In one of the song sequence, camera actually cuts of Babbu Maan’s head and shows only his body. Thats a very rookie mistake. The songs could have been shot well, which would have enhanced the films’ appeal.
The plot of the film is terrible, there are too many discrepancies in it. Too many contradictions. Most of the themes criss cross each other and nothing reaches its goal. There are two huge contradictions in the film. Firstly, in the very beginning when Ekam comes back to India, he himself drives the car harshly, and later he gets his step brother arrested for that very reason. Secondly, in the beginning he burns the Sheller himself and later in the film he fights for the cause of farmers. And if the family was in economical situation, why not sell their 60 Lakh worth Audi? And how many cars did they have anyway? That’s unacceptable. What happens to his step mother, once he takes her in at village? What happens to his step brother? Lets just leave it at that a lot of what happens can be added to a lot of things in Ekam..
Editing of the film is very immature. Cinematography looses all its impact due to bad editing. The scenes open with jerky feel to them and move here and there without any connection. Mostly the viewer ends up wondering who is speaking whose dialogues. Not just the editing, there are some awkward moments in the film as well. One of the most awkward scenes was when MLA goes to Ekam’s mother to talk about the marriage of Ekam and his daughter. He actually holds her hand… that was shockingly indecent.. was there something going on between the two of them?
Acting is average. Babbu Maan didnt show much zeal in his character. He is mostly inert in the film. He is best only when it comes to interact with PhD. girl Mohitinder Bawa, where they argue about the fate of Punjab. Bhagwant Maan has done well, but he gets out of character at least once when he doesnt stutter at all. But his character doesnt develop fully and dies intermittently. Mohitinder Bawa looks good, but her dialog delivery is too harsh for on screen
Sometimes at awkward moments. Like the whole theater laughed at the death of Sarpanch. That was supposed to be a very serious scene, but crowd was laughing at his death.. one viewer even said “Oye eh ethe pahunchya kiwein, adh vichale drakhat de faansi kiwein le layi…”. There was laughter in the cinema, when Ekam’s father gets a paralysis attack and the same when he dies. The same happened when Bhagwant Maan died. The whole house was jeering during the climax action sequence. It seems that Ekam couldnt bring about the tragedy all these characters were suffering. The scenes which were supposed to make people cry, actually induced such remarks as “Oye eh ta Mar Geya Oye…” “Jeeb kiwein kaddi a sarpanch ne” “Oye pagg ta sambhal la…” “Oye Gypsy udd gayi oye” “Mera Pulser ta chalang ni Marda…