Bell Bottom Review: Well made espionage thriller about an important event in Indian history
Bell Bottom Movie Rating: 3.5 Stars
Finally watched Bell Bottom movie in Cinemas. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vaani Kapoor, Lara Dutta, Huma Qureshi and Adil Hussain
Director: Ranjit M Tewari
Release Date: 19th August 2021 in Cinemas
Story: Movie is based on a rescue operation which actually happened during Indira Gandhi’s regime as Prime Minister. It is an espionage thriller inspired by a true events.
On August 24, 1984, ICC 691 flight takes off from Delhi and gets hijacked. This is the 5th hijack in 7 years. In the past, the hijackers landed their plane in Lahore, Pakistan, after which the Pakistani authorities negotiated and managed to get a safe release for the passengers. Indira Gandhi (Lara Dutta) is all set to negotiate like previous times but RAW chief Santook (Adil Hussain) suggests to take the help of Bell Bottom.
Anshul Malhotra aka Bell Bottom (Akshay Kumar) mother was died in one of Hijacks in the past so he has done extensive research on the past hijack operations. Indira Gandhi and her core team at first doesn’t believe him. But he proves it to them the truth. On the advise of Bell Bottom, Indira tells Zia-ul-Haq not to negotiate. The Pakistan President is taken aback by this conduct. The ISI then sends one of their best men Daljeet Singh aka Doddy (Zain Khan Durrani) to take over the hijack operation from Lahore. For Bell Bottom, Doddy is someone he personally detests and with whom he has a past. Will Bell Bottom able to rescue all the passengers of Hijack plane? You need to watch this film for the climax.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Dialogues
3. Screenplay
4. Story
5. Direction
Negatives
1. Music
2. Climax
3. First half is slow
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch in my free time as film is based on real story and it was my first movie in cinemas after 2nd wave of Covid-19.
Amongst multiple heinous airplane hijacks, India was made to face another such challenge in 1984. BellBottom is a RAW agent sees through the plan and thus, begins India’s first covert operation. A story based on true events, led by BellBottom, that went on to create one of the most defining moments of the country.
Story of this film is fantastic and well researched. It also tells about an important event in history which many might not know about. Screenplay is effective and tight. However, the film could have been tighter in the first half. Overall movie is a complete entertainer meant for the big screen. Kudos to the entire team for pulling off a film of this scale in the pandemic and also releasing it when cinemas haven’t opened everywhere. Definitely a step forward as far as the revival of the film industry is concerned. My view on this movie Highly Recommended !!
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