One thing that works for Bajrangi Bhaijaan is that it is not a preachy film, a great feat in itself considering that the film’s crew relentlessly talked about the ’paradoxes involved in the religious outset of India’ in every pre-release interview. And Purani Dilli, the director’s choice for unfolding the basic premise, serves him well. The crowded bylanes of the walled city demonstrate the extent to which the religious lives of the Hindus and the Muslims are entangled in this part of the world. Apart from a moment when Kareena Kapoor mouths sermons of peaceful co-existence and how a small child should be kept out of the religious debates, things appear under-control.
One powerful tool Salman uses with ease in most of his films is his self deprecating humour. No prizes for guessing that with Kabir Khan, there is more than a fair sprinkling of it in this film too. And yes, just like Ek Tha Tiger, you don’t get a clear-cut answer if you wanted to figure out how old he is.
The film opens with aerial shots of snow-clad mountains and moves inside Pakistan capturing the scenic beauty of the region in the process. But, the one shot that remains in the spectator’s subconscious is the top angle one of people flocking the Kurukshetra station. And the sequence right before it where Kabir Khan shows the situation at Wagah-Attari with Aaj rang dini playing in the background is also worth noticing.Congratulations to movie makers.