Consequences are what sets it apart. A radical, yet fun superhero tale, but unfortunately packaged in a generic wrapper. After defeating the villainous Dr. Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah), and bringing his father Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) back from the dead, Krrish (Hrithik Roshan) continued fighting against evil and saving innocent lives. Now Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya (Priyanka Chopra), while Rohit is using his scientific brilliance to benefit society. And Krrish is everyone's favorite superhero saviour. Unknown to them, a dark force is growing in another part of the world. Kaal (Vivek Oberoi), an evil genius, is selfishly misusing his powers to spread fear, death and destruction. And he is being assisted by an army of very dangerous beings, which he has created himself. Not long after Kaal's plans are put into action, both Rohit and Krrish find themselves faced with a crisis of epic proportions.
Firstly, context is very important. I believe that most of the comic-book superheroes of the world have been inspired from the Hindu and Norse mythologies. Secondly, Indians have grown up on a steady stream of mostly commercial cinema where one hero takes out ten guys in a fight even in many realistic movies. Each one of us know its unrealistic, yet it fulfills our inner longing and desire to bring out the superhero in oneself. 'Koi Mil Gaya' was a damn good film, albeit I'm speaking purely from a nostalgic point of view since I haven't revisited that movie in years. It has been falsely alleged to be inspired by E.T, but few people realize that Spielberg's alien tale was mostly copied from critically acclaimed Satyajit Ray's late 1960's sci-fi screenplay by the name of 'The Alien' and the same company which backed Ray produced the Spielberg movie. Moving on, then came along the much unneeded sequel, Krrish, which was a mostly satisfying, but forgettable experience. Bits and pieces of Krrish 3 has been obviously inspired by many Hollywood movies, mainly X-Men and Batman, but the end product isn't a rip-off though it threatens to be generic.
The slinky and dangerous hottie, Kaya's journey in this tale was surprisingly strong and is probably the true backbone to Krrish 3 since hers was one of the two characters I empathized with. Kangana Ranaut is brilliantly hypnotic, heartbreaking and the best of the bunch. Hrithik does his two roles to perfection, but Rohit is his true breakout role. Kaal (which means Time), played by Vivek Oberoi is a clichéd supervillain and quite boring to be honest. Priyana Chopra is fine in her limited role. The real hindrances to this movie are some of the weird dialogues which have been inspired from Batman (along with the statue), the utterly mediocre songs which we could have done without, a few illogical sequences, the blatant product placement and the special effects. The rendering of the CGI is not upto mark, but its still well done once you take into account of the fact that most Hollywood superhero movies have a budget that is around 8-15 times the budget of Krrish 3.
At first glance, Krrish 3 is unabashedly trying to woo the children in the audience rather than the adults, once you look past the pure sex appeal of almost everybody on screen. This is definitely gunning for the kids adulation, but the franchise has boldly taken some adult steps that even the most celebrated of the recent spate of Hollywood superhero movies normally shun away from. That, is of consequences. Yes, ladies and Gentlemen. While the major consequences are bore by the family and friends around the lead in most movies, this movie takes it a step forward and devastatingly kills off one of the leads and arguably, the most liked iteration of Hrithik Roshan, that of the childlike charmer Rohit, who is the heart of these movies and who himself had the abilities of a superhero in the first movie and that's a remarkable achievement in itself. Add that to the original 'filter concept' through which Rohit lovingly sacrifices himself, this is a radical, yet fun sci-fi/superhero tale, but is unfortunately packaged in a very generic wrapper. Hindi cinema has the talent and needs to embrace its uniqueness and tell a tale in which none of the parts should be inspired by any Hollywood movie.
6/10