In Padmaavat, however, neither does he manage to hit the right notes when it comes to the soundtrack, nor is there a single sequence which lingers on. No character reaches out; no moment is able to move you.
Padmaavat may well be Bhansali’s most sterile and insipid outing since Saawariya and Guzaarish. It manages to wear down and exhaust rather than engage.
The colours, costumes and jewellery scream luxury and weigh the actors down but very strangely I also felt the glitzy spectacle getting dwarfed in 3D IMAX.
The opulence doesn’t seem as awe-inspiring, the special effects, especially in some of the battle scenes, are plain tacky and the actors seem like cardboard dolls of themselves in the long shots, acquiring a human visage only in extreme close-ups, which is when Deepika Padukone and Aditi Rao Hydari too, looks extremely regal and radiant, which she anyhow always does.
Ranveer should try to come out of this Bhansali mould and do some fresh things for the audience.
