The last week had been a pretty hectic for me, as I spun like a teetotum. Also, i had to go through a lot of tensed moments. So, when my wife rang up for permission to buy two tickets for Bajirao Mastani on Saturday evening show, I gleefully said, "Yes, yes, yes". In the last few years, I have found that watching an entertaining movie helps to release tension. I am neither a film critic, nor have I written any film review previously. So, don't take it seriously.
At the beginning, SLB ( Sanjay Leela Bhansali ) made a disclaimer that even though the film is historical in nature, he does not claim it to strictly adhere to history. After watching the film, I must say that even though his imagination ran high on many occasions in order to depict the warrior as a romantic lover, he did not do injustice to history. This is a story of an eternal love, which does not recognise the bounds of caste, creed, race, ethnicity or religion. Bajirao 1 has been placed in history as one of the greatest Hindu warriors who fought for the establishment of Hindu Pad Padshahi. Bajirao fought over 41 battles and is reputed to have never lost one. But very few people knew about the emotional side of this great peshwa. SLB focused mainly on the personal life of BR (Bajirao1). Apart from showing romance of BR and Mastani, SBL has also shown machinations of Radhabai and Chimaji Appa, Brahminical dominance in Maratha statecraft demonstrated by Krishna Bhatt, excellent war tactics of Marathas etc.
As far as the acting goes, I think Ranveer Singh has done a fair job. Especially, in the second half, his acting looked quite mature. Vulnerable yet macho, funny and flamboyant, his chemistry with Deepika held well when they sparred passionately. Both Dipika and Priyanka did a good job. Acting wise, Priyanka did slightly better than Dipika. But Dipika looked more gorgeous than Priyanka in this film. Dipika struggled extremely hard to show her dancing skills. I think the best acting was performed by Tanvi Azmi as Radhabai, Bajirao's mother.
It is said that the scenic beauty of SLB's pictures are characterised by opulence of colours. This film is no exception. You may love to observe the costumes worn by Dipika and Priyanka. The dialogues are a tad lenthy, some of them are really good, though. The action part was okay. The heroic action by BR at the final part of the movie is highly unrealistic, where BR is shown to mow down the entire bunch of opposition army by himself. To do justice to SLB's tradition of having melodious hit songs in his movie, the songs should have been better. The actor doing Nana Saheb should have been more screen friendly.
As far as entertainment is concerned, I shall give a thumbs up to the movie. Munching tomato-chili popcorn and sipping diet Coke, we enjoyed the emotional blockbuster thoroughly. However, my overall rating would be 6 out of 10.
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