Today we will talk about another spicy action film from Bollywood, it seems that the makers want to reach out to the single-screen audience of the Hindi speaking region, who are missing their Desi heroes and their rustic surroundings in the multiplexes. This is an over the top action drama film Mere Liye, Hoga You Liye Kuch Aur, where both the hero and the villain are actors who enjoy bringing out the subtleties of their characters. After enjoying the realism where they make their silence heard, the action packed film is.

Manoj Bajpayee, who is known for going to great lengths to flesh out his characters, is seen literally wielding a spade to take on his opponents. Director and co-writer Apoorv Singh Karki, who worked with Bajpayee in the courtroom drama Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai, sets the stage for a tale of revenge this time, but after narrating the age-old story and a slew of talented players, the fire of revenge fades. The intentions are clear and obvious, but the result is disappointing as Karki, who showed immense potential in his debut feature film, fails to put his vision on the final print. Based on the internecine battle between Brahmin and Rajput satraps in the eastern parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Ram Charan (Manoj Bajpayee) aka Bhaiya Ji has to come out of self-imposed retirement when his half-brother Bhola is killed by Chandrabhan Singh’s (Suvinder Vicky) son (Jatin Goswami) when the battle of egos takes an ugly turn.

The film is a vengeful affair with an idealistic mother who wants an eye for an eye, a prospective wife (Zoya Hussain) who might pull the trigger, a cunning police officer (Vipin Sharma) who switches sides, and so on. The problem is that Karky is not sure about the tone. In his attempt to give commercial tropes a somewhat realistic touch, the mayhem turns into a mess. Revenge dramas run on a regular supply of genuine emotions, but here it dries up after the first injection. The dialogue-baazi and pomposity that draw you in in the first fifteen minutes gradually begin to sound hollow. Moreover, the colour, charisma and claptrap that the film promises is reduced to caricature and cacophony. Then there are problems with editing and pacing and the storytelling in the second half begins to feel incomplete, repetitive and incoherent.

Without any flesh, Bajpayee looks like a pathetic figure. The intensity on his face is diminished by the madness unfolding around him on screen. You want to see Bhaiya ji fight for pride, but not in the space given to him by Karki. The action choreography does not seamlessly fit into the narrative as the internal logic does not hold up. It feels like we are watching a series of Bhaiya ji’s ‘entry’ scenes, interspersed with some absurd rhetoric. The romantic angle between Bajpayee and Zoya is ignored and the Bhojpuri songs lack recall value. Suvinder Vicky understands the dialect and the mood and along with Vipin Sharma, gives some spark, by the way the movie is theek thak hai the characters are also good aap bhi dekhiye batega kaisi hai.