Bodyguard (I) (2011) User Reviews

The ending?? :( (Spoiler in review)

[erisedwitch45 · 4/10 · 31 August 2011]

Hmmm... It's difficult to write a not-so-good review of a Salman Khan movie because of his fan-following but here it is-

Salman is indebted to Raj Babbar for saving his life. He gets an assignment to protect Babbar's daughter- Kareena, who at first despises him but slowly falls in love. They talk over the phone so Salman doesn't know who his lady love is (Kareena is aware of this fact). Thus the movie continues with some funny moments, few romantic scenes etc.

SPOILER!!! The weird part of the movie is the scene shown a few minutes before the ending. Why, why would someone write an ending like that? Out of NOWHERE, Kareena's best friend falls in love with Salman! They don't even show any such scene where the best friend pines over him or something before that. She hugs him once and falls in love! What a twist!

That didn't exactly ruin the movie for me because I am not a fan of Salman movies, however, the 'twist in the story' was really stupid.

There are good action scenes in the movie, some songs are nice. Kareena is good in the movie. I am sure this movie will do well in India because for some reason, people just love Salman. :)

An entertaining action flick with worst possible ending!!

[Lover-UD · 6/10 · 31 August 2011]

Starting from Wanted, Salman started a special genre of movies which stars a hero which is Crazy, Insane, carries a unique attitude and style of doing things, have a punch line always with him, moves his body in a fashion, no one ever did and creates an aura around him, which overshadows all the other characters in the movie. After Dabang and Ready which just manages to maintain this, Bodyguard takes the Wanted tradition to a new height, spare the ending of the movie. Salman as a Bodyguard named Lovely Singh has a bookish and sincere approach to his job with all the strange rules, which certainly brings smile on your lips. His "Ahsaan" dialog, his breathing biceps as a dance step and his ruthless beating black and blue to the Gundas surely makes his fans jumping on their seats.

The movie starts with a sensational entry followed by a blasting action sequence of Salman. From the very beginning movie creates its own aura that continues in spite of few longer romantic sequences until movie reaches to last 15 mins. After Salman finishes and breaks down all the possible danger to Karina it was all well taken by the audience, whistling, applauding and shouting in praise and madness.

Nobody would have even imagined about such a pathetic ending of a nicely directed movie by Mr. Siddique which seemed to be handed over to some other writer for its ending and director for last few scenes. The end of the movie can very well be the last fighting sequence and everybody in the theater would have gone back with dancing legs, a smile and a tickle about such a Strange but lovable stud hero. Movie completely lose its track in its last 15 mins. Why these twists and turns when movie is actually not intended to be made in such a way.

Not to forget, mentioning the marvelous action in the movie which undoubtedly is the best in bollywood in last decade. Music as well as background score is also a positive for the movie. Overall it was again a Sallu movie and quite and entertaining one.

Cut this ending and release it again with an alternate one.

Its all star power to blame.

[marndibiswa · 5/10 · 12 September 2011]

Bodyguard seems to be a follow up of Dabbang and Ready, Salman Khan's previous blockbuster but it seems a more messy mash up of these earlier versions. The film didn't show any promise neither from its trailer neither when the reel starts rolling. As the painfully hilarious proceedings go on there is no way you can concentrate except to wonder how far Salman's star power is going to drag this film. It is evident that the director has put all his test on Salman and played a rather bold step. Not surprisingly the movie will be a crowd pleasure for many a viewer but there a re many who will be fatigued by its lack of plot and tactless story telling.

Meant to be a love story the movie is as predictable as a five year old can imagine. But the most painful scenes are the incessant annoying jokes from the side characters and the naive portrayal of the lead character.May be fat jokes were never this bad. In this male star power driven film there is definitely no space for Kareena Kapoor to show her talent. Whatever but as time passes by and peril hovers on the female lead the action scenes we are fed is not that brilliant too. As many previous films have proved that hero worship is not bad for box office but at least they should be made credible enough for all to believe or at best convincing. But no Bodyguard is a far cry from this and instead we get is a lot of crappy and cheap special effects. And the last and the most important scene of unbuttoning Salman's shirt was by far the worst creativity anyone can come up with. Its really sad that after so much of crazy mishaps there was some substance at the climax of the film. Though the writing at the climax should be praised it is too less an too little after two hours of stupidity.

