Bajrangi Bhaijaan is worthy to watch for Salman’s new avatar and Harshaali's innocent act. !!

Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a highly emotive cross-border drama. Nowadays movies revolving around Indo-Pak relations generally trust on patriotism and nationalism to score brownie points with the viewers, but Kabir Khan, maker of movies like Kabul Express and Ek Tha Tiger, dares to be different with his newest offering, which can be described as Salman Khan's sweetened Eid treat ever for his admirers.

 

So, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is Salman Khan's most brave film where Salman presents a beautiful performance - but allows the story to be the real dabangg. Starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and child artiste Harshaali Malhotra, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is an emotive story of love, peace and harmony that is bound to bring a lump to your throats.

 

Bajrangi Bhaijaan spins around Pavan Chaturvedi (Khan), a do-gooder and a Lord Hanuman devotee from a family of wrestlers, who comes across a mute Pakistani girl Shahida (Harshaali Malhotra), who is lost in Delhi after getting separated from her mother while on a tour to a dargah in India. Not knowing about her origins, the kind-hearted Pavan takes 'Munni' (as he names her) to the place of his family friend (Sharat Saxena), with whose family he stays and on discovering her story, takes it upon himself to reunite her with her family, regardless of the consequences.

 

While in Pakistan, Pavan runs into Chand Nawab (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a local scribe looking for a big story, who agrees to help Pavan and Munni. Will the 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' manage to fulfill his oath?

 

After reinventing himself as the larger-than-life hero with Wanted, Salman plays a very controlled character that comes across as an entertaining surprise. Indeed, it is energizing to see Salman without his trademark swagger and his Dabangg arrogance. Fans of the Bhaijaan will agree that Pavan/Bajrangi is one of the best characters he has played in a long time.

 

Kareena Kapoor Khan, who plays his love interest Rasika, doesn't get much to do but provides appropriate support to her Good Samaritan lover. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is simply delightful as the plucky reporter, who goes all out to help the hero and his flawless comic sense and his poker-faced humour ensures sufficient chuckles.

 

Last but not the least, it is Harshaali, who is the actual hero of the movie. The little one simply wraps you around her little finger from the first scene itself and is sure to get you all teary-eyed during most of her scenes. Without a suspicion, Harshaali is one of the most gifted child artistes to have graced Bollywood with her talent and like Salman once said in an interview, she carries the movie on her tiny shoulders.

 

Kabir Khan had proved his ability with subjects like terrorism and Indo-Pak tension in his past movies, but the director does an about turn and touches your heart with his newest offering. Sure enough, some of the scenes are expectable and even downright corny, but you have no choice but to smile kindly and flow with the emotions, simply because the story has its heart in the right place.

 

The music of the movie is decent enough and the cinematography is simply breath-taking. The team has fairly captured the beauty of Kashmir and deserves praise for their efforts.

 

The plot could be tighter, flaccid a little until Nawaz's energetic entry. But, you see a director evolve - Kabir Khan's fascination with borders shows again. Kabir captures the tension of India-Pakistan without pessimism and with soft charm, skillfully using a megastar as an actor, a child artist as a superstar and a border as a muse that opens up the world.

 

Overall, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is worthy to watch for Salman’s new avatar and

Harshaali’s innocent act.