Bodyguard (2011) - Salman Khan - Kareena Kapoor - Bollywood - Indian Cinema - Hindi Film

I had seen Salman Khan in a few movies before this and while I liked him; I didn't really like the movies as a total package. Something major or minor always disappointed me. I assumed he favored unhappy movies so, I neglected to watch any more of them unless I really wanted to see somebody else in the film. I do enjoy Kareena Kapoor in her movies and the opportunity to watch this one came up. WOW! I fell in love with Salman Khan as Lovely Singh! Actually, it was a great scripted story all around; I enjoyed and loved every character in their role. I highly recommend watching this movie. It has great songs, dance numbers, love, romance, humor, action, thrills, drama, and surprises! I totally love it! It also has some bonus behind the scenes making of the film segments which you've got to watch too. Salman Khan has the most charming laughing. I can hear it in my head; it's making me smile! Yes, yes, yes; a thousand times yes - I HIGHLY recommend this film and purchase!

Bodyguard is my favorite Bollywood movie with Salman Khan in it so far. Loved the action and the music.The movies has a very interesting twist in it towards the end , when Maya, the best friend, is supposed to go tell him the truth at the train station, but then decides she wants him for herself! I totally did not see that coming.Love the song Teri Meri. It also has a lot of funny parts, like when Loveley goes to school with Divia and gets kicked out of class. The action scenes are cool, even if unrealistic, but that's what typical Bollywood movies are all about, unrealistic, flashy and "feel-good", I wished Hollywood would make movies like this!! Plus then there is Salman himself, what a hot guy, love his abs:)

I like both Salman Khan & Kareena Kapoor a lot, that's the major reason "Bodyguard" was mostly enjoyable (which I saw on DVD).He plays the character 'Lovely Singh' - a dedicated Bodyguard, with great strength & fighting skills, who owes his life to a rich/respected man named 'Sartaj Rana'. She plays the character 'Divya Rana' - the Daughter of 'Sartaj', she attends college and doesn't want a bodyguard but unknown to her she is a target.The information I've seen indicates this movie did well in India (mostly based on the Star power of these 2 main actors and good songs - the background theme music is very good).The first 2/3 of the movie is silly humor, but the 3 songs/dances in that first part are good (contemporary in look/sound) and seem primarily for Salman Khan (the first song includes a 1:25 short cameo by Katrina Kaif). The several fight scenes are well done even though over-the-top as usual (almost as impressive as 'Dabangg'). The large side-kick guy character didn't click with me, just seemed a little obnoxious.In the last 3rd of the movie, the story/characters get better. The remaining music video "Teri Meri" was really good/powerful, and has a better balance of Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan (still can't get this song out of my head, Shreya Ghoshal has a really beautiful/pure voice - her singing is also great in movies like "Vivah"). The final fight scene is long, skillfully edited with good visual/audio effects, and brutal (but unique enough & well done).The movie's ending (last 10 minutes) can seem a little odd or hard to believe, with the time sequence jumping around, but it worked for me.Over-all the cinematography has good sharpness, lighting, color, & scenes (although no special/exotic locations). The editing is usually good, especially in the fight scenes. The Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio is very good, with lots of action in the back speakers.But the DVD quality has slight noticeable compression, because even though 'Reliance Entertainment' did use anamorphic format they unfortunately squeezed it onto a single layer DVD disc(only using 4.2 GB file space, being a shorter than typical Bollywood movie at just over 2 hours long, they crammed in Special Features:"The Making Of 'BODYGUARD' movie", "The Making Of 'I Love You' dance", & "The Making Of 'Desi Beats' dance").The END CREDITS have some 'out-take' clips shown on the left side of the screen (and some samples of the 'Teri Meri' REMIX fast tempo song version), and the "Making Of" also has a few funny 'out-takes'.The first movie I saw Salman Khan in was "Marigold (2007)" with Ali Larter, which is a good Hollywood/Bollywood hybrid movie (98% English dialogue, good music/dances & nice story, it got me hooked on Bollywood). I first saw Kareena Kapoor in the movie "Khushi (2003)", which I liked a lot (very good contemporary music/dances & 'college-time' love story).

This movie is absolutely amazing! It has romance and action! It will leave you laughing, cheering, angry, sad, but overall it will leave you feeling happy at the end! The story of Lovely and Divya is farfetched but that's what makes it better! People want to believe that things like that can happen! I never saw this particular twist in the story coming! It was totally unexpected but it made for a better ending! It put a stop to what you might have thought was a predictable ending! 5 stars for Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor!

I bought this after watching some of the clips of the film, only to find after buying it that it is not a love story with humor, at least not if compared to other enjoyable films such as monsoon wedding, or Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Acting is pretty cheesy. Its more like a C rated movie than a B. Anyone want to buy a dvd with only 45 minutes watched? I would give this half a star if i could.

Lovely Singh (Salman Khan) is the ultimate action hero, able to single-handedly vanquish a dozen bad guys and rescue a shipload of damsels in distress, but when he takes on responsibility for guarding a head-strong college student (Kareena Kapoor) his life takes an unexpected turn. This action-packed film is hilarious, and the music numbers are amazing even for Salman Khan, who is surely the poster boy for silly dancing.

I've been told that the second half is much better, but I could barely sit through the first 90 minutes.I love Bollywood, and I really wanted to like this (especially since Meri Teri is such a nice song). But it is one of those movies with ridiculous and superfluous action sequences that defy physics for no apparent reason. It wasn't even that they were overboard, there was just so much of it that it not only didn't add to the story, it slowed down the movie.I just couldn't get into this at all, and I don't know that the average American would like it. But, if you have different tastes than me, and you're into those over-the-top action movies, you might enjoy it.