Bajrangi Bhaijaan

     Don't judge a book by it's cover - Had my decision of watching or not watching this film had been upon the "Selfie Le Re" song that was released initially, I would have missed a very strong and sweet film.

     Salman Khan - Bas naam hi kaafi hai. The morning shows were houseful, the booking box offices are flooded with people. Plus this happens, as every year, during the celebration of the festival of Eid.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan the second collaboration of Salman Khan and Director Kabir Khan after Ek Tha Tiger was very much awaited by the "Bhai ke fans".

     

     The plot was pretty much revealed in the trailers itself that a six year old Pakistani girl Shahida/Munni (Harshaali Malhotra), who cannot speak, is lost in India, where she finds Pavan Chaturvedi a.k.a Bajrangi bhaiiya (Salman Khan) who, against all the odds, risking his life, by going in Pakistan without any passport and visa, out of love and humanity only to help the girl get back to her parents.  

     Pretty much same in the film but with much more detail and humour.

The writing credits include Vijendra Prasad's original story, who has also put his share in the screenplay along with Parveez Sheikh, Asad Hussain and Kabir Khan. Dialogues are penned  by Kausar Munir..which are impactful. Especially the dialogues that come out of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's character, who plays a reporter.

     Music is both good and bad... the Sufi music at the beginning and at the end is divine (Here they have kept a typical bollywood format of having a powerful song before the climax begins, which I like if the song is that good). The couple of background theme tracks do bring goose bumps and tears. The background score pulls up the movie very well.  The songs are good. A few are add-ons which are not very much required but still, they do not bore you.

     The film has a steady pace in the first half and the graph increases in the second half and it keeps going up till the last frame pauses. Screenplay is somewhat typical but the actors have done an indisputable job to make it look different and surprisingly original.

     Nawazuddin is a diamond that this film industry has found. The 1st half is humourous, it is light and funny and gripping but for the first few minutes of 2nd half you start sliding down the chair, but then an awkward frame cuts in with Nawazuddin holding a microphone, it's a small one shot where the guy starts his batting with a boundary.....and stays Not-Out till the innings end with his strike-rate getting better and better. How can someone be this simple and still be this awesome! This guy is gifted.

     The Cinematography and Editing is pretty decent. Few frames of silhouette do look beautiful. There are not many fight sequences and that is because maybe for a change they were making the film for the story and not to show Salman's Body (Do not get disappointed, you do get to see him shirt-less). Sham Kaushal is my favourite Action Director anyways...the guy has kept it Sallu-style ki maara-maari.

     The best thing other than the film was the response of the audience. The Entry of Salman was filled with whistles and hoots and roars...(I too attempted to whistle with the fingers in my mouth...I succeeded after everyone stopped doing that, and with that everyone started the chaos again.) The hoots and roars on every good thing Salman Does kept going on throughout the show. Harshaali is impossibly cute. She is the epitome of cuteness and I am sure the girls will go awww... also the small kid who plays Kareena Kapoor's brother.

Oh yes!! the Film also stars Karrena Kapoor, who looks quite a Khan now. Doesn't matter I still like her. But yes... You do need to remind yourself that even she is there, coz for the first time, Harshaali is the concept, Salman Khan is the Hero and the sentimental story is the Heroine of this Film.       

     I have been attending the film festivals since last 5 years now. The audience there is supposedly the one who has a knowledge about the language of cinema or have their indulgence in the film industry, after a film the viewers appreciate the film by clapping, or if the film is worth it, by applauding. Never ever I thought that I would shed a few tears while watching a Salman Khan Film. Never ever I thought that I would clap for a Salman Film. And on top of everything, never ever I thought that I would see the whole theater clapping at the end frame of the film at a local cinema-screen.

     Today was a realisation point that not every time to get the claps you need to be technically strong, not every time the viewers need to understand the language of cinema. If your story gives out the right emotions and if you present them in the right manner...people get connected.

Even a film like Yaariyaan, Vivah, and many other Yash-raj, Dharma films were emotional, but then no one clapped for those films, reasons being the way they were narrated was not the correct-most manner. But Bajrangi Bhaijaan has a uniformity in its emotions. The whole film proceeds with a cause and that cause is what makes you connect with the story.
You fall in love with the characters. You feel the sentiments. You get involved.

     If you go to see this film without a skeptical mind you will surely have a very good experience. You will know that this is one of the good films made.

     Verdict - 7.9/10