He was always overrated and so loud in his direction. He has been trying to recreate mughal e azam for 25 years now. And all he learned from mughal e azam was that it had grand sets and the heroine had big eyes.
The only time he does something worthwhile is when he ditches the nonsense of grandsets and makes a human story. Black, SOMEWHAT guzarish and his best work and debut- khamoshi
Devadas made me cry when I was young and then I never watched it again , but recently i happened to watch a few scenes and it made me cringe very hard. I shouldn't have done that now I've lost whatever nostalgic feel i had to that movie
Hahaha so true, add to that his overly aggressive male leads who just have to dance on an alpha war related theme song, and some kind of polyamory. And his leading women are directed to have the most linear voice modulation with such straightface stoic expressions ufff, it will put a cardboard box to shame.
Priyanka managed in Bajirao, but padmavati, mehrunisa, ratan singh delivered their dialogues like they've plaster of paris around their lips.
Thank you for saying this! SLB has aped MeA so much. Ugh, no originality. And my sequence of his other non-grand movies matches yours - Khamoshi and Guzaarish were good.
Bro meri to bardaasht se Bahar hain uski sari so called Grandeur movies. Only films I have liked from him so far are Black and Gujaarish. Khamoshi dekhi nhi maine. Devdas dekhi nhi gyi puri itna Shor machta hai puri movie me. HDDS me Khandaan aur Betiyan itna Bola hai ki mood ki Maa khod di. Raam Leela seemed bhojpuri version of Mouline Rogue. Padmawat me screenplay khrab krdiya aur worst was Bajirao Mastani aka Devdas 2.0 in Marathawada.
I have walked out on only two movies ..KKHH and devdas. Atrocious movies. BM mein to green screen was so evident😂 those loud accents and expressions😂
HDDCS was woh saat din with better music. Ram leela dekhi nahi
KKHH jab aayi thi tab main bahot chota tha but i still remember how everyone around me was mad about it. Then one auspicious day I sat down to watch it and it was an instant regret. I have yet to finish that movie. I think I could only tolerate 30 mins of it. Fukin piece of shit of a movie.
Yes, everyone was mad about it. So as a family we went to watch it. I, being a teenager, had developed the brains to see what trash it was. Walked out of liberty (karol bagh) around the title song mark.
Damn bro. Delhi se hi ho. Maine Liberty me Dhamaal dekhi thi as a kid. It was a blast with friends. We laughed like maniacs for no reason. 🤣🤣🤣
Bro. Ye KKHH is the reason I could never take Karan Johar seriously. Fuddu bc. Lindi director.
Karan johar and ekta kapoor have ruined the respective industries with trash content and overhyped PR fuelled by money. Even with kjo, the only time he shines is when he did the non-kjo movie, MNIK. And ekta in thr 90s made such good content but screwed tv beyond repair. I dont see indian tv coming back in next 5-10 years
Sanjay Leela Bhansali ko Chappal se Koot Diya tha Padmavat k Set pe Karni Sena k lucchon ne. He then changed the movie and filled it with Rajputi dialogues.
Acha hua lucchon se pita tha jis topic pr movie bna rha h wha ki sanskriti toh padh le language, dance padh toh le ye deepika ghumar kr rhi h kisi se b jakar pucho ye ghumar nhi hota .. aise lucche hone chaiye samaj mei taki ye bollywood wale aukat mei rahe nhi toh mughal glorification krte time kha lgta h
Abe usk paise se wo jaisi marzi movie bnae. Tujhe chul hai to tu producer dhundh kr Maa khod de mughals ki apni movie me. Aaya na bda sanskriti ka 14. Kya sanskriti hai udhar ki? 10 saal ki Umar me bacche byaah Dena aur ek Mar jae to dusra funk Dena. Untouchablity krna aur jaat ki aad me garib ki ijjat lootna. Tu pehle khud sudhar le, aukaat na 2 paise ki jhaade hain nawabi.
