The credits of Khiladi 786 feature Vipin Reshammiya, with "Blessings"! Vipin is the father of Himesh Reshammiya, who is associated with this movie – as a producer, story writer, music director, lyrics writer, singer and an actor. Himesh's dad must have felt that his blessings could partially aid in redeeming this movie! The music of Khiladi 786 has proved to be popular, and the lyrics are not really nonsensical.
Akshay Kumar, the hero of the Khiladi series (this is the eighth one), returns with this brand after a hiatus of twelve years. This is his fifth film in 2012; no other actor has had five movie releases this year. Barring the disaster that was Joker, the box office has received him well. It is immaterial whether one calls his acting classless, or for the masses: he generates box office moolah! Khiladi 786 is in the same genre as Rowdy Rathore, but falls far short in most departments. The garish colours and loudness, the action sequences and the one-liners, are to be seen as part of an effort to laugh at oneself – but there is a limit to which one can get exposed to such fare. Asin, in the female lead, has nothing much to do; in fact, it is the other actors—like Asin's lover—who manage to create a comical impact better than the main players.
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