A movie made for the masses is usually supposed to be intense, grandiose, with high voltage action, stars with huge fan base, seeti maar songs and dances and a racy plot.

Devara gets all of this but forgets to get in the plot.

So we have a movie that starts with a terrorist plot being investigated by the Cops which suddenly shifts to Prakash Raj looking like Mandodari with a moustache telling us tales about Devara.

So Devara played by Jr NTR was supposed to be a crossover between Jack Sparrow and the Incredible Hulk.

He stays under water for ages, wrestles with sharks, kills 100s of people while being a smuggler and a good Samaritan at the same time.

And then we have Vara, who is the son of Devara (also played by Jr NTR) who decides to pick up his Dad’s weird looking weapon.

Is it a knife? Is it a sword? Is it a paper cutter? Is it an axe? Is it a Sudarshan Chakra? I don’t know.

So the movie runs for the longest possible period, testing the patience of the audience as you try to grin and bear the on-shore antics of the Pirates of Red Sea.

Saif Ali Khan tries to snarl his way through the movie but his Bhaira is no Langda Tyagi and lacks the punch that is required to make him fearful.

Then maybe the Director realised that amongst all the testosterone being thrown at you randomly the audience might also like some cleavage.

So in comes Janhvi Kapoor. They throw in a couple of songs on her, makes her sway to “Chuttamale” (yes that’s the spelling, I didn’t make up this word) and we are expected to go all gaga over her.

And finally, when the Director feels the audience won’t tolerate it any more, he abruptly ends the movie and threatens that there will be a Part 2.

By the time the first part ended, I had actually forgotten that it all started with a terrorist plot being investigated by the Cops…..I bet you will too.

#DaMoRating: 3/10

Disclaimer: There are three sharks in the movie. One dead and pulled on shore by Jr NTR, one does a dolphin jump in the sea and one is ridden like a pony by Jr. The 3 points are for those 3 sharks because they looked so cute. 🥰🥰😛😛