#ThugsofHindostan : Generally as
a film maker the first thing that you need is an idea . Then you develop the
idea into a screen play , build characters , provide an arc around key
characters etc. But for Thugs of Hindostan director Vijay Krishna Acharya and
Producer Aditya Chopra / YRF probably first decided the budget , star cast ,
release date and substandard VFX. Hence the script is non existent, the
characters are irritating and at 170 odd minutes the film is intolerable . How
often you get to see Bachchan and Aamir Khan share the screen and yet instead of
soaking in the moment you are forced to go on a yawn fest.
Yet to its credit, the amateur screenplay
of Thugs of Hindostan has almost nine twists , seven of them atrociously predictable
and two utterly nonsensical ! There is no effort what so ever to build the
characters or motive or to bring some sense of semblance into the screen play .
Amitabh Bachchan as Khudabaksha, borrows his expression from his earlier film “Ekalavya”
and his costume from “ Shehenshah” . He struts and frets his hours in front the
camera before realising the pointlessness of it . Aamir Khan as Firangi borrows
his looks from Mangal Pandey and tries
his best to take his character of Munna from Rangeela a step ahead. But without
any meat in the character or any witty dialogue to support fails miserably. Faitma Sana Sheikh , who was brilliant in Dangal
gets to speak her first line after seventy minutes into the movie and you
immediately realize she was just a touch better as a cardboard without the
lines . Katrina has two songs , one joke and three slapping scenes in the film.
And she is the only one who doesn’t disappoint in the film. Because after fifteen
long years since her debut in Boom you really don’t expect anything from her
except pelvic thrust or do you ? Trust me ,they could have replaced any of those
characters with the ships or the eagle and it would not have made an iota of difference.
Even the much hyped VFX work is sloppy .
So that brings us to the most important
question – Why did Bachchan and Khan ( who waited eternally for a right script
to come together on screen ) sign the film . Were they also “thugged” or are willing
accomplice to this thugging spree . I
walked into Thugs of Hindostan with least expectation assuming it to be a poor
remake of “ Pirates of Caribbean” , when I walked out I wished it were . At
least that would have spared me of the boredom . It is a disaster of epic
magnitude. Even Mahenjo Daro looks epic in comparison. I will go out with 0.5
out of 5 for this sloppy slog fest . Beware of Thugs , stay cautious with your
hard earned money and stay away , far far away .
For a change Salman Khan and Race
3 have a tough competition this year !
