Rating: 2.5/5

One-line Review: Other than Manoj Bajpai, 'Tevar' has nothing new to offer when compared to its original 'Okkadu'

Positive Points: Manoj Bajpai's like to be hated act, Spectacular action sequences

Negative Points: Overly stretched Screenplay, Predictable Plot

Plot: Kabaddi champion Pintoo Shukla (Arjun Kapoor) stays in Agra with his family. His cop father (Raj Babbar) keeps telling him to stay away from the trouble because of his rugged attitude. But on his trip to Mathura, he accidently gets in fight with politician-cum-goon Bahubali Gajender Singh (Manoj Bajpai) and his men, when he steps forward to rescue Radhika (Sonakshi Sinha) from their trap.

Gajender is obsessed with Radhika and wants to marry her against her wish. While, Pintoo comes in her life as a savior and soon their friendship blossoms into love. Will their newly founded love survive or will get crashed under the mighty feet of Gajender, remains a further watch.

Direction and other technical aspects: Noted ad-filmmaker Amit Sharma has marked his filmy debut with the remake of 2003's Telugu blockbuster 'Okaddu', but after watching 'Tevar' we felt that he would have done a better job if he had an option of a fresh script. Nonetheless, he has done a decent job.

Spectacularly sculpted action finds a special mention here, but the problem is with the predictable and overly stretched screenplay which ruptures the zing of climax. Cinematography by Laxman Utekar is at the peak while filming songs "Radha Nachaegi" and "Joganiyan".

Performances: Arjun Kapoor's character Pintoo gave us the glimpse of 'Ishqzaade's Parma, the similar factors being- he is rugged, mumma's boy and again plays a UP based small-town guy. It is good to watch him performing the action sequences; still he needs to work on his acting skills.

Sonakshi Sinha is a queen of such genres. Though the entire film is based on her getting rescued from Gajender's forced love, yet we see her finding comfort in the shadow of her hero.

Manoj Bajpai is the man who makes 'Tevar' watchable for 2 hours 40 minutes. Right from his first scene where he is sitting on a chair in the middle of a highway to pulling his pants down to play a villain in boxer, he is a delight to watch for his antiques.

Music: The soundtracks are jointly composed by Sajid-Wajid and international singer Imran Khan. Arjun's introductory song "Superman" and Shruti Haasan attempted "Joganiyan" win the likes, while other songs go with the flow.

Final Verdict: 'Tevar' is a complete Bollywoodish film having muscular hero, mischievous villain and masala-entertaining plot set is UP. But the film is outdated to get released in 2015 and here we quote- "Classics are meant to be left untouched". Overall, it's a one-time watch film.