Watched Badla last weekend and loved it.
Badla is a slowish Who Done it movie which doesn't surprise much. Its supposedly an adaptation of "The Invisible Guest". Haven't seen the original so cannot comment on the adaptibility.
I quite liked the movie for the super performances by AB (no surprises there) and surprise surprise Amrita Singh.
While it does appear slow, as the audience gets to see the crime sequence thru different possible angles of how it could have been done via flashback sequences, what stuck with me was the mimimal use of outdoor locations. Almost 90% of the movie has been shot indoors and when you dont have dances, songs and picturesque locales, its the acting that matters the most.
It is here that Bachchan proves why he is still the best. This movie would have fallen flat had it not been for AB. He plays the part of the smart lawyer to perfection. The end, although a little predictible, showcases the emoting ability of the legend.
As said earlier the surprise package is Amrita Singh. She does extremely well to display a loving nagging wife to a helpless mother who decides to help herself.
Hats off to Tapsee Pannu for doing such a movie. Its great to see heroines of today coming into their own and doing good meaningful roles rather than being reduced to props in mindless Hero oriented commercial movies.
Is it a movie worth watching is a cinema hall? For me, the guy who looks for nuances of cinema and cinema making in any movie rather than just pure entertainment, this one was a joy watching in a cinema hall. While it did have its fault on certain missing links and unexplained things, those could easily be overlooked as I thought the movie was an ideal lesson in how a nice movie can be made with minimum camera angles ( lots of closeup rather than long shots) and very less outdoor shooting.
For the ones who love locales and action and song and dance, this might not be worth watching in a cinema hall - wait for it to come to the TV screens but watch it nevertheless.
Badla is a slowish Who Done it movie which doesn't surprise much. Its supposedly an adaptation of "The Invisible Guest". Haven't seen the original so cannot comment on the adaptibility.
I quite liked the movie for the super performances by AB (no surprises there) and surprise surprise Amrita Singh.
While it does appear slow, as the audience gets to see the crime sequence thru different possible angles of how it could have been done via flashback sequences, what stuck with me was the mimimal use of outdoor locations. Almost 90% of the movie has been shot indoors and when you dont have dances, songs and picturesque locales, its the acting that matters the most.
It is here that Bachchan proves why he is still the best. This movie would have fallen flat had it not been for AB. He plays the part of the smart lawyer to perfection. The end, although a little predictible, showcases the emoting ability of the legend.
As said earlier the surprise package is Amrita Singh. She does extremely well to display a loving nagging wife to a helpless mother who decides to help herself.
Hats off to Tapsee Pannu for doing such a movie. Its great to see heroines of today coming into their own and doing good meaningful roles rather than being reduced to props in mindless Hero oriented commercial movies.
Is it a movie worth watching is a cinema hall? For me, the guy who looks for nuances of cinema and cinema making in any movie rather than just pure entertainment, this one was a joy watching in a cinema hall. While it did have its fault on certain missing links and unexplained things, those could easily be overlooked as I thought the movie was an ideal lesson in how a nice movie can be made with minimum camera angles ( lots of closeup rather than long shots) and very less outdoor shooting.
For the ones who love locales and action and song and dance, this might not be worth watching in a cinema hall - wait for it to come to the TV screens but watch it nevertheless.
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