Padmaavat is Bhansali's latest movie and is about Sultan Alauddin Khilji's (Ranveer Singh) lust and pursuit of Queen Padmavati (Deepika Padukone), though she is already married to King Ratan Singh (Shahid Kapoor). This film was littered with controversies unfortunately, causing to have to be delayed till now. However, if you go into the movie with an empty mind, then I think you will most likely enjoy it.
This movie is beautiful to look at. The sets and costumes are gorgeous, the action sequences are tense, and the music is simply amazing. From a production standpoint, this movie is as close to perfect as you can get. Much credit to Bhansali and his team for this.
The performances are equally great. Ranveer Singh delivers his best performance of his career by far. He is Heath Ledger Joker-esque with the way he carried himself in the movie, truly becoming someone else on camera. Deepika Padukone, as usual, is excellent. Acting seems so effortless to her, and she sure as hell will garner much praise once again. Shahid Kapoor wasn't perfect but he did what he needed to do and he did it well. Everyone else was also fantastic.
My only negative is the pacing. The middle part of the movie just stalls compared to the fast moving beginning and end. It was a lot of slow dialogue and slow songs without much point of interest. It got pretty boring to be blunt. And this goes on for almost 40 minutes. Thowever, it thankfully speeds up into the riveting final act which is simply jaw-dropping.
Overall, I would say Padmaavat lives up to its immense hype. Technically it is a masterpiece, but the one weak point is some of the writing in the middle. The performances were very impressive as was the music.
Padmaavat gets an A-.
Check out my video review of the movie!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lQLO1nt84Y
This movie is beautiful to look at. The sets and costumes are gorgeous, the action sequences are tense, and the music is simply amazing. From a production standpoint, this movie is as close to perfect as you can get. Much credit to Bhansali and his team for this.
The performances are equally great. Ranveer Singh delivers his best performance of his career by far. He is Heath Ledger Joker-esque with the way he carried himself in the movie, truly becoming someone else on camera. Deepika Padukone, as usual, is excellent. Acting seems so effortless to her, and she sure as hell will garner much praise once again. Shahid Kapoor wasn't perfect but he did what he needed to do and he did it well. Everyone else was also fantastic.
My only negative is the pacing. The middle part of the movie just stalls compared to the fast moving beginning and end. It was a lot of slow dialogue and slow songs without much point of interest. It got pretty boring to be blunt. And this goes on for almost 40 minutes. Thowever, it thankfully speeds up into the riveting final act which is simply jaw-dropping.
Overall, I would say Padmaavat lives up to its immense hype. Technically it is a masterpiece, but the one weak point is some of the writing in the middle. The performances were very impressive as was the music.
Padmaavat gets an A-.
Check out my video review of the movie!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lQLO1nt84Y