Apart from its one-line plot, Tevar doesn’t offer much in terms of story. Sharma’s treatment of a much-flogged genre and subject are no different than many others before him. Instead of choosing to be economical about his narrative, Sharma adds too many distractions, and thus dilutes the limited effectiveness of this genre. If only he had managed to tell his story quickly and effectively, Tevar wouldn’t have been as excruciating and tiresome.

Tevar is all about the onscreen attitude of its leading man. Arjun’s done a decent job, but sadly the director chose the most worn out story in cinema. If it’s old and common it can’t be too exciting.

Had director Sharma tweeked the storyline and injected charm and passion into it, it might’ve turned things around. It’s unfortunate, he didn’t.

Even under the garb of ‘commercial masala’, the fight scenes are dull, the stunts look clumsy and the comedy is so awful that it makes you want to suddenly get off your seat, run towards the cinema screen and smash your face against it.

It’ll be interesting to see whether the audiences lap up this exotic piece of rubbish that Sharma has dished up to them, packaged as it is in big-budget fanciness. If they do, then clearly the pundits who go on and on about a new era have it all wrong. You can take India out of the ’80s, but you can’t take the ’80s out of India.

Tevar has less-than-ordinary merits and will, therefore, not do anything substantial at the box-office. Its lovely music and abundant action are its plus points whereas a dated subject and painfully slow pace are its minus points. Business in multiplexes will be shockingly poor. Losing.

Of course there are loopholes and creative licence is exploited but it is good fun on the run till it enters its final lap. After experimenting with the template, Amit suddenly runs out of ideas and decides to sum it up in conventional fashion.

All in all Tevar is a well executed masala flick minus any Bollwood’s cliché elements. This over 140-minutes drama won’t disappoint you.

Although, the movie is a remake and is seen by many in both Telugu and Tamil, Tevar is just Tevariffic and you will ENJOY it!!