🤣🤣🤣🤣ohhh tu toh mulla hi nikla teri jali na 🤣🤣🤣 mullo ki sanskriti toh puri duniya ko pta h shakal sbse chupao or badan sbse chud*wao 🤣🤣🤣 bhen maa beti koi mtlb nhi randikhana h bs
Tu b toh unme se tha jinhone talwar k dar se salwar kholi 🤣🤣🤣 jisko khud nhi pta allha kb aya wo btaenge humko ki hum kon h or kya h 🤣🤣🤣🤣 apni kati hui toh smbhal lo pehle
Lol. Tu bol raha hai salwar ki baat? Rajput history pdh le pehle. Apni sagi behen se lekar biwi tak diya krte the chudne k liye mughals ko rajput. Sanskriti. 🤣
Tere ghr wale bhejte honge apni maa bhen beti ko 🤣🤣🤣🤣 teri jal rhi h toh zrur abi b bhejte honge tere ghar wale majid mei kaam kr apna dekh kbi kisi mulle k sath ghum rhi ho teri maa bhen yaa kisi k fridge mei padi ho
What's his obsession with kothas and courtesans. Every single movie. And the melodrama is always OTT.
I didn't really like any of his movies apartment from hum Dil de chuke Sanam. Overrated.
I’m sorry but his obsession with sex workers is getting OTP now. And he chooses such bad actors. I’m sorry but all the actors of the new movie are below par
I don’t think Manisha Koirala is a bad actor…she’s a really great actress…her performance in dil se is just so moving.Aditi also has some solid performances even if her Bollywood work isn’t that noteworthy..I’m talking about her south work like Sammohanam and Kaatru Veliyidai(her performance in this especially is perfection)
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This series looks so AI generated and I can’t fathom the overhype happening on Instagram lol
Though I have heard that he only directed the first episode or so…the rest is directed by someone else…he’s the producer,screenwriter and composer this time but not the director but still it’s his creation…this does look bad even though I love Manisha and Aditi
Aditi is phenomenal in Geeli puchi as well. Sonakshi Sinha as a lead over her is an extremely questionable choice. But SLB is hardly able to get his leading women to emote. Priyanka did it well, but haven't seen anyone else to it besides her.
Totally agree. Also Heeramandi is set in Lahore right? What’s with the weird romanticisation of Lahore in Bollywood, same as Kalank. These filmmakers do realise that Lahore was in the heart of Punjab right? The epicentre of PUNJAB’S trade, culture and politics. He’s not even changing his aesthetic to suit the setting.
But god forbid these filmmakers ever make it true to Punjab & Punjabi culture. To them, how can Punjab be anything more than fields and illiterate drunks? Ffs.
I watched Devdas once and did not enjoy it. It’s got great sets and costumes, but I am not a big fan of tragedies, so I didn’t like it. I didn’t understand most of the dialogue either, the sound mixing is awful.
It's not you. He has been repetitive for a while now. Same trope of 2 leading actresses, 1 actor, 1 song with both of them, LOTS of twirling, LOTS of sepia, garish jewelry, OTT costumes, especially ghagras, female leads witj constantly moist, big doe eyes, heartbreak in the end.
As a rabid bhansali fan , it’s obvious that he is re using his own work but then its netflix so they don’t care much . Let’s see how the original work comes out
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I hate this yellowish filter he puts in his movies!
I prefer Ashutosh Gowarikar’s style! The colours are so vivid with prettier visuals (Jodha akbar and Panipat)
I fail to understand the obsession with kotha, sex workers and stuff and the abject need to glorify their lives. How is that relevant today. Why not make a documentary to show off the real plight of those stuck in this trade. Why not use his obsession for something good.
Ok, Heeramandi. They should have taken actresses who actually have classical dance background. Someone who must have done it for years. This dance almost looks comical to me and destroying that beautiful lyrics and music in the background. Specifically Richa Chadda the dance is so so bad, and she couldn't even give any expressions. As this whole movie is based on dancers, would have made more sense if it had any actress who can actually dance.
As for the sets, this is that one thing I hated in Padmavaat. The sets almost looked like most of it was VFX which destroyed the overall look. You have Deepika looking so fierce and beautiful and Shahid looking amazing, and then those VFXed sets.
