Sam Bahadur is all about the life of Field Marshall Sam Mankeshaw and his contributions to key chapters in Indian war history.
While the film does show good insight on Sam's contributions, the films genuinely lacks thrill. We only get to see the planning phase of key chapters in Indian history where Sam is involved but get to see nothing in the execution phase. It seems the film is focused only on showing the contributions of Sam briefly. Its like the film has many chapters and the it just skims on top of them without going into excessive details.
On the positive note, the film on a whole belongs to Vicky Kaushal. You can easily see the tremendous effort he has given to this role. You completely forget that its Vicky and not Sam himself playing the role of Sam in the film. He gets the walking, talking and body postures of Sam on point. When Akshay played Prithiviraj, we couldnt see Prithviraj but only Akshay in the film, but when Vicky played Sam, we couldnt see Vicky, but only Sam in the film. Thats the difference.
Despite the episodic nature of the film, the film is still quite interesting to watch especially for those who have little knowledge about Sam. Whatever is presented to us on screen is well made and well presented. Cinematography is also really good and BGM is good as well.
Some more negatives - the costume design of Fatima Sheikh is hilarious, probably the worst Indira gandhi make up i have ever seen. General Yayah Khan played by Zeeshan Ayub suddenly transforms into someone odd looking. Songs are forgettable.
Overall, a good film that must be watched for Vicky Kaushal's outstanding performance and also for Sam Manekshaw.
While the film does show good insight on Sam's contributions, the films genuinely lacks thrill. We only get to see the planning phase of key chapters in Indian history where Sam is involved but get to see nothing in the execution phase. It seems the film is focused only on showing the contributions of Sam briefly. Its like the film has many chapters and the it just skims on top of them without going into excessive details.
On the positive note, the film on a whole belongs to Vicky Kaushal. You can easily see the tremendous effort he has given to this role. You completely forget that its Vicky and not Sam himself playing the role of Sam in the film. He gets the walking, talking and body postures of Sam on point. When Akshay played Prithiviraj, we couldnt see Prithviraj but only Akshay in the film, but when Vicky played Sam, we couldnt see Vicky, but only Sam in the film. Thats the difference.
Despite the episodic nature of the film, the film is still quite interesting to watch especially for those who have little knowledge about Sam. Whatever is presented to us on screen is well made and well presented. Cinematography is also really good and BGM is good as well.
Some more negatives - the costume design of Fatima Sheikh is hilarious, probably the worst Indira gandhi make up i have ever seen. General Yayah Khan played by Zeeshan Ayub suddenly transforms into someone odd looking. Songs are forgettable.
Overall, a good film that must be watched for Vicky Kaushal's outstanding performance and also for Sam Manekshaw.