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Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Review: A Dull And Unnecessary Remake

 Critic's Rating: 2/5

Synopsis: Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is a remake of the 2014 Tamil movie Veeram. The film follows the life of Bhaijaan (Salman Khan) who is repulsive towards marriage as he doesn't want to get separated from his beloved brothers. But his life turns unexpectedly when a gorgeous girl Bhagya Lakshmi Gundamaneni (Pooja Hegde) comes to his house as a tenant.




Review

Performances

The film is enjoyable, especially for hard-core Salman Khan fans as Bhai is back with an action-packed family drama and he tries really hard to make his character lovable by projecting out his chiseled-bulky, heavy body, and Bhai's specific mannerisms and is pretty much successful in it. Bhai steals the show with his awesome screen presence and swag, especially in the second half. His dialogue delivery is appreciable notably, the ones with Venkatesh. Bhai pulls out humorous scenes with ease with his awesome comic timing. 

Pooja Hegde got a meaty role and did her part well. But, the Salman-Pooja pair lacked the expected on-screen chemistry, as the romantic scenes and song sequences fail to create any impression on the audience. The other three heroines were just fillers

Venkatesh was impressive with his performance as the patriarch and his scenes with Bhai were enthralling. Siddharth Nigam, Raghav Juyal, and Jassie Gill perform underwhelming roles as the three brothers. 

Jagpathi Babu is exceptional in his antagonist role, with his evil looks and performance but all other villain roles are wasted.

Story And Screenplay

The story is outdated, predictable, and drags at certain portions. There are some cringe moments that test the patience of the audience. Compared with other remakes of Veeram, the story is altered a bit in this movie, but in vain as the movie lacks the soul of Veeram. The emotional scenes were well-portrayed but at the same time, they are devoid of naturality and felt like made-up ones just to make the audience teary-eyed. 

The metro fight scene and the rowdies attacking Venkatesh's house were shot well with some unique stunt sequences and deserve to be appreciated. But the audience loses the connection between the scenes as a love scene comes right after a warning scene and irrelevant song sequences. There was some absolute misplacement of scenes that seemed a bit awkward.

There were no such whistle-worthy moments for Salman fans. The director could have executed a far better climax and it fails to create any impact among the masses. Salman's character development was poor and offers nothing to remember for the fans. The screenplay was very weak which lets down the movie miserably. 

Stunt Sequences

There were some jaw-dropping stunt sequences that were unique. Fans can cheer when Bhai takes off his shirt and beats up the goons. The action sequences are brutal and illogical but some were unique too but nothing worth remembering.

Music Department

The soundtrack is unimpressive and the songs lacked the quality to get into the hearts of the audience. But the way, the songs are portrayed on screen is worth watching. Himesh Reshammiya's 'Naiyo Lagda' was comparatively better. Ravi Basrur's BGM elevated emotional scenes but could not carry the whole movie on its shoulders. 

Technical Aspects

The cinematography by V Manikandan is satisfying. Editing could have been better as the film drags at certain points and fails to keep the mind of the audience completely invested in the story as there were a lot of unnecessary cringe scenes that could have been eliminated to make the movie crisper.  

In A Nutshell

Positives

1. Salman Khan's screen presence

2. Venkatesh's performance

3. Well-choreographed stunt sequences

Negatives

1. Outdated, predictable story

2. Cringe scenes

3. Inappropriate song placement

4. Lack of proper character development

5. A lot of characters without any importance

6. Underwhelming soundtrack

Verdict

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is a dull and unnecessary remake without any novelty. 

Cinemapedia Rating: 2/5

Kisi Ki Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, directed by Farhad Samji, starring Salman Khan, Venkatesh, Pooja Hegde, and Jagpathi Babu is now running in theatres.





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