I believe every Aamir Khan Fan would fume after reading the title of this article but only if he has not watched the movie. Mangal Pandey was released surrounded with much hype and even greater expectations from eager movie goers. This was a movie that everyone(atleast people whom I know) was keen on watching in a theatre to get best of the experience.
As soon as the movie was released I booked a ticket for the Saturday and was feeling myself lucky to get the tickets. Bought myself a big combo of corn and cola and was all set for some exciting time ahead, atleast thats what I thought.
I was fairly disappointed after watching the movie not because of lack of plot or bad acting but because of lack of entertainment in the movie. These days we do not associate Aamir Khan with regular churn outs that rest of bollywood gives, but thats exactly what this movie is all about with some skin bare, kisses(or should I say smooches), irrelevant songs. We can get this form of entertainment in the other tons of movies that are being released every year but thats not what we went for in a Aamir Khan movie.
Ok enough of criticising the movie let me now move on with the better part of the movie, all the actors in the movie have delivered very good and commendable performances. Aamir Khan as usual is at his sterling best. There are various situations in the movie that will make you smile(not laugh). The plot of the movie is original and most of the time sticked true to history but thats the reason the movie is devoid of entertainment.
Although true Aamir Khan fans should go ahead and watch the movie in a theatre but if you are not then this is a movie which you can afford to miss