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I stay in Navi Mumbai hence even
after having some doubt on Salman Khan’s movies I still go to watch them
because of the experience I get in the theatre as everyone in the audience is
Salman’s die-hard fan as he has a farmhouse nearby in Panvel. I saw the FDFS of
Bharat today and it was again a spectacular event seeing small children and
Muslim families coming out in new clothes to celebrate Eid by watching the
nation’s favorite actor- Salman Khan on the big screen.
Bharat is a great story on paper
which narrates a character’s story from 8 years of age to 70 i.e. 1947 to 2010.
The other great part of the story is that the character’s name itself is Bharat
which is kept on the name of the country. Salman Khan playing the same makes
this story sound more powerful. But when the same has been adapted in the movie
and projected on the screen, it doesn’t turn out to be as special as it sounds
textually; though it is watchable. The 1st half is interesting where
it has been shown how the character of Bharat struggles for his survival by
working at several places and even risking his life at times as he needs to
keep the promise his father had given him before getting separated at the time
of partition to protect his family as he is the eldest among siblings.
His 1st meet with
other characters such as his friend, Vilayati (Sunil Grover), his 1st
love interest- Radha (Disha Patani), his 2nd love interest- Kumud (Katrina
Kaif) etc. is interesting and enjoyable. There are small humorous pieces in
between which also works fine. But when the story moves to the 2nd
half, the repeated display of Bharat’s survival in different kind of jobs
becomes boring and monotonous. Then comes the important portion of the movie
where Bharat gets a hope of reuniting with his father and sister due to a
media-channel’s initiative to unite families from across borders who got
separated during partition. This is where it seems the Bajrangi Bhaijaan effect
has been applied in the pre-climax which actually makes you weep and shed some
tears. But I believe story could have been ended just there but the director
and writer stretch it little more to show the current lifestyle of the
character, Bharat, at the age of 70 which becomes little too hard to digest.
Talking about the good parts of
the movie- the movie starts off well and first half is entertaining and
hopeful. The pre-climax emotions are also very well handled and actually works
with the audience. The chemistry and love-angle between Salman and Katrina’s
character is very nicely projected even though Katrina plays Salman’s boss. The
chemistry between Salman and Sunil Grover’s characters where they play
childhood friends is also beautifully projected. The dialogues are fine; not
much issue with them though none of them will stay with you. Also, the process
of getting jobs are also interesting to watch when you are uneducated in our
country but want to earn bucks.
The stand-out performance in the
movie is delivered by Sunil Grover who has a good length of role and is able to
deliver the same strongly and comfortably without any nervousness in spite of
sharing the screen with superstars like Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. Another
good performance is delivered by Disha Patani who even in her short role
impresses just like she did in Dhoni’s biopic. Salman Khan again plays himself
in the movie like most of his movies in last decade hence if you are Bhai’s
fan, he shall not disappoint you but if you aren’t, then it shall irritate to
watch how he plays same kind of body language for all the age-group he is
portraying. Even at 70, his make-up and body language are like that of 30 years
old which irritates. Katrina Kaif is wonderful in this movie and I am very
happy to say this once again after Zero. But same problem with her make-up when
she is made to play aged part.
All the other characters are okay
in their small roles.
Talking about the drawbacks of
the movie:- The 1st thing that disappointed me throughout the movie
is over-stretching most of the scenes such as the Circus part of Maut Ka Kuaa,
the part in Middle-East when Salman and Grover’s characters start working under
the ground in Middle-East and another boring part where some people come to
loot their ship – makers have tried to make that segment funny giving
references of Amitabh Bachchan but it is really irritating, the pre-climax
though it clicks but even that is too long. There are many such scenes which
starts eating the patience in the audience in you. The scene of separation
between Salman and Jackie Shroff is played so many times that even though I
loved that scene in the beginning, later on, I wanted to hit the screen with my
shoes whenever it played. Another major setback in the movie is that the story
of character is shown along with the development of the nation but there is
nothing much that the makers are able to show about India or the character or
the co-ordination between both of them. They only end up spoiling the same.
Even the sets and ambience of the movie remains to be the same even though the
year ranges from 1947 to 2010 which is really disappointing.
Overall, the movie is a one-time
watch with all the irritating parts mentioned above. I would give this movie
2.75 starts out of 5 which rounds off to 3 stars which I believe I would still
give because of the engaging sections too. But trust me, you can skip this
movie from watching it in theatres and wait for it to come on television if you
are not a Salman Khan fan.
Thanks.
ABHILASH RUHELA
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