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Let me break the suspense and tell you at the very beginning, Tanu weds Manu is charming but its no Band Baaja Baraat. Tanu and Manu, both characters are endearing but you can't relate to them like you could to Bitoo and Shruti. However, it won't be fair to write this review based on a comparison, so I will refrain from doing that. ...
The film starts very much like Wanted, with Inspector Chulbul Pandey being introduced to the audience in a fight scene. But this fight scene has lot of humour thanks to a ringtone as well as Rajni style stunt by Salman using his Rayban. The film moves at a decent pace with songs thrown in between the adventures of Chulbul who has no problem in dancing on the street to express himself.
The music is actually a big plus for Dabangg with two songs already becoming superhits including Munni Badnaam which has created mass hysteria in fans and news channels alike. Sajid Wajid have done a commendable job and one song that really stands out is Udd Udd Dabangg which is very original and very fresh. Another thing that makes Dabangg truly entertaining is the action, which at times are bizzare and yet they never sieze to amuse you. In one particular action piece during the climax, Salman even outdoes Rajnikant by removing his shirt (It had to happen) in a manner which has never ever been scene on the silver screen (Its almost straight out of Dragon Ball Z).
Ofcourse I am not ignoring Salman Khan, and frankly its impossible to that coz he is the heart and sould of this film. He gets under the skin of the character so well, its impossible to imagine him as anyone else but Inspector Chulbul Pandey. Credit is also due for the people responsible for developing the lovable Chulbul, Abhinav Kashyap (brother of Anurag Kashyap) and Dilip Shukla who have written the story along with Jalees Sherwani who has written the dialogues. I would not be surprised if we see a new adventure featuring Chulbul. Go watch Dabangg for a great performance by Salman and one of the most memorable characters of our times, . After all “Inka naam inki personality ko shobha deta hai”.
Rating: Movie – 3/5 Chulbul Pandey 5/5 ...
In short, the film has great sound mixing and a great music and background score by Vishal himself. Dhan Te Naan specially is a lifeline of the film and the other songs which are superbly written by legendary Gulzaar Sahib are Fatak (about AIDS) and Kaminey, the title song. Great performances by all actors starting from Priyanka to Amol Gupte (Yes, Taare Zameen Par’s director). Its a great film with some all time great moments and Shahid’s performances. Both were great but my heart goes to the one “joh f ko f bolta hai”. Charlie is just too good. So another top notch film from Vishal, a joy ride much recommended for everyone. Its too fexy to miss out. ...
Damn these paid previews. What they have done is changed the first day first show from Friday morning to Thursday and i suffered yesterday on account of that. I was never a fan of paid previews as i had a certain attachment to Friday. But now that people watch a movie on Thursday itself the novelty factor is gone by Friday.
This is what happened to me for the much anticipated Chandni Chowk To China. A couple of friends saw the movie day before yesterday and trashed it. So even though i knew it was gonna be bad i had no choice but to go for it as i had bought the tickets on Tuesday itself. And just when i thought it couldn’t get any worse my brother who also saw the movie with his friends on yesterday morning trashed it too and big time.
The feeling of walking towards your death is something i really don’t know how to describe. I knew i was gonna hate it, but i was also thinking that going with such a low expectation would be a good idea as i wouldn’t be as disappointed as the others. Oh how wrong i was!
I reached the theatre on time but was surprised to see a very moderate crowd, no where near a house full. So i think to myself “maybe other people also heard that the movie was bad and they were lucky enough (sensible enough, according to my mother who also suffered on my account) not to have bought the tickets already.
So now lets get to the painful part. Believe me i tried really hard to like the movie but the constant sarcastic claps from the audience didn’t really support the cause. Whether it was the stupid knife proof, bulletproof, parachute umbrella or the new i-pods used as some stupid language translators, the audience never left an opportunity go by to clap and applause the sheer stupidity of the film.
It was so unbelievable to see the sheer lack of seriousness that was clearly visible even in the intense scenes. Nikhil advani thought that if he uses all the formulae from Kung Fu to Parathe wali Gali and from a sacred warrior to Sita aur Gita he will have a hit, he couldn’t have been more wrong. And what the hell is Akshay doing? whats wrong with our self made man. I mean i am fed up of him taking his audience for granted all the time. He has seriously lost it. I was one of the people who laughed his head off on his stupid jokes but enough is enough. AK if you are listening, its time to re-invent yourself.
The only person who made the right decision by opting to do this film was Deepika. She got to do something that she wouldn’t have in any other film, kick some serious ass and be called Meow Meow(seriously) . There wasn’t much of acting but the action that she did is the best i have ever scene done by a lead actress in Bollywood.
That is about the only positive thing i can say. Music? well lets just say that i was lucky as all songs were not present in full length otherwise i wouldn’t have made it out alive. None of the songs made sense and were forced into the film (actually the entire film itself was kinda forced).
Oh yes i got another positive point. Phew!! thank god coz i was thinking that i will be getting howlers for not even having two positive points for the film( I mean one positive point per half is the least i can do). Yeah so the action, It was over the top, exaggerated, unrealistic(I mean its not Shaolin Soccer, so what was that Cosmic Kick all about?) and really boring to say the least, even in the climax. Oh shit, I am sure in my head it sounded positive. I guess i was thinking about the Gordon Liu movie which he wont be embarrassed about. ...
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