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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan : Movie Name
Directed by: Ali Abbas Zafar
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sonakshi Sinha, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, Ronit Bose Roy
Genre: Comedy, Action, Thriller
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Release Date: 09 April, 2024
Production Company: Pooja Entertainment, AAZ Films
Rating:
Budget: ₹350 crore
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan: Overview
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is an upcoming Hindi-language action-thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Zafar, Jackky Bhagnani, Vashu Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, and Himanshu Kishan Mehra under the banners of Pooja Entertainment and AAZ Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff in the title roles, alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sonakshi Sinha, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, and Ronit Bose Roy.
The film was announced on 8 February 2022. Principal photography began in January 2023, with filming taking place at various locations across Mumbai, Scotland, London, Luton, Abu Dhabi, and Jordan. The soundtrack album is composed by Vishal Mishra, while Julius Packiam composed the background score, with Marcin Laskawiec as the cinematographer, and Steven H. Bernard as the editor. The visual effects are handled by DNEG.
Initially scheduled for a December 2023 release, the film is now scheduled for theatrical release on Eid 2024.
It was reported in December 2021 that Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff were coming together for Ali Abbas Zafar’s next action film. Eventually, the film was announced on 8 February 2022.
The music of the film is composed by Vishal Mishra while the background score is composed by Julius Packiam. The first single titled “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (Title Track)” was released on 19 February 2024. The second single titled “Mast Malang Jhoom” was released on 28 February 2024. The third single titled “Sanam” will release on 8 March 2024.
Movie Trailer:
Movie Review:
Action by the Army high command begets reaction from a friend-turned-foe antagonist! Hanging in between by a thin rope, which is presented in the name of a plot, are us viewers, braving one action scene after another. Action which nullifies Newton’s laws on gravity and motion. For, when Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan join hands, their collective desh bhakti propels them to do gravity-defying stunts and with an antagonist who specialises in cloning people with the best DNAs and Terminator-inspired bodies, the reactions are not necessarily proportionate, but harsher and multi-pronged.
Director Ali Abbas Zafar’s Eid treat is not limited to the laws of physics alone, but explores chemistry too. The chemistry of its main leads Firoz aka Freddy (Akshay Kumar) and Rakesh aka Rocky (Tiger Shroff). Their ‘I have your back’ camaraderie and goofy banter bring some relief and that is the only high point of the film.
Wait, there is more to come. Zafar, riding on some ‘science dopamine’, combines these physics and chemistry formulae with Artificial Intelligence to take the story forward.
We are introduced to the most decorated soldiers of Commander Azad (Ronit Roy) in Afghanistan, where they are entrusted with the mission to rescue hostages. The action begins with bazookas going berserk, bombs destroying everything that has ‘enemy’ written on it amidst puns flying in hordes. ‘Terrorism main bhi nepotism hai!’ comes from Rocky, and it sticks.
Well, the two get stripped of their vardis because of insubordination (what else?), but are soon called back by Azad. The threat is now mask-wearing Kabir (Prithviraj Sukumaran). Empowered with his brain-controlled cloned soldiers, he is hell bent on opening a two-front war, with the Pakistanis and the Chinese, and compromise India’s breakthrough defence technology called Karan Kavach, which can protect the nation from Pakistani and Chinese missiles. Yes, Zafar has gone beyond the tried-and-tested ‘Pak’ formula and brought the Chinese into the Bollywood fold! Will it set a new trend in reel geopolitics? Only box-office numbers will tell.
The narrative soon turns into a battle between greed, ego and grudge on one side, and the Indian tradition of putting conscience ahead of everything else on the other. Never mind that our heroes time and again tell us, ‘Hamara ego hamare talent se bada hai.’ Their heart is in the right place, completely aligned with the Indian moral compass.
And talking about Indianness, Zafar has not given mythology a miss. The shield that can protect India from enemy missiles is named ‘Karan’ and the password is ‘Eklavya’.
Did Zafar leave anything out which modern India represents? Not really. There is an equal-rights angle too. With Captain Misha (Manushi Chhillar) doing quite a few stunts and Pam (Alaya F), the IT whiz-kid who is not afraid to tell Tiger, ‘Biceps ki jagah brains ka istemaal karo’, they are not mere cosmetic props. Sonakshi Sinha, too, in an extended cameo, plays a vital role in the Army operation. However, they fail to make much impact, simply because they are lost in the milieu where everything is larger than life. Be it the mayhem pulled off by Akshay with his fake moustache, Tiger with his GI Joesque body, or Julius Paickam’s throbbing background music.
Even the emotions the characters feel have been magnified and underscored duly so that we can feel for them — when they are fighting for the country or shaking a leg to some easily forgettable songs.
Subtlety is surely not Zafar’s strong point, nor is nuance. And that’s what stops us from saying ‘subhanallah’ to his Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan!
Movie Songs:
Song Title: Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Title Track
Song Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Music Composer: Vishal Mishra
Singer(s): Anirudh Ravichander, Vishal Mishra
Song Title: Mast Malang Jhoom
Song Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Music Composer: Vishal Mishra
Singer(s): Vishal Mishra, Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi
