Bholaa

Bholaa is a reimagined and trailblazing sequel of Kaithi which tries to overdo the theatrics in order to cater the mass audiences. The screenplay, even if it follows the original doesn't elevate during the film thus felt meatless and undercooked. The film definitely has grand, stylized action set pieces, patchy but commendable VFX and adequate emotional quotient which will be appreciated by the masses of single screen. Ajay Devgn's singular performance and striking direction deserves respect but the film never really comes close to Kaithi's raw intensity. Overall, a great family entertaining film if you had skipped the original.

How does it fare as a remake?

Is it worthy of my time?

Will I enjoy it?

I'm willing to bet that the majority of you who are reading this review are searching for similar information, and the answers to your questions will vary greatly depending upon whether or not you have seen the original! If you haven't, this may still work, but I don't believe it will be of much use to those who have.

Why am I saying that? Well, I have already seen and adored 'Kaithi' and the story it intended to tell, but despite having the same narrative, 'Bholaa' turned out to be a major letdown.

Even though I do appreciate Devgn's intention to make some changes to the source material, unfortunately, none of those changes seemed to have a beneficial impact; on the contrary, they destroyed the inherent essence of the tale. The writing here lacked soul and depth, the same qualities that made the original work so well.

The flashbacks failed to make an impression, the inserted humour felt forced, and the action and their choreography, despite bringing some freshness to the table, appeared exaggerated, they were too loud and lousy for my taste.

'Kaithi' was far superior in almost every aspect.

Different storyline but horrible screenplay and worst of all the cheap vfx they used. I mean what was it? A cheap video game made by school students or what?

Screenplay was dragged like anything, movie could've been done in 45 minutes but they dragged it for almost 2 n half hours.

Action scenes were literally inspired by South Indian movies but they use way better vfx. This one felt like intentionally done cheaper to make fun of audiences. Body count am sure in hundreds and all of them were killed by an injured middle age man.

Dialogues were very very cheesy. Felt like bunch of summer students wrote them. Maximum 4 star for this product.

Bholaa even with its shortcomings is good and watchable if you haven't or don't watch original Kaithi but once you watch the original you feel definitely find faults in it.

A Hindi movie without any song which remains with you after the movie is hard to be successful though we have exceptions but there should be something. Many action sequences are good but many other are overrated.

Hindi movies should stop making remakes of south Indian films instead spend on writers and originality of the movie. Tabu looks good in her character and replacing a male lead character of original with female one is a good choice.

Kaithi was one really grounded film where the emotions worked extremely well . Bholaa on the other hand is a highly masala filled version of Kaithi with emotions not working.

If you have seen Kaithi , you will realise, Dilli was no superhuman that made his journey even more interesting. Bholaa on the other hand is presented as a near John wick like superhuman who literally can't be touched or hurt anyway. That's where the soul of the original is lost.

Anyways we know story of Bholaa is that one kind of video game where you are given a mission and you encounter multiple villains and boss fights on the way until you reach the final destination. What Ajay Devgn had done well is to incorporate some more adrenaline pumping action sequences which is different from the original source material while keeping some same from the original which includes the famous machine gun climax. The new action sequences are enjoyable and keep you hooked. Some feel jarring but most are exciting.

Some hand to hand fight sequences are just Brutal . The trishool fight sequence was really exciting yet brutal to witness. It seems Devgn focused more on action than emotions .

Why is the film in 3D is beyond my understanding. Max shows at my place where 3D or 4d. This is a pure 2D film forcibly converted to 3D for no reason.

Performances. Before I come to Ajay , big shout out to Deepak dobriyal . My god what a performance!!! Remember how a Riteish pulled off a villainish role in Ek Villian despite carrying the comedy actor tag? Deepak carries the same tag but pulls off this daring villian role effortlessly. He's just terrific. Then ofc it's Ajay who plays Bholaa pretty well . However he can't pull of the tandoori chicken scene as perfectly as Dilli's biryani scene in kaithi . Tabu is also good so is Sanjay Mishra who has a massive role in the story. Vineet Singh should have given more scope his intro made him look a monster but then the source material didn't allow makers to use him . Gajraj is wasted.

Negatives- screenplay issue. Many abrupt scene changes. Sometimes very inconsistent. A rushed climax and a cameo that isn't that menacing enough to set it up for next part (Remember the menacing cameo of Surya as Rolex which set it up brilliantly for his part ?) . An unnecessary bad item song is there called Paan Dukaniya which sounds bad and was not even needed in the film.

Overall, an enjoyable masala film which lacks emotions and the power to push the film into its next part .