Adrenaline, testosterone and thrill seeking junkies rejoice, the answer to your prayers is here at long last in the form of the cops and gangsters flick "Shootout at Wadala"; this Ekta Kapoor and Sanjay Gupta co-production thrills, chills and sends you on a roller coaster ride that you will take a long time to recover from........
This Sanjay Gupta directed pot boiler is loosely based on S. Hussain Zaidi's bestselling gangster treatise "Dongri to Dubai-six decades of the Mumbai Mafia" and essentially traces the lives and times of the two male protagonists Manya Surve (John Abraham) and Aafaque Bagran (Anil Kapoor) who are on opposite sides of the fence and pitted against each other at various stages throughout this 2 hour and 30 minute long underworld saga........
Tracing the life and times of the two male protagonists, the film begins in the seventies when the bright and idealistic college student (John Abraham) finds himself inexorably and inextricably drawn towards a criminalistic whirlpool that soon ensnares him for good in it's octopus like tentacles........
Pitted against this wannabe ruler of Mumbai is Bagran, a trigger happy and expletive spewing one man army in khalhi who has no other aim and intention in life other than cleansing Mumbai of it's filth (read gangsters and the mafia) as he terms it.......
The screenplay is not only about blood, gore, expletives and mind blowing action sequences, but also fleshes out the characters and gives them concrete human form and nuances, therefore you have the highly under rated Kangana Ranaut essaying the role of Vidya (Manya Surve's love interest), three item girls in the forms of Sunny Leone, Priyanka Chopra and last but not the least oomphy Sophie Choudhary.......
A special mention must also be made of the ensemble star cast namely Sheikh Munir (Tusshar Kapoor) Manya Surve's bum chum and willing accomplice in every crime, Gyanchod (Siddhant Kapoor), son of long standing bad man Shakti Kapoor who makes and impressionable debut and the gangsters pitted against them-the Haksar brothers Zubair (Manoj Bajpayee), and Dilawar (Sonu Sood) who are also eager and thirsting for their slice of the Mumbai pie.......
Replete with dhansoo dialogues like "police ki goli main bahut iron hota hain aur ek goli agar tere seene main utar gayee toh zindagi main kabhi iron ki kami nahin hogi" and countless other references to broken haddis and such others, this film is a throwback to the heady days of the seventies and eighties where every dialogue uttered by either the hero or villain would let loose a shower of coins and soda bottle caps......
Just one item song picturised on the picture perfect Indo-Canadian object of desire Sunny Leone is alone worth the 150 odd rupees that one would dish out for a ticket in a Hyderabad multiples, this number- Laila Teri le Legi, not only leaves you clapping and madly gyrating in the aisles but also leaves you mesmerised, panting and thirsting for more........
With the maximum amount of on screen time, Manya Surve is certainly John Abraham's most significant on screen hurrah till date, Surve is over the top yet startingly naive, superman like yet as vulnerable and seemingly helpless like you and me, John does utmost justice to this well fleshed out and painstakingly written character and how........
Is there anything more left to be said about the incomparable Anil Kapoor, this powerhouse of talent has been ruling the roost for the last thirty years and more, his portrayal of Aafaque Bagran is not only one of the finest cop characters that one has seen in an inordinately long time but also an actin class in how the nuances and shades of a cop's character should be portrayed by any actor worth his salt.......
Above all, this cops versus gangsters flick signals the return of director Sanjay Gupta to top form, welcome back Sanjay you were sorely missed and one ardently hopes that you will not only hold on to to your ranking as one of the top flight directors in the Hindi film industry this time around with both hands and all else but also enhance and establish the same with your forthcoming ventures......
So go on, what are you waiting for make a beeline for your friendly neighbouring multiplex and feast both your eyes and senses on this gangster saga that is the best thing to have happened to the Hindi film industry in years.......
Rating: 3.75/5.....
Recommendation: A must watch for all those adrenaline junkies who like their thrills larger than life, yet delivered with a certain panache and suaveness........
This Sanjay Gupta directed pot boiler is loosely based on S. Hussain Zaidi's bestselling gangster treatise "Dongri to Dubai-six decades of the Mumbai Mafia" and essentially traces the lives and times of the two male protagonists Manya Surve (John Abraham) and Aafaque Bagran (Anil Kapoor) who are on opposite sides of the fence and pitted against each other at various stages throughout this 2 hour and 30 minute long underworld saga........
Tracing the life and times of the two male protagonists, the film begins in the seventies when the bright and idealistic college student (John Abraham) finds himself inexorably and inextricably drawn towards a criminalistic whirlpool that soon ensnares him for good in it's octopus like tentacles........
Pitted against this wannabe ruler of Mumbai is Bagran, a trigger happy and expletive spewing one man army in khalhi who has no other aim and intention in life other than cleansing Mumbai of it's filth (read gangsters and the mafia) as he terms it.......
The screenplay is not only about blood, gore, expletives and mind blowing action sequences, but also fleshes out the characters and gives them concrete human form and nuances, therefore you have the highly under rated Kangana Ranaut essaying the role of Vidya (Manya Surve's love interest), three item girls in the forms of Sunny Leone, Priyanka Chopra and last but not the least oomphy Sophie Choudhary.......
A special mention must also be made of the ensemble star cast namely Sheikh Munir (Tusshar Kapoor) Manya Surve's bum chum and willing accomplice in every crime, Gyanchod (Siddhant Kapoor), son of long standing bad man Shakti Kapoor who makes and impressionable debut and the gangsters pitted against them-the Haksar brothers Zubair (Manoj Bajpayee), and Dilawar (Sonu Sood) who are also eager and thirsting for their slice of the Mumbai pie.......
Replete with dhansoo dialogues like "police ki goli main bahut iron hota hain aur ek goli agar tere seene main utar gayee toh zindagi main kabhi iron ki kami nahin hogi" and countless other references to broken haddis and such others, this film is a throwback to the heady days of the seventies and eighties where every dialogue uttered by either the hero or villain would let loose a shower of coins and soda bottle caps......
Just one item song picturised on the picture perfect Indo-Canadian object of desire Sunny Leone is alone worth the 150 odd rupees that one would dish out for a ticket in a Hyderabad multiples, this number- Laila Teri le Legi, not only leaves you clapping and madly gyrating in the aisles but also leaves you mesmerised, panting and thirsting for more........
With the maximum amount of on screen time, Manya Surve is certainly John Abraham's most significant on screen hurrah till date, Surve is over the top yet startingly naive, superman like yet as vulnerable and seemingly helpless like you and me, John does utmost justice to this well fleshed out and painstakingly written character and how........
Is there anything more left to be said about the incomparable Anil Kapoor, this powerhouse of talent has been ruling the roost for the last thirty years and more, his portrayal of Aafaque Bagran is not only one of the finest cop characters that one has seen in an inordinately long time but also an actin class in how the nuances and shades of a cop's character should be portrayed by any actor worth his salt.......
Above all, this cops versus gangsters flick signals the return of director Sanjay Gupta to top form, welcome back Sanjay you were sorely missed and one ardently hopes that you will not only hold on to to your ranking as one of the top flight directors in the Hindi film industry this time around with both hands and all else but also enhance and establish the same with your forthcoming ventures......
So go on, what are you waiting for make a beeline for your friendly neighbouring multiplex and feast both your eyes and senses on this gangster saga that is the best thing to have happened to the Hindi film industry in years.......
Rating: 3.75/5.....
Recommendation: A must watch for all those adrenaline junkies who like their thrills larger than life, yet delivered with a certain panache and suaveness........
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