Sai Kabir’s Revolver Rani is a completely unsatisfying film. Alka Singh aka Revolver Rani (Kangana Ranaut) has lost the elections, and the now ruling party is out to avenge the killing of their leader. Meanwhile, Alka has fallen for Rohan Kapoor (Vir Das), an aspiring actor from Bollywood. Alka’s foes realize that if they hurt Rohan, it will lead to her downfall. As Alka is determined to protect Rohan from any harm, her uncle (Piyush Mishra) on the other hand will do anything to get back in power. Can Alka’s political rival, Udaybhan Singh Tomar (Zakir Hussain), bring about her demise?
Revolver Rani is shot in Chambal, and this gives it a rustic feel. However, there isn’t much apart from this that one can write home about. It lacks any logic whatsoever. The screenplay is weak, and the acting mediocre. In fact, one can see a complete U-turn from Kangana Ranaut as far as her acting is concerned; where her acting was superb in Queen, here it is quite flawed. She might have tried hard, but she never quite fits the part of Revolver Rani. On the whole, moviegoers will be disappointed by her performance.
Though there are some funny scenes involving Kangana Ranaut, Piyush Mishra andVir Das, they are few and far between. Also, the dialogues could have been much better. As far as the songs are concerned, some of them are good, and others very average. Revolver Rani isn’t consistent in any department.
The audience will be left confused as to what exactly the director wants to convey via the film. For much of its duration, Revolver Rani isn’t funny. You aren’t able to connect with the characters either. So it isn’t possible to empathize with any of them. Rohan has got into trouble that he fully deserves. Alka, a crazy, gun-wielding, Chambal-style politician fails to convince us that she can fall for a Bollywood wannabe. The narrative falls apart at many places and isn’t able to bind at all.
After raising the acting bar by her performance in Queen, this is a kitschy number from Kangana Ranaut. One can’t help but wonder as to why she opted to act in such a vapid film.
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