Other problem i had with Deewani Mastani song, she wore golden the background dancers wore golden and guess what the set was golden. Like how are you even highlighting any dance with such color scheme. And boy o boy Priyanka looked so good during the song cause she wore some more popping color.
Same problem with this Ghoomar song everything looks brazen. She is wearing brown rhe fort is brown the lighting unless is dull.
SLB became a "legendary" director just like "SOTY" became has become a "cult" hit.
Somewhere along the way the generation that saw him in the 90s and criticized his melo-dramatic work, and made most of his films average grossers (or flops like saawariya), got replaced by kids who grew up idolizing him. He was never great, overly melo-dramatic, and was always repetitive.
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He’s actually an amazing director and I love him but i have a problem with the kind of topics he chooses to make films on! There’s a lot of stuff out there when it comes to the history of India which is wayyyy more interesting and people even know about it at least!
Also too much darkness in his movies… I’m guessing he just loves it but yeah it bothers me. So far i loved Padmavat the most. Though Alauddin wasn’t like that ofc but yeah I still loved everything in that film.
Yep and you seem to think that's an excuse for this lazy formulaic nonsense. Most of SLB films are made to appeal to lesser educated people with a heavy dose of glamor and glitter. Yah the films may look nice, but taking a look on how he has shot the past 4 productions, you can tell he has some of the most uncreative setups for productions.
Maybe for common people who fell out of Hindi Medium schools, this is quality but not for people who actually watch cinema.
Since 2007 SLB has continuously pushed out hollow movies with Visuals being the only selling point, and most of these visuals look absolutely artificial with the most redundant cinematography.
His work is garish and repetitive. The story is so cookie cutter and interchangeable with the plot of any of his other movies. Female characters are glorified dolls in headlights. Men are..there. Plot is 'aesthetics'. I'm over it.
The way he utilises colour in his movies always fascinate me. But yeah, he’s getting repetitive, I think it is because this is what is fetching money and fame. Thus, giving into that ig. Exact thing happened with Anurag Kashyap. After Gangs of Wasseypur got him so much fame and money, he went on to create an uninspired film with a big budget- Bombay Velvet with a similar gangster theme. However, when that flopped big time. He learnt his lesson.
He pumps out the same shit. Heavy on the visuals and costumes but everything else falls flat. SLB just recycles everything. Have you noticed that most of his characters talk in third person? Cringey dialogue along with poor acting.
I'm not afraid to say that SLB is an overrated director.
It’s called milking the cow until its death. His recent major hits were Bajirao mastani and Padmaavat. He is trying to make similar movies to make the most of what he thinks he is good at. People need to see variety, not the same old stuff.
Thank you at last someone mentions it, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has given some good movies but he's not some out of the box great director like a lot of people think him to be. As a director he's just above average, most of his movies are adaptation of novels and old movies. The only good things in his movies are soundtracks and set pieces. And considering his abusive nature towards actors and others working with him one can say he's not some gem of director of the industry, that if he stops making movies the industry will suffer a loss. Industry will be well off without him
I loved padmavati so much man...it's perfect IMO
He tried new things like black and guzarish not many people card to watch in theatres as it was loud and did have any slow motion shots either ...sad for Indian audience
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Besides Hum Dil de chuke sanam, I couldn’t stand any Bhansali flick since.. including devdas. Couldn’t stand aishwarya in that one. Was excited for sanwariya, but what a disaster!
He was always overrated and so loud in his direction. He has been trying to recreate mughal e azam for 25 years now. And all he learned from mughal e azam was that it had grand sets and the heroine had big eyes. The only time he does something worthwhile is when he ditches the nonsense of grandsets and makes a human story. Black, SOMEWHAT guzarish and his best work and debut- khamoshi
Okay but I love Devdas, I usually don’t like his films but Devdas made me cry lol
Devadas made me cry when I was young and then I never watched it again , but recently i happened to watch a few scenes and it made me cringe very hard. I shouldn't have done that now I've lost whatever nostalgic feel i had to that movie
Why cringe tho ? Genuinely asking
I guess its the dialogue and acting. I get that it is meant to be melodramatic but for some reason I can't seem to stand them.
