Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from December, 2015

Bajirao Mastani

I don’t really review movies on this blog but I decide to give a chance to this one for a reason. Read on … *** Not considering Bahubali as a Bollywood product, this one comes out as a fine Epic / Period film from Bollywood after a long time. Story-line, its a love story, aggressively nuanced, laced with emotions & high drama, beautifully wrapped around the complexities of family relationships, society and above all, religion. Not an easy subject to deal with, respecting the sensibilities of family, social norms, religious beliefs and values. Well, what I particularly liked about the story-line is a very strong sense of morality & commitment shown in the character of Bajirao (played by Ranveer Singh) - Yes, even if it is a triangular love story where happily married Bajirao falls in love with another girl - Mastani (played by Dipika Padukone). There is absolutely no sense of “cheating” in the character of Bajirao. When Bollywood dishes out substandard stories showcasin