Selfiee Movie Review: Akshay Kumar’s Hero Persona Overwhelms Intriguing Premise

The strength of Selfiee is that it does not try to be something it is not. The worst part is that it makes no attempt at all.

The film’s larger-than-life hero, Akshay Kumar, is the focus of attention rather than the film’s intriguing premise, which allows for a discussion of the fleeting nature of fame, its meaning in the age of social media, the nature of genuine stardom, media manipulation, the pitfalls of petty egos, and whether Big Bad Bollywood is really all that big or all that bad.

At the start of the film, Akshay addresses the camera in his own image, thanking the “fans” for their support. Fans have recently expressed their gratitude to the film industry by propelling Pathaan to unprecedented success, but it’s disappointing that Selfiee isn’t as gentle with its little guy as it is with its big guy.

Selfiee, starring Akshay Kumar as superstar Vijay Kumar and Om Prakash Aggarwal as one of his biggest fans, is a remake of the critically and commercially successful Malayalam film Driving Licence (Emraan Hashmi). Vijay goes to the RTO in Bhopal because he needs a new driver’s license for the climactic driving scene in the film. Because Bhopal has only one RTO Inspector, he must also visit Om.

There’s also a third angle involving an actor who used to work with Vijay but is now a nobody who appears in groin scratch cream commercials and the like. He consults a tarot card reader for advice on how to bring Vijay “down to my level” (Kusha Kapila). Meghna Malik is being used in a criminally exploitative manner by a corporator seeking attention.

Because of his misunderstanding with Om, Vijay belittles him in front of his superiors and his son, who is equally enamored with the star as his father is. Om swears vengeance.

Om, the stereotypical nice guy and family man, makes unexpected decisions in Selfiee. Vijay, the archetypal conceited celebrity and would-be parent, faces his own set of difficulties. It will be interesting to see where the egos of Akshay and Hashmi take them. To some extent, both Akshay’s impatient snapping and Hashmi’s helpless adoration are effective.

As the film progresses, Vijay and Om are reduced to brats in need of a good shakedown, and their arguments become increasingly trivial.

Selfiee, on the other hand, comes after at least two incidents in which celebrities were harassed and almost physically abused by fans who wanted to take a selfie with them. Who says we’ve matured in a world where instant self-expression is the norm?

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