In spite of its shortcomings, the film is still one of the better films of the year and the best big budget venture by miles. Its a visual treat, a technical feat in scale and an emotional roller-coaster. The best news is that Sanjay Leela Bhansali is well on his way to finding the right balance between these three aspects of a film. It could be rightly called a coming of age film for the filmmaker. I humbly eat my words that had written off Bhansali as a gifted filmmaker who is the victim of his own ego and delusions of grandeur. His ego, if any, is fully justifiable as the eccentricity of a genius and the so-called delusions are not delusions, after all.