Ghoomer Celeb Review: Harsha Bhogle Calls Abhishek Bachchan's Performance "Outstanding." The Actor Reacts

"I think he lives the role of the coach," said Harsha Bhogle about Abhishek's performance

Abhishek Bachchan was left pleasantly surprised when his upcoming film Ghoomer got the approval of cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle. In a video shared by the YouTube channel of Ghoomer producers' Hope Productions, Harsha Bhogle can be heard saying that at first, he was apprehensive about watching a film that had actors who he knew personally, but all his apprehensions and uneasiness were put to rest after watching Ghoomer. Harsha Bhogle was quoted as saying, "I went to see a movie recently and I went with a combination of excitement and unease. A little bit of unease, because I didn't know how I'd react to a film where I knew a lot of people in it. I've known Balki for a long time. There's been a debate in the house or whether we like Cheeni Kum more or Paa more. I was always on the Paa side, my wife was on Cheeni Kum side. I've been invested in Sayami Kher's performance as she is an outstanding anchor and also a cricketer. I wanted to see how she combined the two. So I was a little confused about how I'd react to the film with people that I knew in it.”

He went on to say that unlike other sports dramas where the sport is not given proper treatment by virtue of the actor not being a sportsperson, this was not the case with Ghoomer as it cast Saiyami, "a proper cricketer" as the protagonist. “I was also a little concerned about how the cricket would be shot. We've all seen sports movies where the emotion is built up, the drama is built up and then suddenly the sport starts and you say, yeah, they tried to teach the actor cricket but it's not working. Within the first ten minutes or so, that first fear was gone," Harsha Bhogle noted.

Speaking at length about Saiyami's performance, Harsha Bhogle said, “It's not just Saiyyami - who is a proper cricketer. She's an actor, but she's also a proper cricketer. So there was never going to be any doubt about that, but also on how the rest of the characters play. When there's an India-England game, they're all cricketers playing and he (Balki) didn't compromise on that. That gives the movie a touch of authenticity.”