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Bhoomi is really a good movie to watch but ends up predominantly as a cliché. Amongst the very new title such as Mom(2017), Bhoomi is centered shrine a girl who gets brutally manhandled by people. The father and daughter duo then takes the revenge and touch upon many social issues today's girls in India are facing! The story is quite predictable but the acting is good. Sanjay Dutt after long time had made his re entry into films and quite faithfully ran his character.. The movie will make you emotional, rage you up against the violence against woman. Good watch for one time!

There's a scene towards the end where a person falls in a stepwell and drowns. The person is unable to bob and bring himself up because the surface of the water is covered with long pieces of cloth. It is just one of the many things that director Omung Kumar gets wrong in his third feature film, Bhoomi, a flawed revenge drama that is a collection of all revenge dramas that we have seen in Bollywood this year so far.

The first five seconds are enough to gauge what the film has in store for us, which uses a tried-and-tested formula to drive the hackneyed story ahead. In his first film post the completion of his incarceration, Sanjay Dutt tries to exonerate himself by playing, rather decently, a protecting father figure. He is Arun, a footwear dealer, who finds his world turned upside down after his daughter Bhoomi (Aditi Rao Hydari) is gang-raped on the eve of her wedding. Unable to share his sadness over her motherless daughter's fateful plight and the anger over police apathy and insensitivity, shortcomings of the judicial system, and helplessness as an ordinary man, Arun tries to go the vengeance route and takes the law into his own hands.

It all sounds great on paper, but when Kumar, with writer Raaj Shaandilyaa, project it on screen, it does not look exactly convincing. Plagued by homegrown and narrow generality that "all men are dogs" is introduced right in the beginning. A lustful loverboy enjoys gulping down a leftover piece of food previously tasted by Bhoomi because it gives him the gratification of having touched the same item that once touched the lips of the woman that he failed to court. The expansion of this arc is what the rest of the film is about, which is all right as far as cinema is concerned. What is not right is a lack of characters that are neutral. Every man in the film is either a rapist (or a lustful guy who does not mind opening his fly in front of any woman) or Bhoomi's relative.

There are more issues in this film than there are good bits. For starters, some of the songs are totally unnecessary and unbelievably timed. A father is crying his heart out because he couldn't protect his daughter, and in the next scene, Sunny Leone wants me to feel trippy. Who prepared the demographic data for the makers? The police, that are inconsiderate at first, suddenly seem to be helping, or even abetting, Arun in his self-righteous deed that is later described as a universal solution (for the issue) by the same character in the epilogue. The villains look intelligent at first but then lose control of their own sanity and do dumb things. They are epitomes of banality that make the whole drama look unnecessary and a waste of time. We all know that courtroom sequences in Bollywood films are a joke, and this one here uses those same films as inspiration. The question about this film's existence, therefore, has to definitely come up.

This is a serious and violent film which does slip into lame territory a few times, thanks to Shekhar Suman. Although he puts up a good show after being away from the screen for years, the humor is hardly entertaining. I could say the same thing about Dutt's acting. He looks tired and carries the same weary air throughout the film. Hydari is lovely, but I couldn't connect with her character in the second half. A deadpan look is not the only facial expression in the dictionary of a person who has seen and been through ghastly things. Sharad Kelkar is the new Ronit Roy, and he does his part very well, compelling us to rejoice at his fate later in the film.

The final 30 minutes are a relief because the techniques used to exact revenge have the potential to keep you engaged. Arun is an ordinary man but his actions are extraordinary, thanks to writer Shaandilyaa for producing these few bits that are at least entertaining if not logical. The camera work is generally humdrum but there is one sequence around halfway where the film succeeds in capturing the misery of a man who is realizing that that moment is the point where his life is going to change forever.

Even though it has all the right ingredients and is supported by a talented cast, there are still issues that mar the film from being a valid entertainer. It tries to raise one too many questions and stumbles over at the first answer itself. There is also no hint about what the director wanted to convey. This again reinforces my statement about Dutt's exoneration, which would then make this a propaganda film, a case I do not wish to pursue.

