6 Reasons Why BULLET RAJA Rocks
Bullet Raja is an entertaining film from start to finish that respects your brains as well as the forces of gravity. Saif Ali Khan lives the part, and puts in a solid performance that holds the film together.Bullet Raja's plot is packed several twists and turns, and has at least a dozen significant characters. But the screenplay rarely loses track, (save for a routine romantic angle) and brings a proper closure to all these subplots without leaving behind any unanswered questions. Despite introducing a new character every 20 minutes, the writer keeps a thorough check on where the story is headed. This one is Race set in the badlands of India.
Tigmanshu keeps the setting and characters raw, and stays away from caricatures we are increasingly getting sick of in most recent action flicks. Everyone is good or bad with a clear motive, and there is little room for redemption. Despite a crowded setup, the plot unravels at a brisk pace, and yet it does complete justice to each and every character introduced through the course of the film. Even if there are loopholes in the plot, it all happens at such a fast pace that you really don't have time to think about the odd inconsistency. The director does not allow the baggage of his national award winning films to distract his approach, and makes an entertaining film accessible to all. Unlike other filmmakers of parallel cinema who have often botched up commercial projects, Tigmanshu gets the balance just-right. He knows he is not making a Paan Singh Tomar, and that clarity is what makes this film such a fun watch.
The action sequences shot on the streets of middle India, have a lot of style in them. At the same time, the film respects 'gravity' and does not go into the Telugu remake mode. There is a certain action-comic like treatment to the film, best done before this by Kashyap in Dabangg (this is what the sequel should have been like). As Saif rightly said at a recent event, Bullet Raja has action, but not violence.
Half of Bullet Raja's victory is in its choice of actors. Right from Jimmy Shergill who does a confident job as the parallel hero (he is even referred to as mere Shashi Kapoor in one scene), to the likes of Raj Babbar, Gulshan Grover, Ravi Kissen, Sharat Saxena, Chunkey Pandey, Vidyut Jamwval and many other powerful supporting actors; every actor has a well defined role and makes an impression in whatever scene he has been given.
Bullet Raja has some of the most deliciously written lines of the season. Without ever-getting talk heavy, the film maintains a smooth tempo and the director peppers the non-stop action, heavy-duty gunfire and fistfights with brilliant doses of sarcasm and dark humour. So even if action is not your cup of tea, there is never a dull moment in the film, thanks to its crisp one-liners.
This is an actor who is clearly having a lot of fun. And that shows in every frame of this film. As Raja Misra - For the first time, Saif commands the screen presence of a larger-than-life desi-hero; and comes out with flying colours. Saif skillfully uses his swagger and penchant for straight-faced wit, to give the character of Bullet Raja a unique personality that is thankfully not a wannabe Chulbul Pandey. Having played the Anari all this while, Saif finally becomes a Khiladi with this film.
(2.5/5)
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