{"id":8142,"date":"2019-06-22T01:40:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T05:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2019-06-15T12:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T16:52:15","slug":"movie-review-bharat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2019\/06\/movie-review-bharat.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : Bharat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rating : 2\/5
\nGenre : Drama
\nYear : 2019
\nRunning time : 2 hours 35 minutes
\nDirector : Abbas ali Zafar
\nCast : Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Tabu, Jackie Shroff, Sonali Kulkarni
\nKid rating : G<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bharat has a lofty tagline – journey of a man & a nation together – but do not be misled \ud83d\ude42 . I\u2019d set a low bar for this film and it surpassed my low expectations, but not my much.<\/p>\n

The film is Bharat’s life story, told in flashback. Now an old man and a grandfather, Bharat still grapples with well-muscled thugs and reminisces about his tumultuous life. As an 8-year-old, he travels from Pakistan to India during Partition, losing track of his sister and father along the way, His remaining family manage to safely make their way to the home of his bua<\/em> (father\u2019s sister). There they settle and Bharat strives to make good the promise made to his father before they are separated \u2013 a promise to keep his family together.<\/p>\n

Bharat\u2019s story is based on the Korean film \u201cOde to my father\u201d. It\u2019s kinda Forest-Gumpish, where the protagonist progresses through life\u2019s many challenges. Initially I had no idea that this was a Korean-film-spinoff, and as the film progressed and you were able to discern a pattern I was surprised that director Zafar had managed to cobble together this rather high-brow angle; he directed Sultan<\/a><\/strong>, which was decidedly earthy.<\/p>\n

While the concept is good, it is well beyond the directorial prowess of Zafar, hence the poor execution. The film has been Bollywood-ized to add in nonsensical melodrama, and the logic is questionable (like I never got why Bharat couldn\u2019t get married). The costumes and the language don\u2019t quite fit with the era so that takes away from the \u201cauthenticity\u201d feel.<\/p>\n

Each event is portrayed in great detail \u2013 which would have been fine if it was a nuanced portrayal. However with Zafar\u2019s relatively ham-handed approach, realism is out the window, Bharat becomes this all-in-one, can-do, always right, Bollywoodian superhero \u2013 very far from the everyman that he should have been, and I can\u2019t really feel for his larger-than-life persona.<\/p>\n

Salman as Bharat is like Salman in any other movie. Katrina who plays his love interest, Kumud, has been de-glamorized with curly, unkempt hair and glasses and does a decent job, although her dialog delivery needs work \u2013 it is so monotonous. Sunil Grover is Vilayati, Bharat\u2019s life-long friend and sidekick. Disha Patani – whom you might remember from M.S.Dhoni<\/a><\/strong> – is statuesque and impressive when she is dancing, not so impressive when she is not. Also, she has very little impact on the story, so not much to work with. Everyone else – Tabu et. al. has bit roles.<\/p>\n

The music is so-so. And the movie is long \u2013 could have been easily shortened by an hour. Bharat overall, is a little weaker than average; temper expectations accordingly if you go see this one.<\/p>\n

Kidwise<\/strong>: Clean. Imbued with sexist stereotypes (but then what\u2019s new?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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