If revenge dramas are the only type of films that you watch, then Bhoomi is going to be a treat. Otherwise, let me stop you from exposing yourself to 140 minutes of cliché, traditional writing, and a preachy and droll climax. You won't miss out on anything because you have already watched Kaabil or Mom or Maatr.

#Bhoomi is an emotional dad-daughter tale. The daughter is raped n the dad takes badla. This is the one-line story, it is old-fashioned n there is no novelty in the narration. But the emotional scenes r well handled. Hydari, as the victim, looks innocent, delicate n vulnerable, she performs well. She is the one who encourages her dad to take badla n kill the criminals (unlike in Kaabil, Mom n Maatr). Sanjay Dutt is good as the aggrieved father. Nothing great about the other actors. The length needs to be reduced by 20 minutes. Rating 2.5/5.

The message of the film is good, loud and clear however it falters at execution. Omang Kumar has made a couple of good films like Mary Kom and Sarbjit. This one is more dramatized and loud. The execution of the rape scene and the aftermath does not do justice to the film. The editing is choppy and the climax is extremely predictable.With the same concept Sri Devi's Mom was way ahead in execution. Sanjay Dutt gives a heartfelt performance and he is the true scene stealer. Shekhar Suman's comic timing is good too. The supporting cast is good. Sharad Kelkar plays his role perfectly too. He looks menacing and packs a punch. The female lead could have done better. Aditi Rao Hydari cannot carry the heavy emotional scenes well. She does not convince as the rape victim out for revenge.

Post the shocking Nirbhaya gang rape in 2012, a major section of the society has begun to see the problems faced by women more seriously and in a new light. It has also led to Bollywood making multiple films on this subject. PINK, MAATR and MOM dealt with this growing menace in recent times and now Sanjay Dutt choses this hard-hitting topic for his comeback film, BHOOMI. So does this film turn out to be an entertaining one or does it fail, let's analyse.

Omung Kumar's direction is very weak. He has used all the Bollywood clichés and made the film extremely violent. Everyone is corrupt and the society is full of hypocrites in this story. Three scenes however are very well executed – when Sanjay Dutt gets new shoes for Aditi, the courtroom scene where Dutt gives a hard hitting speech and when Sanjay Dutt informs about the punishment for rape in different countries of the world to one of the victims.

Coming to performances, Sanjay Dutt is brilliant and his emotions look genuine. He looks convincing as a helpless father and also powerful when he takes revenge in the final scenes. The way his eyes do all the talking in the police station scene is seen to be believed. Aditi Rao Hydari is good in her part and her portrayal of a rape survivor is very impactful. You genuinely feel for her in the film. Sharad Kelkar is the best out of all the villains. He looks very convincing. Riddhi Sen (Jeetu) delivers an effective performance and he has a crucial part in the film. Veer Aryan (Ghulam) gets little scope but does fine. Puru Chibber is quite nice as the rapist as well as the helpless target of Arun. Shekhar Suman (Taj) is wasted. Sidhant Gupta does well in his cameo.

Sachin-Jigar's music is weak and has no scope. 'Will You Marry Me', played during opening credits, is the only one that works. 'Jai Mata Di' played in the climax enhances impact. The Sunny Leone item song 'Trippy Trippy' looks forced and is badly placed. Ismail Darbar's background score is strong.

Arthur Zurawski's cinematography is very good. Vanita Omung Kumar's production design is authentic and rustic. Jayesh Shikharkhane's editing is disappointing. The 135 minute long film should have been trimmed by 15-20 minutes to create the necessary impact. Javed- Aejaz's action is too gory and might put off the family audiences.

On the whole, BHOOMI comes across as a decent entertainer with power packed performance by Sanjay Dutt. At the box office, it will have to compete with other releases for its share of footfalls.

Sanjay Dutt was awsome!!! But all the others where over dramatic!!! Aditi Rao Hydari was an actress with excellent acting skills. But she failed drastically, actually one of her worst movies, which is clearly due to bad direction!! Had watched this movie with a very high expectation, but too dissapointed!!!