At least Salman's charisma works enough for you to wait till the end. Its surprising that a single performance can put such leverage to a film as such. And a special applaud to the song 'Teri Meri' which was much better than all other mediocre tracks. At the end it doesn't seem fair that a single star and a single song put so many audiences through the film. May be such case shouldn't be criticized rather appraised for such a daring feat.

Unbelievably intolerable

[tathagatverma-981-497310 · 3/10 · 31 August 2011]

Though a reasonable storyline, the screenplay doesn't do justice. Very ordinary performances. Over the top actions with unjustifiable dialogues, which is a very common thing for a Salman Khan movie; as is expected. Worth a watch if you are a die-hard fan. Music is pretty good. So is the choreography, especially the Katrina Kaifeng sequence.

The story starts with unquestionable irregularities buts cuts it pretty okay for about half an hour with a typical Salman entry as has become quite often in his movies. The second us pretty descent when compared to entire length. The music, specially the "I love you" number has been picturised well. The movie wasn't too long and the plot wasn't stretched either which is good thing and goes in the favor of the director. Unfortunately the same can't said for the direction of scenes itself. Overall an okay-one-time watch; then again, maybe not.

Overall an okay or one time watch. Then again, maybe not.

Just Bakwas

[arvindkrb · 1/10 · 3 September 2011]

If you are a die hard Salman Khan fan ..... then you may like this movie....

otherwise it is just CRAP!!!!!!

It looked better than his previous movies..... but I was totally wrong.....It was a whole lot worse.

This movie has the Worst ending ever............unjustifiable dialogues(so what u can expect from a Salman khan movie)......

just look at some of Salman khans previous movies..... Wanted,Dabaang,Ready,and now Bodyguard....all looks each others sequels.... nothing new..... nothing innovative......weird dance steps invented by Salman himself.....

Due to people like these......level of Bollywood movies is declining day by day....

Bollywood people used to make remakes of Hollywood movies..... and now they have started to make remakes of South Indian movies..... It is a step backwards.....

Please don't watch this movie......

Waste of time and money

total full of CRAPS....

[shubhamkat-ever · 1/10 · 1 September 2011]

this is the worst i could ever imagined...stale story line up, stale expressions,awful and mindless south Indian action... Bodyguard featured Salmaan...after giving a crap like Ready what anyone could expect from this.this movie is better than ready but not upto mark of the star cast.... movie is inspired from a a south Indian movie and also from one of Hindi movie's love story... movie contains action,comedy, drama but the only good part in the movie is the music....few songs are good n hummable....this movie is a total waste of money and time because it is awe-fully bad n STALE... so better keep out of this one.....

It may earn many more crores than before, but for me its like playing with the innocent loyalty of your millions of fans.

[bobbysing · 29 September 2011]

With this new EID release of another SALMAN KHAN movie, I would rather like to go for its review in a different mode.

First of all let me tell you that as far as the economics of Film Business goes, this has "A New Blockbuster" written all over it without any doubt. Releasing on a national EID holiday (on Wednesday), with more than 2,500 prints and 10-15 shows in a multiplex, plus full houses in the single screen theaters too, How can such a film can ever flop, irrespective of its content or quality? Considering the phenomenal fan following of the STAR, it is bound to become a success in any case before even the week starts on Monday. So, if you want to know the box office result of the film, then in all possibilities this should make a hat-trick of Hits for Salman, unless the Indian viewers wake up miraculously from their media created sleep.

Now secondly coming to the content of the film, what can one think of the story of a film, with the title BODYGUARD? Obviously it has to be the love story between the Bodyguard and the owner of the body he is guarding. Hence in that respect the film has got nothing new and it remains completely predictable from the first frame itself where the viewer very well knows what he is going to see in the next reels.

