Dabangg Movie Review: Dabangg means fearless. Chulbul Pandey (Salman Khan) is a totally fearless but corrupt police officer with unorthodox working methods. He can’t stand his stepbrother Makhi (Arbaaz Khan) and detests the dubious Cheedi Singh (Sonu Sood). But when Cheedi tries to put Makhi against Chulbul for his personal gains, the brothers unite to fight back Cheedi. As much as Chulbul Pandey tries to hide his tears behind his sunglasses, the film tries to camouflage its conventional storytelling behind Salman’s style.
GHAJINI and WANTED revived this genre, bringing back memories of the bygone era. Now DABANGG takes this genre one step ahead. DABANGG is rustic, has loads of action, harps on the age-old mother-son and varied relationships [half-brother, step-father], eventually turns into a vendetta fare, has a number of songs placed smartly in the narrative [including an item number]… but the packaging is slick and polished. Sure, it’s old wine, but packed in a brand new bottle, with a new brand ambassador [Salman Khan] endorsing this masalathon.
You walk in DABANGG with 100% expectations and you exit with 200% gratification. Entertainment guaranteed. This film will create a pandemonium of sorts, a mass hysteria, crushing old records and setting new benchmarks at the box-office.
Movie critic Anupama Chopra said the movie was a “mess” but that Mr. Khan was a lot of fun to watch in his role as “Chulbul Pandey.”“It’s the role of a lifetime and Salman Khan bites into it like a starving man devours a feast. He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even spoofing himself,” Ms. Chopra wrote on NDTV. “I recommend that you see the film for the sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form.”
Film reviewer Komal Nahta says the story and plot line aren’t new—but that fact didn’t detract from the film.
“The presentation is so fresh, the humor is so new, the characterisation of the main protagonist is so endearing, the performance of Salman Khan is so wonderful,” she raved on the Bollywood web site koimoi.
According to BollywoodHungama, the movie “DABANGG is rustic, has loads of action, harps on the age-old mother-son and varied relationships [half-brother, step-father], eventually turns into a vendetta fare”. The movie gets a rating of 4.5 out of 5.
Dabangg Rating: 3.0/ 5
* Rediff.com (Abhishek Munde): 3/5
* BollywoodHungama (Taran Adarsh): 4.5/5
* DNA India (Aniruddha Guha): 3.5/5
Dabangg Movie MP3 Songs Free Download:
1. Tere Mast Mast Do Nain Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Munni Badnaam Mamta Sharma, Aishwariya
3. Dabangg (Theme) Salman Khan
4. Humka Peeni Hai Peeni (Remix) Remix: Fried Brian
5. Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Remix) Remix: Designer Hippies
6. Munni Badnaam (Remix) Remix: Dj Megha
7. Tere Mast Mast Do Nain – Part II Rahat Fateh Ali, Shreya Ghoshal
8. Humka Peeni Hai Master Saleem, Wajid, Shabab Sabri
9. Udd Udd Dabaang Wajid, Sukhwinder Singh
10. Chori Kiya Re Jiya Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
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