Bajirao Mastani trailers (updated)
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SATYAMSHOT 
July 16, 2015 at 2:31 AM
aah…now you know why salman was the first choice here….
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July 16, 2015 at 2:40 AM
Devgn too was considered for the role before he rejected it.
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July 16, 2015 at 2:46 AM
Not impressed with the trailer.Hope this time Bhansali will bring something substantial unlike his past ventures.
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July 16, 2015 at 3:02 AM
My first choice in Bollywood for directing Bajirao Mastani would be Ketan Mehta. Santoshi wouldn’t be a bad option either. Both these directors, on a good day, know how to make a kinetic film which in the wrong hands could become rather lumbering.
Also one of the potential risk in this sort of film considering the story is “tragic” is that if the last act becomes too self-indulgent, it will turn into a laughably bathetic. In other words, there is a risk of this becoming another Devdas
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July 16, 2015 at 3:07 AM
BTW I know it’s not perhaps possible, but how lovely it would be if the director-writer combo of Hariharan-Vasuden Nair (in their Oru Vadakkan Veergatha form, but not in Pazhassi Raja one) would take a crack at this subject. That really would have me salivating. OVV is simply the greatest Indian tragedy and historical I have seen on screen.
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July 16, 2015 at 3:08 AM
Exactly. It’s Bhansali’s self indulgence tendencies that will be the downfall. The most even and least Bhansali film IMO is HDDCS. The film of his I like most. More for Devgan than anything else.
Here it’s got to be a free flowing film with energy. His song placements jar his films badly but he does usually come with some stirring music.
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July 16, 2015 at 3:28 AM
I too like HDDS. Agreed on Devgn as as well (love that scene where he goes completely off pitch while singing Chingari Koi Bhadke, easily one of his career best moments). My favourite Bhansali film, and easily his most even most even films tonally, is Khamoshi. Unsurprisingly that is the only film where he characters don’t into some sort of la la land.
Actually I believe Black might be his fluid and least self-indulgent (or perhaps the lead performances are so good that they cover up for the directorial missteps. One of the reasons why I love AB here is because inspite of being given a rather overbearing character, he never allows it to lumber. Somehow the performance retains the “electric” quality, it has “speed”) especially given the fact that Bhansali was working with a subject which was giving him enough leeway to go overboard.
I also think on a technical/formal level, Bhansali is at the top of his game in Black and even more so in parts of Saawariya. With Guzaarish he becomes a far less interesting directing. And Ram Leela was so insipid; one just has to compare it with Ishaqzaade.
The other thing we often miss is that often the best choices for directing these sort of “epic” subjects are directors who have earlier worked on a much smaller scale or made “edgy” films. Because then something truly new can come out of the subject or atleast the subject will get a twist. The best example here is Kashyap’s version of Devdas. Or Ketan “Hero Hiralal/Bhavani Bhavai” Mehta working on Mangal Pandey. Or outside Bollywood, Soderbergh, who made really small budget films like Sex, Lies and Videotape, handling a subject like Che.
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July 16, 2015 at 3:47 AM
i think his best film is Guzaarish…………and this trailer is rocking especially DP in it………….that woman can give a serious competition to SRK/KAJOL jodi and I m happy that the battle is on on 18th Dec’15…………..this movie can not fail.
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July 16, 2015 at 11:14 AM
Agree on all counts. HDDCS is the only Bhansali film I like and it’s only because of Ajay Devgan’s performance.
I might actually see “‘Bajirao Mastani” despite not being fond of any of the cast members. Even though Bhansali’s visual style and emotional pitch aren’t to my taste I appreciate the fact that he has a distinct voice. Engaging with one’s “opposites” can be quite rewarding.
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July 16, 2015 at 3:49 AM
Saurabh – if it has to be the first choice then who else than Rajamouli!!! but next can be Shankar also and SLB is not too bad…….and actresses like DP can overpower director’s self-indulgence by just being in the frame……….SLB is on a safer ground here only because of DP.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:16 AM
I would never even think of Rajamouli because he is not a director who is interested in any sort of political or religious subtext. Unless one wants Bajirao Mastani to be like Baahubali (which is NOT a historical, but a pure fantasy! It’s actually not even a historical fantasy which is to say it is not even like Dharam Veer), I am not sure why one would think of Rajamouli. And Shankar, as interesting as he is, also doesn’t have the skill to do deal with a subject. I am also scared that in his version of the film, a quasi realistic music-video will arrive where we will see Bajirao’s arrow turning into a Nintendo Gameboy! Or he might just have Bajrao moonlighting as a vigilante 🙂 !
On Deepika playing Mastani, let’s just say that it looks like a stick-figure trying to be a Maratha princess. I would have preferred Vidya to be doing this part (with her being paired opposite a slightly older Bajirao, Ranveer Singh is just too young to gave developed any sort of gravitas for this role. Devgn wouldn’t have been a bad choice actually) not the least she is far “curvier” than Deepika (and it helps that she is a far better actress). Then again folks might want be looking for a female action-figure here for which Deepika is apt!
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July 16, 2015 at 4:20 AM
Incidentally outside of Bollywood, Priyamani wouldn’t be a bad choice for Mastani. She has the necessary acting chops and she also has the physique (for those who don’t know about her, she played Abhishek’s sister in Raavan). The accent might be a problem, but I am certain that even here she will do a far better job speaking Marathi than Deepika.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:47 AM
Priyamani also has the virtue, Saurabh, of being able to say more with her eyes and expressions than any number of item number-actresses can in skimpy clothing (she was also in 1 2 3 4 in Chennai Express)…
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July 16, 2015 at 4:39 AM
that means u have not seen Rajamouli’s other films – he has directed 10 films so far – all diff. genres and all have been Superhits
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July 16, 2015 at 4:49 AM
I have actaully seen all of his films and have also written on one of his films- https://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/eega-and-the-absurdity-of-art-saurabh-on-eega/ . He works best in the fantasy genre- Eega, Baahubali, Yamadonga and portions of Magadheera set in the past. He has never made a historical though.
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July 16, 2015 at 5:38 AM
there lies the catch – whatever genre he tries – he succeeds – and just because he hasn’t made a historical – doesn’t mean that he can’t succeed there. In fact – chances of he can are greater
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July 16, 2015 at 5:54 AM
Actually the only catch here is the “meaning” of “successful”- in this context for you it means a box office hit, for me it means a good film. And Rajamouli has made only 2 truly good films- Eega and Baahubali (some of the portions of Yamadongs are enjoyable, but that’s more or less about it). Otherwise he has also made some real stinkers- Chhatrapati for instance. And his “Sye” must be the worst film made on any sport, compared to it Awwal Number seems like Raging Bull. And its rugby scenes are staged worse than some of the badminton scenes between Jeetendra and Leena Chandavarkar in Humjoli! No, I mean it.
