Debaang
Starring: Salman Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Arbaaz Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood.Directed by: Abhinav Singh Kashyap. Music: Sajid / Wajid. Rating: *
What can I say about Dabaang that has not been said about hundreds and thousands of Hindi films over
the past 30 or 40 years? The movie is a typical Bollywood Masala film with a few glimpses of humor and
direct scene copying from American movies (Matrix anyone?). There nothing unique in the plot, nothing
that hasn't been done before in other Bollywood Masala Films. To read about this movie on the web
in the same breath as "3 Idiots" is an insult.. Yes, this movie will make a load of money, perhaps more
than "3 Idiots", but is the Indian movie so hungry for a hit that they will give kudos to this futile attempt
as film-making?
The Plot: The bitterness of inequality in treatment for an older step-brotgher, political and police
corruption, family melodrama, is the crux of this movie. The songs were enjoyable/ passable and I'm
sure the unique gyrations of Salman and company will cause many new hip and back injuries to the
masses all over the world. The music will drive this movie to success, not the content of the movie itself.
The picturization of the songs was nice from the village perspective.
If I were to go to the theater and shell out 20 or 30 dollars to see this movie (per family), I’d demand
a refund. It was good to see Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia in the role of the parents, but besides
these ageless scene stealers, this movie is totally forgettable a few minutes after you see it. Except for
the scenes with Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, not one character in the movie stood out as slightly
interesting. The introduction of Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter (Sonakshi) can be best labeled as a “flop”.
Except for her stunning looks and her stoic expressions.. I didn’t see any substance in her acting skills.
Arbaaz and Salman’s acting was horrible, and it looked like through the whole movie both the brothers
were snickering that they actually could put this movie out and the Indian Public will swarm to the
theatres wanting to see them (which is what is happening!).
Through out the movie, I kept on waiting for something to make sense.. I waited and waited and
waited. I could have taken a 3 hour nap and felt more fulfilled than what I felt after watching this movie.
