Bollywood Films That Could Have Genuinely Excelled but Failed!
I have come across a lot of Bollywood films that had a tremendous potential to be a good enjoyable watch but was bogged down by either a bad actor, a bad director or something! Here is my list.
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- DirectorRemo D'SouzaStarsAnil KapoorSalman KhanBobby DeolRelationships and loyalties of a criminal family planning its next big heist are tested when some shocking revelations strike them.This film had immense potential to be a good action thriller. Judging it today, i realized that this film's action sequences are far better than several of its Bollywood action counterparts. However, a horrible director, poor execution of story, cringy dialogues and Salman's weak performance made this film a torturous watch. Had this been Abbas-Mustan and Saif's film, things would have been better.
- DirectorVarun V. SharmaStarsSaif Ali KhanRani MukerjiSiddhant ChaturvediBunty and Babli are forced out of retirement after a spate of robberies with their trademark sigil start appearing across India.Things started going downhill for this film the moment Abhishek got replaced by Saif to play the same character from the 1st part. Imagine removing Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter role and giving it to someone else..it would be disastrous right! Same here also. Still, the trailer did promise to bring in some entertainment. The story genuinely had potential with 2 sets of B&B clashing but its execution was so so weak and boring and loud backed by the fact that it had some super poor songs as compared to the songs from the 1st part that are till date chartbusters and the Covid times made sure this film carried 0 buzz and it flopped. Things would have been better had Abhishek been there and if the story could have had much better execution, not to forget the songs that could have been better.
- DirectorVijay Krishna AcharyaStarsAamir KhanAmitabh BachchanLloyd OwenA story about one man's love for his nation and another's love for power. An epic adventure filled with edge-of-the-seat thrills and war on the seas.Needed a better director and story writer. otherwise I felt this was really good on the visuals part but poor story, poor direction and also, poor editing making the film unbearably long made sure this was a rare shocking flop from Amir Khan.
- DirectorVijay Krishna AcharyaStarsAamir KhanKatrina KaifAbhishek BachchanJai and Ali return to catch the clown thief, Sahir, who has targeted various branches of the Western Bank of Chicago.Another Amir Khan film that promised HUGEE!! from its trailer but what it could only deliver was some really well shot action sequences and the Kamli song coreography but failed miserably in story and execution (thanks to the same man behind TOH). Could have been a much better watch but then it was the ATBB of its own time so, who cares?
- DirectorAnubhav SinhaStarsShah Rukh KhanArjun RampalKareena KapoorWhen the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's only the game's less powerful protagonist who can save his creator's family.Pretty visible from its IMDB ratings that it wasnt that well received by public, a film that had immense potential to be India's new next gen superhero film. The VFX too was good from 2011 perspective but the story was so weak that it failed to impress the audience although it minted above 100cr thanks to SRK power. Ra.One definitely needs a reboot version made by some really good story writer and director.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsAjay DevgnIleana D'CruzEmraan HashmiAn Indian queen asks her bodyguard to steal back gold taken from her by the Indian government during The Emergency period in 1975.Grand scale film that carried enormous potential to be a big commercial masala desi heist film (atleast from what it looked in the trailer) but failed solely because of the confusing story not to forget an unbearably boring 2nd half.
- DirectorSiddharth AnandStarsHrithik RoshanKatrina KaifPawan MalhotraA young bank receptionist gets mixed up with Rajveer Nanda, a man who has a mysterious background.Remake of a Tom Cruise movie which itself was not good and Bang Bang was further inferior to an already inferior product and the culprit is the terrible story. Had the story writers put in effort to modify or improve the script, critics would have been pleased and it would have earned more than what it did cuz the trailer promised extraordinary action and the songs were an instant hit.
- DirectorBumpyStarsRiteish DeshmukhVivek OberoiRhea ChakrabortyA comic-caper, that tells the story of 3 morons trying to rob a bank who pick the worst day possible when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and how they're inadvertently caught in the crossfire.This movie could have been even better than what it actually was had it not taken the cringy approach at the start. The twist at the end was genuinely shocking and smart but was bogged down by cringe everywhere. P.S. - It wasnt a commercial success even.
- DirectorRaj Kumar GuptaStarsArjun KapoorSudev NairPreet BhullarA group of intelligence officers embark on a top secret mission to track down a wanted international criminal.Needed a better actor thats it.