Baadshah

Ppl complaining about the movie being a copy from Hollywood, ofcourse you know that now. You have a cable network, internet and all. Ffs, this movie came out in 1999 , we had doordarshan 🤣

Baadshah (Emperor) remains the cult classic Bollywood by Abbas-Mustan duo with SRK in the lead. Even if you watch it with the modern lens, 20+ years later, it will remain the same - Khan's quirky character, the zesty genre-banding plot, original comedy, and the good-old 90s vibe that just brings back the memories. TN.

Only a complete curmudgeon could dislike this film. It's a brilliant slapstick parody of the spy/private eye genres with the Baadshah of Bollywood himself, Shahrukh Khan, hamming it up gloriously as a slightly dim-witted private detective who is innocently drawn into a conspiracy to assassinate the prime minister of India. The hilariously complex plot of mistaken identities and spy/counter spy is so twisted it took me several viewings to actually make it all out. (The fact that I was having to read subtitles didn't help) Surprisingly, the story holds together much better than it seemed to at first.

Bollywood is notorious for stealing from Hollywood, and Baadshah is no exception. (For all you other non-Hindi speakers, "Baadshah" means King, like the one in a deck of cards) The opening dance number, Main Te Hoon Pagal, is clearly inspired by the "Cuban Pete" song from "The Mask", and later on whole scenes are copied nearly frame for frame from a couple of Jackie Chan movies: Mr. Nice Guy and Rush Hour. The results are just great good fun.

The high point has to be the campy, outrageous "Baadshah, O Baadshah" nightclub number with Khan strutting his stuff amid a huge chorus of dancers in a whirl of silver lame and pyrotechnics. For a guy who claims to be a very bad dancer, he has an easy grace and agility that makes him a joy to watch.

Khan's performance in Baadshah is perfect. The comedy is fantastic, and there isn't a dull moment. The supporting cast, including Twinkle Khanna, Johnny Lever (if you can stand him), and the ever-essential villain, Amrish Puri, are wonderful. Like most Hindi films, there's a mish-mash of everything you can imagine: drama, slapstick comedy, teary-eyed pathos (gotta see the Khan cry at least once in every film), romance (gotta see the hero dance around trees at least once in every film) high-tech James Bond gadgets, hilariously bad special effects; Baadshah has it all!

I love watching this movie because it's just so funny. Sharukh Khan was fantastic in the film and so was Jhonny Lever.My favourite part in the film is when Sharukh Khan lies to Twinkle Khanna about being blind and Sharukh Khan and Jhonny Lever and they partners pretend that Sharukh Khans house is the hospital.I also enjoyed the fighting parts because it was well put together. Sharukh Khan was good at playing the Baadshah and the comedian. Sharukh Khan and Twinkle Khanna were good working together.Shahrukh Khan is a detective and while he is doing his detective work he falls in love with Twinkle Khanna. Amrish Puri was a good villain in this film as he is in nearly all of his villain movies.

I loved watching this film. Let's face it, we've all (Nepali and Indian) watched this film before and it still is as fun as it was back in the day.

Loved Baadshah when I was a kid and loved Baadshah now. The goofy detective, SRK as the title character is just so, so good. It's funny, entertaining and investing throughout. And the songs are so damn amazing. Abhijeet in all of the songs was phenomenal. Specially, Woh Ladki Jo, it's a standout songs among other equally great songs.

And Twinkle Khanna, she's so beautiful and so charming. I'd never saw her as a Bollywood sensation but from today onwards, I'll always see her as a diva. Such a beautiful actress and her work is as beautiful as she is. She's fantastic, she has owned every scene which she is in.

The film is so funny, it's a slapstick comedy which works in every aspects. There's comedy, there's crime and there is romance. The chemistry between SRK and Twinkle Khanna is amazing. Also the supporting characters, Johnny Lever, Amrish Puri, and others were great.

It's an out and out entertaining film which is just so damn fun with it's crime comedy elements.

A brilliant rewatch.