Balaji Motion Pictures
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan
Another sequel makes its
way into the theatres of India, trying to harp on the success of its predecessor
and failing miserably, thereby bringing down with it, the fort that the first
one had created. A classic example of “Kiye karaye pe paani ferna!” :PEkta Kapoor and Milan Luthria tried to cook a “khichdi” of underworld action mixed with a love triangle, focusing more on the love story aspect. Result of this experiment: The movie does not pass (even with grace marks) in either of the two categories. Its situation is similar to that of a XII standard student who took both Math and Biology and then did not qualify for any of the entrances! :P
Story in a nut shell: Shoaib (Akshay Kumar) is
the bad man of Mumbai and recruits Imran Khan's chilhood avtar as his
right hand. 10 years later, Imran blooms into a fine young man and as usual,
Akshay Kumar hasn’t even aged one day! Meanwhile, all of Akhsay’s partners are
pissed at the fact that he is acting like their boss and after a failed
assassination attempt, Mahesh Manjrekar goes into hiding. The action is now
limited to Akshay and Mahesh’s cat and mouse games. Enter Sonakshi Sinha, the
embodiment of the phrase “dumb chic!” Despite repeated warnings from Akshay
that he is the don of Mumbai, she goes ahead and “friend zones” him (pretty
dumb move, eh?), meanwhile falling in love with Imran, who she thinks is a
tailor! (Okay, don’t even get me started on Sonakshi’s character!) Akshay and Imran are unaware that they are in
love with the same woman (*coughs* typical), fight side by side against Mahesh and
Mumbai Police and then in a last few scenes fight against each other when they
do realize the irony of the situation. Climax of the movie sucks big time and I
am not saying anything else, in case you still want to watch this movie. :P
The biggest disappointment is neither the acting
nor the story (both of which are really shady) but the dialogues! Yes, you read
that right! After receiving so many awards for "Best Dialogues" for Once Upon a Time
in Mumbai, Rajat Arora seems to be in an intoxicated state (or was the previous
time, we would never know!) when jotting down the words. Nikhil Sachan, a
promising new name in the field of literature and a recently turned novelist
with “Namak Swaadanusar”, says, “One of the most irritating movies that I have
seen! None of the characters look like gangsters aur Akshay Kumar dialogues
bol nahi raha tha, gaa raha tha! Dialogues toh kisi sadak chhap shayari ki kitaab se
utha kar chepe gaye hain! Rajat Arora owes me 170 bucks!!”
Music in the movie is probably the only saving
grace for the filmmakers. Tayabali and Yeh tune kya kiya are nice to listen to
and even the background score tries to bring the “feel” to the scenes. So all
in all, Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobara, dobara kya ek baar bhi dekhna mushkil
hai…!
Rating: Life mei aur kuch bhi kaam nahi ho toh dekh lo!
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