The showman “Amitabh Bachchan” is back with his superb voice and unbeatable acting and entertainment with the superstar “Dhanush” and a bright young “Akshara”.
Story is about Daanish (Dhanush) who wants to become an actor since he was a kid. After his mom’s death he came to Mumbai to make his dream true. Where he met with Akshara (Akshara Haasan) who see his potential and wishes to help him. Through her father’s doctor friend, Akshara gets to know about a technology using which the speech impaired can speak. A device is planted in Daanish’s throat, which records the voice of the person speaking to him through an ear piece and plays it every time he opens his mouth. All he got to do is lip sync with the voice! Akshara and Daanish then rope in a bumbling drunkard Amitabh Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan) to be Daanish’s voice. Daanish becomes Shamitabh, a superstar overnight and all the limelight hogged by Daanish makes Amitabh jealous. Soon ego clashes arise between the two and they split. But with the help of Akshara, they soon realize that they can’t be successful without each other’s help and bury the hatchet. Meanwhile a nosy reporter finds out that Shamitabh aka Daanish is actually mute and Amitabh is lending his voice for him. Will the reporter expose the truth about Shamitabh? How will Daanish and Amitabh tackle this tricky situation forms the climax of the story.
Amitabh is excellent as a drunken voice artist who believes that he has a bigger hand in Shamitabh’s superstardom. The veteran actor is at his quirky best, slurring some of the funniest lines I have heard in recent times with great comic timing. If you thought Dhanush was really good in Raanjhanna, in Shamitabh, Dhanush will show his range and caliber as an actor. With no dialogues to mouth, Dhanush emotes with so much intensity such that he lights up screen with his charismatic presence. Akshara Haasan makes an impressive debut, playing her part of mediator between the two with great conviction. R Balki deserves a pat on his back for telling a unique story which is witty, funny, philosophical and endearing all at the same time. Picturisation of Piddly song will leave you in splits. The light banter and leg pulling between Dhanush and Big B made my day. At first, Amitabh’s voice from Dhanush’s mouth sounded odd but later proved to be quite entertaining. Dhanush and Amitabh complement each other really well, as I can’t really choose who performed better. Since Big B is introduced as Shamitabh’s valet Robert to rest of the world, it was a really nice gesture from the makers to put all the valet’s names first in the end credits. Be ready for a climax that would give you a mild shock. Kudos to dialogue writers for dishing out such funny one liner that are peppered throughout the film.
Rating: 4 out of 5