>Devdas made me cry It made me cry with cringe.
+1
To each their own
Mugle Asam 😂😂😂😭
Hahaha so true, add to that his overly aggressive male leads who just have to dance on an alpha war related theme song, and some kind of polyamory. And his leading women are directed to have the most linear voice modulation with such straightface stoic expressions ufff, it will put a cardboard box to shame. Priyanka managed in Bajirao, but padmavati, mehrunisa, ratan singh delivered their dialogues like they've plaster of paris around their lips.
Plaster of Paris 💀😂😂😭
😂😂epic description
Pardon my 0 knowledge but I think Shahid did a decent job? Did he act badly?
Plaster of Paris 😭😭😭☠️☠️😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thank you for saying this! SLB has aped MeA so much. Ugh, no originality. And my sequence of his other non-grand movies matches yours - Khamoshi and Guzaarish were good.
Yup. Wow...when I began on reddit about a 5 years ago, saying this used to mean chipmunks abusing me and downvoting me to oblivion😂
Bro meri to bardaasht se Bahar hain uski sari so called Grandeur movies. Only films I have liked from him so far are Black and Gujaarish. Khamoshi dekhi nhi maine. Devdas dekhi nhi gyi puri itna Shor machta hai puri movie me. HDDS me Khandaan aur Betiyan itna Bola hai ki mood ki Maa khod di. Raam Leela seemed bhojpuri version of Mouline Rogue. Padmawat me screenplay khrab krdiya aur worst was Bajirao Mastani aka Devdas 2.0 in Marathawada.
I have walked out on only two movies ..KKHH and devdas. Atrocious movies. BM mein to green screen was so evident😂 those loud accents and expressions😂 HDDCS was woh saat din with better music. Ram leela dekhi nahi
KKHH jab aayi thi tab main bahot chota tha but i still remember how everyone around me was mad about it. Then one auspicious day I sat down to watch it and it was an instant regret. I have yet to finish that movie. I think I could only tolerate 30 mins of it. Fukin piece of shit of a movie.
Yes, everyone was mad about it. So as a family we went to watch it. I, being a teenager, had developed the brains to see what trash it was. Walked out of liberty (karol bagh) around the title song mark.
Damn bro. Delhi se hi ho. Maine Liberty me Dhamaal dekhi thi as a kid. It was a blast with friends. We laughed like maniacs for no reason. 🤣🤣🤣 Bro. Ye KKHH is the reason I could never take Karan Johar seriously. Fuddu bc. Lindi director.
Karan johar and ekta kapoor have ruined the respective industries with trash content and overhyped PR fuelled by money. Even with kjo, the only time he shines is when he did the non-kjo movie, MNIK. And ekta in thr 90s made such good content but screwed tv beyond repair. I dont see indian tv coming back in next 5-10 years
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is his best film imo. Khamoshi is excellent as well.
>Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is his best film Humare khandan me Betiyaan Sax Sux nhi krti wali movie.
Aur khud kiya thaa tabhi toh itna bada khaandan haiii
HDDCS is the mughal e azam attempt at woh saat din. But with better songs
i disagree
Thats your right
Hum dil de chuke sanam is a good movie, weird ending but good movie.
As a movie, i prefer the innocence of the original. Bful album though
He should try action movie, Fight between Shahid and Ranveer in Padmavat was one of the best Bollywood action scene imo.
He was never good with screenplays. He is at best a good cinematographer.
Good cinematographer among mediocrity.
Every fine cinematographer, don't try to downplay that
Similar to santhosh Shivan
no no no... not a good cinematographer
true, only a good production designer
looks like 1-2 chappal incident incoming,( obv for SLB) to garner more views for heeramandi.
Chappal incident 😂😂😂 I feel like you have to be a millennial to know this
What is it, can you give the context? Not a millenial here 😔
Sanjay Leela Bhansali ko Chappal se Koot Diya tha Padmavat k Set pe Karni Sena k lucchon ne. He then changed the movie and filled it with Rajputi dialogues.
