Bimbisara

​"Bimbisara"

Watched Dubbed Hindi movie 'Bimbisara'. 

This film is directed by Mallidi Vassishta. Produced by Harikrishna Kosaraju. Written by Mallidi Vassishta. Music by M. M. Keervani. Cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The film stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Samyuktha Menon, Catherine Tresa, Gayatri Bhargavi, Vivan Bhatena, Prakash Raj. The film runs for almost 2 hours 20 minutes and was released in 2022. I watched it on Zee5 on 15th Jul 2023. 

Bimbisara is an all conquering  cruel king in 500BC. His twin brother, who Bimbisara tried to kill earlier, returns and throws him through magic mirror that brings him to present times. A present day doctor is trying to  obtain the Dhanvantari medicine, the key to which is with Bimbisara. 

Once in present, what does Bimbisara understand?  Does he realize his mistake? Who does he help? Who helps him?

The idea is good.  It’s a story of self realization. So the concept is interesting. But the presentation is crass. Rather than making it into a powerful movie, director has made it into a masala movie, pure and simple. Director shows that apples were there in 500BC in India when it is a known fact that British introduced apples to India in 19th century. Some homework! Character of Samyuktha is wasted. Why is she in the film?

The special effects are not very good. Especially first fight is very bad. The sets are of very low quality. The set of the place of treasure is so bad that the cardboard shapes can be seen even by a kid. 

Although the movie has multiple characters, the only important character is of Bimbisar and his twin brother Devdutt, both played by NKR. NKR looks impressive and dashing in ancient clothes, not so much in modern clothes. He acts decently.

This movie grossed about 1.5 times its production cost. Wasn’t a hit, wasn’t a flop. 

Positives: NKR.

Negatives: Crassness and special effects. 

Give it a miss.