Bharat Review

A movie that's all over the place deserves a review that's all over the place.

Warning: Spoilers Below

Bharat is a story about a man (Salman Khan) married to a promise made to his father (Jackie Shroff). As a boy during the partition of India, Bharat promises to look after his family and his aunt's ration store. This sends him on a journey around the world through various jobs.

Two years ago in Tubelight, Khan acted like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump. Now he stars in this movie going on a journey similar to the one Hank's character embarked on in Forrest Gump. The difference is Bharat can't capture what made Forrest Gump a good movie. Instead, Bharat features various comedians like Sunil Grover (The Kapil Sharma Show) and Aasif Sheikh (Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!). While Sunil Grover's character is a scene-stealer the movie's downfall is the number of comedians all trying to make different kinds of jokes.

After watching Captain Philips, I doubt Somali pirates will leave you alone for knowing Amitabh Bachchan and doing a few of his famous songs and dances. Also, how does a 70-year-old man manage to fight younger men on motorbikes after they shatter tube lights on him? Also, are those tube lights a reference to the movie he starred in two years ago?

When Khan stopped narrating the story at the intermission I thought that was the end of the movie, which probably would've been a better idea than dragging it on. The pairing of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif works once again, even if it does make you think this is another Ek Tha Tiger sequel.

After watching this movie, I’ve concluded that Salman Khan can no longer make any decent movies. If you think otherwise watch Race 3 and Tubelight. The movie makes great use of history and bases itself around great periods but wastes the potential. I give Bharat a 2/10.