An utter disappointment. Poor plot. Poor story line. Poor direction. Too many poors in this movie that even a seasoned actor like sunjay couldn't do much. An utter waste of time. seems like the writer was lost as to how to proceed with the story and then suddenly realized that he had to end it as well. Pl don't waste yr time.

Most of the important movies of bollywood, get flopped. Because it is difficult for people to understand serious and delicate things. All they want to see is rubbish pathetic low level romance. Bhoomi is one of the most important movies of bollywood. All actors acted well, direction was above average, story was build up perfectly. There is nothing wrong with this movie. Do not forget that the topic of this movie is extremely serious, rape is the worst thing that can ever happen. So if you have a very weak heart, do not watch this movie. But that does not mean that this movie is bad. If you are looking for a serious bollywood movie on a serious topic, go for it!

Unbelievable how in this day and age a movie like this can be put out to fool the viewers! Really? I mean even the front benchers have rejected this movie. There is nothing to redeem this movie. This movie was meant to rest on Sanjay Dutt's shoulders. Wow. He cant talk, cant emote, can just give poses. He's good only in movies where his role is cleverly managed in small doses amongst the other star cast. Where he is just used to add an image. Too much was expected out of him in this movie. The movie was all gone in the first 15 minutes. Ridiculous direction. No one really had a chance in the movie. It had potential to start with. But no where did it show promise. Utter waste of time and money. Very frustrating to be cheated like this when one goes to see the movie after reading such glowing reviews like Sanjay dutts comeback movies..etc etc....Bad casting, bad direction...there's no end to it.

The film starts with a clear idea that the girl is gonna get raped and everything else after that is just as much predictable as you can think of ! The plot is pretty common, tons of movies have been made on this kinda topic. And I can easily say that this is the worst one I have ever watched on this kinda plot. And not just in film the overall plot of the first 40 minutes of the film is unfortunately very much common in our society as well. Director, scriptwriter, dialogues, even performers like Sanjay Dutta, Aditi Rao, Riddhi Sen all are destructively failed and this film is nothing but a farrago of over acting, some unnecessary heavy dialogues, extremely stretched scenes, poor concepts, lack of realistic scenes and so on... In spite of having such an important social issue this film is a total flop because it is so unrealistic in every aspect that you will not be able to relate it even for a single second. Just a mixture poor performances from all the cast and crew ! Immensely disappointed!

first half is OK but in 2nd half story line is typical when kill rapist in bus, bus route change and bring to dolly location make any sense!? and why placed item number after interval ? it seems irrelevant..

A typical Hindi film. And naturally, a very obvious ending- villains get killed. If you haven't already seen the movie, sorry I spoilt the ending for you... but hey, I'm saving you from the torture! As for Aditi Rao Hydari... darling I hope you get Laryngitis!

Movie touched some delicate issues but lingered a lot to getting to the part of revenge.. and revenge was executed quickly.. Movie would have been different if the director and story writer have lingered on the revenge part more Regardless, Sanjay duty gave the outstanding performance which is expected from the outstanding star that he is.

Actors did their part good, but, storyline was same 40 year old, beat the crap out of Hero and then he will fight back and all very dramatic. sorry, in today's world, it would have made more sense if the video was shown as evidence, and culprits brought to justice or if they had to go on taking revenge, be smart about it, not meet in lonely place with no backup and count on director to save the duo. Sholay times are gone.

Such an intense thriller I loved the chase and the thought that the director put into this film it is phenomenal and his creativity is just wow is all I can say. I usually can predict a scene or movie but parts were so unpredictable well apart from the revenge part of course. If you haven't watched this yet and thrillers are your type of movie defintaley don't go past this movie.

This is not only film this a life real story .. many times i only cried its so emotional . for a father its a too difficult when happens like that with daughter . hats of Sanjay sir for doing a gr8 role as a father ..Everyone should watch this film , for girls no trust anyone . i find the Acctress too good looking and acting also very good.