Shaitaan movie review: Ajay Devgn the saviour meets Ajay Devgn the family man in this mildly scary hostage thriller

Shaitaan Movie Review: I often marvel at Ajay Devgn's insatiable appetite for stories and performances that portray him as the inevitable liberator. He plays a particular kind of hyper-masculine, indomitable hero - a man too focused on ideals, with a so-called endearing naivety that he should compensate for with muscle, mature flexibility and a fiery temperament. Examples include Gangaajal (2003), the Singham series and Raid (2018). Also Read What surprised me more was the other half of his recent filmography, where he plays a goofy, gruff father type who has everything in life, including a loving family, which is the centre of his world. He did this in the Drishyam film and Shivaay (2016). In Vikas Bahl’s Shaitaan, Ajay Devgn’s saviour meets his father. I am talking about his filmography in this way because a lot of torture porn relies on the role model established by Ajay as Kabir Rishi, another compromised father fighting for his daughter’s life and honour.
The shudders and cringes Shattaan induces are not because the scenes depicted by this film and its script are actually, truly, naturally horrific. They are the result of the situational response patterns that twisted psychological thrillers and hostage dramas always present. Vikas's film blends these two genres and puts them into the realm of the supernatural. That's what makes the final product so mindless.