The Big Bull

<p>Based on the life of , the movie follows the rise and fall of the stock market broker who rose from the chawls of and became one of the big players of the in the early 1990s, while the country was undergoing major changes in its economy ( ). In 2018, it was reported that will produce the film with playing the lead role. The film is directed by Kookie Gulati and shows the financial crimes and life of . and were brought in to play supporting roles. The shooting commenced on 16 September 2019. Many shots of the movie has been filmed in . Due to the , the film was released for streaming worldwide from 8 April 2021 on . The film’s music was composed by Gourov Dasgupta and Mehul Vyas with lyrics written by Kunwar Juneja and Anil Verma. The rap single “Yalgaar” by , with music by Wily Frenzy, served as the theme song. composed the background score. On the website , 11% of 9 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.6/10. of rated the movie 1.5 out of 5 stars commenting that “the film’s problems are rooted in the screenplay, stilted dialogues and arbitrary character arcs.” Writing for , Rahul Desai called the movie a “rushed portrait of a slow-burned legacy” further adding that “Abhishek Bachchan’s version of Harshad Mehta is far more compelling than the story it defines.” Jyoti Kanyal of gave the movie 2.5 out of 5 stars calling it “an interesting watch, which often oscillates between boredom and excitement.” Ronak Kotecha of graded the film with 3 out of 5 stars and asked not to let the ‘stock of expectations rise too high’. He opined that Abhishek Bachchan ‘delivered a decent performance’. In conclusion of review he wrote, “Overall, is a decent attempt to tell a dramatic story of one of India’s biggest financial scams, orchestrated by a man, who seemed more like a common man than a con man.”</p>