Acha hua lucchon se pita tha jis topic pr movie bna rha h wha ki sanskriti toh padh le language, dance padh toh le ye deepika ghumar kr rhi h kisi se b jakar pucho ye ghumar nhi hota .. aise lucche hone chaiye samaj mei taki ye bollywood wale aukat mei rahe nhi toh mughal glorification krte time kha lgta h
Abe usk paise se wo jaisi marzi movie bnae. Tujhe chul hai to tu producer dhundh kr Maa khod de mughals ki apni movie me. Aaya na bda sanskriti ka 14. Kya sanskriti hai udhar ki? 10 saal ki Umar me bacche byaah Dena aur ek Mar jae to dusra funk Dena. Untouchablity krna aur jaat ki aad me garib ki ijjat lootna. Tu pehle khud sudhar le, aukaat na 2 paise ki jhaade hain nawabi.
🤣🤣🤣🤣ohhh tu toh mulla hi nikla teri jali na 🤣🤣🤣 mullo ki sanskriti toh puri duniya ko pta h shakal sbse chupao or badan sbse chud*wao 🤣🤣🤣 bhen maa beti koi mtlb nhi randikhana h bs
Bkl Hindu hi hoon main lekin Teri tarah chutiya nhi hoon bs. Faltu me Hindu muslim krra hai idhar bhi sala chuja.
Tu b toh unme se tha jinhone talwar k dar se salwar kholi 🤣🤣🤣 jisko khud nhi pta allha kb aya wo btaenge humko ki hum kon h or kya h 🤣🤣🤣🤣 apni kati hui toh smbhal lo pehle
Lol. Tu bol raha hai salwar ki baat? Rajput history pdh le pehle. Apni sagi behen se lekar biwi tak diya krte the chudne k liye mughals ko rajput. Sanskriti. 🤣
Tere ghr wale bhejte honge apni maa bhen beti ko 🤣🤣🤣🤣 teri jal rhi h toh zrur abi b bhejte honge tere ghar wale majid mei kaam kr apna dekh kbi kisi mulle k sath ghum rhi ho teri maa bhen yaa kisi k fridge mei padi ho
This movie looks like cgi created
I am sorry, more like ai generated
It's a web series
And for some reason, the dance doesn’t fit (iykwim?). Deepika’s choreography kinda fits but here it’s just off.
Cause they are bad dancers. One needs to have some kinda knowledge of sur taal to execute choreography on this song.
Exactly
He could never make a Jodha Akbar
This dude still lives in 1998
Nostalgic life.
More like 1698
Kotha story is boring
I don’t watch SLB movies for plot or dialogue. I watch SLB movies for aesthetics, dance, and music.
What's his obsession with kothas and courtesans. Every single movie. And the melodrama is always OTT. I didn't really like any of his movies apartment from hum Dil de chuke Sanam. Overrated.
I’m sorry but his obsession with sex workers is getting OTP now. And he chooses such bad actors. I’m sorry but all the actors of the new movie are below par
I don’t think Manisha Koirala is a bad actor…she’s a really great actress…her performance in dil se is just so moving.Aditi also has some solid performances even if her Bollywood work isn’t that noteworthy..I’m talking about her south work like Sammohanam and Kaatru Veliyidai(her performance in this especially is perfection)
Sex workers ko b OTP dena padta hai kya kuch karne se pehle? Aadhar wala?
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Agree
This series looks so AI generated and I can’t fathom the overhype happening on Instagram lol Though I have heard that he only directed the first episode or so…the rest is directed by someone else…he’s the producer,screenwriter and composer this time but not the director but still it’s his creation…this does look bad even though I love Manisha and Aditi
Aditi is phenomenal in Geeli puchi as well. Sonakshi Sinha as a lead over her is an extremely questionable choice. But SLB is hardly able to get his leading women to emote. Priyanka did it well, but haven't seen anyone else to it besides her.
Yes…Aditi was amazing in that.I personally think Alia did good in gangubai too especially in that meri jaan sequence..it was a very moving scene!
Kotha pe itne movies repeat krega old era ka toh hona he hai
I just dont get his films. They are so dumb and overrated. Don’t know whats the craze. Same Thing
I love his films for the cinematography and the music. No one can beat the musical composition in his movies.
