1 Line Review: Mega. Epic. Larger than life. Welcome to a Bhansali movie.
Being a Bhansali movie has its own share of awesomeness as well as its own curse. As he so passionately works on his projects that he gets carried away at times (hint: mostly with the movie lengths). But then its a Bhansali movie and you cannot do a crime of not watching the mega sets, gorgeous costumes, massive lights (now super duper special effects), in a big auditorium. Wish this movie released in an IMAX as well. Talking about my hunger to watch a Bhansali movie, I went ahead to watch Saawariya (2007) when there was Om Shanti Om releasing on the same day (Diwali bonanza). That decision did hurt me for a while but I made it up by watching Om Shanti Om on TV a hundred times. Similar was the case this week and am glad I did not go for the other release, Dilwale (The joke doing the rounds on the internet – Audience are marking themselves safe on facebook after coming out alive).
Back to Bajirao Mastani. I have not been a real fan of Ranveer Singh but the more I see of him, the more I realise that I have been trying to ignore him and he is actually coming back stronger and stronger everytime. Be it a Bittu Sharma in Band Baaja Baaraat or Kabir Mehra in Dil Dhadakne Do, he has been doing very good. And now this! Watch out for his fast paced dialogue delivery. Watch out for the one liners. He was killing it. Having said that, I still (somehow) cannot be called a fan. I was spellbound with Deepika’s beauty (more recently in Tamasha as well), she just rules the screen when she was on it. Plus, all the dance numbers, le gayi dil. Am not a fan of Priyanka and last I liked her was in Barfi!
But the real winner is Mr. Bhansali, thanks to him we get to see such movies. With no thanks to many others who just take the audience for granted. The larger than life sets – watch out for the Aaina Mahal – that is how large sets are built in a Bhansali movie and also Shanivar Wada. The lights (notice the million diyas all over the movie), the special effects (few of the battle sequences reminded me of Bahubali, but only at times, as Bahubali is an epic with no match). And then there was costume and jewellery (including men’s) – Am sure there goes a lot of research to get the closest to the period the movie belongs to. Am grateful to watch such extravagance for a few hundred of rupees. Worth my money.
I beg you to watch this movie in a movie theatre near you. Its a little lengthy (2 hours 40 minutes) so please plan accordingly. Harr Harr Mahadev.