Roy (2015) Online

The cast and the music had a magnetic effect on me. But once the film reel began rolling, I was experiencing symptoms of depression and schizophrenia.

Roy starts and ends on one single note: blankness. While I am still trying to figure out what the writer intended by conveying such a senseless story, I have not yet recovered from the trauma I had after sitting through two and a half hours of nothingness. Vikramjit Singh's characters are pretentiously polished: Arjun Rampal as an arrogant writer and director who uses a typewriter, Jacqueline Fernandez as a book-loving, reserved filmmaker, and Ranbir Kapoor as a (mute) thief who drives around in a convertible, you know, for the effect. Yes, Kapoor has a total of fifteen dialogs (including "Ooh," "Aah," and "Aao") in the film. (Also, if you observe, the beginning credits introduces Kapoor to be in a "dynamic role." What does the director mean by this? If ever I meet the amateur Vikramjit Singh in a coffee house, I'll make sure that I ask him this question and write a piece about it verbatim.)

The thief in the film introduces himself as a thief so that we don't misconstrue the makers as thieves for robbing us off through the ticket costs. This happens in less than twenty minutes into it, and I did not need any more proof to consider how bad the film was gonna be. Even if I forgo the snail-paced narration, I cannot forgive Singh for botching up the screenplay. It has the worst screenplay I have seen all this year, and it is a good thing from a Bollywood point of view. The story constructed is so choppy, I bet you will turn to your therapist after watching it.

Bad cinematography and good photography mix together and bring out blues in the exotic locales the film has been shot in. The dialogs are plain bad, and so is the cast performance. Only Rampal comes out as an average player.

If you want me to tell it, then, yes, the music and songs are good. Period. But the score is repetitive, often sampling many of the songs' melodies. I bet most of us have seen the best parts of the movie in the trailer, and if you were to divide Roy, as a film, into two parts: one as the trailer, and one as the film intrinsically, you would have two polarizing videos.

BOTTOM LINE: There is not an iota of thrill in the storyline, nor is the story fathomable. Roy only looks good in the trailer, and for a moment there, I even thought the whole film was a tediously long advertisement for Godrej lockers and CCTV cameras. Regretlessly Avoidable!

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

I can't believe this kind of movie is also make in India.

One of d best movie of Arjun Rampal and superb work by vikramjit singh. Movie is slow, but this is speciality of the movie and work of the actors even worth of rating 8.0 . Expressions of Arjun was so real Ranbeer played as he and Arjun both are exactly the same inside out. Everything is perfect but just end is expected thats why I gave only 8.0 rating. This movie is for those peoples which don't have time for 3 hours Bollywood movie they have exactly 146 minutes to see a video. This movie for those peoples who want to spend their time only for a good direction and acting not for as usual bollywood masala.

I saw the movie.. RATED it 10. Yes. I was going to rate it 8 or 9. I came to IMDb after watching the movie and guessed that this movie would have got 8 or 9 stars on an average. But F*ck!. We Indians(Not All) just like Masala Movies. In other words, Sh*t movies. I've seen some really sh*tty movies and this is not one of those.

Arjun, Ranbir and Jaqueline were truly amazing and did their part well. Genre is drama so you're not gonna find typical Bollywood masala here. You ask Bollywood to grow up and make some sensible movies but when they do you just end up either mocking or hating it. We're all just a bunch of hypocrites.

If someone asked you if you liked Inception or Interstellar or even Gravity, you'd probably say it was one of the best movies you've ever seen even though it bored you to death, or you didn't like the idea of the film or it just went over your EMPTY head because these movies have already been rated the best so you go with the flow and accept it even if you liked it or not.

Actually like or dislike is subjective but seriously the hatred and bad mouthing is what bothers me the most. Hope if you haven't seen this movie and want to watch then do give it a try. The bias is totally unnecessary.

Stop Following!

I don't know why people are overreacting against the movie, either they couldn't understand the plot or they are following the dumb crowd. People cry for movies of diff concepts like Hollywood and when they get one they start talking $hit about it. Had ROY been directed by Christopher Nolan all these idiots would have clapped their ass off, no matter whether they understand the movie or not :P

Two nicely written stories are going side by side , nice cinematography , awesome songs what else do you want? I would suggest you guys to go watch the movie once and decide it by yourself. If you can watch those movies mentioned above in the summary section you can always give it a try.

