Kangana is the reason of watch Revolver Rani
Kangana Ranaut’s Alka Singh starts off as a foul-mouthed and trigger-happy gangster beyond the pale of society whose greatest crime is her decision to embrace domesticity.
Domesticity in Revolver Rani is represented by Rohan (Vir Das), a wannabe actor and Alka’s deeply reluctant lover. Rohan woos Alka and smoothens her rough edges at his peril. She becomes besotted with him and demands periodic love-making, which tires out poor Rohan (he is encouraged to eat a rare local meat and down protein shakes to improve his performance). By funding his Bollywood dreams, Alka controls Rohan’s every move, and further embellishes her dominatrix status by pouncing on him like a feline during their several bedroom exertions.
A movie in which the gender roles are firmly reversed and Alka literally calls the shots, makes lawmakers and lawbreakers quake in their boots, and demands and gets sex at will, has a most curious take on Rohan’s plight. His emasculation runs parallel to Alka’s feminization, and it’s not clear whether debutant director and writer Sai Kabir has entirely reasoned out the consequences of his characterization.
Director Sai Kabeer, thankfully, holds the reins well. This movie could have easily gone the Aiyya way if it wasn’t handled the way Kabeer has. Cutting the length of the movie by 10-15 minutes would have made this a great ride.
The movie in a satirical way tries to highlight many serious issues, like corrupt politicians using funds to build their palatial homes and ferrying clothes from foreign shores, using humour.
And succeeds in doing so to a certain extent. The casting director should be applauded for getting the cast absolutely bang on. Piyush Pandey as the cunning uncle doing his best to maneuver his niece’s political career is simply brilliant.
Zeishan Qadri as Micheal Jackson fan Pilot is great, and so are Zakir Hussain, Pankaj Saraswat and Kumud Mishra, who want to bring down Alka.
Vir Das is just about alright. Kangana delivers her acting chops, but this Rani may not be able to score over the Rani of Queen.
