Yes (maybe) he can!

I remember Abhishek Bachchan saying on Koffee with Karan that all the new lot of heroes have a different set of priorities and Farah Khan pointed out that they all have six packs. That’s how they come. Six packs, a snazzy sense of style and some talent for histrionics (this is according to Bachchan Junior and Miss Khan). However, we might be a little moved to think otherwise. Main Tera Hero did make me laugh and well, as a wise person once said - ‘If he makes you laugh it can’t be a bad thing!’

Varun Dhawan is a very good looking guy, but so is Siddharth Malhotra, so is Shushant Singh Rajput and Aditya Roy Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and the list of fresh blood (of sorts) goes on. So what can baby Dhawan do to turn odds in his favour? Easy peasy! Get an impeccable body, learn to do that disgusting nipple move and get daddy to almost allow him a pass to go the Govinda way. Taddah! Presenting 

Main Tera Hero.

To be very honest, if you like your old school crass Bollywood, Main Tera Hero is a lot of fun. But that’s all that it is - which isn’t a bad thing. However, the problem is that by default (and because of actors experimenting extensively with roles) expectations from B’wood flicks are on the rise, especially expectations from the protagonists. Audience expect magic, but this Dhawan flick has no magic. Not even the Aa-a-ee-Oo-o types. Varun is no Govinda but he is a lot of fun and that is what makes Main Tera Hero decently bearable.

Call it paisa vasool for the want of a better term and Main Tera Hero does full justice to that. Don’t expect a life-altering story, don’t expect the heroines to be of substance and don’t not expect bad jokes and one-liners. You are well set then.

Am specifically not going to talk story and roles because there is none. There are enough PYTs on screen to distract you for the two-plus-odd-hours and the songs are a lot of chichora fun (as most David Dhawan movie songs are). Just a small request to Daddy Dhawan - the nipple jiggle - tasteless, very tasteless.

You might want to choose Captain America over this one if you are one for S.H.E.I.L.D but then what would one do without good old school Bollywood?