Bullett Raja (2013)

Sadly Over-hyped

A Masterpiece!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

This is just a movie for Indians who wish to see things that are practically condemned these days around the world. Yes, the classic features and music and dance performances in a "spaghetti western" as other user wrote, but bullets come and go... and overreacting into violence on behalf of the gods... and all the world thinking the fundamentalism violence is exclusive from Muslims.I saw the promotion done by interviews to the cast and particularly to Saif Khan, when I was living in India. He said he will use real weapons... honestly, you have to be very stupid, and risking the fact that manipulating real guns for films is more expensive and dangerous. But it's for the marketing, and if you believe it, and like it, well, that's the kind of human being you are. Story is entertaining, while the character Raja deals with his new enemies in life and protects damsels in perish.If you love Indian culture and you still swallow that new age religious manipulated stuff of the spirituality in India, don't watch this movie, because is the reflection of the ideal "macho" Indian version. Which the whole opposite of those fantasies sold by the tourism industry.

Some films don't work in spite of a good director and good star cast. Bullet Raja is a perfect case of the above. Dhulia has directed some fine movies like Haasil, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster and Paan Singh Tomar but here he gets it all wrong. Dhulia as a writer fails here miserably. The story has nothing new to offer. Its starts with an unemployed youth who is forced to enter the world of crime and politics and ends up as a revenge drama. The story set in the UP heartland could've been easily set in Mumbai or Delhi. Dhulia tries to desperately play the cast card with the protangonist being a Brahmin by caste and showcasing the state of Brahmins in UP but that also doesn't work after one point. Worse, he bumps off one of the main characters in the film in the middle to make it into a revenge drama. And from here the story comes crashing down.Wht Dhulia fails to see that the Saif's character Raja and Shergill's Character have gr8 chemistry and this could have gr8 film if he would have focused on both the male leads.Saif is a fine actor and he's the only reason I watched this film till the end. He gets into the character and spots some gr8 lines in the 1st half. Check out the scene in the plane while take off. Some other actor and I would have changed the channel. However, he needs good scripts. Dhulia's regular Shergill is wasted. He shares some gr8 chemistry with Saif. So is Jamwal, Grover and Ravi Kishen. And I've no words to describe Sonakshi's character. She plays an aspiring actress who starts to live the two gangsters. Overall a very disappointing affair !!

Tigmanshu Dhulia started it with 'Haasil' on the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh dirty politics. "Haasil" explored the rural India, leaving the chiffon cinema aside; it showed that that there is real and earthy world beyond the picturesque imageries. He has been consistently trying to give us a taste of unsophisticated and practical realm.Tigmanshu's first masala film 'Bullett Raja' have same flavor but the effort is mediocre here, mainly due to abrupt editing, loose screenplay and forced songs sequences.We again witness earthy, rugged and edgy portions which are far from urban and looked truly rural."Bullett Raja" is about of two youngsters, Raja Mishra (Saif Ali Khan) and Rudra Tripathi (Jimmy Shergil) who engulfed themselves in the lands of dirty politics of Uttar Pradesh. They rise like heroes and on the flip side it deteriorates they tranquil lives.Story is merely a revenge drama, but, the writing doesn't hold as the movie progresses. The screenplay is abrupt and flat. The best bit are the action sequences, it separates from the contemporary movies where we can see everything flying with no role of gravity. The action scenes looked really authentic with bullet firing in every 5 minutes. The love track was rushed and abrupt. The other thing which works here are the edgy and fabulous dialogs as always. It has now become the trademark of Dhulia. The climax is predictable; you will probably understand every nuance which the writer tried to reveal at the very end.The film consists a good start cast (mostly Dhulia's favorite) and peculiar dialogs. Music by Sajid-Wajid is really forgettable as songs do not add anything.Saif Ali Khan does a wonderful act here, carrying the entire film. He character is very well written. Jimmy Sheirgill is always good and does a fabulous job here. Sonakshi Sinha is common in all the movies now a days and she does the same thing, once again.Bullett Raja delivers only in parts. The arena was right but it lacked the execution and writing for other actors was not coherent.

director Tigmanshu Dhulia attempt at a commercial Masala flick is quite great considering the gravity defying flicks that we see, the difference is that it has a story to keep a check on it, it has a typical and usual Hindi movie flick that who have seen but with a slight different view, saif ali khann's attempt at raja mishra is commendable and it should not be compared to his langda tyagi act which was a masterclass, jimmy Shergill is brilliant in his stay and others chip in good as well, sonakshi is looking nice for a change with no bashing dialoges.. music could have been better with some songs that don't need to be put in the place. but overall with the pace and the fiery dialoges it will keep u guessing..!!