By Prachi Nagar

Plot:

Tara Wadia (Farah Karimaee), a singer and girlfriend of a gangster Raghu (Himesh Reshammiya) lives with her mother (Shernaz Patel). She goes to Dublin where she gets detained after being caught with drugs. Tara calls Raghu for help now Raghu must help her and find Anirudh Brahman, the stranger who met Tara on Facebook and invited her to Ireland.

Story:

A yarn so simplistic that it would make even children’s fairytales seem layered and nuanced; Himesh is Raghu, an assassin in India, who is in love with Tara (Farah Karimaee). Tara does not know the dark side of her fiance and a week before they are to tie the knot, Raghu reveals to her something that happened in a pub with another girl the previous night. She is upset, and decides to go to Dublin for an ‘India Day’ show. But as soon as she hits the street, her car is cornered and drugs recovered from her bag. It’s a world of crime out there — drugs, murders and shootouts.  She is sentenced to seven years Rigorous Imprisonment. The man who took her to Dublin is a mysterious Anirudh Brahmin. That’s the mystery that keeps the film ticking, along with the slick action sequences with Himesh sending goons flying to all parts of the screen. There are innumerable stylised, slow motion walks towards the camera, song set pieces, shot like music videos, keep popping up every now and then.

 

Direction, music, and screenplay:

The action is impressive; the background score by Himesh too is designed to a nicety. Director Shawn Arranha believes that the best way to whip up tension is to resort to the spectacle of actors traipsing in slow motion towards the camera before every big action scene.
But let’s cut to the chase: barring the last 20 minutes of the film, which correspondent to real time on the clock, Teraa Surroor is a terrific stretch. The songs, and the sound are familiar, yet have that ‘distinct something’ that make it soothing to the ears. The signature tune by Himesh is something that will stay forever.

 

Review:

The tagline describes the film as “a lethal love story”. Teraa Surroor sure is lethal, but for all the wrong reasons, what with Himesh striving very, very hard to pass himself off as a poor man’s superman. Teraa Surroor is pretty much like Himesh’s singing: it’s a drone that gets grating after a point. Bringing in some bright moments into the script are veterans Kabir Bedi as Police Commissioner of Mumbai, Naseeruddin Shah as Santino the jail-break expert and Shekhar Kapoor as Rajveer who is India’s diplomatic ambassador in Dublin. All of them, come together to help Raghu escape to India with Tara.

 

Verdict:

If you love the Himesh brand of music, good action with a decent plot that engages you till the end, TERAA SUROOR is not a bad option this week. Just an out and out guilty pleasure that requires a huge suspension of disbelief to go with the flow.

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