Padmaavat Review: Brilliant is an Understatement!

After a delay, Padmaavat finally hit the theatres and it is a typical signature of Sanjay Leela Bhansali! The man creates magic behind the camera. Padmaavat is SLB's  3rd best movie to date behind the Bachchan-Mukherjee starrer 'Black' and 'Bajirao Mastani'. 'Padmaavat' is a story of honour, valour, and obsession.

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Ranveer Singh is the man of the moment. He displays the vivid layers of Alauddin Khilji to perfection. He is menacing, amusing and cynical and no one apart from him could have played this role. He should be ready for his award speeches now! Shahidas Maharawal Ratan Singh is impressive. He carries the honour, valour required for a Rajput king with perfection but his character lacks depth! 'Padmavati' Deepika essays brilliantly, especially through her eyes. She literally lives the role of 'Padmavati'. Aditi Hydari as Meherunnisa is stunning and Jim Sarbh as Malik Gafur is fun, wicked and amazing to watch. The rest of the cast does an amazing job in their respective roles.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali behind the camera guarantees some breathtaking, stunning, royal and magnificent visuals.The cinematography is brilliant, the screenplay is taut, the background score and the music by SLB are superb! SLB captures all the actors brilliantly! The war scenes are brilliantly shot and the editing, dialogues, and lyrics are pitch perfect! The movie has been fictionized but only a bit towards the climax to make it look dramatic. The historical facts are somewhat kept intact by the movie. 

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In spite of a running time of 163 minutes, 'Padmaavat' keeps you interested in the 2 parallel stories of Maharawal Ratan Singh-Padmavati and Alauddin Khiljiin the first half and the brilliant interaction of the three leads in the second half! The movie is surely the amazing start to 2018 and it gets 3.75 stars! Go watch it! Beautifully made and acted!

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P.S. 'Padmaavat' needs to be watched by Karni Sena before protesting! The movie, in fact, upholds the Rajput Valor.

                
                                                                  

Comments

  1. Unknown25 January 2018 at 06:32

    Awesome review Paurush.. Keep going like this buddy

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  2. Afnan Husain28 January 2018 at 09:17

    Bhai I strongly disagree if you think this was SLB's best. Even Bajirao was better in many ways. And Ranveer Singh do shine in the movie but not as Alauddin Khilji but as some fictional barbaric ruler. Potrayel of Khilji was so so wrong. Alauddin was cruel and in my opinion cruelest of all sultanate rulers but he was the Sultan e Hind not a barbaric man.

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  3. vazu9 May 2018 at 04:09

    Nice review .

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