"Once upon a time" is a popularly used phrase for opening any story and Milan Luthria has aptly lifted this phrase to title his film which presents a love triangle that's as clichéd as the aforementioned phrase. Sarfaraz Khan and Pitobash Tripathy have also acted well. Sophie Choudry has managed to look glamorous without looking voluptuous or over the top. Sonali Bendre is a revelation in her very small but intense role. Mahesh Manjrekar has derived his own style of acting and his performance can be well speculated in advance. So, in spite of his cool presence, you do think that an Emraan Hashmi or a Ranveer Singh would have fitted the bill better. Imraan has this natural look and body language of someone who is very simple and honest.
Also, she has looked beautiful and acted well. Needless to say, that she has suited the role very well.
Sonakhshi's character demanded someone who is beautiful, innocent, conscious and also forthcoming and robust. Otherwise, normally you associate him with punjabi fashion wear and loud movies with long legged lasses. It is a fresh change to see him do method acting. Also, he has very well played the role of an emotionless womanizer and a love torn angry young man. He has also very well adopted the lean, mean and suave physicality and attitude of a great don. He mouths them unabashedly throughout the movie and almost all of them throw the required punch. Actually, there are two heroes in the film - Akshay and his Dialogues. What has actually stood out in this movie is the presence of Akshay Kumar. In one or the other manner, they end up showing you the making and toughening of the anti social, his power and action, his softer side with a particular love interest, some hard core cop action and last but not the least, the culture, lingo and lifestyle of the 80's and early 90's. Honestly speaking, while watching such Dawood influenced movies (Company, D-Day, Shootout At Wadala, OUATIM, OUATIMD), you don't find any exclusive difference amongst them. Also, he unabashedly indulges in womanizing activities. The sequel starts with Shoaib (Akshay Kumar) being shown as the ruthless, mirthless, powerful don, who is well settled in the middle east and controls his Indian and other overseas operations with his loyal aid Javed (Sarfaraz Khan).
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI DOBARA MOVIE REVIEW CODE
It was made pretty clear then and there that unlike his mentor, the new don was in no mood to follow any code of principle or sharing. The prequel established the onset of the great upcoming underworld don Shoaib Khan's (Emraan Hashmi) reign by making him the undisputed leader once he assassinated his mentor and senior Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgn). Overall, this movie is a complete mess that I think is best to skip.Īs evident by its name, the movie is a sequel to 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' that was released in 2010. The movie makes a lot of ludicrous turns in its final act, and part of that was somewhat fun, but considering how long this movie is, it's not worth it. The main issue of the movie is that the main story, which is a love triangle, is just not very interesting or exciting. Ultimately, the performances never live up to the first movie. I think Akshay Kumar tries his best, but the movie is nowhere near as cool as it seems to think it is. As a movie, this movie isn't particularly good either. This movie has essentially no ties to the very solid first movie that came before it. "Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!" is a movie that uses its title simply as a cash grab. Please don't waste your time on this one. There are surreal scenes as well, where, oblivious to the waste disposal systems of the Lavatories on Indian Trains, the characters lie beneath the tracks in search of philosophically charged revelations about life. Clichéd depictions of filmy virtues like "Dosti" "Imaandaari" "Namak Ka Farz" etc. Akshay Kumar's performance is ignorable, stale and dull. The first few minutes of the movie act as a fitting prologue and only the very brave can venture beyond it. While Gangster movies are past their prime, this one touches new lows. The movie, is irritating and comes across as a 80's B-Grade gone real bad. It drives you crazy and out of the theatre. The movie could still have managed to evade this ignominy, had it featured good music. With no storyline, no script, bad acting and boring dialogue the movie was doomed to bomb at the box office ab initio.
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