Fifty minutes in to the movie I started to ask the question 'What is going on here? Where is the movie I was promised by the trailer?' Nearly all the scenes that were in the trailer have been played out by now. You could stare at Jacqueline or Ranbir or Arjun and you could sing along with the chart buster songs. That's it, that's all you can do in the theater after the first 20 minutes or so. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen more than what the movie has to offer.

Somewhere in the 'intellectual' dialogs and sleek, stylish cinematography lies buried the dreams of an amateur director with a lot of potential. Vikramjit Singh will need a lot more nurturing before he can make a coherent movie. I have nothing to spoil the plot, that is how bad the movie is. I would give this 0 out of 10 just because the promise was not delivered upon.

I have been fortunate enough to know people who have made 15 minute short films with more sense and better vision. None of the actors are at fault although one would not have expected Ranbir Kapoor to be part of such a movie. Maybe even he was fooled by the seemingly engrossing premise like the rest of us.

This is my first movie review on any forum. First, I would like to thank all the Dim wits, who have given this movie negative publicity through negative review. Had it not been for them, i would have never got down to actually writing this review.

The movie, technically, is almost flawless, so engrossing that had it any flaws I did not notice.

It sets the mood from the word go and sticks with it. The editing is clever ( where most people are getting confused ). The screen play ( narrative is quite unusual for bollywood) Casting could not have been more perfect. Background Music score is very good. stays with the story - sets the mood.

For Mature audiences who love good cinema.

If you are looking for a POPCORN thriller this is definitely not the movie for you...definitely not for teeny boppers or Romantic comedy buffs.

Excellent dialogues , excellent Music ( Songs)

I was going to give it an 8 rating but then decided on 9 after realizing this is vikramjits Directorial debut.

Good Luck to Vikram....already looking out for your next venture.

I was not expecting much from this movie after reading reviews but I still took my chance and I watched it. It was definitely worth watching.. This movie is not for the masala (spice) seeking people, this movie is for sensible people to put their brain into it and enjoy the journey. I am thrilled by the Arjun's performance, Jacqueline Fernandez was just an eye candy to me but Ranbir's performance took it to another level and made me see the stars in daylight. If you like silly Salman Khan's movies then this is not your cup or tea but if you like Nasir-ud-din shah, Irfan Khan and Pakistan Cinema's movies (not Lollywood) then this is your type of movie to watch. You need a brain to watch, understand and appreciate this film. Enjoy!

Trailer and promo were reflecting that there is some mystery and thrill but after fifteen minutes of film you get the sense that there is nothing, you are victim of a boring stuff in the name of creativity. This is complex representation of a simple and many time seen concept. There is a dialogue in film that says that there is a type of film, which is only made for the sake of makers, without caring of audience, this line is appropriate for this film itself. Complete film is full of parallel cuts without any story line and emotions. It must have sounded fancy just at the idea level. Good actor Ranbir Kapoor gone waste. He had nothing to do. Sometimes I couldn't understand that what push them to do such type of film. Arjun Rampal is OK. Hindi does not suit a bit to Jacqueline Fernandez but she had make to speak difficult words even when it was not required for her character. It irritates more than her performance less acting.

Roy is a pathetic attempt by the debut director Vikramjit Singh. It is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. Poor script with equally poor direction will make you pull your hair even before the interval of the movie. The talents of Arjun Rampal and Ranbir have been completely wasted. The viewer will never get a hang of what is happening on the screen. The narration is equally pathetic. There are a lot of continuity errors in the movie making the viewer puzzled.

The songs of the movie are good.

The only point for which one should go to watch Roy is the beauty of Jacqueline Fernandez.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AND PRECIOUS TIME WATCHING ROY.

The people who are bashing this movie clearly didn't understand it. Or maybe they are fans of cheap and fake movies like Ashique 2 and Dabbang 53. This is by far Arjun Rampals best performance. He didn't get overshadowed by Ranbir Kapoor. Jacqueline was promising and played a very different role as compared to what we have seen her doing over the years. You need to have a cool head and be a little patient to wait for the movie to unfold completely and understand it. The director has very smartly placed hints in small bits & pieces which will help you understand the movie. Overall I am very happy that they are making movies like this in India. It's a movie for those people who like to watch something different and don't just walk to the theaters to watch item numbers and cheap action sequences.