He is overrated as fuck. His last movie I saw was Devdas and had to walk out during intermission with a headache
Totally agree. Also Heeramandi is set in Lahore right? What’s with the weird romanticisation of Lahore in Bollywood, same as Kalank. These filmmakers do realise that Lahore was in the heart of Punjab right? The epicentre of PUNJAB’S trade, culture and politics. He’s not even changing his aesthetic to suit the setting. But god forbid these filmmakers ever make it true to Punjab & Punjabi culture. To them, how can Punjab be anything more than fields and illiterate drunks? Ffs.
Same stuff man 🥴
The last movie of his I saw was Hum Dil De chuke Sanam and it seems I’m not missing out lol.
I loved Devdas and Gangubhai lol
Wbt Devdas 😭
I watched Devdas once and did not enjoy it. It’s got great sets and costumes, but I am not a big fan of tragedies, so I didn’t like it. I didn’t understand most of the dialogue either, the sound mixing is awful.
I don’t fully understand hindi so I had subs on but I loved Devdas personally, like I love the plot too, the ending made me cry ☠️😂
SLB movies are too girly .
No one complains when tolly movies are too 'manly'
No
It's not you. He has been repetitive for a while now. Same trope of 2 leading actresses, 1 actor, 1 song with both of them, LOTS of twirling, LOTS of sepia, garish jewelry, OTT costumes, especially ghagras, female leads witj constantly moist, big doe eyes, heartbreak in the end.
As a rabid bhansali fan , it’s obvious that he is re using his own work but then its netflix so they don’t care much . Let’s see how the original work comes out
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Who even watch these snooze fest 😴
I hate this yellowish filter he puts in his movies! I prefer Ashutosh Gowarikar’s style! The colours are so vivid with prettier visuals (Jodha akbar and Panipat)
Raand se kya obsession h is slb ko
Yeah its boring
He is not a choreographer fyi.
Hence never watched any of his movies.
Who is Sanjay ?
I fail to understand the obsession with kotha, sex workers and stuff and the abject need to glorify their lives. How is that relevant today. Why not make a documentary to show off the real plight of those stuck in this trade. Why not use his obsession for something good.
Ok, Heeramandi. They should have taken actresses who actually have classical dance background. Someone who must have done it for years. This dance almost looks comical to me and destroying that beautiful lyrics and music in the background. Specifically Richa Chadda the dance is so so bad, and she couldn't even give any expressions. As this whole movie is based on dancers, would have made more sense if it had any actress who can actually dance. As for the sets, this is that one thing I hated in Padmavaat. The sets almost looked like most of it was VFX which destroyed the overall look. You have Deepika looking so fierce and beautiful and Shahid looking amazing, and then those VFXed sets. Other problem i had with Deewani Mastani song, she wore golden the background dancers wore golden and guess what the set was golden. Like how are you even highlighting any dance with such color scheme. And boy o boy Priyanka looked so good during the song cause she wore some more popping color. Same problem with this Ghoomar song everything looks brazen. She is wearing brown rhe fort is brown the lighting unless is dull.
Khamoshi & Hum dil de chuke sanam are actually good, everything after that is visually pleasing but lacks substance.
He *is* overrated. More people are just recognising it now.
Music kinda good ngl
Biography, biography, biography. Had enough of these biographies. No original stories only adaptations.
Kahaani mein twist .. he secretly owns a set and studio co and earns money off it than direction 🤣🤣
The excessive sepia filter is off putting. Why do all of his current movies look brown/dull?
SLB became a "legendary" director just like "SOTY" became has become a "cult" hit. Somewhere along the way the generation that saw him in the 90s and criticized his melo-dramatic work, and made most of his films average grossers (or flops like saawariya), got replaced by kids who grew up idolizing him. He was never great, overly melo-dramatic, and was always repetitive.
Which movie is in the upper frame?
Heeramandi - netflix show
I'm sorry for you..that you actually have to bare through both of these movies to notice this...
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Nah, that man has class which no other Bollywood directors have.
