The story of the film 'Shamshera' is from the same period, on which a weak film Yash Raj Films made a film called 'Thugs of Hindostan'. Since that film, no new film of Aamir Khan has come till now and how much attraction is left of Amitabh Bachchan at the box office, this thing is 'Chehre', It can be understood from the results of films like 'Jhund' and 'Runway 34'.
Based on hollow research, the world of these stories is very fake. This is also the biggest drawback of Ranbir Kapoor's comeback film 'Shamshera' after four years on the big screen. Here, its director has dealt with the entire film in just two places. It is not known whether anything else happened in the world then or not. Yash Raj Films hasn't had a good golden jubilee year and the company's last release 'Shamshera' this year is also looking tough at the box office. There is only as much difference in thinking and making the film as in writing the name of the film's writer Khila Bisht in Hindi as 'Beast' in the opening credits.
Regressive use of caste references: The film 'Shamshera' is seen from a perspective, a film adaptation of the story of Sultana Daku. Films have already been made on this character in Hindi cinema, but this time Yash Raj Films took the initiative to present it anew. The period of the story of the film is between 1871 to 1896. The Rig Veda's hymn Brahmanosya Mukhamasit, Bahu Rajanyah Krita. 'Uru Tasya yadvaishya, padbhyaam shudro ajayat' The film itself has a very regressive beginning, weaving the base of its story with references.
The film's starting point goes awry in trying to highlight the struggle of the lower castes and the upper castes. The film is also a lesson for all the filmmakers who, after growing up in the climate of South Mumbai, make films for audiences whose daily lifestyle has never affected them.
This is the story of Shamshera, who coined the slogan 'Karam se dacoit, Dharam se azaad': Shamshera, the chieftain of the Khmeran tribe expelled from Rajputana to North India, gets caught in the tricks of the British and imprisons his entire tribe in Kaza. While trying to escape, he is killed and his son Balli with the tag of 'Fugitive's child' himself dreams of becoming a British platoon officer one day. When his eyes of wisdom opens, he manages to escape from the same underwater tunnel that his father could not find. He mobilizes his father's old comrades and some new comrades. According to the condition of the British, people who came out to collect gold for the independence of their tribe, consider Bally to be Shamshera and he also starts writing his name as Shamshera on the walls.
The villain overshadowed by the hero: The second focal point of the story of the film 'Shamshera' is Daroga Shuddh Singh. When he comes on screen, voices like the films of the 'Harry Potter series are heard in the background. The story goes from 1871 to 1896, but this is such a doctor who does not even progress in the last 25 years.
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Shuddh Singh, who played a key role in ending the old Shamshera, is conceited that he will catch the new Shamshera as well. But when his pride breaks down, English officer Freddy Young is sent to the spot. After that, the story drags on. The script starts gasping. The dialogues start repeating themselves and the entire film becomes a spectacle that fails to recover the audience's money.
Bad script and below-average dialogues: Director Karan Malhotra has written the script of the film along with his wife Ekta. While writing this, both Karan and Ekta have not paid attention to creating the atmosphere around the main characters of the film. Apart from Nagina and Kaza, there was something in the world at that time, it is not known in the whole film.
The dialogues written by Piyush Mishra do not create the effect of the time when the propaganda of Khari Boli had just started spreading in the country. There is not a single character in the film speaking Awadhi and Braj which were important dialects of those days in North India. Through the character of Saurabh Shukla, Piyush Mishra has left by simply touching the prevailing verse dialogue style of that time.
Art Direction The film's weakest link, the direction of 'Shamshera', is also below average. Its set in Film City was prepared by some three thousand artisans together in two months, but if the set of the film remained visible, then the purpose of making it would not have been achieved. Like a project, there is no cinema in the completed film 'Shamshera'.
This is one such spectacle shot on a camera that looks completely fake, just like 'Thugs of Hindostan' another film by Yash Raj Films. The film has a lot of grandeur but its soul remains lost. Anay Goswami cleverly shot the film in a chroma background but his weakness is caught in the songs of the film. Shivkumar Panicker has done the editing of the film with full arms, such a long film should not have been on this story.
The film is based on Ranbir and Sanjay Dutt And now, about the cast of the film. Like every film of his, Ranbir Kapoor has tried his best to bring life to both his characters here. He is also the first reason to watch this film, but as his father Rishi Kapoor explained to him that to stay away from dhoti films, Ranbir Kapoor has not shown such understanding here.
As a helpless husband, he tries his best to make an impact. But his performance as a dysfunctional son and lover of a dancer doesn't work out well. Bally's hiding to save his life at the time of his son's birth also weakens his character. Sanjay Dutt in the role of Shuddh Singh is overwhelming him in every scene in the film. Sanjay Dutt is getting stronger film after film as a great villain in the current era. Iravati Hershey's performance is better than Vaani Kapoor's in the rest of the film's cast. Saurabh Shukla and Ronit Roy feel that the bus has been kept to strengthen the frame.
The most important work in creating an impact on the screen of films made in a particular period is the music of the film. But, here Mithun does not seem to have tried to do something like this in his songs. All their equipment is modern. The music of the 19th century is nowhere to be seen in it.
The songs of the film are breathless and the background music just makes noise. The expectation from the film 'Shamshera' was that this film would give a good opportunity to the audience to feel 150 years back and portray Ranbir Kapoor's abilities well on screen. But the film fails in every department of screenplay, direction, cinematography, music and editing. A die-hard fan of Ranbir Kapoor can muster up the courage to watch the film for Timepass, but for the rest of the audience, the film may seem too cumbersome.