As the scintillating hit by Salman Khan ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’ won the hearts of youngsters, film ‘Hero’ was unable to have a grand opening.
Produced by Salman Khan and directed by Nikhil Advani, Hero released here on Friday but was unable to capture the hearts of filmy buffs of the city. The movie features new faces — Aditya Pancholi and Athiya Shetty — in the lead roles. It is the remake of Subhash Ghai’s hit Hero.
With minor changes as per the changing times, the basic plot of Hero remains the same. Pasha (Aditya Pancholi) is held up in prison and is finding ways to irk the IG of police Shrikant Mathur (Tigmanshu Dhulia) who is responsible for his arrest. Sooraj (Sooraj Pancholi) is Pasha’s right hand whom he has grown up as a son. Sooraj is a local goon and on insistence of Pasha, he agrees to kidnap IG’s daughter for Pasha’s release. Pretending to be a police official who is sent for her security, Sooraj asks Radha (Athiya Shetty) to leave the town with him and his support staff for safety purposes.
Being the IG’s daughter, Radha is under the impression that her life is in danger and hence her father has sent Sooraj and his team. She happily agrees to accompany him. Even though she is being held captive, Sooraj never makes her realize that he is a kidnapper. His breath-taking looks and courteous behavior makes her fall in love with him. Sooraj too falls for Radha and eventually confesses the reality to her. On her supportive stand and persistence to fight for their love, Sooraj surrenders himself to the police and is imprisoned for two years. Radha is sent off to Paris for her further studies and with the hope that she will forget Sooraj by her strict dad.
Sooraj is granted a leave on parole for his behavioral improvement in the prison and is let off six months before. Radha returns to welcome him back and decides to help him become a better person so that she can convince her dad.
Even though the new Hero is a cut-out of the 1983 classic, there are quite a lot of flaws in the movie.