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July 16, 2015 at 6:36 AM
Yamadonga had an amazing concept, but the execution left a lot to be desired — once NTR Jr. returns to the world the film just went downhill…
[I have a weakness for this idea of a mortal being stuck in the underworld, and then trying to cheat the Gods in some way — and NTR Jr. has the whole impish persona, and makes for a great trickster (sadly the film wasn’t equal to the task); even in comic books, perhaps my single favorite team story has been Avengers (Vol. 1) #s 281-285, where the the team is stuck in Olympus and must battle the Greek gods to get out…]
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July 16, 2015 at 6:37 AM
Re: “And his “Sye” must be the worst film made on any sport, compared to it Awwal Number seems like Raging Bull.”
I am glad Rajamouli made that film, just so this line could be written. Wow.
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July 16, 2015 at 6:49 AM
Q: I haven’t read those issues of Avengers, will look out for them now. On Yamadonga, completely agreed. But Rajamouli has that problem in Magadheera as well, the sequences in the past are really done well, but the ones in the present are quite poor. I think that’s why Baahubali because the entire film is set in an unspecified time period in the past and plays out like a fantasy (I mean you have Rana pummelling a bison with his bare hands!).
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July 16, 2015 at 7:04 AM
The issues are collected here.
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July 16, 2015 at 8:39 AM
then Q u must have liked Meet Joe Black 🙂
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July 16, 2015 at 4:19 AM
I was waiting to the teaser ever since Bhansali suggested that the only reason he cannot cast Akshay Kumar in his directed film is because Akshay will not give him 180 days for a film. When I read I thought Baajirao Mastaani must be a magum opus….but sorry sir…Akshay is smart enough to use his dates wisely!!!
I would have him in Airlift any day over this.
Main problem with this teaser – Genre
Baahubali stole the show in this genre and by the time this movie releases, whole of India would have seen Baahubali on television. So the sets shown in this teaser is grand but looks poor when compared to Rajamouli’s blockbuster.
Tamannah Bhatia looked prettier than Deepika and Priyanka combines in the teaser so far. They are more dressed like maids than a princess.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:29 AM
I like HDDCS his best followed by Ram Leela. Khamosi had momemst but doesn’t work as a whole. Saawariya was boring from the word go. The first part of Black was very good as it followed ‘ The Miracle Worker’ faithfully. But it was spoilt by a bachhanalian secind laf , with all the excessses, adding Alzhiemers to deaf-and- muteness and so on. Guzaarish was a shade btter than Saawariya but very uneven and disparate elements put together. Devdas was okay in parts but Shahrukh failed totally in being Devdas and the film could capture the tragedy only fleetingly. In HDDCS he had managed to strike a delectable blanace between style and substance, narrative flow and auteristic flourish. He got his mojo back in Ram Leela . Waht I loved about Ram Leela is that he seemed to have learnt from mkaers like Kashyap and Vishal Bharadwaj and now his films are more griitier. The landscape is more earthy, the relationships more sensual and the characters talk dirty. The songs are weaved into the narrative more meanigfully and have high energy. Nagada, lahu muhn laga gaya, Ram Chaahe Leela, Ishquian Dishquiyan, Ang Laga De and Tattad Tattad are all very watchable. Bhansali couldn’t have done a song like Ishquian Dishquiyan before seeing Beedi Jalaile and lsoing his inhibition. Courtesey influnces of Kashyap and Bharadwaj, Bhansali handles vilolence and bloodshed with more elan now. With Ram Leela there is a more masculine, less arty, less inhibited Bhansali; and that gives me hope for Bajirao Mastani.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:46 AM
Khamoshi was kind of too arty. Guzaarish had some truly poetic passages and the production design was top-class but for me the story-telling didnt hold together. Becuase unlike HDDCS which started with a genuine core of a touching story, Guzaarish was put together by borrowing diffeent elements from different Western fims. The Westernized ambience of both Guzaarsh and Black also kind of put me off. That’s why I like HDDCS and Ram Leela for their rooted and earthy Indian ambience and fluid story-telling.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:47 AM
The trailer definitely shows striking sets and art direction, but I fear, like too many historicals, it might be a bit too ponderous. I wish a director with greater energy than Bhansali can typically muster would tackle this material.
[Aside: what I wouldn’t have given for ARR to compose the music for this one, but SLB prefers shapeless, meandering music!]
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July 16, 2015 at 4:48 AM
Saurabh: “The accent might be a problem, but I am certain that even here she will do a far better job speaking Marathi than Deepika.” Why does anyone have to speak Marathi…the film is in Hindi.
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July 16, 2015 at 4:51 AM
I clearly meant “Marathi-sprinkled Hindi” (think of Priyanka in Kaminey and she did a fab job there).
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July 16, 2015 at 4:51 AM
Madhuri Dixit as mastani and Nana Patekar as Bajirao. Rani as Kashi.
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July 16, 2015 at 5:40 AM
sanju! that movie will do 5 cr business lifetime 😉
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July 16, 2015 at 4:58 AM
Qalanadar: “but I fear, like too many historicals, it might be a bit too ponderous.” I too would have that fear post-Saawariya pre-Ram Leela. But with Ram Leela I expect to see a grittier Bhansali with a more intense and masculine narrative.
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July 16, 2015 at 6:35 AM
Not impressed. Too much chaos and I feel the trailer is not cut well even though there is enough content to show.
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July 16, 2015 at 6:44 AM
Wow, this is terrible for a first look, Deepika is a total miscast, as is Ranveer! It has one thing going for it, it’s grandeur, you can tell it has been made on a massive budget. Theres no excitement for me though, I, as a consumer, don’t want to see at least Deepika in this sort of role. I prefer to watch her when she is doing comedy or those half serious romantic roles. But still, I have faith in SLB’s ability to tell a story on a large scale.
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July 16, 2015 at 7:13 AM
the trailer is certainly effective. The issues are the usual ones with Bhansali. He’s never learnt the rather elementary lesson that if every scene of a movie is so visually ‘overwhelming’ after a while it seizes to have any effect, even becomes ‘too much’. This is true for anything. If you have 10 car chases in a film no matter how well they’re done by the time you get to the 4th one you’re bored. The operatic mode has to be handled with care. In Bhansali it often drowns out everything else. But the other thing here is that this looks very much like a contemporary Chinese epic. There are recognizable cues Bhansali has picked up in this sense. Finally Ranbir’s look is fine, probably looks better here than elsewhere but he lacks gravitas. And Deepika at least in the brief moments she has looks silly. It’s not hard to imagine a success of some sort here but it’s highly unlikely that Bhansali is otherwise making something very watchable here. The trailer though is nonetheless effective and would have been helped by better casting choices.
