R... Rajkumar

Shahid Kapoor gives his heart and soul to the role, though the converse of it is not true.

The biggest reason why R…Rajkumar is a big disappointment is that there is no surprise element in the film. One could easily predict the entire plot of the film.

Watch it if you are in the mood for a loud no-brainer that relies on formulaic over the top entertainment.

...marks the end of pseudo-desi films

The film does not leave you with a single memorable scene despite its loud effort to impress. Prabhu Dheva clearly loses track of his own film early on. The first half is a jumble and the second seems too long.

...a below ordinary, at best Prabhudheva's most modest work till date. Setting up the usual claptraps with parading dialogues, the film bludgeons you to bits. The fun moments are few and though you might find yourself guffawing in parts, in the end the film is neither cohesive nor compelling and that too without an over enthusiastic lead man that you expect from such films. It wasn't fun and definitely not bang for the buck.

As a businessman, Prabhu Dheva has mastered the formula. But how long will the audience want to watch the same content - the same old fight and dance - repackaged over and over with different actors? Ask yourself.

R... RAJKUMAR doesn't work. It is Prabhu Dheva's weakest Hindi film to date!

...is stretched, dragged and pulled in all sorts of irrelevant directions just so it covers the remainder time. Prabhu Dheva's films are infantile fantasies that seek to gratify the fragile male ego and libido. Any further analysis of this imbecility would be a waste of time.

Everything is heavily choreographed: from the songs to the action sequences. Kapoor demonstrates that he is the best dancer in Bollywood with fluid moves and energy in "Gandi Baat" and "Sari Ke Fall Saa". But the action soon becomes tiring as there are only that many flying and rolling bodies that you can see. Towards the climax, one feels one is watching a bout of the Ultimate Fighting Championship whose result is long known.

...one of the weakest works of Prabhu Dheva and a highly banal and boring action-romance.

...not even close to average. The film is loud, dramatic and over-the-top. I'm going with a generous one and half out of five rating.

The film begins pretty well and Shahid entertains in bits but there's only so much he can do to make this kind of stuff work.

Filmmakers like Prabhu Dheva aren't even trying to make good films. It's a set formula that benefits average filmmakers and audiences that either don't like being challenged, or don't have other options. Avoid, unless you're stuck in a time-warp.