Maybe I saw a different version of the movie - the one i saw picked ONLY one aspect from the ENTIRE Mahabharatha and picked only ONE tale that couldve been solved in 45 mins of the movie! WHY did VVC spent 95 mins to tell me the tale? The story starts off with so much potential, and it ends too with so much potential thus never delivering the complete product. This one ranks with VVC's worst - along with Kareeb (ah yes, we do remember that movie, dont we!?).
The first collaboration between a rebellious auteur and gifted filmmaker, and arguably India's biggest actor, is a great return to form for both. Amitabh Bachchan has always been a director's actor: give him a bad director, and he will turn in a mediocre performance that gets the job done. Give him a director who is over the top and needlessly opulent, and he will turn in a caricature of a performance. Evidently, give him Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and he serves up one of his most memorable performance in years.
Oh, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra? He is the man who has been obsessed with chara....