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July 16, 2015 at 8:49 AM
The issue is BM is going to get some sort of traction due to the clash talk otherwise , Bhansali had another meh kind of project in his hand.
His track record is extremely poor and to top it most of the dream projects in bollywood end up in trash can.
Hopefully we will all be here come Dec 18th and if Dilwale does not pull out from Dec 18th date , I don’t see a 8-9 cr day 1 in any scenario.
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July 16, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Loved it !!
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July 16, 2015 at 1:24 PM
loved, loved, loved it. Can’t wait. First day, first show and many-many views later. Proud of you Bhansali!
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July 16, 2015 at 11:28 AM
Bhansali: ” A lot of people ask me if I’m nervous. I’m not. I’m happy. I’ve already shot 70 per cent of the film. The reason to show the promo to people from the industry at this stage is to get their objective opinion. To make my vision come alive on screen is a creative job and I ensure to work with people who understand my vision.”
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Looks like SLB released this promo so early to take the feedback and modify little bit before release.
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July 16, 2015 at 12:23 PM
The 30% remaining to be shot is for unforeseen, maneuver and leave some room to back down from the release date. The promo is a let down for sure and surprisingly the trump card Deepika may be the weakest link and her diction will play an important part in this historical. Ranveer was always a weak choice for this subject.
Someone mentioned similarities with Lal Pathar of Hema and vibes are pretty similar. It may meet the same fate box office wise if it comes as stand alone movie with no controversies. SLB should worry and a negative turn will easily collpase this into a extreme dislike/low total because the actors like the ones in BV do not have not much standing with audience.
I still maintain Deepika has a high profile release around Nov 28th with Ranbir and will be doing the rounds for publicity prior to that and BM is too close to this. Audience may simply tire out of fatigue seeing similar faces constantly for such a long period of time. I am assuming after all the noise and publicity one movie is going to shift.
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July 17, 2015 at 9:43 AM
Bajirao Mastani has double the budget of Dilwale and that can only be recovered by having a good release date. i.e. 18th Dec. There are 5 full weeks without any big film after that giving enough time to both films to make huge bucks. personally, don’t think anybody should shift.
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July 16, 2015 at 2:35 PM
Bhansali believes in beautification more than beauty.
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July 18, 2015 at 12:38 AM
Bhansali, like Madhur Bhandarkar, is one director who likes to showcase his faults as a filmmaker in broad paintbrush strokes thinking viewers are lapping it all up. What’s worse is some get taken in by them
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July 20, 2015 at 2:55 PM
i see sum kurosawa influence in visuals..i am going to watch thisfilm if it release with subtitles in tamil nadu.. thnx
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July 22, 2015 at 10:05 PM
Mugal-E-Azam ka Dilouge chura liya. When Salim says to Akbar “Jo Darr jaye wo Mohabbat nahi Ayyeshi hai”
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July 22, 2015 at 10:38 PM
Really? This is called stealing a dialogue. Then all srk movies are copied from old movies including so called refreshing movies like swadesh and chak de.
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October 17, 2015 at 12:12 PM
1st song out! This is Bhansali’s style of ‘Pyaar kiya to darna kya’ from Mughal-E-Azam with sheesh mahal.
http://erosnow.com/#!/music/watch/1038704/bajirao-mastani/6582610/exclusive—deewani-mastani?ap=1
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October 17, 2015 at 12:43 PM
Looks grand. Not interested in comparing it to MEA. This looks good in it’s own right.
Take away SRK fees and this movie is more expensive than Dilwale, it might even be including SRK fees.
Not sure how both movies will recover money releasing on same day. Well, if both do make money, the profit margin will be very small due to eating in each other business.
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October 19, 2015 at 11:30 AM
“Looks grand. Not interested in comparing it to MEA”
Ideally no one would compare but Bhansali and Deepika are shouting from rooftops that this is their version of MEA song. They are calling MEA’s ‘Sheesh Mahal’ to BM’s ‘Aaina Mahal’
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‘Dewaani Mastani’ a tribute to ‘Mughal-e-Azam’: Deepika Padukone
“The song is inspired by ‘Mughal-e-Azam’. We have tried to recreate the Aaina Mahal (mirror palace). But it is also Bhansali’s contemporary take or version of a song, where Mastani is completely besotted by Bajirao and is madly in love with him,” Deepika told reporters here at the song’s launch.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/dewaani-mastani-a-tribute-to-mughal-e-azam-deepika-padukone-1153466.html
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October 19, 2015 at 12:17 PM
I understand. It’s just me who is not interested in comparing it to MEA.
But I guess I will now 🙂
Is it me or everything looks same color in this Bhansali song? MEA song looks very colorful, very energetic (audio and video) and the song comes at an important part of the story.
Just watched the MEA video, like the portion at 3:14 to 3:24 mark, Dilip giving this lady to his left a look of “go away” and the way lady goes into background.
I do like this song thou, Bhansali is good with songs. They must have spent a lot of money on this set.
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October 17, 2015 at 2:47 PM
http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/343326/mesmerising-bajirao-mastani-song-deewani-mastani-released
Bajirao mastani & tamasha seem the CHERRIES aka TWIN PEAKS on piku (deepikas) ‘cake’…
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October 18, 2015 at 3:32 PM
Youtube link of deewani mastani out
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Liked this
bajirao ne mastani se mohabbat hee hai
Aiyaashi nahin 🙂
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October 21, 2015 at 12:47 AM
I know you carry these royal drapes
like someone born to be a queen.
But behind those silks and satins
Aren’t you that grungy Veronica?
Dragging Meera’s luggage over the steep staircase
Pulling a first-time date closer
As the DJ played Sharabi, and you go crazy on the floor.
Thinking that if you held a man tight enough
The pain of your parents never phoning you
Will somehow melt away, like the ice cubes in your vodka glass.
You look so poised, so full of gravitas – is that the word?-
But doesn’t the twinkle in your eye suggest
You can anytime break into a mock welcoming bow
And say, ‘Aap Guatam ke mom hain? This way please!’
Or flutter a mischievous lash and feign having been wronged
‘That is his bun in my oven!’
But knowing real pain is good education
And you had your first heartbreak
And you wanted to smash that mirror into smithereens
But in the end , Viru Paji,
Gautam is not what it was all about,
It was about finding yourself ,
through the fire of pain, suffering and loneliness.
And you did.
Yes, you look all heavy and grounded and queenly and all that
But can you cloak the impetuous Leela under those folds?
