Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara movie Review

ONCE UPON AY TIME IN MUMBAI DOBAARA Saved By Star Akshay Kumar

Pluses:

The clear winner of the movie is Rajat Aroraa who has put so much effort into writing punchy dialogues of the film. Sonakshi Sinha fits well in her role and justifies it. Couple of songs are very good.Pitobash Tripathy once again portrays excellent performance as Dedh Tang. Akshay Kumar gets all the clap and seetis

Minuses:

Imran Khan fits very poor in the bill. His urban dialect misfits with the punchy dialogues that he absolutely can’t carry. The well-written dialogues have been wasted on a plot of love triangle with a backdrop of underworld.The backdrop of underworld does not impact or contribute to movie in any way.The biggest disappointment in the film is its climax which may be trying to leave a room for its sequel but leaves the audience puzzled. Milan fails big time as director

Critic Rating:
2.5/5

Business Rating:
3.5/5

Verdict:

Watch it for Akshay Kumar and dialogues

Detail Analysis:

If it is a sequel and that too Akshay Kumar starrer then film has to  be big. OUATIMD is much awaited film and releasing on big Independence Day. Film has ensemble star cast consisting of Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha,Mahesh Manjerkar and Sonali Bendre. Vidya Balan comes for 2 second in middle of Tayyab Ali song.

Film has simple plot and it is a complete love triangle. There is only a faint backdrop of underworld and there is not much action or gang war which take place. Imran's character (Aslam) brought to underworld by dreaded don Akshay Kumar ( Shoaib) and ultimately both fall in love with Jasmine (Sonakshi Sinha). How this love turns into war is the rest of the film. But its underwhelming climax which robs you of the fun.

Performance wise Akshay Kumar is star and he carries the film on his shoulder. Every thing keeps falling around him from actors to script but he holds his ground. He plays Shoaib with all finesse and aura but the whole character and over written dialogues leave him gasping. Sample few dialogues -

- Doodh mein neebo jo daalta hai paneer uska hota hai

- Devar ke din jab maut aati hai to use bhabhi achi lagne lagti hai

- jab main tumse mila tha tab tum mere ghuton tak aate the, par aa j main tumhe tumhe tumahare ghuton pe laa doonga

- tumari aankhein mujhe police ki headlight ki yaad dilati hain

- yeh pyar ka panga hai ismein pyar se kaam nahin chalta

Watch out for Akshay's act in very last scene, what an intense shot! Imran Khan is a disaster and  completely looks out of the place throughout. His dialogue delivery is poor and so is his whole caricature look. Sonakshi gives some real fresh air in this over laden emotional drama with her grounded mature act. Mahesh Manjerkar and Sonali Bendre is decent plus other supporting cast is good.

Music is average to say the least where "Yeh Tune Kya Kiya" works big time but other songs just go through the motion. Film suffers from very poor editing and post interval portion is a big drag. Writing is shining point of the film but over dose spoils the recipe. There is punch in every dialogue which after some tome start getting on to nerves. Cinematography is decent and action lacks novelty.

But it is director Milan Lutharia who is the real culprit as he completely goes wrong in every department, be it choosing a love story for underworld sequel or miscasting Imran. This is one film which he would like to forget after successful TDP and OUATIM.

Overall this is a film which will take a good opening riding on holiday weekend but film will find it tough to sustain beyond weekend. It is only Akshay Kumar and dialogues which save this one from sinking.

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Movie Review: Chennai Express

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Nikitin Dheer and Sathyaraj

Any attempt to intellectualise Chennai Express is futile. This film is unabashedly juvenile in its sense of humour and entertainment. Shah Rukh Khan is in full-on self deprecation mode. Deepika Padukone speaks in a caricature-ish Tamil accent. More than half the film’s dialogue is in Tamil. The story arc is so simple that you can fit it in a single tweet. Despite all its shortcomings, this is still a funny film. It’s peppered with humorous set pieces and colourful locales and songs. Rohit Shetty makes chettinad-style masala movies. And that’s the perfect description of this film. If you don’t plan to engage in a multi-lateral critique of dramatic elements and narrative, this film can be fun.

It begins with Shah Rukh Khan playing Rahul and his grandfather passing away just before his 100th birthday. Kamini Kaushal (playing SRK’s grand mom) makes Rahul swear that he’d immerse the ashes at Rameshwaram. Rahul is the smug types and promises he’d do so but is actually planning to go to Goa instead. In throwing his grand mom off, he boards Chennai Express and then that fateful parody of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge occurs. SRK stretches out to help Deepika Padukone board the train. From there on, it turns into a full blown Tamil film, with sporadic bits of Hindi dialogue. And lots and lots of gags, most of which are amusing.

Almost throughout the film, SRK is feeding off playing Rahul for the umpteenth time. Only this time it’s with a serious pinch of salt. It’s like a satirical homage to all his cinematic moments. He’s on a trolley, sliding left to right on the screen, arms out stretched in copyright SRK style. There are a few parody scenes recreated from films like DDLJ, Koyla My Name Is Khan etc. It’s good to see a superstar take the mickey out of his own legacy. Good sense of humour on both SRK and director Rohit Shetty. When SRK’s not going-all-comedic-guns-blazing, it’s Deepika Padukone muttering away to cartoonish Tamil accent glory. If you thought Hema Malini had an accent, you need hear this act. It’s campy, it’s cute and most importantly it adds the right amount of colour to Deepika’s outlandish Meena amma character.

As is the tradition with masala movies, they walk a very thin line. They step a little too much on either side and chances are they’ll end up offending someone. Chennai Express does it a lot. It makes no bones about playing to the gallery. Rohit Shetty characteristically sneaks in a car chase/blow up sequence too. SRK is all over the place. So much so that he even has a completely deranged scene with a midget talking in gibberish. And right at the end he has an angry monologue and a very violent fight with Thangabali (Nikitin Dheer). SRK and Deepika talk in sing songs, adding impromptu Hindi dialogue to popular film numbers so that others around them can’t figure out what they’re up to. If that sounds ludicrous it is.

This is neither trademark SRK material nor regular Rohit Shetty action-comedy. Chennai Express is like a ’80s Tamil potboiler reworked with a Hindi cast. It has a unique new flavour. The pace of the movie could’ve been better. Certain sections like the scene on a smuggling boat stick out like a sore thumb. But it does well in mixing romantic moments and comedy. SRK tries his hand at physical comedy, Deepika defines the epitome of South Indian beauty and songs like Chinmayee’s Titli and Kashmir main tu kanyakumari add a nice touch to the proceedings. This is a cute and colourful masala movie, definitely worth the escalated price of the admission ticket

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