Sultan~ The Uncrowned Box Office King

Release date- 6th July 2016

One Word which describes the film- Uplifting

Best Dialogue- "Asli pehalwan ki pehchaan akhade mein nahi, zindagi mein hove hai... taki jab zindagi tumhe patke toh tum phir khade ho aur aaisa daanv maro ki zindagi chitt ho jaye."

Genre- Sports/ Drama

Music- Vishal-Shekhar

Producer- Aditya Chopra

Story & Direction- Ali Abbas Zafar

Cast- Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh

Budget- 75-80 Crores approximately

Sultan Ali Khan is a simple hearted man who falls in love with a wrestler and enters wrestling to win her heart. How his life changes after that is what the film is about.

Salman Khan makes a grand entry in black underwear, over a perfectly muscular body and gives his opponent a 'dhobi pachaad' which makes us clap and whistle. After that the story becomes slow until he receives a slap from the love of his life. We again see some action followed by some drama and some really bad choreographed dances by Farha Khan.
Salman is surely not obsessed by how he looks in the film as in most of the scenes he looks old and worn out. His character is real, who cries, goes through heart break and still when the time comes collects all his strength to fight a new battle handled to him by life.
So there is this cute guy who innocently tells a girl, 'Manne lage hai ki angrezi mein ladki jaldi pate hai. I love you bolo aur uske baad seedha kiss hove hai', and in the same note later tells the girl's father, 'ShahRukh ka mazak mat udao, manne bahut pasand hai, jab wo ladki ki ankh mein dalke dekhe hai na to andhi ladki bhi pat jaave hai'.
His change in looks in the second half is drastic but still in many scenes we get a glimpse of the simple guy who made us smile with his innocent remarks.

Anushka Sharma as Aarfa gives tough competition to Salman in the wrestling and acting departments. There is a love story between them but there are no great dialogues to express the intensity of their feelings for each other. We get to see them together in between songs but without dialogues they fail to establish their chemistry in our minds.

There were rumors of Sylvester Stallone and later of Sanjay Dutt playing the role of Sultan's coach but the role is finally played by Randeep Hooda and how well has he has portrayed the character. The story becomes fast and pacy with his entry. When he says,'I don't train dead people', we see a new life coming in Sultan's eyes too. He's a true coach urging his student to first give his best and then a little more. His words,'Woh dus maarenge aur tu ek maarega ... us ek mein dus ka vazan hoga',  echos  in Sultan's mind and makes him fight with new energy and vigor.

Salman Khan's films are known for his one-liners but here the title song is it's life and soul.
'Khoon mein tere mitti, Mitti mein tera khoon Upar Allah niche dharti, Beech mein tera junoon' Aye Sultan!

'Jag Ghoomiya', a melodious romantic number was supposed to be sung by Arijit Singh
but after his much publicized tiff with Salman Khan his version was removed from the film
and in its place we get to hear the song sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan which was not
at all soulful.

The film has released in 4350 screens and with almost 85% occupancy rate and a 5
day weekend the film can have the highest weekend earning record of almost 
150-170 Crores. The film was expected to make new records of 350-400 Crores but 
because of an average story line and lack of powerful dialogues it'll be a task for the film to
even touch the 300 Crore mark. Madaari and Great Grand Masti releasing on 15th July
will also effect the business of Sultan, once the initial euphoria of it's release has ended.

In a line, the film is about how at times you just have to die a little inside
to be reborn and rise again from the ashes like the Phoenix.

Good one time watch. Paisa-wasool.

Shorgul~ Too much chaos, not enough anarchy!

Release date- 1st July 2016

One Word which describes the film- Chaotic

Best Dialogue- 'Hamara beta mara hai, vivek nahi. Hum apn bete ki laash par rajneeti nahi hone denge.'

Genre-Political Drama

Music- Lalit Pandit

Producer- Swatantra Vijay Singh, Vyas Verma

Story- Jitendra Tiwari, Khalid Azmi, Raj Verma, Shashie Vermaa

Direction-Pranav Kumar Singh, Jitendra Tiwari

Cast- Ashutosh Rana, Jimmy Shergill, Suha Gezen, Sanjay Suri, Narendra Jha, Eijaz Khan, Sanjay Suri, Hiten Tejwani

Budget- 5 Crores approximately

The film is loosely based on the Muzaffarnagar communal riots of 2013. It is set against the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh showing religious clashes, political rivalry and how innocent people become pawns under the influence of corrupt political/religious leaders. Many characters are inspired from real life leaders to give authenticity to the story like CM Mithilesh (Akhilesh Yadav), MLA Ranjeet Om (Sangeet Som) and Home Minister Alam Khan(Azam Khan).
The film started with an item song followed by some powerful exchange of dialogues between Jimmy Shergill and Asutosh Rana. 
Asutosh Rana is the honest and idealistic Chaudhry who is respected by all and thinks of the welfare of everyone irrespective of their caste or community. He keeps guiding his people, 'Zameen ho ya Zameer, ye mazhabi nahi hote aur Om jaise log dono ko hi mazhab ke rang mai rang dete hai'. Even when tragedy strikes his family he doesn't lose his cool and tries to calm the restless mob. He tells the police inspector handling the case,'Hamne hamesha nyay ka saath diya hai, aj bhi denge.Lekin aapse bhi yahi ummeed hai'.
Jimmy Shergil is the power hungry corrupt politician who wants to win the upcoming election by hook or crook. He has no morals and has a complete team of 'yes men' who blindly follow his commands. Even when he is flying a kite he relates the activity with politics , 'Aasmaan par patang uski raaj karti hai jise waqt par dheel dena aur kheenchna ata hai'. When his worker tells him that as many of their party workers have been arrested they will have a problem in creating unrest he says,"Shanti ko ashanti mein badlne ke liye bheed ki nahi....sirf ek pathar ki jarurat hai".
To counter a corrupt Hindu poiltician there is a Muslim leader who brainwashes the crowd by giving provocative speeches like,'Hum to marte hai to bhi do gaz zameen lekar marte hai aur ye to jal ke hawa mai fana ho jate hai'.
In between this fight for chair and power there is a small love story which becomes a spark for starting a fire which is fueled by the selfish interests of some leaders and spreads like a jungle fire. 
The film was earlier called 'Zainab' but it was changed to 'Shorgul' which also can not be called an apt title for the film. The film is just a sequence of events which lead to a riot and how when a riot spreads everyone loses in some way or the other. The film was entertaining when it started but soon all the characters started dying and the film became more of a documentary.
The release of the film was postponed twice because of the outrage it created. It's released in around 700 screens but because of low buzz and odd show timings the audience stayed away. Sultan is releasing on 6th July, so the film will just have a 5 days week.
In a line, the film has tried to present how riots start along with superficially touching controversial issues like land acquisition in the name of making temples, beef ban and Gowdhara riots, because of which the film has very less entertainment value.
Can be seen if you like this genre. Time-pass