So it all comes down to the treatment of the film, which sadly is again below the mark and not at all impressive as expected. Salman's magic is there for sure, but he is not given the perfect action or entertaining sequences which can win over the viewers as compared to his WANTED or DABANGG. The humor is pretty lifeless and sounds outdated with all 80s kind of jokes which fail to create the required impact. However, it seems that the writers were very much aware of its boring plot and therefore they thought of adding an unexpected twist towards its climax. But, believe me, this last reel addition is one of the most bizarre climaxes I have ever seen, written very poorly without any kind of sane, real life vision.

In few words, it's a big disappointment in almost all its departments ranging from the story, script, direction and execution. Though the stars acts convincingly putting best of their efforts, but they alone are not capable of giving you a good time in the theater. Honestly speaking, I enjoyed only the first opening song when SALMAN enters the screen in the entire film and was really thinking why this was chosen to be re-made in Hindi since it had nothing to rave about in its script and content.

Nevertheless, SALMAN is there with all his trademark moves in the film, along with doing another kind hearted gesture for his own real life bodyguard, Tiger. Very sportingly Salman wears the uniform of Tiger's own Security Agency and also makes Tiger dance standing next to him in the opening song. I guess that's one of the reason, why SALLU BHAI is loved all over the world for his numerous similar kind of humble, friendly acts.

To end the review, I would like to tell you that why I almost walked out of the theater while watching BODYGUARD.

The film is directed by the same director, for the third time in a different language. Now who would have done it to satisfy his creative urge? Clearly this was a project undertaken for money and money alone, otherwise what is the charm of directing the same script for the third time? As a real creatively concerned person, the director should have given the project to another talented upcoming director and he could have been the Creative Visualiser of the project to keep an overall look on it.

But coming to the main point of my distress, there is a scene in the film, where people are standing around a pyre on which the dead body is lying covered in white. To be precise, this is a sequence in which they all have gathered to burn one of the main villains of the film, killed by Salman. Now, to my shocking surprise, the scene has been shot by the talented director in HEAVY RAINS. The water is pouring heavily from the sky, the pile of wood is all wet, the body is all wet and here come a person holding a burning mashaal to set the pyre on fire. And as filmy it can get, he also successfully puts the pyre on fire and then we are shown the body burning calmly just in the middle of a heavy rainfall.

If this is what you call direction then Sorry, I am not interested in writing about this film anymore. For me its just like playing with the innocent loyalty of your millions of fans. And all the BIG STARS like SALMAN really need to give it a serious thought.

A love story which happens to be a masala movie.

[himdesai · 7/10 · 1 September 2011]

After Dabbang and Ready, this film is going to be third consecutive feather in Salman's cap.

I felt a little disappointed with the treatment of the movie. The screenplay rushed at an odd pace. The first half was intriguing and speedy, but the second half stammers a bit. Again, in the last 20 minutes, we see a hurricane of emotions.

The movie has all the proportionate elements of a Masala Movie, but I seriously felt a letdown in the humor quotient of the movie. The so- called "Tsunami Singh" was a high disappointment, rather than him, his T Shirts looked funny. The dialogues were above average.

A die-hard Salman fan might get disappointed, but it was a pleasure seeing Salman in a romantic movie; that too; was totally unexpected. Music boosted the movie, due to which, the faulty screenplay gets sidelined.

Salman Khan is in top notch here. Kareena is back in the form. Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi, Raj Babbar are remarkable. Rajat Rawail as Tsunami is a letdown. He acts well sans comic timing.

Editing by Sanjay Sankla is good, he manages to keep the movie on track in spite of futile screenplay. Cinematography by Sejal Shah is marvelous.

Himesh Reshammiya has lived up to the expectations from the fans. Background score from Sandeep Shirodkar is top class.

After watching this one, my recent favorites from Salman goes in the following order. 1. Dabbang 2. Bodyguard 3. Wanted 4. Ready

Finally, watch it! Even if you are not a Salman Khan fan, you wont regret watching this one.

