Salman Khan can’t cry. Salman Khan can’t laugh. Salman Khan can’t run. Salman Khan’s can’t act. Yet he mesmerizes you with his impeccable screen presence and his very unique, never seen before dialogue delivery which leaves you lost in his world. Salman has struck gold with Dabangg. And how!
The film doesn't have any great story but it's the character Chulbul Pandey that does the trick. It's one of the most powerful hero characters seen in bollywood. I think the last time I watched such a stylish hero in a movie was in Dhoom 2 and Don. In the movie, character names are different and catchy. UP accent had never sounded such funny before. Sonakshi looks fresh and songs are too melodious. All in all it's a perfect bollywood masala film.
For a while now, the hindi films those were being made were Pa, 3 Idiots, MNIK whose protaganist was not a hero type. May be the mass audience didn't enjoy such movies. But when Dabangg hit the screens, it was a treat for the aam small town junta. Look at the small screen earnings of Dabangg. It's way beyond those of 3 Idiots. In a day or two Dabangg would cross the life time nett earnings of Ghajini. And it may end up earning a nett Rs. 145 crores with a distributors' share of Rs. 80 crores. It's very unlikely that it may cross 3 Idiots total nett of Rs. 200 crores plus. Bebo didn't like the film mainly because she had thought it would be better than 3 Idiots. But no way. One can never compare Dabangg and 3 Idiots. Contentwise, storywise 3 Idiots is way way ahead of Dabangg. No second thought about it. Having said all that Dabangg will go down in the history of hindi cinema as the only 17th All Time Blockbuster movie.
I enjoyed Chulbul Pandey so much so that I can even mimic him now. Just need a stage and an audience..
Kamaal karte ho pandey jee.... Itne Chhed karoonga... Conphuse ho jaavoge... hahahaha awesome !
PS: I also liked Ronit Roy's character Bhairav Singh in Udaan. It's bit negative but very powerful. These days I'm Smitten by both Bhairav Singh and Chulbul Pandey. One trivia. While Abhinav Kashyap has written Dabangg(he also directed it), his brother Anurag Kashyap has written Udaan.
Kamaal Karte ho Sowmya Pandey... Hamein Chhodke Kahan Dijappear Ho Gaye :-) lol
Nice one!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Bhairav Singh as of now.. very powerful and very dark, yet at the same time, very impressive :)
I agree Firebolt. I had grown my moustache after watching it until mom scolded me :-) Best thing about Bhairav Singh is that even after partying the whole night he works out in the morning. sprints. Disciplined guy. Kamaal karte Ho Bhairav Singh :-)
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