Holiday
2014 · Directed by A. R. Murugadoss
Original language: Hindi
- action
- crime
- thriller
The story
Virat Bakshi, an Indian army soldier on vacation stumbles upon a terror plot to rip Mumbai apart with a series of bomb blasts and must hunt down the sleeper cell of the terror organisation before it's too late.
What it’s like
Glossy studio digital with saturated Mumbai colour: sunlit streets, bright hotel lobbies, and the hard blue-white of late-night city lights, all framed in fast, widescreen compositions with sweeping crane moves and kinetic handheld chases through crowded lanes. The sound is loud and bombastic, with a brassy, percussive score that spikes into synth-driven action cues, punctuated by gunfire, explosions and rapid-cut fight choreography. The vibe is brisk, patriotic and high-octane, a rush of set pieces rather than quiet moments, with the pacing driven by ticking-clock urgency. Its emotional register runs on bravado and loyalty: a disciplined soldier, rattled by a holiday turned into a manhunt, becomes a one-man line of defence, and the romance and comedy beats are light scaffolding between bursts of action. Violence is frequent and stylised, with shootouts, hand-to-hand brawls and bomb-blast destruction, and some peril and menace; it is not gory, but it is not gentle. It suits a weekend action night, a loud crowd, or anyone wanting a propulsive, unapologetically heroic thriller, and is not for viewers seeking calm or restraint.
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