Roy is a pretty good film that is to be viewed outside the common Hindi flicks. It is beautifully crafted with two parallel themes - the life and relations of a film maker interwoven nicely with that of the movie he creates. Ranbir appearing as the main character of the movie within, keeps his cool performance depicting that of a movie character within the film and Jacquline makes the double role - that of a film maker love of Arjun and the lead lady character in the movie within. This is a movie that demands your brain to be involved while watching it - but if you do so it is one real piece of art work. But then if you want to watch the movie just for some dance noise and other paraphernalia, yes this is not for you - you can join the gang of all reviewers trying to kill this good film.

A gun,A car and a woman is enough to make a film. This famous quote of Godard is the inspiration of this movie ( probably). From the very beginning of the movie you will know that this is not something familiar, this is something else. The plot is really well edited and placed with absolute precision. The entrance of a alter ego,the writer's block and the love of his life,these three elements try to create a labyrinth of shadow and lights in their life,and by some means, the director is successful. Maybe that is why some people are saying this movie is a disaster, because they failed to understand the agony of a writer, his lack of navigation in a complicated plot. The film is a 'film noir' genre and there is no action in this piece of art,so the genre box featuring ACTION is misleading.India will not understand the value of ROY,but I guess after someday they will join the fraternity of good films.

This is my first review. I had to write it because this is the movie I stepped out of in an hour even when I had no other plans. It's awful.

• Fake accents dripping into Hindi as well - Arjun Rampal could have been replaced with a cactus with zero change in the quality of cast (really) - Again, atrociously incorrect fake accents - Dialogues so cheesy and dumb that you will get tired rolling your eyes.

• Arjun Rampal's character was trying to be as witty as Dr. House failing miserably.

• I can't say how bad the story was because, like I said, I left the cinema after an hour of sheer torture.

Take your money and meticulously tear it into 100 small pieces. You'll get more mental stimulation from that than watching this movie.

Why did I watched Roy... mostly because of my trust on Ranbeer Kappor... But then I asked myself what is he doing in such a movie. Then I asked what is anybody doing in this movie... and then I asked what am I doing in the theatare. But in spite of repeated temptations to leave the theatare, I survived till the end, mainly because I hoped something will happen. but that's the trouble. Nothing at all happens in the movie. From start to end, in most of the scenes there is only one character on screen, generally smoking or drinking. the dialogues and monologues(there are a lot of monologues) are not natural. A lot of scenes, if not all, are unnecessary. there are hardly 4-5 characters in the movie (including both real and imaginary characters), out of which 2 are played by Jacklin. First Jacklin is the sri lankan beauty we know ( that came as a relief) other Jacklin is wearing some kind of makeup which is making her look like a vampire. Songs are good... but their placement is so abrupt in the two and a half hour movie , and you are so bored with the movie that you can hardly enjoy them. Locations are good, but monotonous dark and gloomy picturization spoils them too. I can understand that the director did not wanted to make a Bollywood masala movie, but trust me, this movie is not above Masala, This is way below Masala. Conclusion: Don't watch this movie even if you are paid for it.

After Long time I watched good movie in Bollywood but its for specific people. Dialogues deliveries are awesome, really liked. Good work done by Director/writer Vikramjeet Singh. This movie is not for impatient people. In Bollywood we usually watch action/dramatic movies with same sort of stories but Roy is much more than Romance or thriller. Finally Bollywood movies started entering in different concept. Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor and Jacqueline played their role as story's demand.This is a movie that demands your brain to be involved while watching it. I am sure 'Roy' is a story that will remember me for long time. Please don't listen anyone just go and watch.

spoiler alert: I have to add this spoilers to make people understand the complex story so that they can go to the cinema to enjoy it, instead of wasting time in reading the nonsense reviews floating around describing Roy as worst movie ever.

First of all: Ranbir Kapoor has made a great choice opting for Roy. The introduction mentions his character as a dynamic one, and the reason is his character does not exist in real life - it exists in the story that Arjun is writing and the movie that Arjun is making as director. He is the protagonist of Arjun Kapoor's story about a thief. He is an alter ego of Arjun. Arjun is a director writing his script for his third film of a trilogy on Roy - the master art thief. This time he is going through writers block - as in not able to build up the story. Roy is his alter ego, so Roy's story is not progressing because Arjun's life is not progressing from a boring life. He has got a producer but does not have a script. So he decides to build the script impromptu as his life shapes up in upcoming days. And accordingly life of Roy starts inside his mind, in his typewriter and through the film shootings for his third film where he has taken a lookalike of Ayesha- the girl he mèts in Malyasia and also taken a lead actor who is Ranbie KapoorLife of Roy is full of thrills when Arjun is having excitement in real life, Life of Roy is enjoying at a beach with a lookalike of Ayesha, when Arjun is relaxing at a beach with real Ayesha - Jaqline. Life of Roy is stranded in middle of a sea when Arjun is distanced from Ayesha and mourning the distance. When Arjun makes a decision to start afresh getting over Ayesha, Ranvir as continueRoy returns to the shore with his ship.

