It is natural for people to expect this movie to be in the league of the super-hit 'Lagaan' - but for them, I hate to say that they are going to be in for a big disappointment. Aamir Khan's performance in this movie, as I mentioned in the title, justifies his position as one of the best actors in the world - he gave 100% effort into it as always. Unfortunately, that is the only positive side to it.
It seemed to me that the whole movie revolved around Aamir, and all the others were mere puppets. Also, in my opinion, the friendship between Aamir & Toby was unnecessarily exaggerated, when it should have been portrayed in a much more professional manner - friendship is always built upon mutual respect and admiration for each other & not by wrestling, getting drunk & singing songs! Perhaps the film makers should have focused on this more, and less on the pointless roles of Rani Mukherjee & Amisha Patel.
All-in-all if you are a die-hard Aamir Khan fan who doesn't expect too much from the script of his movies, you will enjoy watching this one. But don't think that this will be anywhere near Oscar material, as it definitely isn't.
It seemed to me that the whole movie revolved around Aamir, and all the others were mere puppets. Also, in my opinion, the friendship between Aamir & Toby was unnecessarily exaggerated, when it should have been portrayed in a much more professional manner - friendship is always built upon mutual respect and admiration for each other & not by wrestling, getting drunk & singing songs! Perhaps the film makers should have focused on this more, and less on the pointless roles of Rani Mukherjee & Amisha Patel.
All-in-all if you are a die-hard Aamir Khan fan who doesn't expect too much from the script of his movies, you will enjoy watching this one. But don't think that this will be anywhere near Oscar material, as it definitely isn't.