Liger — My Rant About The Movie
Everyone is aware of my passion for movies, so I went to the theatre to see the newest Indian film, Liger. Vijay Deverakonda’s highly anticipated Hindi debut, Liger, is chock full of surprises. However, they are purely of the type that the movie and Arjun Reddy’s performance could have done without. The bar is set so low for the activity to begin that one is confident it cannot go much lower. It does, though. Liger is a movie of such caliber. It’s terrible right off the get and just goes down.
Deverakonda, who underwent physical transformation, plays a stuttering kickboxer who relocates with his single mother from Telangana’s Karimnagar to the city of Mumbai in an effort to become a successful mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. His mother Balamani (Ramya Krishnan) earns a living by selling tea from a mobile kiosk so that her son Liger can follow his love.
The lead actor is forced to perform in really shoddy situations where the other actors must scream at the top of their lungs to cover for the monosyllables that the pugnacious hero struggles to speak. I’m curious as to what led the actor to believe that Liger was the ideal movie to start his Hindi film career with. He makes a lot of effort, but the movie is far too unsteady to take off and fly.
This Hindi-Telugu bilingual film was created and helmed by Puri Jagannadh, and it was produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions under the Puri Connects label. Liger is utterly unwatchable in whichever language one chooses to watch it or pronounce it in.
Deverakonda and Ananya, the movie’s ardent leads, relentlessly marketed the movie over the previous several weeks. What did the pair observe in Liger that motivated them to go all over the nation and enthusiastically promote the movie?
Liger has almost nothing to recommend it in terms of plot, emotional nuance, credible mixed martial arts action, or true high drama. It is quite filthy. The haphazard movie contains not a single moment that suggests any thinking was put into it.
Liger never even comes close to breaking into a full-fledged roar due to its shoddy writing, bad acting, and awful execution. Even when it tries to snarl, all it can muster is a gloomy sigh. In the midst of a tonne of shabby action, the cinematic sensibility and storytelling dynamic on display are horribly stunted and lost. Finally, avoid watching Liger.
