Team Saala Khadoos hosts Republic Day special screening in Mumbai

Madhavan in a still from Saala Khadoos. Adi Tomar (R Madhavan) is an ill-tempered, middle-aged boxing coach who is seriously annoyed with his former guru, Dev Khatri (Zakir Hussain), for betraying him during the most important match of his life, and with the corrupt “system”.

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R Madhavan-starrer “Saala Khadoos”, which is set to hit theatres this week, is headed South, courtesy Daggubati Venkatesh. Crowd seem tiresome in Noida though. Past year we saw Akshay Kumar as a boxer in Brothers.

And there he comes across this feisty fist-happy fisherwoman, Madhi (Ritika Singh) a sister of one of the boxing association of Chennai protégés, Laxmi, who is full of agro at every perceived slur and slight.

Saala Khadoos has a heart in it and as a sports movie it wins over your heart though melodrama and an easy predictable route to the climax play spoilsport as an annoying factor in the final outcome. Even with similar style of narrative and having the essence of movies like Chak De India, Bhaag Milka Baag, Mary Kom etc etc, Saala Khadoos in my opinion is a victor. Saala Khadoos is actually a love story, but there is enough boxing here for fans of the sport. Now, let us dig in deep into the film to get the crux of the movie. It’s tough to take his character-or a film with lines like “I clean shit but you stink”-seriously”. However “Saala Khadoos” presents a very different side of him which will definitely remain etched in our minds for a long time.

Saala Khadoos Review: The girl, too, has a huge battle on her hands against poverty and sibling rivalry. The film has R Madhavan in the leading role of a boxing coach who is seen in opposite to Ritika Singh who plays the character of aspiring boxer. The realistic underpinning of Saala Khadoos is somewhat undermined by the ear-splitting and excessive background score and the plethora of songs on the soundtrack. They gifted the film’s producer Rajkumar Hirani a pair of boxing gloves. Nasser, Mumtaz and Zakir lend good support. And when he spots Madhi (Ritika Singh), he knows he’s found the student he’s been looking for. He then finds a young and fierce woman from fishing community who he later trains and makes her fit for the championship. This sudden change from an ill-tempered student-teacher relationship to a one-sided romance makes the film an uncomfortable viewing.