Remember how you surprised Ram
By kissing him on his lips, the very first time you set eyes on him?
Now which man won’t like that?
Lahu moonh lag gaya, Ram was left wondering.
And your risqueun Ishqyaun Dhishqyaun
Where you could finally drop your last shred of inhibition
And laugh at your own seismic sensuality.
But no you never lost your innocence
Through this rites of passage
You could ask a cocky Shahrukh
From where he bought that bakwas dictionary
Which didn’t have the word ‘impossible’
And completely floor him.
And he could carry you over those 300 hill steps
You in your virginal white
As easily as he was carrying a wispy hansini.
Bajirao better watch out.
Svelte and sexy you may be,
From head to toe, spelling out love.
But you are no push over, when push comes to shove
For you are Piku
Who can love without judging, yes,
But on her own terms.
Little girl blue, looking for love, yes
But not with just curls and pinks
Also a bit of quirks, and a lot of kinks.
A real woman, then.
Isn’t that what you are, in the end?
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November 16, 2015 at 12:10 AM
Pinga song – Everything looks okay but still a big yawn!! Dola Re was 20 times better!
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November 16, 2015 at 8:12 AM
Liked the pinga song
The problem will dola re is problematic due to many reasons
The song isn’t as catchy here but worthy and sounds authentic
PC clearly is at ease, spontaneity and poise
Deepika is ill at ease here, she is even clumsy at times
There’s no scope for leg show here so usual suspects like utkal uncle haven’t turned up for her …
C’mon chaps patronise good stuff (like me!)
Actually these two aren’t a bad combo 🙂
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November 19, 2015 at 2:38 PM
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming movie Bajirao Mastani has been in the news since its trailer has been out. And recently when the new song of the film, ‘Pinga’ was released, the reactions have been mixed from all the sections. Some praised the song and Priyanka Chopra-Deepika Padukone performance, some criticised it. According to a leading daily, now Mohini Karkarey, who is a descendant of the Peshwas, has written an open letter to Bhansali where she has hit out at him. In the letter she has claimed that Kashibai could not have danced because she was suffering from arthritis. Karkarey has also claimed that Mastani was not a courtesan, but the daughter of Raja Chatrasaal of Bundelkhand.
Here is the text of the full letter:
Mr Bhansali,
The time has now come to speak out, to speak out against the picturization in the song and certain scenes from your movie, Bajirao Mastani. The latest song Pinga and the dance sequence which you have promoted have a lot of undesirable elements. This is not fiction, Mr Bhansali. You have portrayed real people who have been recorded in history. The Peshwas ruled for more than 100 years. Did you do any research at all? Did you, for instance, understand the life and times of people in the 1700s? Do you know and understand their behavioural pattern?
Here are a few recorded facts for your perusal:
Fact 1: Kashibai Saheb was suffering from tuberculosis and had arthritis. Due to this she had a limp.
Fact 2: Kashibai would never get into a dance routine even if she was healthy because that was not in the culture.
Fact 3: The costumes shown in the song Pinga were never worn by royal families or even normal women. The way the nauvari was draped did not show even an ounce of skin.
Fact 4: Kashibai and Mastani met only once in their lifetime and that too formally.
Fact 5: Kashibai was the daughter of Mahadji Krishna Joshi from Chaas and was known as Chaskar Joshi. Her descendants are still alive.
Fact 6: Mastani was not a courtesan or dancer. She was the daughter of Raja Chatrasaal of Bundelkhand. She was married to Bajirao and was his second wife. Mastani’s descendants, the Nawabs of Banda, will give you enough proof of this.
Proof of all the facts is available on Peshwe Gharanyacha Itihas by Mr Pramod Oak and you will find plenty more proof here in Peshwe Daptar.
Bajirao was a great warrior second only to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. With this so called love story, you have made a mockery of him. You have insulted the very essence of Maharashtrian families. This will definitely create a flawed image about such a great personality and his family.
Yours sincerely,
Mohini Karkarey
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November 19, 2015 at 2:39 PM
“Fact 1: Kashibai Saheb was suffering from tuberculosis and had arthritis. Due to this she had a limp.”
I’m certain.. that showing Priyanka Chopra as limp is not the sort of reality folks are interested! LOL 😀
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November 20, 2015 at 10:49 AM
This is the best Bollywood trailer I’ve seen in ages.
EPIC…
Dilwale should be worried…
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November 20, 2015 at 10:57 AM
Part of it could be due to me being sucker for SLB movies. For some reason I like his movies. Songs are usually very good, picturised well too.
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November 20, 2015 at 11:40 AM
Part of it could also be due to the fact that you’re looking for a scapegoat if Dilwale doesn’t do as well as it should! 😉
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November 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Nah, Dilwale wil do more than BM, that I know for sure.
If JTHJ did more than SOS despite JTHJ being a horrible movie and SOS was full on masala with sanjay dutt and salman added, I hav eno reason to believe that BM will out perform Dilwale.
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November 20, 2015 at 2:27 PM
On paper it looks like JTHJ did more than SOS .. but in reality SOS released in pathetic chain of cinemas and collected such huge amount despite so much less screens and added to that bad shaped non-collecting single screens.
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November 20, 2015 at 2:28 PM
SOS was absolute winner in 2012 Diwali clash ..
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November 20, 2015 at 2:41 PM
End of 3rd week:
SOS:
India – 104 crore
Foreign – 15.5 crore
Total – 119.5 crore
JTHJ:
India – 120.55 crore
Foreign – 69.50 crore
Total – 190.05 crore
Difference of about 70 crore that JTHJ made more than SOS. Even if you take just India, it’s 15 crore more for JTHJ.
But SOS was the “absolute” winner…
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November 20, 2015 at 12:42 PM
Can’t believe you liked this? Not comparing with Dilwale but I don’t have stomach to bear movies like BM inspite liking many SLB movies.
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November 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM
I truly do like it and I think the trailer is much better than Dilwale trailer.
I think it showed everything in right amount and the flow of the trailer is perfect.
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November 20, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Totally disappointed! A monotonous trailer offers nothing substantial. Both films on Christmas looking disappointing.
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November 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM
Not impressive, like with most SLB trailers its more about style than substance, very little here other than a few dialogues and some overstuffed shots of sets, Deepika is a massive miscast. I don’t expect this to give Dilwale any problems. Dilwales success will be down to the quality of its screenplay, if its rubbish it will tank like prdp and if its good it might trend similar to CE.
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November 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM
embedded trailer
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November 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM
Many shots here reminds me of 300, Spartacus, etc.. Looks awesome visually.
I read somewhere that this movie is 2 1/2 hour, if true, this movie will surprise many.