If There Were A Nobel For Movies That Make You Want To Die This Wins It All

[ram-c-madan · 1/10 · 10 October 2011]

Body guard is undoubtedly *the worst* movie of all time (including Tollywood Hollywood and any other wood u can think of) .. this is one movie which deserves a negative rating ! I wish people wouldn't be thins kind with ratings.. This movie doesn't even come close to being rational . A person with the tiniest of logic would want to pour acid in his eyes to relieve himself of the pain he just endured ... the movie has the random-est of beings and *the most terrible* ending of all time ! If i could i would go slap all those producers and action directors that directed this piece of cauliflower yes this movie is that bad ! The toy helicopters and flying actors just add to the misery of the rational audience . To sum it all I wouldn't watch this movie again even if i were paid a 1000 bucks for it !

Get 'Ready' For This 'Dabangg' Bodyguard

[Somak21 · 7/10 · 31 August 2011]

From the last 2 years Salman Khan, the 'jaaneman' of mass-pullers has been giving blockbuster hits like Wanted(2009), Dabangg(2010) and that has not been a failure a single time. Wanted, Dabangg, Bbuddah, Singham - Bollywood has got into form of welcoming spectacular action flicks, so Bodyguard is nothing new for it but a Salman touch. But Bodyguard is not a Action flick like the above ones. It's main stream carries Romance but we can see a situation also where action is necessary, just like Ready. Like Ready, this one is also an adaption of south hit 'Bodyguard'. But the question arrives is Bodyguard better or Ready? Ready was a comic-con movie where there was no serious matter, but Bodyguard doesn't lack of that at all. Bbuddah, even being a spectacular film stood a 'so-so' in the box-office, Singham disappointed very much in both fields, so can Bodyguard be the most successful Action movie of this year? The Answer's 'Yes'.

When it comes to being punctual and doing his duties perfectly, Lovely Singh is unmatchable. Taking great pride in what he does, he spares no effort in giving his everything to his profession.

Summoned for an assignment of guarding Divya, the daughter of Sartaj Rana, a business tycoon. Lovely Singh accompanies her to her campus, but ends up rubbing her the wrong way with his over-protective nature ...and paranoia about security. She finds him to be a major obstacle in leading a regular campus life. To throw him off-track and get him out of the way, she comes up with a 'master-plan'- that of trapping him in a fake love affair. 'Once he's smitten by the girl of his dreams and is reveling in his new-found romance, he will leave us alone, and we shall be free to do our own thing unhindered', says Divya to her friends.

She becomes an anonymous admirer of his and starts hounding him, expressing her 'feelings' in no uncertain terms. Lovely Singh however proves to be a tough nut to crack, and it takes quite a bit of doing from her side to penetrate his fort-like exterior. But once she succeeds in doing so, he transforms into a completely different person. Divya is triumphant and is all set to relish her regained freedom.

But things take an unexpected turn when she learns a few things about Lovely Singh. Things that she could've never even imagined! And she soon finds herself trapped in a dilemma that she's unable to resolve! And with her, soon enough, Lovely Singh finds himself ensnared in a web of lies, trickery and deceit!

On the whole, Bodyguard is a successful tale of Love, Faith & Betrayal. Even the film is not an action movie fully, the action scenes are sure to rain whistles and claps and shouts. When you see Salman's entry with the title track, be sure that there will be no mercy for applause throughout the hall.

Siddique's simple but effective story and screenplay has every essential present in it that can bring a rock-hard mood in the hero. Lovely Singh is the symbol of silence, toughness and roughness and the script helps enough to glorify it. The twist-in-the-tale in the climax, which is one of the most surprising ones appeared in recent times was a stunner that makes you forget everything but to concentrate on the movie. How Sallu was tricked by nearly every man he trusted even the person he was protecting throughout, Kareena's sudden change in emotion, the unique storyline and some few but awesomely stylish action sequences and moves makes Bodyguard a dream debut for any director. Just like Abhinav Singh Kashyap, Siddique just got himself a master-blaster at his first try.

The first half of the movie was just going by the story to come to the main plot but the second half was furious in parts and it totally abolished the flaws of the first part. The second part works in a respective manner and transcends conceptually to an unbelievable climax. There are some comic moments by Rajat Rawail & some tough moments by the hero himself which are joy to watch.

Music of this movie is a bit disappointing. The title track is perfect, no doubt. But other tracks are not so special. 'Teri Meri' is beautifully visualized and it can be a good pick.

This one should be counted in one of the best performances by Salman Khan. The always 'no-bakwaas', silent, sweet & tough in times Lovely Singh showed some guts and attitudes which are like the very first time in Bollywood. Lovely Singh overlaps Radhe & Chulpul Pandey this time. Bloody Good! Kareena Kapoor was pretty and stole some actually good moments. As this movie is mainly man-centric, Kareena's character can look a bit unimportant but as she's a good performer, she tried to not let us feel she was unimportant at all. Mahesh Manjrekar was disappointing. Aditya Pancholi in a cameo having a fistfight with Lovely was commendable. Rajat Rawail gives some laughs. Raj Babbar had nothing much to do. Others like Hazel(extremely beautiful girl), Asrani, Mohan Kapoor etc. were okay.

Vijayan's action will yet again steal the awards this year, only if Ra. One & Don 2 doesn't compete such well. BGM by Sandeep Shirodhkar were perfectly situational. Art direction by Shailesh Mahadik & Monica Angelica Bhowmick doesn't catch eye. Editing by Sanjay Sankla is appropriate.

Sallu's his intentions directly indicated that Bodyguard will shake the box-office for a big time and I'm sure he will pass with flying colors. Bodyguard is a must-watch for the die-hard Salman fans and those who are entertaining movie lovers, this one's a certain dish that they would lick fingers after finishing. Final verdict 'Khud Pe Ek Ehsaan Karna Ke Bodyguard Ko Miss Nahi Karna'.

I really wanted this to be a good movie but...

[kothiyal-mukesh · 2/10 · 4 September 2011]

First thing first, I really wanted this to be a good movie(just for a change as for my past experience with sallu-starrer movies), but alas...

So, what went wrong? Apparently everything. Awful direction, bad action sequences, brain-dead story-line and a lot of confusion.

Though there are few songs that you can hum around and then there are few shots where you can find a little (probably a very little) character playing but they are pretty rare and for most of the movie it looked like a Big-Salmanized-Version of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'(whether a son reading his dead mother's diary) or 'Ghajini'(concealing the identity with role reversal).

Few stunts that you have to believe to be deliberately shot like that way(Nobody in right frame of mind can imagine something so..give me the word...stupid) can send chills down your spine.

Yet again Salman khan proved that in Bollywood its the star cast that makes the movie successful. Perhaps times for him to prove something to himself too.

Excellent love story

[krishnashivakumar · 8/10 · 19 November 2011]

This movie which i have seen so far might be the best movie of the year as i have not seen that much movies barring NOKJ,Aarakshan.I really enjoyed this movie from beginning to end.Initially when i saw all the promos of this movie i thought it might be an action film but it turned out to be more of a romanctic movie.I liked the story it seemed it very different at least towards the end from the usual love storys and thats a good thing.Even the comedy in this movie was very nice too.The music is very nice with the best ones being Teri Meri and I love you.The direction was very good too and the scenes were well executed.The acting was top notch.Salman gave a brilliant performance throughout the movie and in my opinion deserves the best actor award and i really believe that given a chance and also a good director he really can give more great performances like this one.Kareena has given a blazing powerhouse performance as Divya she has a very meaty role and despite Salman having the author backed role i think she really outshined him in a couple of scenes and i also thought she was very cute when she was acting as Chaaya .And the actress who plays Maya was also amazing inspite her role was a supporting one and i think she should win a lot of awards for this one.The little kid who played Salman son was quite convincing especially in the scene where he asks Kareena to be his mother.The action and stunt scenes were magnificent but got boring after a while.I also thought after the Desi Beats song in the second half i thought the movie had started to became more intense and interesting.Anyhow this movie definitely deserves to be watched.

What to say...Hmmm

[bk_connection · 7/10 · 4 September 2011]

Is this movie good: Yes .....is it very good: NO....is it on same same level as Dabangg: NO....is it better than Ready: YES...!!!

This movie is very simple, it doesn't have any big plots or thinking material, just a plain and simple movie. Its definitely not one of Salman Khans's best movie. So what save the movie? it must be The big hype around Salman Khan and the Songs.

I personally don't see Bollywood doing any improvement, they are now stealing stories and songs from South Indian movies and as we all know very few of these movies are good. Bodyguard is worth a watch, and much better than the Non-Brainer "Ready", but its not one of Salman Khan's best.

The Song "Teri Meri" is breath taking, beautiful song.

body guard-5/10

[vivek0960 · 2/10 · 31 August 2011]

all hopes end in vain.The movie is entertaining in patches that too only in first half of the movie.second half is disastrous.no any strong plot,emotions too not up to the mark.movie just seems like the mix of 2-3 movies in particular.The only saving grace of the movie was khan's

acting.khan is good,Kareena is average.even villains only looks like dangerous but they r never threat to our hunk.new comer Hazel Croney was good looking.Songs of the movie was very good.in short bodyguard is not even capable of guarding his own movie at the box office.It seems like that khan is badly obsessed with Telugu movie.he should look forward to act in better movies.not every movie is DABANGG,we know that.Go for the movie if Ur a hardcore khan fan.

What nonsense!!??!!

[kumarakshay175 · 1/10 · 28 September 2011]

Well ... eid time .... n here comes BODYGUARD!! Humongous response to the movie. But !! What is in the movie???

STORY - Lovely Singh ( Salman Bhai) is a bodyguard who is hired by Sartaj Rana( Raj Babbar)for protecting his daughter Divya (Kareena). Lovely Singh is sincere towards his duty and follows Divya everywhere who is with her best friend Maya (Hazel Kheech);classroom , bathroom , bedroom. Divya just wants to get rid of him , therefore she call Lovely through her "special phone" as Chaya and starts flirting with him. Lovely falls in love . He then saves Divya from the goons , also Divya falls in love with him. So basically there are more twists n turns in d story but actually ... THERE IS NO STORY AT ALL!!!

Comedy - special mention to TSUNAMI SINGH (Rajat Rawali) for his comedy. Thats the best thing in the movie.

Action - it is unbelievable and looks more like a comedy.

basically the movie is intolerable.So only watch the movie .... unless you r a die hard fan of salman (like me) and ready to forget the flaws in the movie....

But basically its a waste of time . 3/10.

Remaking is not an easy business

[jishnu-jis · 2/10 · 11 September 2011]

I have watched the first movie "Bodyguard" in Malayalam starring Dileep. Dileep's "Vijay Krishnan" was a delightful comedy masterpiece. Then I watched the Tamil remake "Kaavalan" starring Vijay. Vijay's "Bhuminathan" was the best than can be given to that role. He was comic,intelligent and emotional. Now I have watches "Bodyguard" in Hindi remake starring the so called superstar Salman Khan. Wow!!! Salman's "Lovely Singh" is a god. He can do anything. Nothing can hurt him even the rake completely made of metal and even balls go punctured from hitting him. I don't know what went wrong, the director is same, the storyline is same but the movie becomes super hit in two languages but becomes so irritating in third. I can't blame the director coz i am seeing his movies for a long time they are really good. So, everything points to Salman with his so called Body and all his flying on the train stunts. The climax of the movie is the only thing that made the other two movies successful, but i don't think any of us would even see it till the interval. The comedy scenes are altered for Salman Khan. The song "I love You" has many scenes which in actual films involved the hero getting hurt by the ball not the ball getting hurt by the hero, Wooden rake hitting him and he fells unconscious, and the last it's the hero who fells in the pool not pushing some girl into the pool. The Tamil remake was so superb, so i expected a lot better in Hindi but disappointed, this one doesn't go near those movies. It's just over exaggerated Stunt movie with some stud romance.

Waste of time and money

[allypk2000 · 3/10 · 2 September 2011]

The 'Try to be' remake of Dabangg but its all waste and crappy. One body guard trying to protect our heroine from the villain but there is one thing missing, the Story. There is no story in this film and to make some money out of it main attractions has been all the cast list. I would advice Salman Khan to stop experimenting because Dabangg was one family venture which went all excellently right but this piece of crap is down the drain. No doubt the action is good but acting is very poor and also the story line Two Hollywood movie stories cannot make one Hindi movie. Telegu action sequences OK acceptable. Salman's acting have also deteriorated in this movie other than Dabang. I give only 3 out of 5 to Salmans action and total movie acting rest of the cast sorry to say, made a mess.

