Movie: “Veer”
Directed by: Anil Sharma
Starring: Mithun Chakraborty, Salman Khan, Neena Gupta, Sohail Khan, Zarine Khan
Rating: 
“Veer” is one of those intended epics that goes wrong. Horribly wrong.
Director Anil Sharma had combined history and kitsch with compelling consequences in “Gadar Ek Prem Katha”. But In “Veer”, the khichdi of fact and fiction runs amok, creating a blend of babble and bloodshed that is more hysterical than historic.
“Veer” wallows in primitive valour. Father Mithun Chakraborty (the only tolerable performance in the litany of the unbearable) and son Salman Khan often mock-fight, as the burly members of their tribe urge them on like animals in a zestful zoo. Even Neena Gupta who plays Mithun’s wife (and has apparently forgotten she was once a good actress) joins in the macho revelry.
There are no smoking guns. Only shining swords slicing across the epic canvas with fashionable bravura.
Costume dramas are very tricky cinematic efforts. How do the makers know if the clothes and props suggesting periodicity are going to work? In this case, they just don’t!
The ‘research’ that seems to have gone into the colossal fiasco is at best scratch level. At worst the detailing suggested by the art director (Sanjay Dhabade) and costumes (Anna Singh) smack of amateurish stage plays where the actors create characters purely through props.
And here the props include the Buckingham Palace where our valorous hero Veer (Salman Khan) and his brother-sidekick (Sohail Khan, behaving as though he was in the sequel to “Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya”) teach those ‘Gora Log’ a few lessons on how to treat us Indians with respect and dignity.
Where would independent India be without such strident architects of freedom? It is doubtful that a man like Veer actually existed in the history of our freedom movement. But does anyone really care?
“Veer” is not really a freedom fighter. He’s Salman Khan with long hair and costume jewellery (the diamond ear-tops could be the envy of all his leading ladies) scowling with the same intensity into the panoramic camera as he did earlier in “Wanted”.
Clothes definitely maketh this man, although Veer in one of the unintentionally funny sequences of the film reprimands the gora professor in London (teaching the most motley crew of colonists seen in any film) saying, “Clothes do not make the man, the man makes the clothes” – a quote on he says he borrowed from George Bernard Shaw.
Where did he learn about Shaw? In school? Do such questions really matter when the intention is to create an optical illusion merging myth and history in a claustrophobic clasp that leaves no breathing space for introspective punctuations?
“Veer” is one sweeping rush of blood, sweat, gore, adrenaline and saliva. It is meant to sweep audiences off its collective feet. But its takeoff point, namely the ideological slant, is so faulty, you wonder what these blood-thirsty warriors are fighting for.
Most of the time the characters’ motivations are superimposed by a passionate but pedestrian melodrama.
Director Anil Sharma’s inherent sense of drama comes with the blood-soaked territory. While in the father-son sequences he manages to create a scale and range that merge rugged machismo with a junk food version of patriotism, the love story featuring the nomadic warrior and the bereft princess from the enemy tribe is driven into a zero-chemistry zone by the pair.
Forget mutual passion, there’s very little drama or romance in the dialogues and the visual props for them to share.
“Veer” gets details of the period and locations in place. But the inner conviction and a genuine passion that made Anil Sharma’s “Gadar: Ek Prem Katha” so special are completely absent in this film.
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I don’t know what goes wrong. I seen Veer recently, I loved the movie. This is surely best work by Salmaan till date. It deserves atleast 4 star rating. I was very low before watching that movie. It is shameful act by media to act revenge of such good movie. They worked really really hard to make it successful. Acting of Salmaan khan is simple superb.
well done salman rock movie of the year salman working very well & media why not support to salman i think veer will be movie of the year
salman zindabad
wellllllllllllllllllll done salman your are real look like veer
the critics are wrong,horrible wrong. veer is a really paisa vasool film, pure entertaintment. nice story, nice music, nice choreography, nice perfomance. salman did a fntastic job. i am not a big salmans fan, but i have to say he was outstanding,just mind blowing. i think It deserves 4.5 star rating.do yourself a favour, go and watch veer.
salman khan fantastic job in veer & power full acting in this film & i prey for salman beacause i dont know why media not appriciate on it
well done salman very very wel done
Veer – Film Review…..Fantastic film …I liked it very much..yes.. yes.. Salman Khan you done wonders and the most imposable creations of art , acting ,music,sound and the history story to be told to many in its reality .Like K.Asif production ..The Famous Mughal -E- Azam.Troy.Ben Hur, El Sid
These Critics people are always putting salman khan down, all those stupid movies that came out got 3 and 4 star ratings, and this Movie is far better OMG! This world is no longer about “Being Human” and having Veer! braveheart) I think Salman live life and knows exactly why he created Being Human b’cause their not alot of them out there anymore…… God bless you Salman Khan and no one can curse! They all jealous.
The story itself is told in such a jerky manner that many times you lose sight of why characters are behaving the way they are. There is no epic feel to this period film, no authenticity that is visible, but worst of all, there is no heart.
Salman Khan sleepwalks through his role but still manages to bring some charm on screen. The reason for Sohail Khan’s presence is a mystery to me; he seems to serve no purpose whatsoever.
Everyone else sets new standards in bad acting, and some scenes, like the one where Veer tells his father about Yashodhara, are so bad — they are funny.
Well done salmant bhai u really prove that u are king of bollywood what a movie 100 out of 100.
i request everyone to go and see the movie it really a paisa vasool movie.
veer is an amzing movie with brilliant sequences and unforgettable numbers. I really don’t understand why such people like this one who wrote this review are ever hired. they tend to show off how far they know and how far they can become unashamed by trying to show off the wrong side of their talent. they have never been an academic and having fallen short try to take it on people who enjoy good movies like veer.
this movie was bad. I see the person keep saying “go watch the movie” its pasa vassoool bunch of BS. you want people to go see the movie because you have some interest in the movie. Watch the movie on DVD and you will be happy you didnt waste your time in the theater…. its a BAD BAD movie… i liked wanted movie with salman khan but this one is plain funny stupid…. how can a guy get shot and then fight the enemies for 15 minutes and dies after that… its garbage