The whole idea of a writers block and the main protagonist in the story written by the writer to be the writer's alter ego, has been beautifully portrayed in the movie. The director, as it seems feared what is happening now. People in India and critics in India do not seem to have understood the idea and is therefore thinking its a film that switches between two different story lines continuously. It does not, each time you see Roy on screen, it is to show the psychological state of Arjun and the way his life is traversing. The police officer wadia in Roy's story is like the world around Arjun trying to figure out him. The director at some scenes have bluntly tried to say this to the audience. But as it seems, the Indian audience who can grasp the complexities of movies like inception decided not to use their brains while watching a bollywood movie. The part where it proves that Roy is more than the character of Arjun's story and film is when Arjun has completed his last movie of Roy but still you can see Roy as the life of Arjun continues to progress.

The movie, I agree, has less of action and thrill compared to the thrill and mystery shown in the trailers. But thats about it - a misleading trailer for a wonderful movie. The movie is a romantic story and a man's alter ego for getting the thrills in his otherwise boring life.

If I have to divide the movie in phases then it has six phases. 1. Arjun with his writers block 2. Arjun getting the idea of writing a story about art heist in Malyasia after listening to a similar news on TV. This is from where Roy's journey starts 3. Arjun meets Jaqueline, introduces female character in his film shoot and story of Roy. Roy now starts to plan to steal the lady's art collection while Arjun starts to steal Jaqueline's heart. 4. Arjun and Jaqueline falls in love and Roy's story also progresses to the point where Roy steals the art. Jaqueline understands that Arjun used her as inspiration to complete Roy's story and abandons him, Roy stays stranded in middle of ocean now. 5. Arjun faces big personal life issues helping him to overcome loss of love from Jaqueline. Roy returns to shore and the story gets completed. Film is launched with success 6. Arjun reunites with Jaqueline and Roy returns the art back to the lady to be reunited in love.

The whole movie runs with a nice musical tone building up Roy's mysterical character. Its a movie that tests the intelligence of the audience. While some may find it complex story telling, those who understand it would find it intriguing.

Please go and watch this masterpiece. Congratulations to the entire cast of Roy and the breaveheart director for attempting this in Indian cinema.

A movie,which is not meant to be understood by everyone.... The people who will patiently watch the movie without judging it midway will actually understand its inner meaning. This is not a mass attracting movie which will have those quintessential bollywood dialogues and lame songs, but one which is made with a lot of thoughts. And the slow pace of the movie, it was done intentionally so people could get time to understand what the complicated story is... Movie runs too deep at some moments. It sometimes inspires you and touch your soul, tell you about life.at some point in our life,we all experience that feeling--"who am i ???" what do i want from my life??"..we realize the true value of someone when he/she left us.how it is to be like when there's nobody to look after u or how it feels like when you are alone....that is what the movie is trying to say.. the music makes the movie more beautiful for those who haven't watched it yet-- You have to watch this movie before judging it. of course it has confusing plot..but but but it has so much to say!Do watch it for some extremely good performances and a very deep story which will leave you thinking about life in the end smile emoticon in short,i loved the movie..a story that will stay with me for a long time!

To begin with, it's not a movie for comedy watchers. The movie is not focused on entertainment solely.

It's a love story of a man who had lived not so normal life. A man who understood the meaning of love with time.

The characters have acted superbly, with few exceptions. Arjun is awesome. Ranbir should be appreciated for taking this role. The story telling has been taken to the next level.

You need to watch it with complete focus to appreciate this movie and the effort put in to make it. A few plot could have been edited to keep it straight. The movie conveys a social message of love and affection. Overall, I would rate it pretty high for the acting, music, locations, and acting. Must watch movie for new age movie goers.