Second half is really worth suffering the first half.

[virindra · 7/10 · 20 November 2011]

Salman Khan is playing the role of a bodyguard, in this humorless movie with stupid action scenes. He gets introduced to be a hard stone man who lets his opponents pee in their pants. How, dancing? This guy can't dance. He is no Hritik Roshan. He still is this stiff man who cannot dance and who cannot act in a mature way in the first half.

The movie is filled with stupid rhyme jokes that are not funny. Like: waiter I see you later." Who wrote these lines? They are very dated. This bodyguard is wearing an earphone, why? He isn't communicating to anyone. He wears sunglasses inside, why? Salman Khan is driving in a bus to go to Kareena Kapoor. I thought this man who was running towards the bus, calling "tupperware" was Govinda. It amazes me how Bollywood can present Kareena Kapoor as a beautiful woman, when she isn't. She can act though. I was pleased to see Raj Babbar back in a movie. This man has a beautiful voice. The action sequences are not real. Salman beats a lot of guys up one by one in the disco, but after he beats up each guy, they disappear. Now it's not OK that a man from in the almost fifties falls in love with a girl who is in college or vice versa.

I don't want to be all negative about this movie, so I mention one major plus: Aditya Pancholi! He's a great actor. And leaving all the jokes about Salman Khan aside, SK can play emotional and physical complicated roles very well. That's why it's a pity and a waste that he plays comedy movies and dances in songs. He should do what he's best at. He proved that in the scene where he said "I love you" to Kareena and thought he was speaking to Chaiya. Very beautiful moment, but he had to spoil it by bumping to the tree. The part of the bodyguard did not suit him, the part of this insecure man did. And that's very interesting. There is more about Salman Khan than meets the eye. Just face it and show it to us.

After this park scene the movie gets mature and all together interesting. That's also the right environment for Aditya Pancholi to perform at best. What bothers me is that the similar action-scenes in old movies like Mission Kashmir or Blind Fury is much better than in this movie. And that's not good. Salman Khan already showed us he can act on a mature level in Tere Naam. If he would play in a movie without the stupid jokes, good action is not necessary, good story, mature acting, he could really amaze us, because Salman Khan is a complex actor who is not all around in acting. That sets a limit on his skills. But when he knows what his limits are and gets the best out of that, he could amaze more people than only a few he has reached so far. Don't travel the same road as JcVD, but learn from other's mistakes. As for JCvD, I really think he's making his comeback.

Huge Disappointment

[amitshetty73 · 3/10 · 15 October 2011]

Before release I had massive expectations from this movie considering it had salman khan who is in golden form, top actress kareena kapoor and hit music ! Bodyguard was huge letdown - as nothing is good in this movie except music ! Performances - Salman Khan is not up to mark in this movie. He was average. Hope he does better in next movie. Kareena Kapoor was okay. Villains were funny than scaring. Rest provide average support except Rajat Rawail who was horrible.

Story, Direction all were pedestrian. Music was highlight of movie.Especially Teri Meri And I Love You song.

Salman is having great run but such movie will hamper his golden run as audiences today are unforgiving if u gave them bad products. Wish best for him in Ek Tha Tiger and Sharekhan and he will come back to form again.

In Other Words, Bodyguard is huge disappointment 3/10

A love story with masala

[zeehad007 · 6/10 · 13 September 2011]

The storyline of the movie was very good. The screenplay was good. The songs were good. The song 'Teri Meri' was awesome. Cinematography by Sejal Shah is marvelous. Acting is good from everyone but the real deal Salman Khan will rock the box office with his mannerisms.

I was disappointed to see the action scenes of the movie. Over the top actions with unjustifiable dialogs, which is a very common thing for a Salman Khan movie; as is expected.

This movie is better than Dabaang and Ready. I watched it over 3 times. I liked it.

