Starring : Amitabh Bachchan, Raveena Tandon, Hema Malini, Sonal Chauhan, Prakash Raj, Charmi and others...
Director : Puri Jagannadh
Music Directors : Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
Producer : A B Corp
Story : Kabir (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, successfully causes mayhem in Mumbai through a series of bomb blasts. Though Kabir’s whereabouts are unknown, ACP Karan (Sonu Sood) is closing in on him! Irked by Karan’s small but useful successes, Kabir wants to finish him off, and is on the lookout for a new face to do the job. Enter an old man, Viju (Amitabh Bachchan). He is coming back from Paris after quite a while, and is after Karan, planting bombs under his jeep, or almost killing him some other time. Viju’s age could easily be sixty, but he is an adept shooter, with the special ability to bend bullets even as he shoots in his own whimsical style. It is not long before Viju finds a place in Kabir’s gang, and he is assigned the task of finishing off Karan. The ‘enmity’ between Karan and Viju explains why he had to join Kabir’s gang. What could be the reason for ‘enmity’ between two men who ‘almost’ never met in their life properly? Or is it enmity really!
Perfomance : It seemed Amitabh Bachchan, the amazing actor that he is, needed someone to unleash his incredible power and attitude, covered mostly in the veil of age! Director Puri, who is known for elevating his protagonists to extreme heights, does just that. What we have is Amitabh Bachchan’s full persona taking over the screen completely, leaving the audiences breathless. He wears an over the top attire in style, dances to hit numbers with great energy, performs action stunts with his dynamism, and delivers masala dialogues with enough tadka. Yet, when he performs in the emotional scenes, even stone hearts would melt. In short, Bbuddha completely belongs to Amitabh Bachchan.
For the most part of the first half, even though the key plot is established, the movie progresses quite awkwardly. Subba Raju is Telugu accent in Hindi dialogue is a big turn off in what could have been even more hilarious situations. The transitions between quite a few scenes seemed quite jerky, and hence the moods of the film never grow onto you; instead they are forced. It is a touch disappointing to see Puri repeating few scenes from his own Telugu films, and making a horrible hash of an exceptional scene from his guru RGV’s Satya. Incidentally, none of these seem to work any which way to the progression of the movie. However, all flaws will be forgiven, simply because of astounding performance from Amitabh Bachchan and because of Puri’s ability to keep the movie true to its basic premise – loads of action, unexpected humor and the star power of a legendary actor.
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