Review of “Veer”

“Veer” is a movie set during the colonial times in India and it was released in 2010. Raja Gyanendra Singh (Jackie Shroff), king of Madhavghar sides with the British and deceives the Pindaris along with their fearsome fighter Prithvi Singh (Mithun Chakraborty) into a situation in which more than 4500 Pindaris were slaughtered. Gyanendra Singh did not escape unscathed but had to pay dearly for this treachery by losing his right arm as it was chopped off by Prithvi Singh.

Prithvi Singh in his desire for vengeance sends his two sons Veer Pratap Singh (Salman Khan) and Punya Pratap Singh (Sohail Khan) to the United Kingdom to learn their way of life and their way of thinking.

Veer (means brave) had been trained to be a great fighter by his father since childhood. Surprisingly in London Veer falls in love with Princess Yuvraji Yashodhara (Zarine Khan) the daughter of his enemy Raja Gyanendra Singh.

Veer disguises himself and inserts himself into the camp of his enemy Raja Singh and he is able to win his trust.  It remains to be seen as to whether Yuvraji Yashodhara will betray Veer as she is fully aware of his identity. In order not to spoil the suspense for you I will leave you to watch the rest of the story to find out if Veer and his father’s plot to defeat the British and Raja Gyanendra Singh will see the light of day.

“Veer” was directed by Anil Sharma and it is well scripted. Veer is very long with a running time of approximately 155 minutes but very interesting to watch. Just like all other hindi movies the action of the movie is interspersed with very nice rhythmic music and dance.