Monday, August 19, 2013

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobara Movie Reviews

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobara Movie 

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Imran Khan
Direction: Milan Luthria
Rating: ** 1/2'

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobara’ disappoints on various accounts. Most of all it is the labored pace and the tedious romantic track that makes the film a boredom-inducing watch.
If you are expecting that the sequel to ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’ would be a fast-paced action thriller, then you are in for a not-very-pleasant surprise. ‘OUATIMD’ is a long winding love triangle where the protagonist and his aide just happen to be gangsters.

Shoaib (Akshay Kumar) is so busy chasing his object of affection and obsessing about her that he seems least interested in cementing his supremacy in the underworld. Akshay’s quest for both love and power is handled in such a flippant manner that neither manages to make an impact.

Akshay Kumar’s act is high on style but the portrayal falls flat. It does not have the punch that Ajay Devgn had brought on screen as the brooding Sultan Mirza (in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’) nor does it have Emraan Hashmi’s annoying but effective flamboyance in the prequel.
Akshay mouths 70s-style filmi dialogues but they don’t help recreate any nostalgia, they are verbose and tepid instead.

Imran Khan is totally miscast. He approaches his role with complete sincerity but he grapples with a part that needs much more than what he is capable of. Imran Khan is not a bad actor but that doesn’t mean that he can pull off any role.

Aamir Khan can be convincing as an IPS officer (Sarfarosh) as well as a tapori (Rangeela), but Imran Khan does not have the same range as an actor, at least, not yet. How difficult is it for a director to understand that Imran Khan is just too suave to play a don’s right-hand man?
Sonakshi Sinha plays an aspiring starlet, trying to make a name in the film industry. We have seen her innocent village belle act too many times and that’s essentially the problem with this one too. OUATIMD’s Jasmine is not any different from Dabangg’s Rajjo. She could do this role in her sleep.

Milan Luthria has potential and he has proved this before. It is frustrating that Luthria who usually knows the pulse of his audience, seems to have just wasted this opportunity. I can’t think of one memorable moment from the film. It’s glitzy and glamorous but lacks the character of the first part.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara

 What you remember from Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai is Ajay Devgn's brooding eyes, Emraan Hashmi's earnestness and dialogue writing that refuses to rest and annoys with its filmy-ness. What you figure from Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara's trailer is that you have no relief from the dialogue and you have Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan playing it out. Not to mention that the title is a mouthful.

Akshay Kumar replacing Ajay Devgn in a sequel only implies a good bye to subtle expressions and a welcome to loudness - thrice over. It doesn't help that the lines sound 'filmi-er' by themselves, if it were possible.

While Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai wasn't the greatest narrative, it had an engaging story. This second episode, however, seems to be more of a love triangle rather than a story of the workings of Mumbai's underbelly. If the underworld is going to mix its romance with guns, I hope they have been able to digest it well.

The music too seems to have received only lukewarm response too. The only hope is that you walk in with minimum expectations, so everything good you get then will be a bonus.

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara Movie


 Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (abbreviated as OUATIMD and previously known as Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again), is an upcoming 2013 Indian crime gangster film directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. A sequel to the 2010 film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, the film will feature Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan in leading roles and Sonali Bendre in a supporting role.

The first trailer of the film was released on 28th May 2013. The film, on the other hand is expected to be released on the Independence Day, 15th August, 2013. The release date of the film was pushed further by the producers to avoid clashing with Rohit Shetty's upcoming film Chennai Express which is releasing one week earlier.[1] This is the third collaboration between Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha as a pair (after 2012 films Rowdy Rathore and Joker), and the first between Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan.


Directed by Milan Luthria
Produced by Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Written by Rajat Arora
Starring Akshay Kumar
Imran Khan
Sonakshi Sinha
Music by Pritam
Cinematography Ayananka Bose
Editing by Akiv Ali
Distributed by Balaji Motion Pictures
Release date(s)
15 August 2013
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget INR85 crore (US$14 million)[

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