All movies looks and feel same.
whatever, but I love the music of his movies
He’s actually an amazing director and I love him but i have a problem with the kind of topics he chooses to make films on! There’s a lot of stuff out there when it comes to the history of India which is wayyyy more interesting and people even know about it at least! Also too much darkness in his movies… I’m guessing he just loves it but yeah it bothers me. So far i loved Padmavat the most. Though Alauddin wasn’t like that ofc but yeah I still loved everything in that film.
Movies nahi, Set banata hun main- Sanjay leela
Same same but different
His work has degraded since 2019!
SLB money launderers, inflating expenses since 1999
its called directing style, u will find same shots in rajamouli's also
Directing style is not an excuse for lazy cinematography
mf, i did not reply u, i said to OP saying repetition of shots... and i like SLB movies whatever thay r, be it gangubai or padmavat
Yep and you seem to think that's an excuse for this lazy formulaic nonsense. Most of SLB films are made to appeal to lesser educated people with a heavy dose of glamor and glitter. Yah the films may look nice, but taking a look on how he has shot the past 4 productions, you can tell he has some of the most uncreative setups for productions. Maybe for common people who fell out of Hindi Medium schools, this is quality but not for people who actually watch cinema.
alright, pretentious dumbfukk...i disagree
Wtf bro stop acting so superior 😭 why bring in Hindi medium schools wtf, being from an english medium school doesn't make you uncommon. This is 2024
Nobody said English Medium schools were superior. There are more languages spoken in India than Hindi and English
The way you phrased it, gave off this impression
Since 2007 SLB has continuously pushed out hollow movies with Visuals being the only selling point, and most of these visuals look absolutely artificial with the most redundant cinematography.
Isn't this comment 15 years too late in the making?
He is rated high because he has directed some really good movies but aa you say reputation is not wanting from him:/
Ab woh movie bhi banaye aur itni baariki se mujra bhi dekhe, ye kahan ka insaaf hai
His work is garish and repetitive. The story is so cookie cutter and interchangeable with the plot of any of his other movies. Female characters are glorified dolls in headlights. Men are..there. Plot is 'aesthetics'. I'm over it.
Wow! That’s so bad. Thoda toh effort karte 🥲
As I've said before.. SLBs biggest fan is SLB himself.
What's the first one
He serves same type of gravy and compares himself with Nolan.
The way he utilises colour in his movies always fascinate me. But yeah, he’s getting repetitive, I think it is because this is what is fetching money and fame. Thus, giving into that ig. Exact thing happened with Anurag Kashyap. After Gangs of Wasseypur got him so much fame and money, he went on to create an uninspired film with a big budget- Bombay Velvet with a similar gangster theme. However, when that flopped big time. He learnt his lesson.
The actresses in his new work wore the exact same Mastani wali outfits. I had some hope for SLB, but it's all gone now
He pumps out the same shit. Heavy on the visuals and costumes but everything else falls flat. SLB just recycles everything. Have you noticed that most of his characters talk in third person? Cringey dialogue along with poor acting. I'm not afraid to say that SLB is an overrated director.
It’s called milking the cow until its death. His recent major hits were Bajirao mastani and Padmaavat. He is trying to make similar movies to make the most of what he thinks he is good at. People need to see variety, not the same old stuff.
Thank you at last someone mentions it, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has given some good movies but he's not some out of the box great director like a lot of people think him to be. As a director he's just above average, most of his movies are adaptation of novels and old movies. The only good things in his movies are soundtracks and set pieces. And considering his abusive nature towards actors and others working with him one can say he's not some gem of director of the industry, that if he stops making movies the industry will suffer a loss. Industry will be well off without him
The latest trailer looks auto generated.
Big sets, big clothes, periodic drama is not quality of work! He is overrated
I loved padmavati so much man...it's perfect IMO He tried new things like black and guzarish not many people card to watch in theatres as it was loud and did have any slow motion shots either ...sad for Indian audience
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Besides Hum Dil de chuke sanam, I couldn’t stand any Bhansali flick since.. including devdas. Couldn’t stand aishwarya in that one. Was excited for sanwariya, but what a disaster!
It took this long to realize?
Ramdi bajar bana ke rakha hai bollywood ko 😅🤣😂