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November 20, 2015 at 1:37 PM
It’s a trailer of over 3 mins with more than half of it focusing on the love story, the rest focusing on some kind of build-up to war and then you get some 5 seconds footage of the war which look like the least impressive part of everything. So, all the crescendo doesn’t amount to much finally.
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November 20, 2015 at 1:46 PM
I don’t get it, why aren’t people liking this trailer. I think it’s fantastic.
Maybe I’m out of touch.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:13 PM
I like it. All that grandeur dominates, but the actors seem to hold their own. I’m surprised at how well Ranveer Singh looks the part.
Not that I’ll get to see it on the screen, but I approve of whatever I saw – except all that killing. But I guess its unavoidable.
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November 20, 2015 at 2:16 PM
Bajirao Mastani looks at the least ten times better than the lame and stale Dilwale.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:44 PM
Utkal ji.. now go to Dilwale thread and type ” Dilwale is ten times lame and stale than Bajirao Mastani”
Seriously you can praise or criticize individual movies without the comparison. Don’t think anyone anywhere suggested that Rohit Shetty is better director than Bhansali even on Bhansali’s bad day, certainly not when he’s inform as now in BM.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:19 PM
saw it now, awesome. FDFS.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:22 PM
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SRK fans
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November 20, 2015 at 3:24 PM
??
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November 20, 2015 at 7:42 PM
agreed on everything…best comment on this blog.
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November 23, 2015 at 8:36 AM
I think AamirsFan seems to have the last word. The trick is posting as a reply. then our comment will become the last one until others try this trick.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:34 PM
Leaving all the grandeur and SFX/CGI aside, before making periodicals, the makers should at least ensure that the actors master the diction/delivery of those places and times. Deepika’s urdu (or is it her hindi, cant really decipher) is atrocious to say the least. Priyanka is hardly any better. Both of them have butchered routine words like “khata”, “bagawat”, “guroor”, etc. Ranveer cannot pull off any weighted dialogue even if his life depended on it. Gravitas is an emotion completely alien to his personality, and it shows here tellingly. He seems so forced and presumptuous. Even Hrithik somehow mumbled his way through JA. Thankfully, Ash had been restricted to earthy Hindi, instead of any attempt at Urdu. Maybe Ive just been spoilt with the unmatched delivery of Dilip, Amit, Meena, Nutan, Waheeda et al. But this is really unpardonable.
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November 20, 2015 at 3:49 PM
But must say that Pri/Dee have certainly excelled in Pinga, perhaps even bettered Mads/Ash by a tad. The big positive is the music itself. Despite their spectacular dance choreography, the music of Dola Re was just excruciating cacophony. Pinga is much more smoother, gentler music, and the two of them look really sultry/stunning here.
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November 20, 2015 at 4:46 PM
I don’t except good urdu from the present actors who can’t even speak hindi properly.
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November 20, 2015 at 8:03 PM
Why anyone has to master urdu ? These are not even muslim characters, hindi was influenced by urdu and thus mixed in it. And this movie is set during decline of mughal era. Even during peak of mughal era Muslims were not with perfect urdu diction leave aside hindus. And why these characters need to have PHD in urdu? Even today, muslims in muslim countries can’t speak urdu properly.
I would agreed on this statement, if it was mugle azam, i could have agreed to some extent. Even if someone is making Documentary on mugle azam, characters don’t have to speak perfect urdu or any language to perfection that audience can’t understand.
Mugle azam was itself commercial cinema, and BM is no less commercial, so can have more liberty.
Also, i wont like to see characters speak in perfect diction, that normal audience can’t understand the dialogues. Indians never speak in any perfect diction, our languages are always mixed and imperfect diction, and everyone speaks differently, still people understand very well.
We don’t need to give language so much importance. It is medium of communication, and as long as one conveys it, that’s enough. Even without dialogues, i would like any trailer where display of emotion is strong without spoken words. Don’t we have classic silent movies, which betters any modern cinema.
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November 20, 2015 at 10:14 PM
..looks like you finally taking your meds on time! 😀
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November 20, 2015 at 10:20 PM
Now SLB may remake MEA with Ranveer and Deepika!
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November 20, 2015 at 11:03 PM
Gawd, Nooooo!
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November 20, 2015 at 11:55 PM
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November 21, 2015 at 11:51 AM
Satyam – can you pls the above post to Dilwale thread? (and possibly delete this comment)
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November 21, 2015 at 12:41 PM
done.
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November 21, 2015 at 12:23 PM
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November 21, 2015 at 2:14 AM
Few Points on Bajirao Mastani
Positives
1- If we talk about grandeur. It is almost 10/10
2- Grandeur will insure that a section of audience will definetly will check out this movie in theatre.
3- If we talk about Bajirao…Ranveer is fine choice as there are very few actor who can play a King.
4- Songs are good if not great and insync with Film
5- Looking at Trailer it doesn’t look that there is too much self indulgence of SLB.
6 – If Tamasha and Deepika gets appreciation then it will surley help Bajirao Mastani.because so far Deepika is looking most miscast actor in BM.
Negatives
1- Deepaika is massive miscast
2- Though i agree with Raghav that we don’t need actors with Perfect diction either in Hindi or Urdu but here in BM Actors diction is horrible. Even in routine films Ranveer and Deepika has poor voice and in this film thier Dilouge Dilivery is pathetic.
3- Historically…….Historical film doesn’t perform good in BO. Even Jodha-Akbar is just a Hit film despite it came in the best phase of Hrithik and Aish was in top form too and they came after Dhoom 2. Grandeur of JA is as good as BM and Song were way better then BM.
4- SLB has this great habit of self indulgence. Promo are good but in film you never know.
5- This is most importent. As they say Ujad bhi gai to Dilli hai. It is True for SRK too. Nowadays SRK is not in Top form still he is a force to reckone with. SRK-Kajol Jodi..Rohit Shetty entertainer..christmas and New year time..Killer combo.
All said and done. Bajirao-Mastani is a serious competiter. It is not OSO-Saanwariya.
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November 22, 2015 at 8:21 PM
“Bajirao-Mastani is a serious competiter. It is not OSO-Saanwariya.”…TBH BM could be a turkey, even if it does well I dont expect it to beat Dilwale
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November 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM
I am still Standing by my day 1 – 7 cr prediction. There are some movies which never start well and this movie is one of those movies.
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November 21, 2015 at 10:13 AM
SLB’s strength is to make almost anyone to act and so miscast observation is mis-take!
After a long and almost a historical time this trailer excites to go in cinema hall.
To take any other movie’s name except “MA” with this magnificently shot an epic is again a mis-take!
Absolutely not interested in predictions and pre-dictors..sorry but they sound silly fortune teller in this case.
