![]() ![]() ![]() These films place one man’s fictional journey against historic events. He is the embodiment of a strong, virtuous India.īharat is adapted from the South Korean blockbuster Ode To My Father, which itself has echoes of the 1994 classic Hollywood film Forrest Gump. And even when he plays an average, middle-class Indian, Salman’s expansive biceps effortlessly carry the hopes and aspirations of a billion other Indians and the nation itself. So even at 70, a Salman Khan character can beat up bad guys. The shikaar karna, which essentially means being a superhero, can’t be abandoned. The director and actor, who collaborated earlier on Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai, step out on a limb but they don’t go far enough. Director Ali Abbas Zafar pushes Salman into a new space. That our first glimpse of him is as a 70-year-old man with grey hair and furrowed brow. It’s admirable that Salman, who has built his colossal career largely playing a specific supersized persona, is willing to age onscreen. That line summarizes everything that’s admirable and flawed in the star’s new film. Early on in Bharat, Salman Khan declares in signature Salman Khan style: yeh sher buddha zaroor ho gaya hai lekin shikaar karna nahin bhoola.
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