Leela Review: Ram

The Review That Asks: Is it a Tragedy of Love, or a Tragedy of Rage?

4/5 Bullets. Watch it for: The "Ang Laga De" sequence (pure visual sex). Skip it if: You think gunfights should be realistic and not choreographed like a classical Kathak recital. ram leela review

Bhansali didn’t make a romance. He made a funeral pyre, lit it with a flare gun, and called it a wedding. The Review That Asks: Is it a Tragedy

If you want subtlety, watch something else. But if you want to see a director say, “Love doesn’t conquer hate; love merely proves how stupid hate is,” then this is your film. Skip it if: You think gunfights should be

Most reviews of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram-Leela (2013) will tell you the plot: boy (Ram) from the Rajadi clan meets girl (Leela) from the Saneda clan. They fall in love. Their families hate each other with the passion of a thousand suns. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet gets a Gujarat makeover.