Bhai Tera Star Hai review: The only star was Vijay Deverakonda in Vijay Sales ad
There comes a point during a bad film when you stop hoping it will get better and simply start negotiating with time. That moment arrived
There comes a point during a bad film when you stop hoping it will get better and simply start negotiating with time. That moment arrived at the intermission of Bhai Tera Star Hai. As the screen faded to black, a Vijay Sales commercial featuring Vijay Deverakonda popped up. In those thirty-odd seconds, he delivered more charisma, better dialogue delivery and more engaging action than the film had managed in the next two-odd hours. Read Full Story I have never sighed in relief this hard at an interval before. Directed by Vivek B Agarwal, Bhai Tera Star Hai centres on Ajay Singh (Raghav Juyal), an actor trying his luck with a film titled Kisi Ki Bhai Kisi Ki Behen (yes, that film). Before you can process that title, the film throws cricket betting, gangsters, mistaken identities, fabricated lies and a parade of characters your way. In short, the story (which was intended) follows Singh, who struggles to pay off a huge debt to a pub owner, Fatty, Sanjay Kapur. That's it. It's less a screenplay and more an exercise in seeing how much chaos can fit into one evening. Fairly halfway through, you can find yourself asking a very simple question: why is the film called Bhai Tera Star Hai? The "bhai" barely gets enough material to justify the title, let alone carry the film. Raghav Juyal, who is easily one of the most effortlessly likeable performers around, is reduced to shouting lines like, "main iska inquilab zindabad kar dunga," because "mere andar Mangal Singh aa raha hai." His punchlines land with the impact of a single raindrop during an already exhausting sunny afternoon.
You notice them, but they do absolutely nothing. Ironically, the film gives far more importance to everyone except its lead. Characters keep walking in until the very last minute. Fatty, Laila, Sid, Natasha, Roshni, Mandy... and by the time you remember who is related to whom, someone new has entered the frame. Sid (Vivaan Bhatena) is Roshni's (Niharika NM) brother and Natasha's (Parvathy Omanakuttan) ex. Natasha is Ajay's sister. Roshni is Ajay's girlfriend. If that already sounds like a family tree assembled during an electricity cut, imagine watching it unfold. Vikalp Mehta's JD, whose defining characteristic is apparently that he plays cricket with Ajay, ends up with better dialogues, more screen presence and, surprisingly, a better-written romantic track. Barkha Singh shares more chemistry with Vivan Bhatena's Sid than Raghav and Niharika ever do. If you walked in expecting a sweet love story between Ajay and Roshni, you're in for not just disappointment, but something beyond sadness...regret. They barely get scenes together, and whatever little they share is over before you can invest in it. The film moves at breakneck speed, yet somehow feels painfully slow. Every scene is bursting with people, noise, movement and unnecessary business. There is so much happening on screen that you eventually stop trying to process any of it. Every five minutes, I instinctively looked at my watch, hoping more time had passed than it actually had. The background score in my head? The iconic "Faaaaa..." meme, which also at some point finds a spot in the film.
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