Movie Review: Shamshera

Ranbir Kapoor’s film Shamshera has the highest release after Corona in 4350 and 5500 screens worldwide. Made in a huge budget of 150 crores, this film was to be released in December 2019, but due to Corona, it has been delayed by about two and a half years.

Story of ‘Shamshera’

The film tells the story of Kaza, a fictional town in the 18th century during the British era. During the Rajput era, the people of the Khmeran caste, who had fought with the Mughals with them, reached Kaza in search of shelter, then the people of the upper caste there did not accept. Then his Sardar Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor) along with his companions started looting the Kaza for a living. The people of Kaza pleaded against the Khmerans in the court of the British. The government then sends Inspector Shuddh Singh (Sanjay Dutt), who deceives Shamshera and his companions into the fort of Kaza.

Shamshera lays down her life in an attempt to free her comrades. After that, the story starts again after 25 years, when Shamshera’s son Balli (Ranbir Kapoor), who looks exactly like his father, enters the fray to fulfill his father’s dream. He also encounters the Inspector Shuddh Singh. Can Bally fulfill his father’s dream of Khmeran independence? You have to go to the cinema to know this.

Review of ‘Shamshera’

The director of the film, Karan Malhotra, left no stone unturned to make the film grand with the help of lavish sets, fine cinematography, stellar background score and seasoned actors like Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor. But alas, due to the weak script, screenplay and dialogues of the film, he could not succeed in it. However, there are many such scenes in the film from the interval to the climax, when it creates excitement in the audience. But due to the length of the story, it does not bind the audience. Especially in the film, except one or two, the rest of the songs seem to be forced.

The film, which is about three and a half hours long, could have been reduced to at least half an hour on the editing table. If ‘Shamshera’ is called the dislike cocktail of ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ and ‘KGF’, then it will not be wrong. Ranbir has done a great job in the film, so Sanjay Dutt is also frozen. Although sometimes he seems childish too. At the same time, Vaani Kapoor also has nothing special to do in the film apart from dance and romance. Saurabh Shukla and Ronit Roy are in their roles.