
Salman Khan is back on the big screen with action, drama, and romance. Khan's most awaited movie of the year, Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, has finally hit theatres today, and his fans couldn't be more thrilled.
The film is a Hindi remake of the Tamil film Veeramand also stars Pooja Hegde, Venkatesh Daggubati, Jagapathi Babu, Bhumika Chawla, Vijender Singh, Abhimanyu Singh, Raghav Juyal, Siddharth Nigam, Jassie Gill, Shehnaaz Gill, Palak Tiwari, and Vinali Bhatnagar.
Helmed by Farhad Samji, the film shows Salman as everyone's favourite Bhaijaan. He's a self-defence trainer and is living a bachelor's life with his brothers. However, he falls for a South Indian girl, Bhagyalaxmi, played by Pooja. However, Bhaijaan soon comes to know that Bhagyalaxmi's brother and the entire family have been threatened by a goon. How he protects his girlfriend's family makes up the rest of the story.
Written by Farhad Samji, Sparsh Khetarpal, and Tasha Bhambra, the film has been released in theatres, and reviews have started pouring in as eager cinemagoers watched "First Day, First Show."
So far, the majority of audience reviewsthat have come in are positive and have hailed the film as a mass entertainer. However, the case is different when we talk about the critics, who have mostly given Khan's Eid release a negative review.
Giving the film three stars, Trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, ''''#KBKJ is #SalmanKhan show from Scene A to Z… Rides on #Salman’s star power completely… Excellent action [interval block and finale] and foot-tapping soundtrack [lavish filming] are aces… Also, the second half is much, much better than the first.''
''Now the minusses… Waferthin plot… Screenwriting is erratic at places [first half especially], and dialogue should’ve been punch-packed too… Romantic track [Salman - #PoojaHegde] just doesn’t work.''
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WION's film critic Shomini Sen wrote in her review:Ultimately,Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaanworks only for its action sequences in the second half - provided you have the palate for incessant punches and mind-numbing stunts. Both Khan and Venkatesh somewhat uplift the climax but the film's writers Farhad Samji, Sparsh Khetarpal, and Tasha Bhambra's lazy writing shows.
Pooja Hegde and Salman Khan's romance- which forms the core story- is ice cold. It's like the girl is romancing a cucumber. In fact, Salman's inability to emote much is incorporated cleverly in one scene where he holds the same straight face when his lady love asks him to emote. Quite meta, I'd say. Also, the way the brothers decide to choose the girl for their belovedBhaijaanis bizarre. One moment they decide and pray to god that they want a girl for their brother, and the next second, the girl lands right in front of them. Also, no background check is done for her- so much for loving theirBhaijaan.The girl could have easily been replaced by a pigeon flying past them- they would have chosen it for theirBhai. Read the full review here.