Gabbar is Back- The Dream of creating a corruption free India

Release date - 1'st May 2015

One Word which describes the film - Over-the-top

Best Dialogue - 'Sabke Karam Saamne Aayenge, Woh Kya Hai Na Karma Rishwat Nahi Leta.'

Genre - Action/Drama

Music -Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manj Musik

Producer - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Story- Remake of Tamil film Ramana written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss

Writer- Rajat Arora

Direction -Krish

Cast -Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Suman Talwar, 

• Sunil Grover
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Budget- 80 crores  approximately.

Gabbar is back is a scene by scene remake of the hit Tamil film  Ramanaa (2002), directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It's remade in Telugu as Tagore, in Kannada as Vishnu Sena and in Bengali as Tiger. All the remakes have earned money at the box office. So it was expected that Gabbar will also open to full houses. It has collected almost 46 crores in 4 days. 

The press gets information that 10 tehsildars across Maharashtra have been mysteriously kidnapped. But they are as mysteriously returned, except the most corrupt one. Other corrupt officers of various departments also become the target of Gabbar's fury who wants a corruption free India.
The film is very fast and has spicy one liners by the king of dialogues 'Rajat Arora',.
Digvijay Patil- Rishwat li to Gabbar maar dega, nahi li to main maar dunga.
Sadhuram Yadav- 'Jab mujhe expert advice chahiye hoti hai to mai khud se baat kar leta hoon.'
At times the film becomes too unreasonable and overblown which I think is a regular feature of any South Indian film.
Akshay Kumar who is known as the fitness icon looks bulky and has a very funny hairstyle. The moustache and grey beard do nothing for his look. In scenes with Shruti Hassan the age difference is very much visible.
Shruti Hassan who is a lawyer but also helps in successfully delivering a baby in the backseat of a car just based on google research is loud and most of the time looks like a fashion model.
Sunil Grover who plays the role of an intelligent hawaldar has given a good performance.
Suman Talwar comes across as a powerful antagonist.
Kareena Kapoor appears in the Teri Meri Kahani song and adds to the glamour quotient of the film. 
Chintragada Singh who was declared as the next Smita Patel when she made her debut in Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi(2003) is now reduced to doing steamy item numbers. Aao Raja recreated by Honey Singh is his worst creation till date.
So the question is whether you should listen to all the critics and just avoid the film as it's nowhere near the magnum- opus 'Sholay' or you should leave your brains at home and just enjoy this masala entertainer.
In India the audience is already divided into classes and masses. The teenagers totally avoid Hindi films and stick to films like Fast and Furious and an equally mindless Avengers as they think it's cool to watch them.
Any film which has some patriotic message should be seen by all countrymen. So I would say go and watch it and if even one scene touches your heart and brings a minor change, the purpose is solved.  

In a line the message conveyed to the audience  is very good, I just wish the way in which it was presented was a little better. 

One time watch. Timepass

Review of Singham Returns

Release date - 15'th August 2014

One Word which describes the film -
Mass entertainer

Best Dialogue - 

' Aaj raajneeti mei sabko insecurity hai is liye sabke paas security hai . Mujhe kaun marega?

Genre - Action

Music -Jeet Gannguli ,Ankit Tiwari,Meet Bros Anjjan, Yo Yo Honey Singh

Producer - Reliance Entertainment ,Ajay Devgan,Rohit Shetty

Story- Sajid-Farhad

Direction - Rohit Shetty

Cast - Ajay Devgan ,Kareena Kapoor Khan, Amole Gupte , Anupam Kher, Dayanand Shetty

Budget- 70 Crores

In 2011 Rohit Shetty created a character Bajirao Singham which became an instant hit with the audience. His dialogues 'Aata majhi satakli' and 'Jismain hai dum,toh fakht Bajirao Singham' were used in day to day conversations. The film was a big hit.

Singham Returns has Bajirao Singham in the role of DSP of Mumbai. The film like its prequel has lots of action, powerful dialogues and strong on screen hatred between the protagonist and the villain.

Ajay Devgan is the life and soul of the film. His body language and expressions are so perfect that we forget the hero Ajay and just think of the honest policeman who leads a tough life. His eyes express his anguish when his subordinates become victims of the corrupt system.

Amol Gupte as the fraud and corrupt Baba gives tough competition to our Hero. He is merciless but his body language is funny .His dialogues like 'Tu do baar BA kar lega na to bhi BABA nahi ban payega' are hilarious and make us laugh. Despite this, Prakash Raj's character as a villain in Singham was better written and had more scope of creating fear in the minds of the viewers.

Kareena Kapoor Khan provides fun and glamour in the film. Her role has no significance in the basic story and could have been done by any other heroine. At this stage in her career when Kareena can choose any kind of roles she should stay away from such films.

Anupam Kher and Mahesh Majrekar have small roles but they manage to leave an impact on the minds of the viewers.

Rohit Shetty surely has a funny bone as even in the most tensed situations he manages to make the audiences laugh when Ajay tells his junior Daya( who also plays the same role in CID) ' Daya, darwaza tod do.'

The audience was totally engrossed throughout the film and whenever the hero succeeded in a task it was greeted by lots of clappings and whistles. 

Due to Independence Day release the film had a huge opening of 32.09 crore , beating Kick's opening of 26 crore and has become the biggest opener of 2014. The film has collected 80 crores in three days and is going to become Ajay Devgan's biggest hit till date.

In a line though the film has the usual good conquers evil theme but the story is fast and will surely entertain you.
Must watch. Can be seen with family and kids.