SatyaDev #PraveshRana #Nassar Cinematography: #AseemMishra Writer: #AbhishekSharma Dialogues: #AbhishekSharma #ChandraprakashDwivedi Editor: #RameshwarSBhagat Director: #AbhishekSharma #HypeMedia Rating: * ½ Runtime: 144 mins

Abhishek Sharma's film has Akshay Kumar playing a 40-something atheist archaeologist, a wannabe Indiana Jones sort (with stupidly wigged black hair and grey stubbly beard), setting out to prove that Ram Setu predates Ramayana - but gets so conveniently swayed by predicative nonsense that he not only sheds his atheism, he also believes that RamSetu was built by Lord Ram – just because he discovers the fake remnants of Ravana’s Palace. Our desi Indiana Jones looks and sounds stupid and lacks credibility. No doubt, this is the propagandist’s ( its afterall Akshay’s home production) way of sucking up to the current dispensation ( just like #KashmirFiles did). The #BhaktBias is evident in the assemblage of random people of science who don’t have any idea about their field –other than to mumble some technical terms that make no sense. The uninspiring narrative puts to sword logic, science, proof, and intelligence while subsequently heralding myth, lies, faith, and cooked-up stories as fact. Dialogues are laughable, sets look fake, costumes were ridiculous, situations conceived were pathetic and subplots attract derision. The underwater flying suit looks like a relic and the deep-diving glass-enclosed craft lacks aesthetic proportions. Akshay’s rant at the end makes it all the worse. The camera work is worthwhile though. The disclaimer at the start was so long that one would be forgiven for falling asleep just reading it. This is yet another Akshay Kumar vehicle that’s bound to hit a dead-end at the Box-office!