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A must watch for all the Planet of the Apes fans. I watched it back in the mid 90s when the show was re-telecasted. Watched it again on the DVDs recently and can say the show has not aged much, it can still give the modern versions a run for their money. It's a shame that the series ran only for 14 episodes but on the other hand, that's the beauty of the show that it is not dragged and the 14 episodes will be enough for a lot of viewers. Mark Lenard as Security Chief Urko did a tremendously awesome work, the performances of James Naughton and Ron Harper were great as well but Lenard stood out as the violent, uncompromising Urko. The show is more than 50 years old now but it stood the test of time and still stands as a unique take on the Planet of the Apes franchise. Still a great work of art.

I had high hopes from Baida because the marketing team called it a science fiction thriller. When I watched the movie in an empty movie hall, I realized there was 0% science in the movie and there was nothing interesting to keep the audience glued. No wonder Baida shows are being cancelled due to empty theatres. This is a dumb plot with zero execution to make it look relatable. The bad acting by the cast further proved movie will not stay in theatres for long, who gives permission to such movies to even play in theatres. The content is not even good enough for OTT. No matter how hard the makers are trying to call it a path breaking film, or the first Bollywood sci-fi thriller, or unique film, it's all a hoax and an agenda to attract audience. The movie is already a flop, it hasn't even reached 3 crores at the box-office even with a low budget of 10 crores, the movie is a sure shot loss to the makers. The background music try hard to give a feel that something interesting is going on but yawn, it was boring as hell. The producer or director have not watched good thrillers yet it seems. Baida is a bore fest, sorry to say. I wanted to like this film because the trailer got me hooked but it was boring and dumb. Not even fresh and unique, a film with so much of cliché and dumb plot holes.

Brilliant Indian movie, different and intelligent. Well thought out, a remake of High & Low but equally grasping and engaging. Vinod Khanna is awesome in the movie as always, one of the finest actors in the history of World cinema. The camera angles, cinematography and some of the sequences are very well thought out and executed. The only flaw is occasional slow down because of unwanted songs.