Saaho

The movie is crisply, sometimes stylishly shot, but it's too muddled to be slick and too lacking in charm to establish any emotional stakes.

Appallingly atrocious.

Spectacle, that's the key word here. With one of the biggest budgets in Indian cinema history, everything is blown up in Saaho, sometimes literally.

Saaho promised to be a spectacle, and it exceeds expectation.

[A]n ostentatiously nonsensical film, which cannot be salvaged even if the makers are willing to spend another Rs 100 crore.

At 179 minutes, "Saaho" drags on and on.

[A]n over-indulgent, over-stylised film in which looks have been prioritised over substance, swagger over script.

It's not like anyone was expecting or demanding Saaho to be intelligent. But the fact that the film isn't even tolerable, is indefensible. The least Saaho could have done is not thwarted its own potential.

Prabhas's Saaho is so ambitious in its scale that it almost fools you into believing it's a great film. Unfortunately, it doesn't even come close to being great and just manages to emerge as a decent watch.

Go for it if you're a die-hard Prabhas fan and like leave-your-brains-behind kind of action. Otherwise avoid.