This is the third time for Siddique. Yes, believe it or not, this is the third time that the writer-director has chosen to film this yucky yarn in the span of a year and a half – first in Malayalam, then in Tamil and now in Hindi Bodyguard, effecting minor changes in each follow-up without achieving any perceptible improvement. He and the producer of this film probably had no option.Who in the right mind would want to direct this damp squib of a screenplay thrice even if he has Salman Dabangg Khan’s tried-and-tested biceps and pectorals to hang its hollow premise on? The thread that Bodyguard hangs from is hopelessly slender and perpetually on the brink of snapping.

The story soars on the wings of wild whimsy without for once letting logic get in the way-Salman Khan

If it doesn’t end up in a complete heap, credit in some measure is certainly due to the Bollywood superstar who seems to have mastered the craft of peddling vacuity with the swagger of a seasoned, cocksure sabre-rattler, and to the director of photography Sejal Shah, who imparts a neat, sparkling look and feel to the film.Of course, whether you find Bodyguard entertaining or not will hinge entirely on whether you have any patience for a storyline that is as brainless as a pea.  owes a debt to a wealthy feudal lord, Sartaj Rana (Raj Babbar), that he cannot repay. The latter lives in a sprawling mansion in a place called Jaisinghpur.