Released last week in U.P., Hills One Studios and Desi Engine’s Kedar is the story of a boy from Uttarakhand, who becomes a hero despite all odds.
Kedar Singh Negi (Deva Dhami) lives in the hills of Uttarakhand. How he participates in the Pro-Boxing Championship and surmounts all the obstacles in the way forms the crux of the drama.
Deepak Singh, Dr. Harisuman Bisht and Manish Ballal have penned a routine story about grit and determination. If the story is oft-repeated, their screenplay is no better as it is replete with anecdotes and incidents seen in umpteen earlier films. Even their dialogues are dull.
Deva Dhami does an average job and actually acts like a novice as far as acting is concerned. There is no other performance worth mentioning.
Kamal Mehta’s direction is weak. Music (Satender Perindia and Virender Negi) is barely functional. Lyrics (Satender Perindia, Lt. Heera S. Rana, Dr. Harisuman Bisht and Usha Upadhyay) are ordinary. Vishal and Shweta Pandey’s choreography barely passes muster. Background music is weak. Digant Gautam and Deva Dhami’s camerawork is amateur. Chandan Vishwakarma’s art direction is dull. Editing (by Rahul Rawat and Deep Chand) is loose.
On the whole, Kedar is a flop show with some appeal for the audience in Delhi-U.P. because of the Uttarakhand backdrop of the story.