Kishen(Akshay Kumar) who is married with Mala(Aishwarya Rai) has a not so happy married life. His son Bunty(Aditya Roy Kapur) wants them to be happy but that is possible only if their past life is changed. With the help of technology i.e time machine, he decides to go back to past and make all the changes. But, what hurdles he will have to face while doing this, he isnt aware of.

The starting part of film is quite slow, first 15 minutes you wait for something to happen as the proceedings look dull. The film gets going once Bunty reaches the old era. 1st half is good but its the 2nd half and the makeover of Kishen that takes the film to a high along with the catchline "Awaaz Neeche" that is bound to get your laughs.

What the film suffers from mostly is the fact that the direction has lots of loopholes. Such loopholes can be ignored in slapstick comedies but not here. For instance, no one questions the dress style of Bunty, how are Kishen and Kundan(Rannvijay Singh) singing without a mike or headphone anything and yet easily listenable. Even its hard to accept that Mala cant find that there is a difference of voice when it comes to singing of Kishen, but that still be ignored when we can see Kundan singing in 2 voices. And then the continuity error with the hairstyle of Bunty that keeps changing with every new scene.

Writing was good though with some flaws. Screenplay was very good and interesting. Editing wasnt upto the mark. Costumes were very good, Aishwarya Rai looked so beautiful.

Music is very well used. Zor ka jhatka comes at a surprising time but rightly placed. Out of rest songs, the medley was the best for me. Comprising of 4 songs, it was superbly choreographed. Also, nakhre was a good watch too.

There are some very good scenes like the climax one or the pre-climax awaaz neeche scene, the pre nakhre and post nakhre scenes, the back-story of kishen told to Bunty, and many more.

Performances wise,

Akshay Kumar does really well. Whether its the old age character, the geek character or the stylish retro character. He looks at ease in all the three. My fav though would be stylish one and yeah add the old one's final scene, that was very good.

Aishwarya Rai is excellent. She is one actress who is constantly bashed for the reasons we all are well aware of. She is wonderful in a role that shows her mean side, specially note her expressions when a new Kishen ignores her.

Aditya Roy Kapur was good, there were few scenes where he gives you a uninteresting image but that goes pretty quickly. Though, I dont really like his hairstyle, quite wierd. Better use the short hairstyle he had in some parts.

Rannvijay Singh suited the negative shade role. He was better then in London Dreams I feel.

Kirron Kher and Om Puri were good in small cameos.

Randhir Kapoor, Neha Dhupia and Rajpal Yadav were fine, they all had very short role.


Overall, Action Replayy is worth to see mainly due to the performances and screenplay that keeps you involved. The film has the dose of entertainment if you leave starting 15 mins aside. Its definately Vipul's weakest film in comparison to Namastey London and London Dreams but as a new film, its definately good watch.


Rating : 3.40 Out of 5