Nothing is exciting in the movie
Rating: 1/5
Cast: Salman Khan, Pooja Hegde, Shehnaaz Gill, Raghav Juyal, Jassie Gill, Palak Tiwari, Siddharth Nigam, Jagapathi Babu, Venkatesh, and Vijender Singh
Director: Farhad Samji
Story
Bhaijaan (played by Salman Khan) is the eldest brother of all. He is the most eligible bachelor in his area, as he promises never to marry again in his life. He lives for his brothers, and he is trying to keep his "mohallah" safe from gangsters who are trying to illegally grab the land. However, all three younger brothers of Bhaijaan fall in love and plan to get married, but their elder being single bothers them, and they decide to find a special someone for their brother. Now comes Bhagya (played by Pooja Hegde). She comes from a completely different culture. When Bhagya introduces her to-be to her brother Rowdy Anna (played by Venkatesh Daggubati), how two cultures and families gel with each other, etc., is Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan.
Performances
Speaking of performances, let us begin with the star brothers of Salman Khan. It felt like they were cast in the film only to say "bhai, bhai, and bhai". Their three girlfriends were just there, like three dumb girls.
Pooja’s talent is yet again wasted in this Bollywood film. We know Pooja as a talented actress in Tollywood, but in this film, she is there just to play Salman’s love interest.
Venkatesh was in his element. He gets into the skin of any character and felt like the movie would’ve worked if Venkatesh was the lead actor and not Salman, because even Salman didn’t get the story that Venkatesh got.
The bhai of the movie seems to have wasted his time and talent by signing this project. By the end of the movie, you might end up with the feeling that Salam signed this movie on a friendship basis with the director and not by reading the story.
Plus
Nothing except for Venkatesh’s performance
Minus
Zero story
Boring presentation
Wasted talents of star cast
Forceful comedy
Too many songs
Unnecessary hype to Salman Khan
No logic in any scene
Deeper look
The film is a remake of Ajay’s 2014 movie Veeram. You can clearly imagine how a film is going to be if a 2014 story is remade in 2023 with some changes. While the first half shows the culture of Northern India, the second half is about Southern India, and the north-south jugalbandi is the only good thing to watch in the movie.
Many changes have been made to the original story and screenplay just to hype Salman’s stardom and his "bhai" emotions. It felt like the director focused only on the "bhai" and forgot about the rest, including the story.
Of course, logic goes for a toss in these kinds of films, but in this movie, it just gets too taxing to watch. The makers tried to include many illogical commercial elements in the film just to elevate the "bhai", but all in vain. The movie is so boring and tiring that even if you want to doze off, you cannot because of the loudness in the movie.
While the story, screenplay, direction, and acting are already very bad, the songs might get on your nerves. The film has more songs than story, only to annoy the viewer even more.
The director makes Salam say many sentimental dialogues, including the word "Vande Mataram", Why? You will not understand. And the comedy—it looked so forceful.
Vox verdict
The director played with the emotions of the audience in all the wrong ways (wasting their time, energy, money, and feelings). You can take the risk of watching the movie if you are a die-hard Salman Khan fan.
