Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) 8.2
A man with a magnanimous spirit tries to take a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family. Director:Kabir Khan |
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) 8.2
A man with a magnanimous spirit tries to take a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family. Director:Kabir Khan |
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Credited cast: | |||
Salman Khan | ... |
Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi /
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
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Kareena Kapoor | ... |
Rasika
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Harshaali Malhotra | ... |
Shahida /
Munni
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui | ... |
Chand Nawab
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Om Puri | ... |
Maulana Sahab
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Sharat Saxena | ... |
Dayanand
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Meher Vij | ... |
Shahida's Mother
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Najeem Khan | ... |
Young Pawan /
Bajrangi
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Kamlesh Gill | ... |
Passenger in train
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Shahid Afridi | ... |
Himself
(archive footage)
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Adnan Sami | ... |
Special Appearance
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Rajesh Sharma | ... |
Senior Pakistani Police officer /
Hamid Khan
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Atul Srivastava | ... |
Diwakar chaturvedi salman father
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Meher Vij | ... |
Shahida's mother
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A little mute girl from a Pakistan village gets lost on her return back from a trip to India. In Kurukshetra, she meets Pawan - a devout Hanuman Bakth - who is in the midst of a challenge posed by his lover's father. In trying to discover her parents, he develops an unshakable bond with the kid. He tries to get into Pakistan through a path righteous to his conscience and later, with a smart Pakistani news reporter for company and makes the search, a story that captures the imagination of the public in both countries. Written by PipingHotViews [Sivaram]
Despite being a Salman fan I was not too impressed with some of his recent flicks which in my humble opinion lacked freshness or had mindless direction, so when a family member bought tickets for this movie I didn't go in with high expectations. But to you dear reader I'll say GO WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS! It will not disappoint!
And more importantly go with your heart - that is all you need for this 2.5 hours long film to become one of the best you've seen in years. It's just one of those movies with such heart-tugging moments and the highlight - the bond between Pawan (Salman) and Shahida (Harshali) - which is such a delight to see that you forget all about plot, logic, direction - not to say that the movie lacks that. The perfection in execution is definitely there, especially in the second-half. I watched it in the AVX theatre with at least 500 others and from the sound of it at least 75% of them regardless of age or gender were crying from the intermission onwards - sometimes because it was sad and other times because the screenplay was just so pure and unfiltered that it just made these happy tears bubble up inside of you.
There is a certain level of comedy throughout and definitely some deep witty one-liners. My favourite was from Nawazuddin Sidduiqi (who played his role to perfection) who pointing at the current state of the media and their polarization of India and Pakistan proclaimed that "Hatred sells. Mohabbat doesn't."
The movie has depth, a message, and the cuteness overload that is Harshali Malhotra. It also has a relationship and emotions so simple yet so extraordinary that they make a hero out of a common man. :)