Salman Khan’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ trailer fails to impress: Watch

Let’s face it. The times when Prem (Salman Khan) and his ‘prem’ aka love worked wonders on screen were 10-15 years back. But now, when we have seen Salman Khan in his ‘Dabangg’ avatar, it becomes difficult to accept the sudden change. From Chulbul Pandey to Prem? And this is what happens when you watch the first trailer of Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ marking the return of Salman Khan as Prem. There is Salman Khan, there’s grandeur and there’s every bit of a Rajshri drama that once upon a time, promised to make the movie a blockbuster. But despite all these, the trailer leaves us feeling disappointed.

The trailer starts with a huge haveli, a female voice echoing a shloka, and girls dancing – everything typical of Rajshri films. Salman Khan enters the scene with the words, ‘Main waapis aa gaya hoon.’ Prem is back, with the same old world charm and a similar innocence. The moment when he does a SRK-esque spreading of his arms, you get reassured of Salman’s Prem avatar enticing you back to the ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ days.

And then, it dies. Amidst the dancing girls can be seen a colourful lehenga-clad Sonam Kapoor gyrating to classical steps. She does look lovely as Maithili, but dancing is not her strength, for sure.