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This is one movie that I have been waiting for years, and
have been tracking the change in the star cast, but finally it is here. So here
is what I think about it from the teaser trailer which got released on July 17th.
There are three things that you look forward to in a Sanjay
Leela Bhansali movie – intense story, larger than life sets and ecstatic music,
and Bajirao Mastani teaser trailer dictates that we will get all three. The
opening scene of the trailer actually gave me a feeler of Ashutosh Govarikar’s
‘Jodha Akbar’. The three key actors look true to their characters in the movie.
The introduction of the characters carries one common emotion – preparation for
war, so there are definitely going to be some larger than life ‘Mahabharat’
kind of war scenes. The intensity on Ranveer’s face in the opening scene and
the scenes that follow dictates that the movie will be about his struggle with enemies,
followers, family and love. Among the female characters, Mastani, played by
Deepika, and Kashibai, played by Priyanka, are two very opposite personalities
influencing Bajirao’s life. Though the obvious difference is that Mastani is a
brave woman, who wants to fight on the battlefield, and while Kashibai seems to
be a more traditional and homely woman, Priyanka’s opening scene shows that
Kashibai is no less courageous. She might be seen fighting battles in the
courtroom or in her personal life.
The following scenes
of the trailer showcase the traits of Peshwa Bajirao I - skilled and fearless
warrior and a very popular leader ruling a huge region. The scene where he
steps up on shields of his soldiers to reach to an elephant’s height is
unbelievably amazing and probably will be the highlight of the war scene. The
mirroring of Bajirao’s and Mastani’s action’s scenes shows the essence of the
story.
Coming to the sets, the huge fields, forts and court rooms
clearly shout out that you should definitely see this movie in a theatre if you
want the full period movie impact. Like all Sanjay Leela movies, the color red
has been used in a lot of scenes, to show love, blood and happiness.
The background score has been mingled brilliantly with the
scenes. The intensity with which the music tempo rises in the trailer, clearly
defines how the editor also wants the tension of the viewer and interest to go
up. The beats mixed with folky tunes to mix the celebrations with the war
scenes keeps you hooked till the end.
Overall, basis the trailer, the movie is expected to be
around four themes – the strength of Bajirao Peshwa, the fearless bravery of
Mastani, the dedication to her husband of Kashibai, and celebration and
devotion of the people. The last line by Bajirao about his love for Mastani
indicates that a good part of the movie will be around the controversy related
to their relationship and the disapproval of his people. What I am looking
forward to is that this could be the next ‘Jodha Akbar’ or ‘Lagaan’, and an
award winning movie for Ranveer Singh. Sanjay Leela Bhansali knows the art of
bringing out the best of an actor – Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi, Salman Khan
and Aishwarya in HDDCS, Shahrukh Khan in Devdas, Amitabh Bachchan and Rani
Mukherjee in Black, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in Ram Leela, and by the
teaser, this definitely looks like an award winning performance from Ranveer
Singh, and even Priyanka looks like she will deliver an impact similar to what
Karishma Kapoor did in Dil To Pagal Hai. This will be a 4/5 rating kind of
movie. Can’t wait for it to the Multiplex screens!
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