Salman Khan proposes: Bring it on, bring it on. The audience disposes: Shut it off, shut it off. It’s become a routine. Bhai’s second-last film, Radhe (2021), was unvaryingly spoofy and dumb. Still, having released on ZEE5 during the pandemic, it gave audiences the option to skip forward or watch something else entirely. No such luxury with Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, which has opened in theatres and runs for 144 minutes. That’s 143 minutes too long for a Salman-Farhad Samji combo.
Samji does score some points with Bhai’s ‘epic’ introductory scene. We see a swarm of goons pull up at a nondescript Delhi square. They are looking for Bhaijaan (Salman), protector of people, runner of gyms. As the demanded personality leaps off a terrace in slow-motion, coolly slipping into his black leather jacket mid-jump, the assembled population starts to whistle and hoot. What a smart solution, I thought, diegetically guaranteeing that if fans don’t show up in droves (as they clearly didn’t during my screening), there will be someone to welcome Salman on-screen.
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