Awesome Paan Singh.. still few areas of improvements

Paan Singh Tomar is so well made that it is very difficult to write about it in this blog.. because this blog is only about Areas of Improvement for the makers of a particular movie.
Still the job taken in hands has to be done. So here is my take on Paan Singh Tomar.
(Note: The awesomeness of this movie has not been taken into consideration here. Read Rajeev Masand’s, Taran Adarsh’s and TOI’s reviews for that; Both gave 3.5/5 )


1. After Bhanwar Singh’s Death, I felt the movie is about to end but it stretched for good 45 minutes after that. It could have been shortened.
2. Timeline mentioned as foot note on the screen could have been better. It was difficult to assess when and where the events were happening. E.g. When Bhanwar sing was killed, when the act of 9 gurjar killing happened etc.
3. Also, time and places mentioned in footnotes would made it better to understand for how much time Paan singh was on the run before killing Bhanwar Singh.

As I said Paan singh Tomar is so well crafted, it is very difficult to find these points. Romcom lovers will still find many missing elements like Munni-song and slow motion hero-villain hand combat at climax.. but trust me they are not needed and this movie is not obliged to squeeze them in.

5 not-so-great things about 'Players'

This blog is about only those things which as a viewer I didn’t like..




When the bad guys already got accepted as protagonists in Indian films, there was no need of showing the humane side of the players.. in fact the most inhumane player – Neil Nitin Mukesh impressed the most.
Yes it is true, not only recently but since 70’ and 80’ whenever our hero goes out for a theft, we love it. Kohinoor, Jewel Thief, Don2, Roop Ki Raani.. etc etc.. Accepted that hero always brings in some reason to steal but the trend is changing !! You can change too..

So there is the quick NOT-TO-DO check list for Abbas-Mustan’s Players.
1. Remove good motives of Robbery i.e. Victor’s dream project, Ronny’s daughter.. make everything emotionless, professional. Though Sonam’s reason to join for Victor’s death was justified.

2. Take actors which can act. For star power, couple of them are ok. like rather than investing in Abhishek, Sonam, Bobby, Neil and Bipasha, pay more to 2 stars and 3 actors.. because among the 5 only Niel and Bipasha acted.

3. Bipasha’s Engine work and Bobby’s illusion on train windows were something too too much of science fiction to digest. Agreed that Indian audience is watching science fiction and gradually accepting such techno gigs but at the same time people have started applying logics also, the flags on the windows were clearly showing not spraying the solutions on the entire window.

4. Reduce songs and reduce the length of the movie. Sonam’s gig on Bobby, Bipasha’s dance for Russian general and Sonam-Abhishek drunken songs were too too too tiring and waste of time. Instead sonam and bipasha could have used smart lines to get their men. I like the talking people do the night clubs.

5. Instead of simply showing Sonam’s tense face while hacking scenes, more theoretical information about how it is possible to find Spider would be better.

6. And last but not the least, you made the robbery seems pretty easy. People watch Mission Impossible franchise in India now. If not making the mission impossible, at least make it difficult.

Note: The objective of this blog is to pick only loop holes and not-so-great things about the movie and NOT TO review the entire movie. General ratings from different critics holds true about the movie.

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