: Bajirao Mastani review in pics: Five reasons why this movie is all costume and no drama
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And we don’t find it, or chance upon it only sporadically, in between all the song-and-dances, and the set-pieces in the battle-fields and the palaces. Oh look, there’s a lovely chandelier, and gasp, what a beautiful glass palace( `Mughal-e-Azam’ has a lot to answer for when it comes to our fascination with glass studded walls and ceilings), but excuse us, where’s the plot point? See Pics: Bajirao Mastani releases, Here’s why Deepika Padukone’s movie can be on your watch list
It is hard to imagine anyone else as Bajirao after Singh finishes chewing up the part( and, to my untrained ears, cracking the Marathi accent), and owning the film – he swaggers, struts and ruts, an actor fully enjoying himself. Priyanka Chopra’s hurt wife has a couple of strong moments( in fact, the only remotely felt sequence in the film belongs to Chopra and Tanvi Azmi, who plays Bajirao’s widowed, ambitious mother, as they ponder over the meaning of love and betrayal, and the man they are tied to). Deepika Padukone is lovely as usual, and creates sizzle with Ranveer Singh, but hasn’t melded with the part. Her Mastani is all dressed up, and acting away. And of course, we get an item number with the two lovelies—aiming for total ‘paisa-vasool’ two-for-the-price-of-one, —but ‘Pinga’ felt such a tired ‘Dola Re’ rip-off, only spectacle, not spectacular. See Pics: Deepika Padukone, the beautiful Mastani from Bajirao Mastani.