Bharat Review: "Ye Naya India hai." Salman should realize that!


This week  saw the release of 2019’s biggest summer release, the Salman ‘Bhai’ Khan starrer ‘Bharat’, based on the Korean film, “An Ode to my Father”. The movie has an outstanding supporting cast that includes names like Ayesha Raza, Kumud Mishra, Sunil Grover, Shashank Arora etc. Post watching Bharat, it can surely be said that Salman Khan still has commitment issues.
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What’s Good: Acting(yes, acting!): With such an amazing supporting cast, the acting is pitch perfect. Even Katrina Kaif manages to act well. It’s ‘Bharat’ aka Bhai who lets us down (like always).  Music: Vishal Shekhar’s music is one of the better things about this movie. The Aunt-Nephew connection: The subtle undertones of the relation are pretty decent. Cinematography: The cinematography is pretty decently done.
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What’s Bad: Length: At approximately 167 minutes, the movie highly overstays its welcome, drags a lot in the first half. Direction: Ali Abbas Zafar’s direction is one of the biggest problems of the movie. He decides to borrow the main storyline but forgets to add emotions to the movie. Forced Patriotism: The patriotism is forced. Absolutely unnecessary. Various shades of Salman: Salman is super highly unconvincing as his timeline spans over 70 years pass. Not only that, Salman practically becomes invincible in this drama. 
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Bharat is not good, not average. It is an above average watch that too only suited for single screen and not the multiplex. I am going with 2.0 stars for this Salman starrer. At least, it is one of the better Salman Khan movies to have released.

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 P.S. So glad that Priyanka Chopra walked out of this drama.

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  1. Unknown8 June 2019 at 07:47

    It always feels like salman has entered a cheat code for invincibility in his movies akin to GTA videp games. XD Seriously nothing fazes the man, nothing. XD

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