Dabangg 2

So the Salman Khan Festival is still on.

a 10 day business of 130+ crores and counting.

That is quite some money.

Dabangg, according to me, had one of the finest character sketches which have ever been drawn for every character (barring sholay), in spite of the fact that it had to carry a considerable  commercial burden on its shoulders.

The characters spoke for themselves and a national award came its way.

Totally worth it.

Dabangg2 has nothing new to offer to you.

The script is missing.

The story is, well, you know it already...a cop. A baddie..family being tortured..a climax where the shirt is destined to come off salman's torso and yeah its again a script where salman khan plays himself on screen.

Expectations were sky high from dabangg2. The only reason being that its 1st instalment had set up new benchmarks in probably every aspect connected to commercial film making.

What followed dabangg1 was a trend to cash in on some nonsense scripts, over the top action, mindless comedy and the race to reach the 100cr club.

So dabangg 2 starts and you feel you have seen this before.

A slight pressure on the left portion of your brain would make you realize that the same stuff had been seen with akshay kumar in place of salman khan in rowdy rathore and ajay devgn in singham.

Dabangg 2 lacks originality. The script is, well, to say the least, uninspiring.

The less one talks about the music, the better it is. Dabangg had a sparkling sound track.

Dabangg2 is an album which comprises of tunes which are a straight lift from other songs.

Fevicol is still better at sticking paper. It could not get the viewer stick to the screen as such.

Cinematography, editing, etc etc are of least importance when mr.salman takes the big screen.

With over 80 percent of the movie to be directed by either the action director or the choreographer, Arbaaz khan had nothing to direct.

He played safe with his debut effort and how!

Salman probably played the finest role in his career when he appeared as mr.chulbul pandey. Please Pandey ji, get back to doing some groundwork.

Show us something new.

100 crs will still come your way.

Dabangg2 did not require any review.

It is a fun watch. 2 hours will zip off in a flash. And probably after an hour or so you will forget about the movie. Nothing bad in that.

But spare a thought for films like Shanghai, paan singh tomar, wasseypur series etc.

They dont deserve 100 crs.

But such cinema needs recognition. Give awards to these films.

SRK or Salman dont even deserve a nomination for their performances.

So Filmfare. Look beyond Khans, Kapoors, Roshans etc etc.

There is a hell lot of talent waiting for a chance. Let them make it big.

And as for the Salman Khan festival ...

It will be celebrated every year. Come what may. Period.