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Critic Review
Haathi Mere Saathi (2021)A randy mahout (Pulkit Samrat) with a lame atonement arc, his contrived attraction towards a communist rebel (Zoya Hussain), a sympathetic journo (Shriya Pilgaonkar), ticking off all the cliches of the profession on reel, are tossed into this unwieldy mix for the purpose of songs and stretching out Haath Meri Saathi’s length to an agonising 161 minutes.
Between bad writing (a character emotionally confesses 'Kachra mujhe bahut pasand hai (I like garbage very much)'), hysterical acting and a shoddy blend of CGI and the real deal, Haathi Mere Saathi completely neglects the message of saving our elephants..
Rana Daggubati's Haathi Mere Saathi is a very long film based on a good subject. It’s story is spread far and wide like a forest and the characters are half-baked. Looking at Haathi Mere Saathi, it seems that director and writer Prabhu Solomon has put everything that came into his mind while working on this subject into the film. When the film ends, you’d be left wondering why did it take so long for the film to arrive at the main point. And this is nowhere the ‘der aaye durust aaye’ situation. So it is 1 star from our side to the film Haathi Mere Saathi....
It is a tall order for Rana Daggubati, but he gamely carries the burden of the film on his broad shoulders. As for the film itself, like the elephants that the hero fights for, it is in desperate need of a rescue act. Groaning and grunting under its own weight, Haathi Mere Saathi ends up crushing its bulky theme with shrill sermonizing..
Rana Daggubati has a formidable personality but playing a nature lover like a batty Middle Earth wizard doesn’t do anything inspiring for this movie. For all his claims of ‘Main apni jaan dekar bhi tum logon ko bachaonga (I will sacrifice my life to save all of you)’, neither he nor Haath Mere Saathi have any clue about what the elephants want..
