Karan Johar is impressed with Vicky Kaushal’s performance in the Meghna Gulzar directorial Sam Bahadur. On Friday, the filmmaker took to his Instagram stories and penned down a long note praising the 35-year-old actor. KJo argued that Vicky’s outstanding performance in Sam Bahadur is no less than like a veteran.
“He is SAM BAHADUR and he is an absolute master of his craft…@vickykaushal09 embodies the legend like a bonafide veteran with genius ease! From body language to tonal shifts his is an outstanding portrayal! Salute to his performance!” Karan Johar wrote.
The filmmaker further praised Meghna Gulzar and added, “Big chops to Ronnie and team @rsvpmovies for making this polished product and taking a leap as content creators! My dearest @meghnagulzar is on top of her game and committed to telling the story with researched precision and ultimate conviction! Biggest hug to her!!! My love to the entire cast and crew!”
Sam Bahadur is based on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. His career in the army spanned over four decades and five wars. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and his military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh.
Besides Vicky Kaushal, Sam Bahadur also stars Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick (as Lord Mountbatten), Richard Bhakti Klein (as Ambassador Keating), Saqib Ayub (Captain Attiqur Rahman) and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela (as Subedar Gurbaksh Singh) in key roles. It also features Fatima Sana Shaikh as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Sanya Malhotra as Sam’s love interest.
News18 Showsha’s review of the film reads, Sam Bahadur seamlessly blends duty, patriotism, and determination which are rich fodder for any film. The scale of the meticulously structured period narrative is grand as it shuns the trappings of a Bollywood biopic. But that certainly isn’t the film’s sole strength. The brilliantly lensed biopic also draws power from lead actor Vicky Kaushal who sinks its teeth completely into the character so much so that there are many times you’d feel that you forget the actor and almost feel that late field marshal, Sam Manekshaw himself is on the big screen. Kaushal’s intense and intuitive performance presents an incredible tale of a man who loved his uniform and his army more than anything else. It is the actor’s best performance, even better than Sardar Udham.”
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