Legendary director Shyam Benegal, now big-budget. With the mammoth Bose, he broached the powerful subject of Netaji Subhash Bose, an iconic freedom fighter mostly ignored by Bollywood. Sachin Khedekar looked good in the role and, given Benegal's track record of historical films, this was all set to be great. Sadly, it fell far short.

The length: Jokes aside, the basic problem with Bose is it actually looks unedited. Unfocussed scenes are pasted disjointedly together, and there is no attempt at restraint -- this must have made for a really clean cutting-room floor. Followers of Bose decried the historical inaccuracy, even as the rest of the audience stifled a yawn.

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