Bajirao Mastani

Cast: Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Tanvi Azmi, Aditya Pancholi,Milind Soman, Vaibbhav Tatwawdi(Chimaji),Ayush Tandon(Nana Saheb) and Mahesh Manjrekar
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Genre: Romance, Drama, History, War




This love story, although overly dramatic, but yet is worth a watch!




You may look forward to:

• Ranveer Singh proves again that he can do more than being just a puppet or a joker in every film. He had a charismatic screen presence, serious outlook with a dumdaar voice behind Bajirao I. The role of a warrior and a lover suits him. All stars to his performance
• Priyanka Chopra has a significant role although not the lead. Her positioning in the film draws pity and she in turn earns accolades from the audience with her performance
• Deepika Padukone looks very pretty. Indian ensembles look gorgeous on her stature. She looks good in pairing with Ranveer Singh and does ample justice to the role of 'Mastani'
• No periodic love story is complete without a role like the one performed by Tanvi Azmi. :) She does a good job as well
• Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi and Milind Soman have a very meager role, but they look good on screen
• Vaibbhav Tatwawdi and Ayush Tandon, have longer screen presence with a significant enough role. They have a good script written for them
• The sets in the film were pretty grand, as you would expect from a Bhansali film. He left no stone unturned in the grandeur quotient of the film

What you can sleep over:

There were times where the love story angle feels way too cheesy whilst the scenes were heated up more for a war like situation. When people are expecting a warrior in Bajirao, and Bajirao is trying to behave like 'Devdas, crazy!





The dampeners you should be aware of:

• Just too many songs, none of which are any big hit. There was a time when every song in Bhansali films were a turn on, and now, not even a single number worth remembering
• Bhansali tried his best replicating the charm of 'Devdas' in multiple instances with Bajirao Mastani, but it doesn't really create that much needed impact
• The film drags in lot of places, made unnecessarily long

My Rating: 3/5

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