Bholaa

The screenplay (there are a number of writing credits) is confusing and chaotic with choppy timelines.

Ajay Devgn delivers a no-holds-barred, bang-for-your-buck actioner.

Bholaa is Kaithi on steroids.

Trishul in hand, his forehead smeared in sacred ash, Ajay Devgn looks menacing in Bholaa, but otherwise struggles to convey the mythic qualities of his character.

So overwhelming is the film’s commitment to be fan service that the urgency embedded in the premise gets diluted swiftly and then all at once.

To be clear, Bholaa isn’t a good film. But when the movie stops in its tracks (quite literally, as it turns out) and unleashes an action sequence, it’s undeniably glorious.

All you have at the end of Bholaa is an audience that’s bored and, thanks to the film’s terrible sound design, hard of hearing.

Instead of a taut thriller, we get a listless action ballad that manages to invisibilise Tabu.

Bholaa packs in quite a punch with his strength, grit and charisma.

Bholaa takes all the worst elements of bloated action flicks and puts them into this overly long, messy, and idiotic film. The police in this movie are so stupid, they leave their police station unlocked and unstaffed while prisoners are inside.