South remakes are becoming a trend in Bollywood, so here we have another one SON OF SARDAAR, a remake of Maryada Ramanna(Telugu) which was remade from Our Hospitality(1929) a Silent English film. The problems with south remakes, is that films in Tamil, Telugu mostly are over the top, the audiences like to watch their films larger then life, where the hero can bang 2000 people at one go, loud acting, dances Sorry if I am sounding judgmental or rude In Bollywood films in 1970 and 1980s such films dominated but had gone obsolete but sadly there were brought back by Ghajini(2008), Wanted(2009) Earlier filmmakers used to not reveal their source, but now days a South Remake guarantees a 100 crores, another craze of Bollywood and of course Diwali release. The film has a wafer thin plot, which could get over in 1 hour but it's prolonged to 2 hours 20 minutes. The film starts with Ajay Devgn stopping a Sikh from smoking in London, when the locals come to bang him, what follows is one of the most absurd action scene, wherein Ajay Devgn hits a guy with his pagdi and he goes rotating in the air till his pagdi comes back to shape, then he plays basketball with a guy midair, kicks one guy and throws in the air and he falls over a dozen guys, such madness is become a norm in Bollywood, I had felt the action scenes have become better in Bollywood now, and the old days are gone but I was wrong, now days the action scenes have become all the more stupid.But the audiences like such nautanki so who cares? Then when the action scene ends we have the guy who started such nonsense, who else? Salman Khan in a cameo, who says some dialogue about Pathan and Sikh ki dosti, Phew! sure the audiences will be in raptures(especially single screens, his fans). Then Ajay is told he has to go to Pagwara in Punjab for a land dispute, there there is an age old rivalry between Sanjay Dutt's family and Ajay's family, as both fathers had killed each other and there are waiting for Ajay's character to come so that they can kill him. Ajay on the train meets Sonakshi, predictabily falls in love and here we have a scene where after Ajay is mocked that he cant get in a tender coconut through the railway window, he throws it out, it bangs a pole and enters the train, into his hands(watch it to believe it) The rest of the film involves escapades between Sanjay and Ajay. How Ajay refuses to come out of Sanju's house where he accidentally reaches without knowing Sanju's true identity and a game of one man upmanship. The film has several action chase scenes, breaks in the form of romance, songs, dance, sacrifice, All in 1 film. The ending has a long fight scene and finally happy ending. Any redeeming features: Juhi Chawla and her spontaneous comedy and few funny scenes but nothing really funny
Direction by Ashwini Dhir is below mark Music by HR is typical, most songs sound tunes heard before Action scenes are over the top and horrible
Ajay Devgn who earlier gave some intense performances, now days seems settled in comedy Here he tries his best to carry off a lovable Punjabi and does a decent job, he carries off the dumb comic act well and succeeds to an extent. Sanjay Dutt seems having a blast playing a role that suits him to the T. He does a superb job(Strangely Ajay played a similar role in Bol Bachchan) Sanjay and Ajay both real friends, starred in a comedy last year in October, Rascals which was a disaster here there strike gold again. Sonakshi Sinha is trademark Sonakshi, same role from Dabaang and Rowdy Rathore, she seems happy being typecast, afterall for such heroines numbers are everything. Juhi Chawla is a delight, the actress who gave several great comic acts earlier in Bollywood, took a break and started doing meaningful cinema but now comes back and she gives a freewheeling performance and steals the show. Tanuja who suffers from some weird amnesia is good in her part Vindu Dara Singh is decent, Mukul Dev repeats his Yamla Pagla Deewana and Char Din Ki Chandni act, but does lend several funny scenes but he better show something different or else again he will reach his nadir he had reached as a solo actor a decade ago. Amongst rest Arjan Bajwa is okay, Rajesh Vivek is alright Puneet Issar, Sanjay Mishra have 1 scene each. Salman Khan has a 1 scene role and comes in the end credits and sure his fans will love him again as they do now days. The film ends with the song Po Po which features Salman Khan to get the audiences perhaps, and with a Happy Diwali board by all characters which again proves a point, how such filmmakers cash in a Diwali release and plan the release first then start shooting. One additional point: Hope Ajay Devgn had wasted more time seeing the film and making it better then in his stupid controversy with YRF anyways in the end of the day 100 crores is everything.
Direction by Ashwini Dhir is below mark Music by HR is typical, most songs sound tunes heard before Action scenes are over the top and horrible
Ajay Devgn who earlier gave some intense performances, now days seems settled in comedy Here he tries his best to carry off a lovable Punjabi and does a decent job, he carries off the dumb comic act well and succeeds to an extent. Sanjay Dutt seems having a blast playing a role that suits him to the T. He does a superb job(Strangely Ajay played a similar role in Bol Bachchan) Sanjay and Ajay both real friends, starred in a comedy last year in October, Rascals which was a disaster here there strike gold again. Sonakshi Sinha is trademark Sonakshi, same role from Dabaang and Rowdy Rathore, she seems happy being typecast, afterall for such heroines numbers are everything. Juhi Chawla is a delight, the actress who gave several great comic acts earlier in Bollywood, took a break and started doing meaningful cinema but now comes back and she gives a freewheeling performance and steals the show. Tanuja who suffers from some weird amnesia is good in her part Vindu Dara Singh is decent, Mukul Dev repeats his Yamla Pagla Deewana and Char Din Ki Chandni act, but does lend several funny scenes but he better show something different or else again he will reach his nadir he had reached as a solo actor a decade ago. Amongst rest Arjan Bajwa is okay, Rajesh Vivek is alright Puneet Issar, Sanjay Mishra have 1 scene each. Salman Khan has a 1 scene role and comes in the end credits and sure his fans will love him again as they do now days. The film ends with the song Po Po which features Salman Khan to get the audiences perhaps, and with a Happy Diwali board by all characters which again proves a point, how such filmmakers cash in a Diwali release and plan the release first then start shooting. One additional point: Hope Ajay Devgn had wasted more time seeing the film and making it better then in his stupid controversy with YRF anyways in the end of the day 100 crores is everything.