This is an action flick through and through, but it gets old watching nothing but anger and fighting every 5 minutes through the whole movie. Sunny Deol and Prakash Raj play their parts well a contrasting good and evil, but that is lost when it's played out over and over. The three leading ladies basically over act killing any hope of at least adding some interesting parts. They just seem to have been added for eye candy. Johnny Lever's and Sanjay Mishra's characters are out of whack and I wasn't sure why there were even in the movie unless someone thought that would be the comical part (they are not most of the time). The music is decent and the dance scenes are good, but they fail to revive the boredom. There is an underlying message, but it seems like it took 2 hrs and 20 minutes to get to it in the end. If all you want is impossible action scenes of super human feats, then maybe it's worth a watch, but if you want an action flick with substance and decent story that helps move things along, then this one will not do.

Singh Saab the great brings back Anil Sharma -Sunny Deol combo after a long hiatus. This is Sunny's real full fledged action film after the 2003 film THE HERO:Love story of a spy. Recently there have been a spate of Dabangg clones and remakes of southern action films. Singh Saab is in a similar mold but has more emotional punch to it with memorable dialogues and more believable stunts due to Sunny Deol.The film tells the story of a honest collector played by action king Sunny Deol. The story is simple with some twists thrown in to make it stand out from the usual stuff. Sunny Deol's entry in the film is something to watch out for. It is a very well shot and memorable sequence. The only comparable introduction scene that comes to mind is Sunny's entry in GHATAK.Sunny Deol personifies real action. When he hits, you know that baddies will stay hit. The punches and stunts he delivers look believable despite the special effects put into them. The dialogues are top grade and I saw many people clapping and whistling spontaneously.Sunny's acting is very good and he makes the proceedings entirely believable. After the dud Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 he is in top form again. The new heroine Urvashi Rautela is pleasant and provides ample eye candy. Amrita Rao was good but her character is not well developed. Prakash Raj has now become the resident villain of most Bollywood action films. He can't match a Balwant Rai(Amrish Puri of Ghayal) or Katya( Danny of Ghatak) but provides a decent challenge to Sunny. Some of their one-on-one scenes have come out real good.Rest of the star cast including the great Johnny Lever don't get much scope. Also it's pleasant to watch Byomkesh Bakshi (Rajat Kapoor) on the big screen.The songs feel good when you watch it with the film. The title track is a standout with Sonu Nigam's voice providing tremendous depth and range to the soundtrack.In the writing department Shaktimaan seems to have borrowed some stuff from GHATAK. The story could have done with more depth and twists. On the whole it is OK.Anil Sharma has done a good job in the direction department. However at 2hr and 30 min the film is a tad long and could have done without couple of songs and more trimming.Overall it is lot better then most films Bollywood produces and takes us back to the time when action reigned supreme. Sunny Deol rocks in this one!!!

Though SSTG did show a great promise in its promos offering something unique and powerful, it sadly fails to give you the same in its 150 minutes of content and turns out to be just a routine revenge saga depicted with the loud roar and nothing else. Beginning with a very lengthy introduction of Singh Saab along with a great title song, it goes on following a typical 80s progression of a loud action packed emotional drama with an overdose of songs, entirely depending upon the second half coming up with some explosive scenes.But then the second half also doesn't live up to the expectations raised, with not many impressive dialogues and completely predictable sequences offering nothing other than the routine. Yes, the film has its few pulsating moments, fine emotions and the good old Sunny Deol back in his most loved action avatar too as the smartly dressed turbaned Sikh. Moreover, his 'Dhai Kilo Ka Haath' has now turned into a "Saade Teen Kilo Ka Haath" eventually. And he again proves to be the only believable hero making all those terrifying roars and hitting solid punches to the rivals throwing them at a good distance like stones. Yet the engaging energy & thrill is somehow missing, as we have already seen enough of this revengeful stuff, in many different versions repeatedly in the last few decades. Particularly it is now becoming too boring and tiring to see Prakash Raj doing the same old things in every second film in front of the big hero without any fresh vision. To say it bluntly, even the south films repeatedly made around the similar confrontation drama, add much more to their scripts in order to engage the viewers in an entertaining manner. But here one doesn't find anything exceptional in its entire 150 minutes in terms of interesting entertainment and even veterans like Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Manoj Pahwa remain wasted with Johny Bhai also going over the top in few of his opening scenes.Being completely focused on Singh Saab alone, the film has Sunny Deol looking impressive in his different get-ups and the action hero fits to his given character like a 'T' very convincingly. However the writers have not defined his value system properly by adding a few silly insertions, like the scene wherein Sunny leaves a boy easily (rather lovingly), who was just going to throw acid on a girl's face. And later when the "People's Man" doesn't find anything objectionable to dance with an item girl in the rival's den, picking her up in his arms, singing a song with the lyrics, "Khaike Palang Torh Paan". No doubt, the masses are sure going to ignore these minor hiccups as they love seeing their favourite actor hitting the goons like a super-human with a huge roar of a lion. But honestly I strongly felt that with the social issues angle incorporated well, the character of Singh Saab could have shaped much better than the existing one, with a much careful and effective writing.In the supporting cast Amrita Rao is just OK but her added accent does become annoying at times after the initial scenes. Urvashi Rautela looks good at screen but gets nothing much to in the film as per the role given. Prakash Raj, as said before has simply lost the novelty playing the identical kind of roles again and again. Anjali Abrol plays it fine and so does Rajit Kapoor in his few scenes.Musically the film has a well written, brilliantly composed and superbly sung title track "Singh Saab The Great" by Sonu Nigam and few other above average tracks too based on Punjabi folk music. But 'more than required' use of songs in the background (in a repetitive mode) actually spoils the mood of the film to a large extent and they could have easily done without it in order to make it more sharp and effective. The track "Daaru Band Kal Se" also has a surprise entry of both Dharmendra and Bobby Deol which again is sure to please the die-hard fans of Deol family a lot. Cinematography works well along with the action director, but background score does tend to become loud and a lot musical too unnecessarily.In all, SSTG is a typical action packed revenge drama, made on the lines of what Dharmendra used to do in the 80s like PAAP KO JALAAKAR RAAKH KAR DOONGA & many more. The film could have reached another level, exploiting the 'social-reform' angle a lot more, taking SINGH SAAB out of a fixed region dealing with more than one evil man as it seems. Still, in its present version, it thankfully ends on a positive note and is sure going to find more takers in the north and single screens, in comparison to all the other centers. Besides, any long time Sunny Deol fan is obviously going to watch it irrespective of any kind of review or star ratings.

singh saab the great is the movie which only an actor like sunny deol can justice to it.this movie is about an honest collector who fight not for revenge but for change which is something shown new today. sunny deol is in his full potential.the movie will strike to every aam aadmi and janta of India.it has a rural touch to it so effectively which no film could gave in recent past since dabangg.in short it Can be said that it is completely a comeback of sunny deol and a grand comeback.everyone should watch this movie if u really love some meaningful films.otherwise many meaningless films coming like chennai express ......