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November 21, 2015 at 10:57 AM
the film looks grand for sure but otherwise (and judging by the trailer) it’s a collection of moments taken from all kinds of cinema. First off the battle scenes and the gear especially makes this look like the Crusades! Then you have (as Z pointed out) the 300-like moments. You also have some Chinese period spectacle references. There’s very little here that seems fresh in this sense though I don’t disagree it’s been compellingly put together as these things go (barring the CGI in one of the sequences which makes the horses look insect-like!). Deepika seems to be dressed for a costume event (one of those theme parties), Ranveer himself doesn’t have the gravitas for the part. I could say something about the music too. My point isn’t that this film cannot work for an audience, just that it’s possible to make a grand spectacle that even visual cues that reference other traditions can make the overall result seem fresher than here. But otherwise Bhansali has the kind of ‘opulence’ that works with audiences as opposed to say Gowariker on JA (though ironically his effort was much better researched in this sense). So again I think the trailer is compelling enough (if one is a fan of Bhansali especially, which I am not). But I do think, and leaving aside my other criticisms (which are probably not a problem for the audience) that the lead pair ought to have been much stronger. That doesn’t mean it cannot be a success.
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November 21, 2015 at 4:42 PM
Liked the promos of BM
The people who seem to have problems with bhansali basically have some issues themselves. The guy has a certain style of film making which if u don’t like, u should stay away from them. But it’s neither illegal nor inappropriate nor improper to use a certain operatic even loud cinematic tones and actually it fits in with this quasi-historical theme.
Bhansali has a certain vision and he has pumped his life n effort into it and that’s what’s important. There are umpteen proposals or manufactured hits that abound that are v poor in quality with which people don’t have problems in. So why this?
The problem is the much bigger simultaneous release of SRKs Dilwale who has a v astute business sense besides a more accessible theme.
And bhansalis Kaam leela had lots of skin show and lascivious content that pleased many utkals
But here that’s not the case
Deepika has not worn so many clothes in her entire career that she has in this one film!
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November 22, 2015 at 8:16 PM
the 2nd trailer is below the expectations that I had, somehow the action scenes are not very impressive. My gut feeling is that SLB has most likely essentially made a love story and the rest of the story is just going to be a filler. Having said that, I will definitely watch BM over Dilwale
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November 23, 2015 at 8:31 AM
Satyam, why is AamirsFan comment “agreed on everything…best comment on this blog” staying at the bottom?
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November 23, 2015 at 10:21 AM
I’ll check it out.
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November 23, 2015 at 10:23 AM
should be fine now..
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November 23, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Yes.. agree completely! (now keep guessing what did I agree to.. ala aamirsfan comment) 🙂
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November 23, 2015 at 11:21 AM
Test
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November 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM
YIKES….
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November 29, 2015 at 9:48 AM
It looks like song from 2015 in terms of music, dance steps, body language, etc…
Maybe it was added for masses.
I think BM will open as big as or even bigger than Dilwale in Maharashtra. It has to because Dilwale will eat it up everywhere else.
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November 29, 2015 at 9:53 AM
song was huge turn off…looked like tapori song…not the bajirao I was expecting…doing “tatad, tatad” moves…yuk. The shikha, the skirt…it looks as if they are making fun of Bajirao
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November 29, 2015 at 11:09 AM
Correct, there should be some sort of authority, persona displayed. Instead you get a song which looks like it’s from movie Gunday.
I’ve liked/loved everything about BM except the last 3 things they’ve come out with (ranvir/deepka poster which looks like it’s from modern day rom.com, than the ranvir battle poster which is like the same many other posters from same scene, and now this song).
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November 29, 2015 at 9:56 AM
“Dilwale will eat it up everywhere else.” Why? I ahvent found anything in Dilwale to excite any kind of filmgoer anywhere so far.
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November 29, 2015 at 11:03 AM
“I haven’t found”.
“I” represent the whole pay public?
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November 29, 2015 at 11:03 AM
paying public
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November 29, 2015 at 9:58 AM
If the song is not going to give you any thrill why have a staged song at all. Tahnk god he is nt boring us with one of those arty songs that add nothing to the narrative or add to the thrill ( the songs in Raavan for example.)
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November 29, 2015 at 11:45 AM
No, I dont represent the paying public. But I havent heard of anyone being terribly excited about what they have seen of the film so far.
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November 29, 2015 at 1:58 PM
and you’ve heard public being super excited about bajirao mastani?
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November 29, 2015 at 2:03 PM
By the way, I’ve mad the comment of Dilwale eating up BM outside of Maharashtra just purely on simple logic of SRK is not nobody who can’t open a movie. He has shown plenty of time how he can open a movie. so what would make me think he won’t this time?
I’ve also been logical enough to state that BM will open just as big or even better than dilwale in Maharashtra based on the fact that BM is Maharashtra based film.
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November 29, 2015 at 2:01 PM
Z: “and you’ve heard public being super excited about bajirao mastani?” Yes. Quite a bit actually, right from the relese of the first audio, Gajanan, and the first trailer with those breatakinly beautful visuals.
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November 29, 2015 at 2:05 PM
And I’ve heard same for Dilwale.
Anyway, Dec 18th is right around the corner, we’ll find out soon enough.
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November 29, 2015 at 2:10 PM
Did ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ eat up ‘ Son of Sardar’ ?
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November 29, 2015 at 2:33 PM
cant compare JTHJ with SoS, both were movies that appealed to the mainstream moviegoers…BM will not have the same acceptancce
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November 29, 2015 at 2:37 PM
Jan Tab Hai Jaan wasn’t a masala film like SOS. Not only that JTHJ was not even a good lover story movie like yash veer-zaara.
BM isn’t masala film like SOS.
Haider was much much better film than Bang Bang, but it did nowhere near bang bang.
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November 29, 2015 at 2:35 PM
the song is absolutely ridiculous…I dont expect to see this in a historical movie, My interest has sort of waned over the last couple of weeks. I am fairly certain Dilwale will make twice as much as BM
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November 29, 2015 at 2:46 PM
Even the pinga song has done nothing.
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November 29, 2015 at 2:51 PM
Not sure which song you guys watched. But this is perfect depiction of who the Marathas were: Bullying Hordes who ransacked everything in sight. How else could they’ve brought down the mightly Mughals? The lyrics, machismo, bravado is all displayed here.
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December 16, 2015 at 3:15 PM
I hadn’t even spent time on watching the trailers and other stuff for BM but this is really pretty bad. VAAT LAVLI? Huh? In 17th century? Thankfully Bhansali didn’t use the F word!
