Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

ability to cram every conceivable trope and cliche into a single film. Fever dream ki tarah fake looking sets mein phat phat karke sub-plots overlap hote hain, while clunky dialogue like “ Yeh yantra hamare liye dhaal tha lekin dushman ke haath laga toh talwar ban jayega joh hindustan ka sir kalam kar degi” take you from one scene to the next. Flashback aur current timeline mein tonal difference sirf itna hai ki 7 saal pehle dance number tha, joh ab nahi hai. Kabhi bhi Sonakshi Sinha aati hai, kabhi bhi jaati hai, logical sir-pair most sequences ka dhoondhne se bhi nahi milega. Chaliye logic na bhi khoje insaan, ache action ki hi ummeed kar lein, jis se ki “you never talk about 26 other crafts” kehne waalon ko kuch mil jaaye to hold on to, ki matlab filmmaking na ho gayi kundalyon ka milaap ho gaya 36 gun gino baith kar. Par BMCM mein action choreography, action cinematography and edit bhi itna banal aur basic hai, its an amalgam of everything that’s preceded it.