It is not every day that you get to see an Aamir Khan film in the theatres. He appears on screen once in two years; once in a year if his fans are lucky, and is known to have the audience dance to his tune. But the Pied Piper of Bollywood stumbles and falls flat in Thugs of Hindostan. The film struggles to stay afloat with all the paraphernalia dragging it down. The heaviness of every scene and the heavy-handedness with which the film is taken forward weigh it down. But more on that later.
So who are these people? These 'thugs'? In its near-three-hour runtime, Thugs of Hindostan does everything but explain their identity properly. We are given an opening shot with Ronit Roy, the Nawab of Ranakpur building a sand-castle with his daughter Zafira. As their castle in Ranakpur tries to ward off the advances of the John Clive-led East India Company in 1795 Hindostan, we are told about the fierce commander Khudabaksh (Amitabh Bachchan in an age-defying role). John Clive (Lloyd Owen) almost but wipes away the Ranakpur nawab's clan. Khudabaksh arrives in a fantastic introduction scene and takes off into the sunset with Zafira on his steed.
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