Return Of The Action Hero

It’s return of the action hero in Btown.
Ajay Devgan is the newest fellowtraveler on the action bandwagon. He has left behind his dark brooding image for more brash and brawn. Singham. Six packs, tattoo and flashing fists are just the way to start off, probably.

Our handful of brawny stars apparently had had their fill of mushy, emotional roles and comic caper.
The box office returns had shattered their narcissism. The script had somewhat dissatisfied them, and peer pressure woken them up. They wanted desperately to reinvent.

It all started with Gajani. The 2008 southern remake grossed Rs. 100 crore at the BO and woke up the Khans and everyone else in Bollywood.

Later a beleagured Salman followed suit with Wanted and set his career record right. Now the man has an impressive track record of hit action flicks under his belt. Wanted. Dabangg, Ready, and has Bodyguard and Kick to follow.

Badshah Khan didn’t wanted to be left behind too. Enough of buddy Karan’s tearjerkers. He has pumped his own dough in his ambitious project Ra 1, and will follow it up with Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2.

Perfectionist Khan is donning the role of a dishum dishum cop in Reema Katgi’s cop caper. He will also be seen in dark shades of character in a hardcore action role in the third installment of the Dhoom franchisee.

Saifu Miyan nowadays is busy shooting desi James Bond in his home production Agent Vinod.

Original action hero Akshay Khanna will come a full circle with his action flick Rowdy Rathore.

So who is left behind….??
No one. No one wants to be left behind.

Action …maara maari….which was uptill now thought be a B and C centre draw has become a raging urban phenomenon…a multiplex draw.

The actors are getting back their money’s worth for the time spent in gym. Six packs are the new uniform and tattoos are just adding to the lucky charm.
So you have Sanju Baba sporting a new sheath of muscle and eye-hurting tattoos all over for his Kancha Cheena role for Johar’s Agnipath remake.

Action sequence have also got a new birth. They have become more stylized. The shots, cuts and edits have become more snazzy.
The stunt masters of the yore who were grouped till yesteryear in a qaint and ludicrous credit title of ‘’ Thrills’’ have moved on to become action choreographers or action designers.

Even directors are succumbing to the charm. They are stealing thunder by ‘designing action’ and appropriating action credit title. Check out Rohit Shetty’s extra credit score in Singham !!.

It won’t take any skills to predict that the next round of scripting will be around the action hero. Special effects, Sci-fi themes, item numbers and star cameos will be thown in good measure to hook the moffusil and the metro audience.