MUMBAI: The first look poster of Balaji Motion Pictures’ next ‘Shootout at Wadala’ has been revealed. Barring any major mishappenings, Shootout At Wadala will be a good money churner for Ekta Kapoor.The first look poster of the film reveals John Abraham holding on to a B.E.S.T bus, topless with an extremely furious look. This film plays to the masses with cheezy dialogues, quarter dozen item songs and a lot (A LOT!) of action. If you are put off by abusive dialogues, bad acting and sleazy item songs, then stay far away. Kangna Ranaut is hardly there in this brawn fest and she does alright.Ĭonclusion and Box Office Potential: If you keep your expectations in check and wish to be entertained, then you will be entertained. Ronit Roy, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siddhant Kapoor do well in their parts. This film could have been made without Tusshar Kapoor and that wouldn’t hurt the film at all. Sonu Sood also makes a huge impression as Dilawar (the role is based on Dawood Ibrahim, of all people). Anil Kapoor hams it up like only he can and that’s not a bad thing at all! The best act of this film is reserved for Manoj Bajpai who shines as the cunny Zubair. John gives it his best but the others in this film overshadow him fair and square. The background score is strictly average.Īcting: Yes, as was expected, SAW is John Abraham’s best ever performance. Laila, starring Sunny Leone is the most fun of all the songs and Sunny looks sizzling in this one. Sophie’s song doesn’t stay with you for too long, either. Music and Background Score: The item song featuring Babli Badmaash, featuring Priyanka Chopra is a disappointing set-piece with a forgettable tune. Being a period film, the production design and costume design is spot on keeping in mind the commercial aspects. The dialogues are stereotypical and there’s an astonishingly large smattering of abuses just for the shock value. What works as a deterrent for the film is its corny dialogues (by Milap Zaveri). Sanjay Gupta has always been known to make stylish film and here again, Shootout at Wadala looks and feels stylish, thanks to Sameer’s deft camerawork. The cinematography by Sameer Arya is one of the high points of the film. The film doesn’t sway from its path and is thoroughly enjoyable thanks to the way Gupta deals with the subject.
And to a very large extent, he doesn’t mess it up.
And oh, Manya also has a love interest (Kangna Ranaut).ĭirection and Miscellaneous: Delving into a subject as serious as this and not messing it up must have been the ultimate challenge for Sanjay Gupta. Afaque (Anil Kapoor) and his team members do everything they can to tackle crime in the city. The opponents here are Zubair (Manoj Bajpai) and Dilawar (Sonu Sood). Siddhant Kapoor (Shakti Kapoor’s son) makes his debut playing a member of Manya’s gang and is called Gyanchod! Every gang has an enemy gang. Tusshar ‘the-producer’s-brother’ Kapoor is Manya’s confidante in this journey. Story: The story is centered around the first Hindu gangster of Mumbai, Manya Surve (John Abraham) and his meteoric rice and his subsequent fall. Adapting a non-fiction book into a film requires special skills because of the need to sieve all the facts presented in the book into the film’s narrative and all this while, keeping the film entertaining! This is exactly the reason I was intrigued to watch this film and to see what Sanjay Gupta had done with the subject material. Zaidi’s bestslling investigative book – Dongri to Dubai. The prequel to the smash hit, Shootout At Lokhandwala, is based on Hussain S.