India’s Superman wears pants. Not a jumpsuit. Not tights. Pants. With inseams and pockets and stuff because, well, after a hard day of saving the continent, you’ll want to know exactly where your house keys are. It wasn’t exactly hidden, either. There’s Krrish (Hrithik Roshan) flinging himself off a flagpole into the air to catch an airplane and the close-up revealed — is that denim? Certainly pockets, but is he fighting in jeans? Personally, I refuse to play in a basketball game where somebody is wearing jeans; I can only imagine what super criminals are thinking.
I missed Krrish 1 & 2 and I was a little worried I wouldn’t be able to understand the story line so late in the game. Here’s what I pieced together: Krrish is a guy with super powers. Phew. I didn’t think I was gonna be able to get that all out at once. Hope the subtlety isn’t lost on my readers.
Krrish is the alter ego (dare I say “avatar” ;) ) of local slacker Krishna, a guy who gets fired as often as Indians offer tech service. 
Not unlike Peter Parker in Spider-Man 2, Krishna is too busy being heroic to hold down even the lamest of jobs. And yet still he has a bitchin’ pad to share with his babe Priya (Priyanka Chopra) and his inventor/scientist dad (also, Hrithik Roshan). The latter is a bit of a coup — Daddy Rohit has a scattered past, so Roshan gets to play him as unsteady and a little proccupied, but he also gets to play Rohit as emotional when the scene calls for it — side-by-side with the younger, more stoic version of himself. See, given the same inspirational news, he gets to act and play it cool at the same time … neat, huh?
The wheelchaired nemesis to Krrish is Kaal (Vivek Oberoi) — a telekinetic who has control over just his head and a pair of index fingers — hey, buddy, why don’t you use your telekinesis to move the rest of your body? See how he has the wheels of Professor Xavier and the telekinetic powers of Magneto? He also has several empowered henchmen, all enhanced by stem cell abuse. We only really meet two, a frog dude who snaps his tongue at Krrish a bunch — an exceptionally useless evil talent if you really think about it. He gets his jollies stealing ice cream from newly purchased cones. World donimination? Screw that; I’m ruining your random leisure time. He also has Kaya (Kangana Ranaut), a very effective shape-shifter. She does Kaal’s heavy lifting, not unlike Mystique for Magneto. Bollywood, seriously, it’s not enough to rip-off Marvel Comics; your guys need condescending names, too.
Kaal wants to walk; Krishna needs a job; Rohit has harnessed the intense power of sunlight to grow and destroy plants. Geez, I can do that — just give me a summer, any summer. And there’s singing and dancing (Bollywood, gotta love it!). I would love to see The Avengers sing and dance in formation. It would make my year.
A hunky urban hero this Krishna
Has powers that are Supermannish-na
Despite demi-god
It’s his kickin’ bod
That’s gonna inspire your wish-na
Not Rated, 152 Minutes
D: Rakesh Roshan
W: Robin Bhatt, Honey Irani, Irfan Kamal, Akarsh Khurana, Sanjay Masoom, Rakesh Roshan
Genre: Bollywoodman!
Type of person most likely to enjoy this film: “I miss the Batusi.”
Type of person least likely to enjoy this film: “I don’t even like superhero films without subtitles.”
