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Fahim Farook
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Edited 1 year ago
Watched “Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3679040) today …
I’m not a huge fan of post-2000 Salman Khan. I used to enjoy his 90s movies a lot. In fact, his “Maine Pyar Kiya” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100095) was instrumental in me getting back into Hindi movies and for me learning Hindi. But the post-2000 (or somewhere after the 2010s maybe?) Salman Khan became a bit of a cliché for me — he lost the charm that he had in the early movies and became all about the muscles and about speaking a certain way.
This movie started in the same style that has become habitual for Salman Khan movies these days. Then I began to get a sense of déja vu, it felt as if I’d knew certain plot elements from somewhere but couldn’t quite put my finger on it …
A little bit of research revealed that this was a remake of 2014’s “Veeram” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3320578). OK, so that made sense 🙂
The good parts? The callbacks to “Maine Pyar Kiya” (and the Bhagyashree cameo) which brought back old memories, the appearance of Telugu stars like Venkatesh and Jagapathi Babu and the bit of South Indian exposure.
The rest, for me at least, was mostly average. I find it interesting that “Veeram” was written for an older Ajith Kumar and it mostly worked, but here, Salman still tries to be a young man instead of playing an older character 😛
#Movies #MiniReview #Hindi #Bollywood #Remake
I’m not a huge fan of post-2000 Salman Khan. I used to enjoy his 90s movies a lot. In fact, his “Maine Pyar Kiya” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100095) was instrumental in me getting back into Hindi movies and for me learning Hindi. But the post-2000 (or somewhere after the 2010s maybe?) Salman Khan became a bit of a cliché for me — he lost the charm that he had in the early movies and became all about the muscles and about speaking a certain way.
This movie started in the same style that has become habitual for Salman Khan movies these days. Then I began to get a sense of déja vu, it felt as if I’d knew certain plot elements from somewhere but couldn’t quite put my finger on it …
A little bit of research revealed that this was a remake of 2014’s “Veeram” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3320578). OK, so that made sense 🙂
The good parts? The callbacks to “Maine Pyar Kiya” (and the Bhagyashree cameo) which brought back old memories, the appearance of Telugu stars like Venkatesh and Jagapathi Babu and the bit of South Indian exposure.
The rest, for me at least, was mostly average. I find it interesting that “Veeram” was written for an older Ajith Kumar and it mostly worked, but here, Salman still tries to be a young man instead of playing an older character 😛
#Movies #MiniReview #Hindi #Bollywood #Remake
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