Though it is a typical Bollywood Masala Movie, I hope you'll like it

bad movie

[salshk · 1/10 · 4 September 2011]

what a load of crap! the movie was terrible. honestly the worst movie i've ever seen. there was no tension, no suspense no action no drama no comedy….nothing. it was a string of random pointless scenes to lead to a pointless outcome. This movie was even worse than Dabangg. Salman should be ashamed to take people's money for this awful mess. It was OK my rating * out of *****. Salman is really going from bad to worse.Disgusting humor. The problem is basically everything you HEAR.. the dialog, the story you're being told, and the completely subpar music. Was this screenplay written by some amateur Youtuber? Do these people have any understanding of what makes an action/adventure movie WORK? Sadly no. I guess being handed the reigns of a well developed, awesome character with screen-worthy stories already fleshed out and perfect was too difficult for 'em - they had to release this crap.

Salman scores hat-trick with 'Bodyguard'

[nmjoshi123-147-770845 · 10/10 · 31 August 2011]

The Rockstar has scored a hat-trick with his third consecutive Eid release with the first two films being 'Wanted' and 'Dabangg'.

The film portrays Salman as a bodyguard who looks robust but is tender and romantic at heart. Produced by his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri and sister Alvira, 'Bodyguard' has all the essential elements of a blockbuster film.

Kudos to filmmaker Siddique to have presented Salman Khan in a way never seen before! And the action sequences are breathtaking. Incorporating the tried and tested formula of romance cum action, director Siddique has been able to churn out a thriller that keeps you glued to your seat until the very end. Coming to the movie~ Salman Khan Has Developed An Art of Delivering a Performance exactly d way audiences expect from him..first of all dis movie isn't out an out action flick..Its an Emotional Love story with a tinge of Action and Comedy.Surprisingly Kareena Kapoor's role is equally meatier(Rare sight in a Salman Khan film).she has delivered a very gud performance..Salman's Character will make u laugh and also cry.Another Blockbuster For Salman ,Second half will blow you with the eternal emotional touch .. some may make you cry also ..First Half Is Good it prepares a plot for second even then it keeps you entertaining , But Second Half Was Amazing Will Keep U Guessing Whats Going To Happen Next U Have No Clue Until It Ends...Mark My Words Pre-Climax Will Surely Shock U...Best Love Story In Recent Times :)

*The title track and 'Teri Meri...' are sure to rock the audience.

I would go with 3.5/5 worth a watch

[ankitgokani · 7/10 · 3 September 2011]

Bodyguard wohoo.. FDFS imax house full yeah even the first seat filled bodyguard is not typical masala movie Its a love story and a story with a heart salman is excellent seeing him in romantic avatar after so much time loved it on the whole if u go for a masala movie only you would be disappointed

But if u wanna watch genuine good movie go for it it has its moments and the movie is really good Only 1 prob after seeing singham the action looks a bit amateurish but its OK when u have salman to cover up and finally kareena she looks beautiful in the movie she has an equal part as salman its not a salman movie alone but its of the m 2.. I would go with 3.5/5 worth a watch

Waste of time and brain cells *** spoilers ***

[myasser_home2 · 3/10 · 17 September 2011]

Did not expect that much of a story line but what i got for my money was nothing better than trashy plot in shiny packaging !!!! I gaged at the bad school kid level bum jokes and ridiculously unreal stunts.

And if nothing could go more wrong, they added one of the most stupidfying ending to brace Indian cinema ever.

And this is the one of the biggest super hits of this season !!!!

Salman, please take care or you will start losing your most loyal fans including myself.

The only saving grace was the music and the eye candy factor of Kareena, hence a three star rating.

sucked big time

[mohak-narula · 6 September 2011]

the movie has no story, sorry ass comedy, just some ass kicking, totally not worth watching full of crap movie.Salman's acting sucked as well as Kareena's.even the bullshit story was stolen from south Indian movie.i think Salman want to be the Rajnikant of Bollywood.its as bad as ready,empty plot,no acting,no special direction,crappy script with disturbing songs i don't how did it went blockbuster hit. this is not film making,this is movie is just a humiliation for Bollywood

not worth watching waste of money and time if you love Salman and want to watch this movie just to show your support,then you should be ashamed of your self. go watch "that girl in yellow boots" if you want to see a good film. to conclude bodyguard is just bullshit