Movie Review: Bodyguard – Dashing Salman, Rocking Music, Light and That’s It

Veekshitha Arasa
Daijiworld Media Network – Entertainment

Rating: 2.5/5

Mangalore, Aug 31: With the whole lot of hype and advance bookings, the much- awaited ‘Bodyguard’ of superstar Salman Khan did hit the theatres today and without a doubt the show was packed with excited audience.

Directed by Siddique, did the movie maintain the magic created by its Malayalam original and succeed in standing up to the expectations? Well I would shilly-shally to say yes.

Cast

The prime hero Salman as Lovely Singh was indeed ‘Lovely’. His entrance in the movie was befitting to the superb actor that he is. The title track with Katrina was very vibrant and his dance moves were simply amazing. We really cannot blame him for the movie’s not-so-great story line but no one else could have made the character of Lovely Singh look so lovely.
 
Kareena Kapoor too as Divya did justice to her role. She infact looked more elegant and charming in the movie with her nicely and creatively designed clothes which would soon be seen in the cloth stores for sure.

The moviemakers also tried to make the audience laugh through the character of debutant Rajat Rawail as Tsunami Singh but his dialogues seem silly at times and fail to amuse the audience. The roles of Raj Babbar, Hazel Keech, Aditya Pancholi and Mahesh Manjrekar  were fair enough.

Music

The movie stands high on music. Himesh Reshammiya has indeed done a great job by producing some of the finest songs including I love You, Teri Meri and the Desi Beat. The way the songs are presented are also something unusual and pleasant. So as long as the music of the movie is concerned I would give full marks.

Punch Dialogue

The dialogue one is sure to remember from the movie is that of Salman which he says in a unique style - 'Mujphe ek ehsaan karna, ke mujhpe koiehsaan na karma”.

Story Outline and Analysis

The story of the movie mainly revolves around Lovely Singh(Salman), the Bodyguard and Divya(Kareena).   Lovely Singh owes a debt to wealthy man Sartaj Rana(Raj Babbar) that he had saved his dieing mother when she was pregnant. Hence he is ready to do anything for Sartaj Rana. Lovely is very much loyal to Sartaj Rana and according to his will becomes a perfect bodyguard to his daughter(Divya) guarding her life in college.

Sartaj Rana had many enemies and in order to protect his daughter from danger Lovely Singh was made her bodyguard but initially she was not aware that her life was in trouble. Hence she was very reluctant when the bodyguard used to follow her to college.

Unaware of the threat to her life she becomes Chaya and tries her best to distract him and on realizing the truth falls in love with him. He too loves the phone girl chaya without realizing its his madam Divya. But he gets to know about this only at the end of the movie when he had already married Divya’s friend who dies later due to illness. The movie almost at the ending stage some what reminds us a little of Kuch Kuch hota hai where Rani dies in the beginning making way for Kajol-Shahrukh’s union.

Over all, Bodyguard remains a standard entertainer and just a light hearted movie. It can be watched once mainly for Salman’s outstanding appearance and just time pass on a holiday.

Conclusion

Bodyguard didn’t live up to the hype and deliver great success on the occasion of Eid. But if you are a die-hard Salman fan you’ll not be disappointed except that you would certainly feel the director could have utilized his skills better. Those who had too many expectations from the movie better give it a miss.