Shilpa Shetty. A film about reckless bravery, mind-blowing self-confidence, lost relatives and treasures, and a female insurance agent who kept talking. A bold bullet is afraid, a bold bayonet does not take ... (Well, directly Malchish-Kibalchish)
After watching the movie, I was ... ashamed. Shame on Amitabh Bachchan (aah, don't throw yourself at me), Manisha Koiral, who's been brought here by the devil to shame. Delusional movies. Delusional not because interesting, but because the plot here is almost 0 (zero). I didn’t want to write anything on him categorically, because to hai Bachchan is a crime, in my opinion. Better keep quiet. But on mature reflection - I decided - I will write, because first of all, this is my program film - it plays here. Shilpa Shetty (she doesn’t play anything, she just walks in the background), and secondly, maybe my review will help and save someone from watching. Only the most ardent AB fans can watch the movie. He's in the movie A LOT! And also Indian muzzle. There are plenty of them here too.
So, a story that doesn't exist. In one nameless city, bandits are rampant, in the amount of three pieces. At the head of the criminal group is an evil uncle and his two sons, one of whom, by the way, is a policeman.
And the local population would be screwed by their lawlessness, but only the poor people have a mad defender Lal Singh, nicknamed Laal Badshah (that is, Red Padishah). With his bare hands, he easily repels armed gangs to the teeth, protecting all the offended and oppressed. And they (offended) stand in line to bow to him, to enlist support and crowds wait in the street to greet him, chanting his name. It should be noted that the population of the city at the sight of Lal Singh begins to scream hysterically, gallop, run after and wave clubs or banners. The crowd takes up a lot of screen film here. It's very stressful. Now you understand how he is hated by all his broken lawbreakers. And this brave man is also looking for adventures on his head, for which he often goes to the den to criminals to “talk”, and still without weapons. Why they didn't kill him, even when he was full, remains a mystery.
In general, here Amitabh appears in three hypostases, father, son and ... no, not the Holy Spirit, but the same father, only already in the form of a grandfather, many years after the attempt on him. It is in this role that a certain acting game is noted. Everything else for AB in this film is boring, he missed a lot in between fights. Along with Amrish Puri, they were bored, although Amrish was still gushing, flashing his eyes or turning his mustache (or vice versa). There were a lot of good actors involved, but it was kind of ridiculous. For example, the mother of all India is Nirupa Roy. This is one of her last films, here she is already very old, with bad teeth and all gray (naturally), and in general, non-native, but Mother! Or Manisha Koiral, who may be a serious actress, but here she played some fool, an insurance agent, with official problems in the form of an unfulfilled insurance plan. Manisha frowned amusingly, squinted her eyes with a ton of mascara on her eyelashes and wrinkled her nose. As soon as you can talk like a machine gun. No use. On the Red Padishakh her presence did not affect. There was Shilpa Shetty, but in what capacity? Why was she invited here? I don't think it's anitem-girl, but from watching it, I just couldn't remember who she was. I only remember her in a red outfit and AB very boozy dancing. Why would that be??
In the second part of the film, the conflict shifted from simple showdowns “who is cooler in the city” to blood revenge on the basis of once missing parents and treasures. The fights went just without respite, and Amit delayed a little. I gave out such jumps - albeit staged, but they had to be done ... The traditional fight at the end was the apophygee of justice, for the bandits were beaten by Amit himself and his father, and since Amit himself performed all of them, it turns out AB in the square. From the bandits, the result was asphalt.
So it turned out that: AB here coped well with fights. But, again, he had to play the venerable fathers of families, and not angry young people who along the way are still with girls shura-mura.
That's it. I still don't remember Shilp. Of the musical numbers, I liked one slow song against the background of a huge castle and an equally huge dancer. It turned out something impressive.
This can only be seen because Amitabha loves it. In all its forms.
7 out of 10