The way Nawazuddin Siddiqui steals
the show in the second half, giving a semblance of sanity to Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
clearly shows the influence of new age cinema directors and actors. The regular
potboiler, which is dished out in the name of commercial cinema, stands
completely exposed. It might give you the ‘100 Crores’, but don’t ask the
serious moviegoers to endorse it as well.
BB could be divided into two parts
– pre Nawaz and post Nawaz; effectively the first and second half. Least said
about the first half the better. A
predictable implausible script, below par acting – Salman Khan and Kareena
Kapoor Khan were almost playing themselves, and the filmmakers managed to find a girl, who
could match Salman in that department – being stone-faced. The story and
dialogue are average and the songs don’t make any sense; helping only in
pulling the film from going forward.
Aseem Misra’s camera work in most
parts is apt, easy on the eye rather than
spectacular, which helps the film.
The introduction of Nawazuddin in
the second half comes as a breath of fresh air. One could clearly see his
inputs in improving whichever scene he is in. Be it the snide remarks, calling
Salman ‘begum’, coming back to the frame while winding up his piece to camera,
wiping his face after kissing the bus driver’s hand et cetera.
But the lift in the tempo is
marred by the long drawn out far-fetched climax.
I generally watch movies on the
first day of release itself but missed this and watched only on Tuesday. As
there was a general good buzz about the movie, I was hoping Kabir Khan might
just have out done himself. The expectation might have contributed to the big
disappointment.
But the temptation to go for a box
office success has made him go for a complete commercial fair. No one can
question Kabir as he’s delivered yet another blockbuster. What I can’t
understand is why one must mount a movie at such a level that my 16 year old
son pleads with me to leave at the interval. But am happy, I could convince him
to stay on to see Nawazuddin show them the mirror.