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What Made Ranbir Kapoor Starring Shamshera A Box Office Fail?

Author: Santsoh Majumdar
by Santsoh Majumdar
Posted: Sep 26, 2022

The head of the Khameran clan, located in northern India, Shamshera (Ranbir Kapoor), makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the independence of his people. Following the cliché of the "son fulfilling father's unfulfilled goals" storyline, 25 years later (in the early 1800s), Balli wins his freedom by stealing expensive items, a lesson he instills in the young members of his tribe.

Balli consistently refuses to join the Khameran clan (as Ranbir should have done in the movie), but he keeps returning to "his people" for some reason. He continues to pursue dancer Sona (Vaani Kapoor), pleading with her to wed him because one day he'll be a king. His desire to join the British army is put to the test when he encounters Shuddh Singh (Sanjay Dutt), who also killed his father. Rest assured that you are all intelligent enough to understand how a legend always emerges to save his community and what happens thereafter.

What is the plot about?

It's not Sanjay Dutt who is the real villain in this movie, according to the screenplay of Neelesh Misra and Khila Bisht. Misra, a lyricist of exceptional talent, and his college companion Bisht fall victim to the saying "too much to say, too little to express." There is a glaring absence of a concept of where this plot should go. If you're going to claim that it's a father-son movie, why not at least spend some time developing an emotional bond between the audience and them? Or, if you're trying to tell the tale of a rebel who takes on the power of the British government, at least make the rebel's motivation plain so that it's either too heroic or too relatable for the audience to connect.

Some of the film's stars are saved by the cinematography and music by Anay Goswamy (of Fitoor and Super 30 fame). The movie begins on a very promising note, giving us hope that Karan will replicate the enchantment of Agneepathamid the opaque, hazy mountains of Nubra Valley, but as the movie goes on, the hope ee had started ebbing away like boulders from Leh's mountains.

The star cast

Sanjay Dutt is roaring throughout the entire movie, there are two Ranbir Kapoors due to double roles, Vaani is not even half-important to the plot, and there is a very bad joke involving Saurabh Shukla because his character speaks in rhymes the entire time. It takes a lot of guts for Ranbir Kapoor to take on a dacoit-drama as his first mainstream masala potboiler, but I can kind of understand why he hasn't done one before. His "strict" demeanor and distinctive voice tone do nothing to increase the curiosity surrounding his character. He occasionally delivers lines of conversation that sound like Jordan from Rockstar.

Due to his extensive body of work in this genre, Sanjay Dutt stands out as a better actor to fit the milieu of Shamshera. You won't be let down by him at least if you don't expect a performance along the lines of Kancha Cheena. As previously said, Vaani Kapoor played a role in the tale that was about as significant as Katrina Kaif's Suraiya in Thugs of Hindostan. The decision to offer him rhyming dialogues without any rhyme or reason is a big factor in why Saurabh Shukla is so completely wasted.

The direction of the movie

An "enthralling" background score was created over 7 months by Mithoon and Karan, and it sounds fantastic through the cinema's bassy speakers. However, only if he had given the narration and script just as much attention. He was forced to keep the "crows VS British Army" action scene in the ending due to a lack of suitable ideas.

Although I've always been an ardent supporter of Agneepath, Brothers, this was Karan's first try at a "not-yet-established" narrative, so it's not all his fault. His theatrical treatment of the narrative certainly contributes to creating the necessary atmosphere, but it's absurd to tour Leh-Ladakh in a crowded automobile.

The level of effort that Ji Huzoor's choreography has received from Chinni Prakash is exactly what the film's storyline called for. Due to the lack of chemistry between the stars, none of the songs work, and even Fitoor's stunning cinematography is only tolerable in the movie.

After all, was said and done, Karan Malhotra and YRF saw how Thugs of Hindostan received criticism from the Indian audience, but they still decided to film Sharamshera using a similar model.
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