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| VEER
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish V |
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Starring:
: Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Mithun
Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Zarine
Khan.
Direction:
Anil Sharma
Music:
Sajid Wajid
Production:
Eros Entertainment. |
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This
decade’s first big budgeted
blockbuster has finally graced
the screen. And Eros has made
sure that no stones are left
unturned. Anil Sharma gave us
the Paki bashing All-time blockbuster
Gadar-Ek Prem Katha, and ever
since trying to mirror such
a big hit, Veer might just be
the movie he was longing for.
But unfortunately he doesn’t
deliver the goods completely
this time around.
This tale of love and war written
by Salman Khan himself is sure
to be the toast in the northern
regions like Anil’s previous
movies but the rest would be
a test we would surely want
to know the result for. The
story of a legendry warrior
Prithviraj (Mithun) of the Pindari
clan who was made to run thanks
to the deceit by the King of
Madavgarh (Jackie Shroff), finally
tries to regain what is rightfully
his through his legendary son
Veer (Salman Khan). Prithviraj
sends Veer to London to study
through a tribal development
study program conducted by the
Britishers. Veer who is still
the warrior at heart slowly
understands the art of controlling
his anger and in the same time
periodfalls for the pretty Yashodhara
(Zarine Khan) who as
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usual is the daughter of the baddie. Veer
comes back to India as a different person
and with culture, sheen and style decides
to fight back but understands that his fight
is not just for Madavgarh but a fight for
his nation as well.
The screenplay is tight in the first half
but is alarmingly slow in the second half.
I never knew that Indian barbarians too
looked like some Viking clan having beer
in wooden mugs dressed in fur and danced
atop tables and skimpily clad girls dancing
around with a few making love in public.
Anil, is this India you are trying to show?
And from when are people are allowed to
join college without proper background check
even if it is in the 1800s? And only in
Indian movies does a bullet travel from
45 degrees downwards and then straighten
at the last minute to hit a target. What
do Angelina and Morgan know? Only in Indian
movies can a person fight for more than
an hour and then die after being shot in
his chest, Brilliant!! But overall if logic
is thrown out of the window, this film works
occasionally especially the love story between
Salman and Zarine. The ending was supposed
to make us emotional. Oh really? If the
movie cuts the first 5 minutes and the last
5, it would look much better.
And obviously the energetic power house
called Salman Khan, who shows grace when
in suit and runs rampage when in warrior
suit/ showing his six pack abs. He is brilliant
throughout the movie. He looks stunning
too. Zarine looks a little fatter version
of Katrina and her main job in the movie
is to look cute and smile or cry when the
camera liberally gives her close-ups almost
all through the movie. Sohail is decent
and so is Neena Gupta. But Mithun da is
a revelation, he is too good even in a not-so
well defined character of his. Jackie bears
a cunning look and does little apart from
that.
The songs and background are the biggest
assets for this movie. World class background
by Mony needs to be appreciated and kudos
are in store for Sajid-Wajid for coming
up with a brilliant soundtrack -‘Surili
Akhiyon’, ‘Meherbaniyan’
and ‘Salaam aaya’ stays with
you long after the theatrical experience
is over. But by repeating ‘Surili’
song over and over again, it makes us doze
off a bit. The dialogues are good but the
punch lines aren’t. Camera by Gopal
Shah is good but too many close ups and
too many ultra slow motion camera usage
doe not gel well with the flow of the movie.
The editing is not properly done with many
improper cuts and even when the titles are
put the sound mixing goes for a toss. You
need to work on minutest details when making
such a mega scale movie. The grandeur in
sets and graphics does give the movie a
few plusses extra.
Overall it’s a movie which could have
been a good commercial potboiler and it
is, till the first half and by using brains
more than brawn and inducing unnecessary
melodrama in the climax the movie loses
its way, but still a decent movie worth
a watch.
Verdict:
Veer is a target less Teer
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