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29 March 2024

Saif Ali Khan set to give Kareena a heartache with 'Bullett Raja'?

Bollywood actor couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor promoting thier movie 'Agent Vinod'. (AFP)

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By Ajanta Paul

With 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!' and 'Bullett Raja' releasing a week apart who will emerge as the box-office champion? Kareena Kapoor Khan's mushy love story or husband Saif Ali Khan's hardcore action drama?
 
Saif's 'Bullett Raja' is all set to hit the theatres on November 29, a week after Kareena's 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!' (Nov 22).

As witnessed earlier, two big stars (Shah RUkh Khan and Akshay Kumar) releasing movies in consecutive weeks might not be good for business. Kareena's movie might do exceedingly well to eat up Saif's market or Saif's rustic gangster may bring chaos in Kareena and Imran Khan romantic journey.
 
Screen sharing is a big issue in the industry now - remember what 'Chennai Express' did to 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobbara' or 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' did to Ajay Devgn's 'Son of Sardaar'?

The husband and wife are both popular stars and this might leave fans confused to choose between the two.

 
 

'Bullett Raja'

Langda Tyagi in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Omkara' (2006) was a big leap for Saif Ali Khan's career.

After Saif's portrayal of an Uttar Pradesh-based gangster the character became a cult of sorts. 
 
The actor brings similar fierce arrogance, rustic-yet-stylish look in Tigmanshu Dhulia's 'Bullett Raja'.

His personal style maybe royal and much understated, but Saif Ali Khan never shies away from experimenting with his looks in films.
 
The first trailer gives a glimpse of the violence tattered movie set in north of India.

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia’s he says he has tried to present the leading actors in a very different avatar from their earlier films.
 
Also seen in the trailer are Jimmy Shergill and Vidyut Jamwal in the role of a cop.

Saif reminds us of Langda Tyagi and hordes of other rural gangsters from Bollywood. As for Sonakshi Sinha, she is back in her 'simple-at-heart' character, traditional yet daring enough to fall in love with a rowdy.

Playing a gangster Saif sports long hair, a red tilak (vermillion mark) on the forehead and wears beads around his neck.
 
Saif is seen bombarding his opponents with dialogues, firing bullets, riding bike while wearing aviators, dancing with a scantily clad babe, killing mercilessly and even romancing the heroine.
 
Basically, he does everything that is required of a box-office 'Khiladi' or 'Dabangg', and yes and a 'Rowdy' too.

The film will be ready for release on November 29, 2013 just a week after wife Kareena Kapoor's film 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!'.

 
 

'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein!'

Going by the trailer Imran Khan plays the role of a fun loving, happy-go-lucky city boy, while Kareena is the queen of revolution who is determined to bring about a change in society.
 
Kareena is seemingly bothered about social issues and wants to do something for the country.

Their inherent differences makes Kareena head off to a village to help the less privileged.
 
Khan’s character being the lover boy that he is, follows his lady love to the lap of poverty and basically lands up in his alternate universe. However, agreeing to brave the dust and the smell of cow dung, Khan’s takes up the challenge of staying in the village for 10 days.
 
Director Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar, the movie has a good dose of romantic numbers along with a foot-tapping item number 'Chingum'.