Plot: The movie starts with a tattoo ad. Sadly, 2 – 3 minutes of tattoo ad for someone who is not much into erotic art is a really tough thing to digest. The villain, extraordinarily handsome for a villain, runs a kidnapping racket. He starts with paralysing the cop who busts the women-trafficking act, but for some reason decides to shoot an interview even before he hands over the criminals; even before he leaves the crime scene.
Zoom out. Zoom in to Europe. Spain specifically. One small fight, small for the hero’s standards. No, not Nithin. Any Puri Jagannadh hero. Varun(Nithin) is a traveller, with a fetish for deep kisses, while offering the disclaimer that he is not into relationships and emotional attachment. He sleeps in sleeping bags and does odd jobs to take care of his expenses. Hayati (Adah Sharma) is in Europe to help her cousin with her love story. Hayati’s cousin falls in love with a dark coloured gentleman called Haridas. Brahmandam is an Iskcon head and doesn’t approve of his daughter’s love for a dark man. After a lot of racist jokes, Varun saves the day and convinces Brahmi.
Finally, we have the comic relief out of our way. What a relief! Back to main story. Hayati falls for Nithin, but wants more than just a transient experience. So, after giving Varun a kiss that lasts more than 1 hour, thanks to the timer shown on the screen for the audience’ benefit, she decides he should never show his face to her again.She leaves. He leaves for Romania. New place, new day job, new girl – only this time, he is not able to focus on the deep kiss. Instead, she reminds him, he is in love with Hayati. So, he comes to Goa to look for her. Meanwhile Hayati has agreed to marry Makarand(the handsome woman-trafficking racket head) as a deal, when he agrees to pay the 50 lacs needed for her father’s operation, the same cop who was paralysed by Makarand at the beginning for busting his racket.
Nithin needs money to pay back to Makarand and take back his love. In comes, Craigs’ List. A millionaire’s (Prakash Raj) daughter has been kidnapped and he offers Varun 2 crores if he could get back. Nithin gets assistance from Ali and his wife. Their cameo manages to bring quite a few laughs, adding some value with minimal screen time. The final fight is in a dark dungeon full of white-skinned, drugged girls, ready to be transported away.Varun could have used part of that huge amount promised, to get some goons to help him. But check disclaimer 3. So, all ends well and Varun and Hayati get a fully sponsored pre-wedding honeymoon from the millionaire.
Disclaimer 1: Women are a little too scantily clad in the movie.
Disclaimer 2: There will be tons of ‘gyaan’ from the hero – about men, about women, about life in general.
Disclaimer 3: The hero can fight. The goons can’t.
Disclaimer 4: It is a Puri Jagannadh film. Period.
Verdict: Amidst a whole bevy of coincidences Heart Attack, is a simple love story, with a few twists typical of Nithin’s movies. A lot of them lack punch, though. Nithin is his usual self. Adah Sharma offers a fresh, but no so memorable performance. Brahmandam’s bit was not so good, but Ali’s was. The cinematography is really good and Amol Rathod deserves a pat. The locales helped him well too. The music by Anoop Rubens is ordinary and even commercial songs like Chupinchandey, don’t really manage to get your foot tapping. Selavanuko is the only melody that manages to impress to a certain extent. All in all, it didn’t seem to come from the director of Pokiri.
Box Office Potential – Medium
From ReleaseDay
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