Film

Singh Is Kinng

Name: Singh Is Kinng
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2008
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia

Comedy
Gangster
Action
Light-hearted

Singh Is Kinng is a Bollywood action-comedy about a goofy Punjabi villager who stumbles into Australia's criminal underworld and somehow ends up running it. It's energetic, absurd, and unafraid to be ridiculous—equal parts slapstick and surprisingly competent action sequences. Made for anyone who loves spectacle over sense and charm over coherence.

TMDb rating

2.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy broad slapstick and a hero whose bluster is the joke, the kind of loud Bollywood farce where the set pieces are bigger than the plot.

Skip it if you tire of relentless shouting and slapstick, since at 135 minutes it stays loud long after the gags have thinned.

What it asks of you: Expect a long, loud sitting of over two hours where the tone swings from cartoonish to sincere, and you will need to give it patience as much as attention.

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