The Big Bull

The Big Bull

A one time watchable flick.

Starting with the Good about the movie Above average story and scripting, Acting of Abhishek Bachan A detailed portratit biography of Harshad Mehta

Bad things 150 minutes roughly 2.30 hours, the movie is much lagging in the first phase, however there are not much scenes which we get thrilled

Direction is average.

Available on Hotstar.

A decent movie based on true events but more of fiction as its disclamimer suggests. Good bgm and overall score of the movie. Abhishek Bachan though playing himself and not Harshad Mehta has managed a very good performance. 2nd half a bit thrilling. Appreciation to the writers for some new turns given to the story. Direction by Kookie Gulati is very unique. The narration seems a bit more at pace. The overall scam is explained in the simpleest manner possible, so that a layman could understand it. Impressed by Sohum Shah s performance, new angle of the the character to be discovered in the film. Decently good film. Dont compare it with1992 Scam. That was a long detailed narration of the harshad mehta story. This is a short and new variant of the same story. A bit lenghty. And ofc if they would have got the rights for the original names and shares it would be more fun. Also, this version of harshad mehta refrred to as hemant shah in the film feels more villanious, it showcases the vices of Harshad Mehta quite well. Although his evil laugh is quite irritating. But the egoistic behavior is portrayed quite well.

How can u compare a 10 hour series with a 2/3 hour movie

The fault or the bad luck of the makers was the series released before

The story was shown in very fast way and many facts were not covered little edits were required as there were many unwanted scenes ..heavy dialogues were badly needed to grace up ..some good songs and emotions were missing

Abhishek acted ok but flashes of guru character was seen but he managed..Nikita could not carry the character of a strong supportive wife and illeana wasted the assigned strong character

The director could had shown some more interesting elements rather then showing love story but overall direction was good

Above all it's a good watch.

If this story of Harshad Mehta was released before Scam 1992, it would have been a hit. Scam 1992 is in detail with actual names whereas The Big Bull is a comprehensive similar story with not real names.

1) Pratik Gandhi and Abhishek Bachchan have done justice to their roles as are Shreya Dhanwantari and Ileana D'Cruz.

The Big Bull (2021) : Movie Review -

The Big Bull starring Abhishek Bachchan has been awaited since the announcement but since Sony LIV's Scam (2020) became huge hit on digital platform, this one suddenly became hot favourite. However, it also brings down the film because the comparison is guaranteed, no matter how different it is. Let's not compare it with Scam and try and judge it on individual strengths rather than comparative statements. The Big Bull is actually as big as bull size story which ensures one time watch but the conclusion doesn't match the set-up. It has small goat size conclusion which is certainly less than its actual potential.

The Big Bull is a story of Hemant Shah, a middle class family man who dreams to make big money and is ready to whatever for it. His desires finds a way in Stock Market to reach the destination and the rest of story shows his rise and fall. With the runtime of 152 minutes, The Big Bull keeps you hooked for almost 130 minutes. This portion is the soul of the film before it leaves the body in last 20 minutes. Nevertheless, the soul still provides enough entertainment to worth your viewing.

Abhishek Bachchan is fantastic in his role. His accent seemed little problematic, otherwise everything else is top notch. If not exaggerating it, this is Abhishek's best performance since Guru, if I'm not missing anything remarkable. Sohum Shah and Ileana D'Cruz are good in their roles but could have been lot better. Nikita Dutta looks simply gorgeous and it would have been great if she had more scenes. Rest of the cast member are decent to average. The Big Bull is a very tight film despite the intense theme and predictable consequences and the credit goes to gripping screenplay and dashing dialoguebaazi.

What The Big Bull lacks the most is creativity and innovative narrative. The story is not offbeat or out of the world stuff in itself and the scenarios like BSE and Money Scam easily suggest the upcoming events so it should have had something different in the storytelling. But it is missing. Anyways, director Kookie Gulati still roars in this general film with decent directorial methods. He could have excluded romantic scenes, songs and several other useless factors with the help of editor and The Big Bull would have been much better just like it was it was in the first 40-50 minutes. So, final words, it's good when it could have been great.

RATING - 6/10*