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How can u compare a 10 hour series with a 2/3 hour movie

The fault or the bad luck of the makers was the series released before

The story was shown in very fast way and many facts were not covered little edits were required as there were many unwanted scenes ..heavy dialogues were badly needed to grace up ..some good songs and emotions were missing

Abhishek acted ok but flashes of guru character was seen but he managed..Nikita could not carry the character of a strong supportive wife and illeana wasted the assigned strong character

The director could had shown some more interesting elements rather then showing love story but overall direction was good

Above all it's a good watch.

A decent movie based on true events but more of fiction as its disclamimer suggests. Good bgm and overall score of the movie. Abhishek Bachan though playing himself and not Harshad Mehta has managed a very good performance. 2nd half a bit thrilling. Appreciation to the writers for some new turns given to the story. Direction by Kookie Gulati is very unique. The narration seems a bit more at pace. The overall scam is explained in the simpleest manner possible, so that a layman could understand it. Impressed by Sohum Shah s performance, new angle of the the character to be discovered in the film. Decently good film. Dont compare it with1992 Scam. That was a long detailed narration of the harshad mehta story. This is a short and new variant of the same story. A bit lenghty. And ofc if they would have got the rights for the original names and shares it would be more fun. Also, this version of harshad mehta refrred to as hemant shah in the film feels more villanious, it showcases the vices of Harshad Mehta quite well. Although his evil laugh is quite irritating. But the egoistic behavior is portrayed quite well.

If u have already watched Scam.1992. The. Harshad. Mehta. Story Than this will be the add on with new face and almost new script with new story sides. Hahaha.. . But i must say Abhishek Bachchan worked hard to play this role and all actors worked good.

. In a simple line - A Simple (another) attempt to present the one of the biggest financial scam of India.

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See what happen here is - if you put new face to an advertisement than some people loved it, some don't and some don't even reacts.

Giving 6 star for work and presentation and and acting of some.

Anwar Says : I have no option but to compare this Disney Hotstar , Abhishek Bachchan starrer, release today to Prateek Gandhi's 1992 Scam on mxplayer. The later was a much realistic and well researched portrayal of this all time biggest stock broker and this is what the audience of 2020 appreciates. Never heard of the director Kookie Gulati tried to show Harshad Mehta as larger than its canvas. The readers here born in late 60's and early 70's have seen and experienced Mr. Mehta . Middle class in 1990-92 , have earned from his endeavours/ manipulations but that cannot give him credit of building the economy of the country . It was the then FM , whose liberalisation policy is somewhat responsible for bringing the Indian Economy on track. I would not say that Mr. Mehta was an organised criminal but finding lacunae in present system primarily for one's own benefit cannot make you a hero. Dramatic Liberty might be accepted but projecting someone a fanciful face is much beyond the truth . Probably a Gujrati Director wouldn't have behaved in this way . Now the performance, Abhishek Bachchan as Mr .Mehta looks like DBA of Guru , the mannerisms, dressing, dialogue delivery and everything. Ileana D'Cruz has matured as an actor. I liked Nikita Dutta as Abhishek's wife but she has been shown young throughout the time, when Abhishek was shown growing old . Supriya Pathak has been wasted. Ram Kapur and Mahesh Manjrekar have nothing much to do . Sohum Shah as the younger brother is the character, who would impress you. Overall, I would recommend mxplayer anytime over Hotstar, if you wish to understand one of the unforgettable event of 1990's . Sorry Mr. Ajay Devgun ( Producer) , you may not be able to recover your cost .

#disneyhotstar #anwarsays #AbhishekBachchan #TheBigBull #ileanadcruz #Review #moviereview.

It's a descent movie with avg acting by Abhishek Bachchan...when we have a benchmark set by previous bull movie, it doesn't beat that....

The Big Bull (2021) : Movie Review -

The Big Bull starring Abhishek Bachchan has been awaited since the announcement but since Sony LIV's Scam (2020) became huge hit on digital platform, this one suddenly became hot favourite. However, it also brings down the film because the comparison is guaranteed, no matter how different it is. Let's not compare it with Scam and try and judge it on individual strengths rather than comparative statements. The Big Bull is actually as big as bull size story which ensures one time watch but the conclusion doesn't match the set-up. It has small goat size conclusion which is certainly less than its actual potential.

The Big Bull is a story of Hemant Shah, a middle class family man who dreams to make big money and is ready to whatever for it. His desires finds a way in Stock Market to reach the destination and the rest of story shows his rise and fall. With the runtime of 152 minutes, The Big Bull keeps you hooked for almost 130 minutes. This portion is the soul of the film before it leaves the body in last 20 minutes. Nevertheless, the soul still provides enough entertainment to worth your viewing.

Abhishek Bachchan is fantastic in his role. His accent seemed little problematic, otherwise everything else is top notch. If not exaggerating it, this is Abhishek's best performance since Guru, if I'm not missing anything remarkable. Sohum Shah and Ileana D'Cruz are good in their roles but could have been lot better. Nikita Dutta looks simply gorgeous and it would have been great if she had more scenes. Rest of the cast member are decent to average. The Big Bull is a very tight film despite the intense theme and predictable consequences and the credit goes to gripping screenplay and dashing dialoguebaazi.

What The Big Bull lacks the most is creativity and innovative narrative. The story is not offbeat or out of the world stuff in itself and the scenarios like BSE and Money Scam easily suggest the upcoming events so it should have had something different in the storytelling. But it is missing. Anyways, director Kookie Gulati still roars in this general film with decent directorial methods. He could have excluded romantic scenes, songs and several other useless factors with the help of editor and The Big Bull would have been much better just like it was it was in the first 40-50 minutes. So, final words, it's good when it could have been great.

RATING - 6/10*

Better to spend 10 hours in watching Scam 1992 than to spend 2hrs 34 mins in watching Big bull..... Sometime Test cricket are more exciting than T20.

People will compare and watch this movie... Just remove the comparison,and you will definitely enjoy the movie........Ab always rocks!

If this story of Harshad Mehta was released before Scam 1992, it would have been a hit. Scam 1992 is in detail with actual names whereas The Big Bull is a comprehensive similar story with not real names.

1) Pratik Gandhi and Abhishek Bachchan have done justice to their roles as are Shreya Dhanwantari and Ileana D'Cruz.

Better watch Scam 1992 10 times rather than watch this abomination of a 'film'.

The Big Bull

A one time watchable flick.

Starting with the Good about the movie Above average story and scripting, Acting of Abhishek Bachan A detailed portratit biography of Harshad Mehta

Bad things 150 minutes roughly 2.30 hours, the movie is much lagging in the first phase, however there are not much scenes which we get thrilled

Direction is average.

Available on Hotstar.

It's a decent one time watch movie. Scam series is better than this but this is also a nice movie if not best .

If u watched scam 92 before this then definitely wont like this one In Scam 92 makers explain everything in details Scam 92 had a gutsy filmmaker who bravely taken the name of PM in this AB movie they skipped that part

Giving 1 less star coz of that Abhishek creepy laugh dont know who was the maker who passed that laughing scene. :(

Scam 1992 was real story that's why they have mentioned real people and things in their story and shown the reality and I dont understand when there was already a real story based series then why just for the sake of any movie u have tried to copy that series but this movie can't even touch that level of series Scam 1992, THE BIGBULL - Fake Story with overacting.

Story is awesome... And Abhishek acting is just superb.

The Big Bull Should be seen As a Stand alone movie and Should not Be compared To a web series Which is of ten Episodes.

Let's talk about Positives in the movie .

Abhishek Bachan is the biggest Positive point of the Big Bull .As he is Not named as the Real Life character So it's Ok that he doesn't use that gujrati Accent .The film Explains all the terms of Stock Market very Easily and And Very well . Direction is good as well .

Negatives starts with Illeana as she is not that good and realistic in her character .Second is that The characters are not named as on Their real Life names which Is a little bit wierd as this movie is based on true story.

Overall The movie is not bad as it is being Bashed . It's quite descent and A Good one time watch .You may not like it if you Watched scam 1992. But You can Surely give it A try.

Bollywood is finished.dont want to see bollywood in future.

Good movie inspiration.ileana and abhi was too good.

Bigbull got two things wrong, 1. It got released after the scam 1992 and 2. It had to tell the story within 2 and a half hour.

If you don't compare and watch the film with fresh approach you will like it.

Abhishek acting is pathetic. I started watching as i thought he will repeat his performance like GURU as both movies shares same plot. But this time he was not able to justify his role. Story also jump from one place to other without connection. So you will not be able to relate sequence. I wasn't able to tolerate after watching half and later i switched off my Television. If you seriously want to watch BIG BULL Harshad Mehta story then watch #1992Scam on Sonyliv. I watched twice and can watch one more time. But don't waste your time on this movie.

People are comparing Scam 1992 with The Big Bull. A 10 hour series can't be compared to just 2.5 hrs movie. The Director has to cut some details to finish the movie.

I thoroughly liked the movie, but Yes, lots of facts and details are missing from the movie. The makers have not even used used the real name of characters. The movie, at some places, moves too quickly and certain developments are not explained properly. But, the VFX is not up to the mark, dialogues are good, but, could have been better and punchy like Scam 1992, music is good. But, 2 hrs 30 mins feels like bit exhaustive with uneven screenplay.

Abhishek Bachchan was good, Ileana also was very good. But, the director has shown the wife of Hemant Shah as young as, when she met Hemant Shah 6 Years ago. One thing that I hate in movie is the NONSENSE CRINGE LAUGHING of Abhishek, that was so irritating. Watch this movie only if you will not judge and compare with Scam 1992. Rest, it is below expectations.