This ‘boisterousness’ if not completely out of character for the Marathas is for sure not the entirety Nykavi. The Marathas and Peshwas were more into what the great Bush called ‘surgical’ strikes during his invasion of Iraq. They were more into guerilla warfare than full-on confrontation. Tanaji Malusare famously used ‘ghorpad’ to scale the Singhad fort to smash the Mughals. Baji Rao employed the ‘sea’ to its fullest capacity. He used other tactics like rapid troop movement, attacking from the rear, and forcing the enemy to chance directions.
With Bhansali at the helm, forget Marathas; one can just ctrl +f and ctrl +r with ANY other rulers in India and the net result would be the same — everything set in BHANSALIPUR and told from Bhansali’s version of romance in the 17th century..
Ranveer’s accent is pathetic. He tries hard to get the Marathi-accented Hindi in some scenes and then goes back to his own accent in some!
Gowariker was equally pathetic with JODHAA AKBAR. The battle-field scenes looked as though there were 100s of children trying to find their way home!
And less said about the heroines, the better.
Basically, this is a raja-rani CHANDAMAMA story being passed off as the story of Bajirao..
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December 16, 2015 at 3:25 PM
If this movie is considered a ‘competition’ to DILWAALE, then there is nothing to say. I mean I get that this movie will steal some theaters or whatever due to the clout of EROS as one is seeing but content-wise, this one looks hardly a movie that is true to the Maratha and Peshwa spirit depicting his iron-will to establish a HIndu Pad Padshahi. And DILWALE doesn’t even need to have content!
Don’t know how the rest of India will react, but for sure I can tell you that the even Maharashtrians would hardly vouch for this..
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December 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Actually knowing SLB’s (past) work, I would much prefer to see BM in theater and wait for dilwale video. Agreed on all counts (that the movie is not worth the Bajirao Peshwa standards) but still I would rather go see this one in theater than the Dilwale shayte.
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December 16, 2015 at 4:03 PM
“everything set in BHANSALIPUR and told from Bhansali’s version of romance in the 17th century..” exactly. And I am ok with that because SLB is not ‘cheating’ me with promising us something else. THIS is exactly what I had thought/expected from him. SLB ishtyle cinema. Though, I hope Ranveer is not as bad as Hrithik was in JA. lol
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November 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM
“But this is perfect depiction of who the Marathas were”
So this is how they danced back then?
I don’t know, it just looks to modern. Especially the walk in early part of the song, it reminded me of Akshay walk in rowdy rathore or countless other south movie heros walk.
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December 16, 2015 at 4:06 PM
“So this is how they danced back then?” Neither the dance, nor the dialogues “bajirao ne mastani ke saath mohobbat ki hai, aayashi nahi” are real. Reel may toh phir kya dale?
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November 29, 2015 at 6:19 PM
The song and dance moves are very good. I just don’t like it in context of this film.
Would have been awesome in a movie like Singham.
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November 29, 2015 at 9:43 PM
Song looks like Tatad Tatad part 2 – once that hair is lost doing that signature step! 😀
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November 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM
Loved the song !!
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November 30, 2015 at 1:19 PM
it is almost there but not quite…a bit off to make it look like bajirao kaa mazak uda rahe ho jaise. His shikha for instance looks like gigantic pony tail and the way he is swinging it around makes it look very yikes/unlike a Bajirao. It is almost as bad as Shakti Kapoor’s erect shikha in c-grade movies. Then the skirt has sooo much ‘gher’ (gathering) that makes him look girlie. Than the whole dance steps itself is so taporish that it makes bajirao boorish instead of warrior to reckon with. Whoever the choreographer, I would give him an F!!!
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November 30, 2015 at 1:43 PM
“it is almost there but not quite”
How is it almost there with so many faults you’ve pointed out? 🙂
To me, it looks more like Akshay Kumar walk/dance in Rowdy Rathore.
Also, the song reminds me of Satakli from HNY.
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November 30, 2015 at 1:55 PM
“How is it almost there with so many faults you’ve pointed out? ”
I was trying not to be “intolerant”….roflol
Zamana badal gaya beta…can’t speak and then retract no? I am not a celeb.
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November 30, 2015 at 1:58 PM
“How is it almost there with so many faults you’ve pointed out? ”
What I really meant to say that if I was choreographer, I wouldn’t necessarily make it a ‘rotad’ crying song or mangal-pandey boring song…I would still keep synchronized dance with dancers in background and stuff but I wouldn’t make him shake his shika like that or give him a skirt to wear which had SO much gher or change the steps to have more gravitas instead of so much taporish/tatad-tatad moves. IT can be done.
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November 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM
Agree, and that’s why I have problem with this song.
The song on it’s own is very good and the choreography is very good too if it wasn’t for this movie.
This song will work big time with maharastrians.
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November 30, 2015 at 10:23 PM
I have watched the song so many times, and I am totally hooked. Not a single dull moment. And I am glad Bhansali is not playing to the gallery, trying to live upto people’s expectation of how Bajirao should behave, what kind of gravitas he should exude. Never a good idea. Produces prodding, boring films like Legend of Bhagat Singh. Much more fun to let yoirself go , be an artist – joyous and playful- and you gt something as enjoyable as Bhag Milkha Bhag.
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December 1, 2015 at 1:17 AM
He in fact is quite sub-dued when compared to his past dances. There are just hand swings and leg kicks, appropriately depicting warriors. Parts of it are reminiscent of the Maori war dance. IMO, it is quite effective in portraying a dance of battle-hardened soldiers. At least there are no hip swivels/thrusts like in Tatad-Tatad…
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December 1, 2015 at 8:31 AM
Ranveer modus operandi –
roam around in obnoxious/ ghastly clothes & now costumes. Act wild, abnormal, and freaky.
In movies just be sober, serious, and grim –
Net Result – Waah kyaa actor hai. bilkul chameleon hai…Kya acting ki hai. bilkul
India – underplay is equal to kamaal ka actor !
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December 2, 2015 at 1:01 AM
never found his acting all that great and loathe his off screen antics but in this song he is in full control and has full command of the steps…very disciplined and crisp just like a soldier who does marching drills in the same manner. enjoyed the song very much…
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December 1, 2015 at 12:49 PM
It’s a nice song and the dance is different too. Of course all is stylised and judging with that as background Ranveer Singh is doing a good job.
I really want to watch this film. Dilwale looks like a run of the mill film but am sure will totally eclipse this one. Unfortunate.
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December 7, 2015 at 12:27 PM
This is a fair defense put up by Ranveer to the questions I had put up earlier.