If you are looking for awww... choo shweet type of love story then this movie disappoints you totally. If you think Kick, Happy New Year,Raone, KKHH, KKKG, Ready (basically SRK, Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty type of Sh*t) is a good movie then please stay out of this movie otherwise you will be doing an injustice to a piece of art. This movie is for art and cinema lovers. For those who really want Indian cinema and filmmaker to grow up. If you have an optimum level of intellect then please watch this movie, you will definitely love this. The movie beautifully executed with parallel story. Some amazing nature and seascapes shots, and a lot of depth in it. Some good songs and music. Acting is satisfactory overall.

The movie was such a drag. The songs jump right in the middle of a story which is struggling to continue for 3 hours.

I watched Arjun Rampal swimming shirtless more times than i wanted to. I watched the characters change costumes three times in less than ten minutes. I watched the characters roam about without any particular goals.

The character Roy is portrayed as a mastermind thief. Yet i saw nothing of his skills that made him to his title.

This movie concentrates on the looks of the Arjun Rampal, Jacqueline Fernandez who speaks Hindi with an accent but can sing chittiyaan kalaiyaan in Punjabi fluently and change her clothes hundred times and that useless crap of a thief(The world famous thief).

You must watch this movie and suffer like i did.

I had many expectations from this film, 'Roy'. But it proved to be an extremely senseless, illogical, third class, and a boring film.

There is lack of comedy, suspense, thrill and a proper script & story which was expected to take a good grip. The entire film is filled with useless and non-sense dialogues. All audience in the hall were wondering like when something will 'happen' in this movie. The part before interval contained only dialogues n dialogues....though some of the songs were nice.

You better avoid this film at any costs. If you want to watch this movie, watch it only and only if you can't get good sleep at home, or your air conditioner is damaged! You may give it a try if you want but at your own risk!

Roy is a movie which talks about the working of a creative mind. writer and director kabir grewal played by Arjun ram pal writes a script for his movie guns part 3 while shooting his film. the movie is moving at the right pace and was not at all boring. Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal are complemented well by Jacqueline Fernandez, the movie is very different from mainstream Bollywood and in future is probably going to be a milestone in Bollywood. the film gives you stints of what you would expect from someone like a David Fincher. I feel that Vikramjit malik should have probably not added those item numbers just to add the Bollywood touch and should have gone all out with his different approach in making films. Nevertheless brilliant movie!. 10/10

First things first, this is not a Ranbir Kapoor movie, he is in an extended cameo, so don't get fooled by all those posters and advertisements. If you watch this movie (which I suggest you shouldn't) you will actually be thankful that this is not a Ranbir Kapoor movie, because nobody wants a brilliant actor like Ranbir to be associated with a movie so pathetic and dragged that for a minute you actually start thinking Dhoom 3 was a watchable movie. Its really tiring to sit through the 150 minutes, I actually went out of the theater twice. There is nothing good happening in the movie, there is only the long shots, the gloomy colors, the monotonousness of the frames, the dragged plot. The actors do nothing except sit and exchange philosophical disclosures that has nothing to do with the film. Both Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez are supposed to be film-makers who are making their own films, but still what all we see is them roaming here and there, drinking wine and singing and partying (this is precisely the reason why we are getting such horrible movies from bollywood nowadays).

Even after watching the movie I am not quite sure about what really was the motive behind the movie (none as far as I can see), it might also be because I did not care at all for the movie after an hour or so, I was just sitting there because I had paid for the film.

To anyone who is thinking of going to watch this movie, take a pair of headphones you will need them or rather do not go, wait for a while and soon it will premiere on TV.

The trailer and the movie are not at all related. The people behind this story and the whole movie are rubbish. I felt like I watched a western boring movie.

I felt bad going on the first day. Please don't watch this movie, it is a boring and senseless one!!

1 - Trailer : Good 2 - Story : Awful 3 - Plot : Awful

Miserable attempt or failed attempt I would say.

Not a good movie to start the year with!!

Ranbir is my fav actor that's why I went to watch the movie.

In short a sad experience

Nothing at all....

If IMDb have some negative feedback facility the I'll give this movie (-10) We all friends left the movie after 20 minutes interval.... WTF Ranbeer kapoor and Arjun Rampal what you guys have done with us totally b**llsh*t.

**NO SCRIPT **NO STORY **NO ACTION **NO DRAMA **NO COMEDY **NO HORROR.

Revert back my money please.....and get lost. Where is the casting team... find them and beat them. they looser...

And even I don't have 10 lines for this movie to say as per IMDb guidelines you must have at least 10 lines of text to post any review.

**PLEASE GUYS DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE**