Much-awaited
Bollywood
movie
Bodyguard,
which
has
been
directed
by
Siddique,
has
hit
the
screens
on
Wendesday,
August
31.
Salman
Khan-Kareena
Kapoor
starrer
is
very
high
on
entertainer
masala
and
has
got
warm
welcome
from
the
movie
buffs.
But
the
film
has
received
mixed
reviews
from
the
film
critics.
Many
critics
have
questioned
about
its
logic
and
intelligence.
The
following
are
the
extracts
of
the
Bodyguard
movie
reviews
published
on
different
portals.
Bollywood
Hungama
Review
-
Rating:
4.50
A
section
of
the
industry
feels
that
Salman
is
limiting
himself
to
hardcore
masala
films
that
defy
logic.
That
he's
slowly
getting
typecast
in
similar
genre
movies.
Perhaps,
you
may
assume
that
Bodyguard
is
no
exception.
You
may
also
assume
that
Bodyguard
is
an
extension
of
what
we've
witnessed
in
Dabangg
and
Ready.
But
it
is
not
so.
Let
me
say,
Bodyguard
is
atypical
Salman
entertainer,
yet
there
are
moments
[in
its
second
hour
specifically]
that
make
it
stand
apart
from
all
Salman
starrers
we
have
witnessed
in
the
recent
past,
which
includes
Wanted,
Dabangg
and
Ready.
Oneindia
Review
-
Rating:
4.00
After
Wanted
and
Dabangg,
Salman
Khan
is
back
with
yet
another
release
this
Eid
festive
season.
His
latest
movie
Bodyguard
is
his
usual
masala
entertainer
film,
but
director
Siddique
seems
to
have
grown
beyond
Salman's
limits.
The
film
is
sure
to
rock
the
family
audience
with
its
simple
and
captivating
story.
Daily
Bhaskar
Review
–
Rating:
3.00
Salman,
Kareena
and
Siddique
serve
a
good
Eid
biryani
for
the
audience,
by
blending
romance,
action
and
comedy.
After
watching
movies
like
Murder2
and
Not
a
Love
Story,
Bodyguard
is
a
treat
for
those,
who
prefer
to
watch
movies
with
their
families.
And,
if
you
are
a
Salman
fan,
you
surely
won"t
be
disappointed.
Guardian
Review
-
Rating:
3.00
A
fun
Bollywood
romance
with
Salman
Khan
protecting
a
rich
man's
daughter,
all
pulled
off
with
a
high
degree
of
technical
polish.
Mid
Day
Review
-
Rating:
2.50
The
film
is
obviously
not
expected
to
be
intellectually
stimulating.
But
to
give
it
due
credit,
it
provides
loads
of
entertainment,
the
kind
you
may
have
come
to
expect
of
a
Salman
Khan
film.
DNA
India
Review
-
Rating:
2.00
It"s
amazing
that
writer-director
Siddique
has
made
a
success
of
the
same
story
twice
before
(He
remade
it
in
Tamil
as
Kavalan,
starring
Vijay),
and
the
Hindi
Bodyguard
seems
set
to
strike
big
too.
But
unquestioning
Salman
fans
—
who
turn
out
in
hordes
to
watch
his
films,
ensuring
producers
laugh
all
the
way
to
the
banks
in
the
process
—
deserve
better.
But
sadly
for
them,
even
Salman
Khan
isn"t
reason
enough
to
endure
Bodyguard.
Pity.
Deccan
Chronicle
Review
-
Rating:
2.00
Now,
the
effort
may
be
once
again
in
the
tradition
of
Wanted,
Dabangg
and
Ready.
Snag
is
that
it"s
majorly
unsteady.
Result,
it"s
the
least
likeable
of
the
lot.
Of
niceties
like
plausibility
it
doesn"t
have
a
jot.
At
most,
the
Khan
is
presented
as
a
mix
of
Rajni
sir,
Superman
(sans
vulnerable
Clark
Kent
moments)
and
Lara
Croft.
Uh-oh.
NDTV
Review
-
Rating:
2.00
The
Hindi-language
film
Bodyguard
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
Whitney
Houston
and
Kevin
Costner
love
story
from
1992,
though
it
does
concern
an
attractive
woman
and
a
man
hired
to
protect
her,
and
is
a
towering
geyser
of
sentiment.
But
it"s
a
bit
closer
to
Jason
Statham"s
Transporter
movies,
with
plenty
of
over-the-top
fight
choreography.
Except
that
the
male
lead
isn"t
tearing
across
the
countryside
in
a
black
Audi.
And
there"s
frustrated
ardor.
And
music-video-style
production
numbers.
Hindustan
Times
Review
-
Rating:
1.50
Until
rich
girl
falls
for
poor
boy.
And
you
suddenly
figure,
in
the
ingredients
of
the
masala,
this
is
much
less
of
an
action
flick.
For
more
parts,
it's
sappy
romantic
pap.
I
haven't
seen
either
the
movie
in
Tamil
(Vijay's
Kaavalan,
2011)
or
Malayalam
(Rajkiran's
Bodyguard,
2010)
that
this
is
a
remake
of.
They
couldn't
have
been
too
different.
You
can
tell.
At
least
the
aesthetics
would've
been
absolutely
the
same.
The
director
is.
Yahoo
Review
-
Rating:
0.25
The
beauty
of
a
Salman
Khan
film
is
that
it
doesn't
claim
to
be
anything
but
just
that.
But
when
you
pack
in
sappy
melodrama,
cliched
characterisation,
a
pathetic
love
story
and
action
scenes
choreographed
in
outer
space,
not
even
a
Katrina
Kaif
item
number
can
save
the
day.
Times
of
India
Review
While
it's
no
guarded
secret
that
Salman
Khan's
Bodyguard
is
remake
of
a
South
film,
what
many
might
not
know
is
that
it
also
liberally
borrows
its
love
story
from
Aamir
Khan's
Ghajini
and
climax
from
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hain.