Anupama Chopra @anupamachopra 10h10 hours ago
“I like to play the fool because i am shy of the gravitas.” @RanveerOfficial. #FCFacetimeRanveer @FilmCompanion :
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December 9, 2015 at 8:33 AM
Here comes the ‘chameleon’ reference, a week later than projected –
“Ranveer surprises me with his chameleon like performances – Deepika Padukone
In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, when Deepika was asked about her opinion about Ranveer Singh, the actor, she says, “The first time we worked together, I thought Ranveer had a very complicated process of working. But with Bajirao Mastani I was a lot more prepared and understood that different actors work differently. He’s matured as a performer and surprises me with his chameleon-like performances. Often actors play themselves on screen and it’s difficult to disconnect the star from the character, but I forget it’s Ranveer five minutes into a film. He’s Bittoo, Kabir or Bajirao.”
http://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/346148/ranveer-surprises-me-his-chameleon-performances-deepika-padukone
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December 8, 2015 at 1:13 PM
This kind of goes with Bajirao Mastani getting most of the top single screen cinemas in India as part of the Bajrangi Bhaijann package deal.
This is definitely not a Bang Bang/Haider type of deal. BM will get more theatre counts than Dilwale. Dilwale might get more screens in multiplex.
Ranveer’s Bajirao Mastani Earns As Big Release In Overseas As Salman’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/ranveers-bajirao-mastani-earns-as-big-release-in-overseas-as-salmans-bajrangi-bhaijaan/
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December 8, 2015 at 1:54 PM
Has anyone seen the animated movie. Looks even better than the ‘real’ movie 😉
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December 8, 2015 at 5:07 PM
I think you’ll see similar stuff in the movie too.
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December 10, 2015 at 11:15 AM
Bajirao Mastani satellite rights sold for Rs. 50 crore?
Now this is one piece of news that is as stunning as it gets. The satellite rights of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani have apparently been sold for Rs. 50 crore. The deal has been signed, sealed and dusted, and it is about time that a public announcement in this regard is made public.
“The rights have been sold to a leading entertainment channel,” informs our source, “It is a well-established channel and is known for its focus on core entertainment. The channel truly believes that Bajirao Mastani is a kind of film that would not just see a whopping response on its first ever screening but also find audience on a continued basis. A film like Bajirao Mastani has a huge reach and the channel wants to harness this to the fullest over a period of time.”
No wonder, when it came to the Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra starrer, there weren’t many who eyebrows raised when the Rs. 50 crore amount was quoted by the makers.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/16919851/Bajirao-Mastani-satellite-rights-sold-for-Rs.-50-crore%3F
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December 10, 2015 at 11:16 AM
If no one even raised an eyebrow when 50 crores was quoted then why is it even a stunning/surprising news? If they got 50 crores easily it means they under-quoted it. Lol.
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December 10, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Cheap publicity.
I’m sure we’ll get same type of article on Dilwale too if there already isn’t one.
Man, but one thing is for sure, BM must be one hell of a film. I’m sure everybody associated with BM, distributors, exhibitors, some media already saw it and are very confident about it.
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December 11, 2015 at 11:42 AM
Z – one thing film being good and second thing is people watching it. Yes BM might be good but still there are lots of people and areas in India where people are just not interested in Maratha peshwa love story. It will appeal max to Mumbai and Gujarat areas and very little appeal elsewhere. Even regular SLB movies have done business more or less only in Mumbai and Guj areas.. not much south. He’s a regional director who makes movies in Hindi and sometimes in English-Hinglish(Black, Guzarish).
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December 11, 2015 at 12:03 PM
True but the success of ram-leela has given him more confidence.
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December 11, 2015 at 12:52 PM
” India where people are just not interested in Maratha peshwa love story” It is also about ranveer-deepika, no? So there will always be “interest” 😉
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December 11, 2015 at 9:23 AM
Albela Sajan song promo.
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December 11, 2015 at 11:17 AM
ranveer ka body objectification ho rahela hai. It seems that women had no other task than wearing gigantic nath all day long and cumersome drapes on top of navvari, put rangoli and admire bajirao. The scene with mastani fighting with baby in arm looked like ripp off of jhansi ki rani.
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December 11, 2015 at 11:53 AM
Everything you’ve listed will pull in female audience (mommies and aunties).
Bhansali is great at putting up situations and than have great dialogues to go with it which caters to female audience. He did it in Devads with kiron kher, same in ram leela.
I’m sure he has done good job in this one too.
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December 11, 2015 at 12:51 PM
I loveeee Bhansali. He can do no wrong (in my eyes). I guess it has a lot to do with his background and the way his dad treated him. On that account I will forever love the man.
And his movies are gr8 for India/Indians.
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December 11, 2015 at 1:33 PM
As I’ve mentioned before in some other post, I’m sucker for Bhansali movies.
His dad mistreated his mom more than him, which he talked about a lot during Devdas.
Thou, not sure why his movies are great for india/Indians.
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December 12, 2015 at 7:16 AM
Like bhansalis ‘vision’:
A ‘homely domesticated’ PC here..
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December 12, 2015 at 8:28 AM
KRK @kamaalrkhan 15m15 minutes ago
As per my sources #Dilwale is releasing in 2500screens n #BajiraoMastani is releasing in 2000screens. Monday will be crucial for both films.
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December 12, 2015 at 4:24 PM
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December 14, 2015 at 7:07 AM
this is huge,
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh 2h2 hours ago
Eros goes HUGE with #BajiraoMastani Overseas, releasing in over 850 screens, bigger than their last blockbuster #BajrangiBhaijaan [800+].
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December 14, 2015 at 7:11 AM
“People are coming from all over. With the movie making so much buzz, people want to know more about Mastani. This grave has shot Pabal into the limelight, too,” says Mohammad Inamdar, whose family has been looking after the tomb for generations.
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bajirao-mastani-is-yet-to-be-released-but-pabal-is-already-a-hit-2155313
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December 17, 2015 at 9:00 AM
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December 17, 2015 at 9:05 AM
love this song….
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December 17, 2015 at 10:28 AM
Music has hardly been a problem for Bhansali. It is infact his strength.
As I said before [https://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/bajirao-mastani-trailer/#comment-321287], it is the Bhansalipur setting and romance that puts me off.
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December 17, 2015 at 2:36 PM
I saw Dilwale today in Dubai. first half is quite interesting while the second half is a complete let down. it looks very silly. I didnt like the romance between SRK and Kajol either. what I liked most was the action and Varun dhawan. this guy is very impressive and is a star in the making.
there were a lot of unnecessary characters and their sub plots which actually make the movie uninteresting. for eg. Varun’s friend (thief) and his love story were boring. it should not have been part of this film. similarly boman irani’s character was not necessary.
overall I would give 3.5 for the first half and 2 for the second half.
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