This is a full-on entertainer, leave your brains at home!
This movie is for Salman fans!
Fans of the Dabangg franchise will have a great time!
This movie is paisa-vasool!
Full on time pass!
Happily, Dabangg 2 is not only all of those but its also a decent time at the movies. Why? Because the sheer intent of the movie is so audacious that you can't help but admire how lovingly its been made for potboiler fans. There is bone crunching action, no pretense at a building a story (let alone a plot), a marginalized heroine (Sonakshi Sinha) and plenty of paan bidi songs. There are several half-hearted attempts at adding some family-in-danger thrills. They comprehensively fizzle out. Salman Khan winks his way through all of it - daring you to trust him and come along for the ride.


"Isn't it amazing how Ajay Devgn has built such a big box office presence?" I asked
"Yes," said the multiplex owner, "He makes good movies. He works really hard. But..."
"But what?"
"His movies would make so much more money if he was Salman Khan!"
Man, what a way to be judged! Since Dabanng 2 felt so familiar to one of Devgn's own hits from 2011 - Singham - I put together this comparison of both movies - judge for yourself!
Singham - Ajay Devgn | Dabangg 2 - Salman Khan |
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Devgn is a super cop who beats up bad guys mercilessly | Salman is a super cop who wise cracks and beats up bad guys mercilessly |
Lots of slo-mo dhaasu fights that defy the laws of physics | Lots of slo-mo dhaasu fights that defy the laws of physics |
Small town cop gets transferred to big city (Goa) and faces big villain | Small town cop transfers himself to big city (Kanpur) and faces big villain |
Cop's love interest shows up to sing songs and pout | Cop's love interest shows up to sing songs and pout |
Bad guy Prakash Raj threatens Devgn with dire consequences | Bad guy Prakash Raj threatens Salman with dire consequences |
The villain decides its not too much of a stretch and runs for politicial office | The villain decides its not too much of a stretch and runs for political office |
Our hero refuses rishwat and trashes the bad guys | Our hero pockets the rishwat and cracks skulls |
Prakash Raj harasses Ajay Devgn | Salman harasses everyone, including his own family |
Devgn teases his girlfriend's father | Salman teases his father about a girlfriend |
Devgn takes his shirt off to fight | What do you think? |
Budget Rs. 20 crores | Budget Rs. 60 crores |
Box office collections: Rs. 140 crores | Box office collections in 17 days: Rs 152 crores |
2 comments:
Wah, wah!
Maan gaye, Drift bhaiyaa! Kya sundar post hai!!
If anyone in Kanpur can match up to to Chulbul's punches, or Munni's ab crunches, it's your pen (er, keyboard!)
Loved the comparison....fab job!
Looking forward to your Bollywood 101 post! I can tell already that I've found the expert. :)
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