Review of THE BIG BULL |
Bollywood saw another movie release on OTT. Kookie Gulati`s directorial THE BIG BULL released on Disney+Hotstar on 8th April. Starring Abhishek Bachchan as the protagonist Hemant Shah, the 150- minute long film is inspired by the 1980s-1990s Harshad Mehta scam shook the market, pushing up share prices to impossible digits. The BIG BULL is able to deliver on its message that everybody has the right to dream and try and realize it – the way Shah himself made the long leap from a small home to a big mansion. And all because he dared to think big, take even bigger risks, firmly believing in the dictum that there cannot be progress and prosperity without them. Gulati, who has co-written the story and scripted it along with Arjun Dhawan underlines how India`s middle class profited through Shah`s scheming ways. He made a wily use of the many loopholes in the banking and other financial systems. Woven into this is the story of a journalist, Meera Rao played by Illeana D`Cruz, whose investigative methods appear brazenly unreal. Abhishek does show patches of performance that are illuminating, and one is reminded of his role in Mani Ratnam`s GURU. But he still fails to sink into the character of a man who has many layers – a loving son, an affectionate brother, and a passionate lover/husband.
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