Singh is Kinng - A Review

Randip Singh · #1 (**permalink**) 22-Aug-2008, 18:06 PM

Now having seen the film I though I would compile a series of negatives and positives about the film:

Positive

Show's Sikhs and quite Jovial
Show's Sikhs as leaders
Show's Sikh's at their smartest
Show's Sikh's when they get angry (can be negative)
Show's Sikh as a leading man and gets the leading lady over a Mona
Show's Sikh as very handsome
Show's Sikh ideal that people can be rahabilitated despite commiting crime(Guru Nanak started this)
Show's various Sikh charachters, rather than dancing buffoons in turban i.e. there all Sikh's are not the same, we are people and human's.
Demonstartes Sikh ideal, compassion, kindness etc

Negative

Show's Sikh criminal activity - however this has been so true in London, Vancouver
Sikh's with trimmed beard's - but so many do it, could be argued either way
Show's Sikh's side with regard to revenge
Show's how violent Sikh's can get. (might be seen as positive by some )

Overall I thought the film was very funny and was very positive for Sikh's and a much much better advert for Sikh's than Jo Bole So Nihal. We as a community should get behind the film and distance ourself from groups like DDT (who are quite frankly clueless).

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Singh is Kinng' show disrupted in Amritsar
http://www.loudbeats.com/news-detail.php?nid=385
by loudbeats 12 days ago (loudbeats.com)
Source: Loud Beats™ ( www.loudbeats.com )
The first show of much-hyped Hindi film ‘Singh is Kinng’ was disrupted Friday at a cinema hall here after protests by Sikh activists.
The Sikh activists vandalised the NM cinema hall and damaged property, protesting against the Sikh community being projected ‘in a negative way’ in the film starring Akshay Kumar, who is portraying a turbaned Sikh youth, and Katrina Kaif.
Police personnel were rushed to the cinema hall to control the situation.
The call for the Sikh protest against the movie was given Thursday by radical Sikh organisation Damdami Taksal.
The film was released in theatres and multiplexes across India Friday.
The Punjab police tightened security at cinema halls and multiplexes screening the film, across the state, in view of reports that some Sikh organisations could protest against it.
However, no reports of the film being disrupted were received from other places in the state till early Friday afternoon.
Though the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Thursday gave its go ahead to the film after it was reviewed by a committee, certain Punjab-based Sikh bodies are opposed to the film.

Archived_member7 · #2 (**permalink**) 23-Aug-2008, 01:12 AM

Thank you Randip veerji for your view

..this convinces me to watch the movie..i saw the DDT protesting and thought ..there goes Bollywood again! they must have cracked some PJ on sikhs and DDT is frustrated..Well should we take DDT for a show then ?? Man ..can we teach DDT to smile ..laugh and be natural ..these are some things in life ..they need to learn ..

BhagatSingh · #3 (**permalink**) 23-Aug-2008, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by randip singh

Now having seen the film I though I would compile a series of negatives and positives about the film:

Positive

Show's Sikhs and quite Jovial
Show's Sikhs as leaders
Show's Sikh's at their smartest
Show's Sikh's when they get angry (can be negative)
Show's Sikh as a leading man and gets the leading lady over a Mona
Show's Sikh as very handsome
Show's Sikh ideal that people can be rahabilitated despite commiting crime(Guru Nanak started this)
Show's various Sikh charachters, rather than dancing buffoons in turban i.e. there all Sikh's are not the same, we are people and human's.
Demonstartes Sikh ideal, compassion, kindness etc

Negative

Show's Sikh criminal activity - however this has been so true in London, Vancouver
Sikh's with trimmed beard's - but so many do it, could be argued either way
Show's Sikh's side with regard to revenge
Show's how violent Sikh's can get. (might be seen as positive by some )

Overall I thought the film was very funny and was very positive for Sikh's and a much much better advert for Sikh's than Jo Bole So Nihal. We as a community should get behind the film and distance ourself from groups like DDT (who are quite frankly clueless).

Good stuff! Actually, I was thinking of starting a thread on that movie.
I for one enjoyed it! It's not your typical bollywood movie.
and about: Sikh's with trimmed beard's - but so many do it, could be argued either way
They did try to fix that at the end, and I do appreciate their effort.

Show's Sikh criminal activity - however this has been so true in London, Vancouver
I don't think this is a negative thing. Sikhs were criminals back in the 18th century.

It shows our bad side! Which I think appeals to more people today than the good side. That goes for :Show's how violent Sikh's can get. (might be seen as positive by some

) I am one of those.

What I didn't like about the movie was that it was too short!

Serious!

They squeezed the plot together after the first half. This movie could have easily been 3-4 hours long. It was sort of a jumble as well, since Mica suddenly became a major character and Rangeela (major character) was pushed to back.
Personally, I was expecting more action from Akshay when he became king, along the lines of "DON". But nonetheless, it was an amazing movie. A big step in the right direction.

OH And you have to agree, the songs were amazing!

Jaspreet08 · #4 (**permalink**) 23-Aug-2008, 04:58 AM

I'm kinda glad to this review as well. I read quite a nasty review on MrSikhNet.com by an Amritdhari person. I'm gonna this movie now, and make my own mind.

BhagatSingh · #5 (**permalink**) 23-Aug-2008, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaspreet08

I'm kinda glad to this review as well. I read quite a nasty review on MrSikhNet.com by an Amritdhari person. I'm gonna this movie now, and make my own mind.

You call that a review??
Singh is Kinng! - a film review | SikhNet
I registered and replied to it. Provided the link to it above.