Simply giving 1 star doesnt justify the film. Those who do that havent even watched the film and are basically haters. It's basically a 5 or 6 star film. Why? Read on.
1. WAR SEQUENCES - weakest point in the film. The first war SEQUENCE was just okayish with some good moments but the second one inside the fort is terribly shot. The third one is just shown in montages like seriously why?? War sequences went from bad to worst. There is no build up at all to any war sequence. Its just like "ok i declare war" and war begins. The director could have made a bigger film by investing more time in the war sequences but instead he chose to move ahead with the story and give little importance to the war.
2. SET PIECES - Grand scale! Here, the film scores brownie points. Atleast the makers did a good job in getting good set pieces.
3. VFX - the lions shown in the Ring sequence at the start do look authentic and if you still call that looking fake, then i would say RRR's tigers looked even faker. Other than that the VFX used at other places are strictly average.
4. RING SEQUENCES - one at the start and the final one at the climax. Again, this is the highlight point of the film. It is well shot especially the climax was pretty good. Further points here.
5. LOVE ANGLE - there is no chemistry between Akshay and Manushi solely because one is of uncle age and other is of his daughters age. Theres even one awkward sequence during the song Makhmali when from the marriage sequence the scene abruptly shifts to a desert where Akshay and Manushi are romancing and why it looks awkward because it reminds you of a typical romantic film sequence where suddenly for a song the sequence and actors would transition from some place to some place. Also the romance tends to slow down the film.
6. PERFORMANCE- Akshay is just Akshay with no change in voice or looks. He doesn't even have a real moustache. Look at Ranveer man how he transformed himself into Bajirao but Akshay could not. Performance wise he's decent but not extraordinary like a Ranveer Singh from Bajirao. Sanjay Dutt has a pretty good and slight comical role regarding his blind fold. Sonu Sood is just too preachy in this film . Manushi is very average. Manav Vij carries this one stern expression throughout the film where makers may have done that to try making him look menacing but boy! He fails. If you talk about a menacing role, see Ranveer as Alauddin Khilji.
7. DIRECTION - Dr. Chandra does a very average job. He had a terrific story in hand but failed to execute it properly without maintaining a balance between the romance and war sequence. This film should have been made by Mr. Bhansali and it would have been an outstanding film.
8. SONGS - not one to remember.
Overall, strictly average film with 5.5 rating. Don't watch it with expectations as high as some Bajirao or Padmaavat else it would dissapoint you. Here's a small thing - Panipat had a much better war sequence plus build up than thus film.
1. WAR SEQUENCES - weakest point in the film. The first war SEQUENCE was just okayish with some good moments but the second one inside the fort is terribly shot. The third one is just shown in montages like seriously why?? War sequences went from bad to worst. There is no build up at all to any war sequence. Its just like "ok i declare war" and war begins. The director could have made a bigger film by investing more time in the war sequences but instead he chose to move ahead with the story and give little importance to the war.
2. SET PIECES - Grand scale! Here, the film scores brownie points. Atleast the makers did a good job in getting good set pieces.
3. VFX - the lions shown in the Ring sequence at the start do look authentic and if you still call that looking fake, then i would say RRR's tigers looked even faker. Other than that the VFX used at other places are strictly average.
4. RING SEQUENCES - one at the start and the final one at the climax. Again, this is the highlight point of the film. It is well shot especially the climax was pretty good. Further points here.
5. LOVE ANGLE - there is no chemistry between Akshay and Manushi solely because one is of uncle age and other is of his daughters age. Theres even one awkward sequence during the song Makhmali when from the marriage sequence the scene abruptly shifts to a desert where Akshay and Manushi are romancing and why it looks awkward because it reminds you of a typical romantic film sequence where suddenly for a song the sequence and actors would transition from some place to some place. Also the romance tends to slow down the film.
6. PERFORMANCE- Akshay is just Akshay with no change in voice or looks. He doesn't even have a real moustache. Look at Ranveer man how he transformed himself into Bajirao but Akshay could not. Performance wise he's decent but not extraordinary like a Ranveer Singh from Bajirao. Sanjay Dutt has a pretty good and slight comical role regarding his blind fold. Sonu Sood is just too preachy in this film . Manushi is very average. Manav Vij carries this one stern expression throughout the film where makers may have done that to try making him look menacing but boy! He fails. If you talk about a menacing role, see Ranveer as Alauddin Khilji.
7. DIRECTION - Dr. Chandra does a very average job. He had a terrific story in hand but failed to execute it properly without maintaining a balance between the romance and war sequence. This film should have been made by Mr. Bhansali and it would have been an outstanding film.
8. SONGS - not one to remember.
Overall, strictly average film with 5.5 rating. Don't watch it with expectations as high as some Bajirao or Padmaavat else it would dissapoint you. Here's a small thing - Panipat had a much better war sequence plus build up than thus film.