Like the spaghetti and curds concoction that Shah Rukh digs into in an early scene, ‘Ra.One’ is clearly an acquired taste.

It is a superstarry slurry sludge, with just the occasional consolatory sparkle.

Look at the film. The fuss was necessary! Producers make plans of a franchise obvious with the final scene. That, I fear may have G.One with the wind. But then you never know, right? Seriously.

Ra.One seems to have been put together rather half-heartedly — a song forced in here, a handful of laughable special appearances there (including an unforgivable one of Superstar Rajinikanth) and a little slapstick comedy and rona-dhona thrown in too.

For me it’s a one time watch if you’re curious, best saved for DVD and will be quickly forgotten. A massive opportunity gone to waste!

Watch it for the special effects and for ‘Chammak Challo’. Don’t expect it to woo you the way other SRK films do, because it isn’t the same.