R... Rajkumar (2013) User Reviews

R..Rajkumar promises to deliver but is letdown by wafer-thin 2nd half. Watch it for Shahid.

[ketgup83 · 5/10 · 14 December 2013]

There is a overdose of masala films in 2013 - Police giri, Chennai Express , Boss, Bullet Raja , Singh Saab The Great and now R..Rajkumar. Good news is that R..Rajkumar is better than above movie ... bad news is that it is yet another typical action-melodrama with nothing new to offer.

R..Rajkumar (played by Shahid Kapoor) is a fearless and daring thug who lands up in the lawless village and joins a drug-dealer's gang, Shivraj( played by Sonu Sood). Enters Chanda and our hero is head-over- heels in love with her. Things becomes ugly when Shivraj also starts liking and war is declared between the two to marry Chanda.

After giving of string of masala films like Wanted , Rowdy Rathore and Ramaiya Vastavaiya , Prabhudeva is back with yet another popcorn entertainment with strong first half but diluted second half. The film begins with a bang by incorporating scenes like Shahid Kapoor saving Sonu Sood's life , the dance number in the song "Gandi Baat", the chemistry and comic humor between Shahid and Sonakshi. However, the film goes down the rabbit hole and is completely lost in the dark in the later part. Screenplay is weak. Cinematography is amazing. Art direction is good. Background score is better. Songs like "Gandi Baat and Saree ke fall se" are catchy. Shahid steals the thunder from the show. He is superb in acting , dancing and even doing action scenes. This film should prove his mettle. Sonakshi Sinha repeats herself. Sonu Sood is good.

Overall, R..Rajkumar promises to deliver but is letdown by wafer-thin 2nd half. Watch it for Shahid. Average 2.5/5

Stay away

[achyutaghosh · 5/10 · 9 December 2013]

Right from the first scene where a flying Shahid Kapoor's wrist deflects a bullet, you know he is venturing into sacred territory- Rajni Saar territory. What follows is partly entertaining, and partly unbearable, in short as inconsistent as Air India flights, but is definitely not as bad as the media has made it out to be. If anything, R..Rajkumar is just as banal as Boss, Himmatwala, Besharam, Grand Masti, Race 2 and other such stalwarts released this year.

Pyar pyar pyar, ya maar maar maar- is the motto of Romeo Rajkumar (Shahid Kapoor) , who lands up one fine day in Dhartipur, which is ruled by two warring bad guys- Gurjar (Sonu Sood) and Parmar (Ashish Vidyarthi). He initially sides with Gurjar, but both of them fall in love with Parmar's niece, sparking off a clownish game of oneupmanship between the two, leading to a brutal and bloody end. Even though it is not a remake, the rest of the movie is standard Southern masala action fare- gravity defying stunts, multiple slow motion cuts, lungi clad goons, a few catchy songs, romance and melodrama. The first half passes away rather breezily, but the film falters badly post interval- everything in it never seems to end- the fights, the songs, the repetitive dialogs.

Shahid Kapoor is at his sincerest. He dances well, fights even better, and puts on his best lovestruck Romeo act, but such a larger than life character is beyond his wiry shoulders. Sonakshi Sinha is again the familiar annoying village belle- the one role she has perfected. She is two heroines for the price of one, alternates between the scowl and the shy- and takes a beating like a man. Sonu Sood is at his hammiest worst, and Ashish Vidyarthi is reduced to rather sad comedy.

It is hard to find positives in R..Rajkumar. Initially the R was supposed to stand for Rambo, but later changed to Romeo. It somehow felt that director Prabhu Dheva lost sense of the characters midway- whether to make an all out action film, or to make a romantic one. To go full on emotion, or get some comedy on. The end product has a bit of all, but the soul of none. At the end the only thing worth talking of is the style with which Rajkumar beats the living daylights of however stands in his way. Is that worth the price of admission? A definite no- 5/10

What is the purpose of this movie?

[rezwanabbas · 4/10 · 12 December 2013]

This movie doesn't give us anything that we haven't seen a million times before. A hero that can give Superman a run for the money, who don't care for any rules, and is willing to do anything for his love. The matching of Sahid and Sonakshi in this movie is just wrong. No real chemistry between those two. The songs are barely above average. Overall a mindless time filler.

But what else to expect from Pravudeva. He's been recycling materials from south and found a niche following in Bollywood. He's obviously very impressed with Sonakshi as he's been signing her for a lot of his projects. Problem with his movie is that those bits have been done by others before him long before. So watching a movie where the hero breaks the laws of physics gets old real quick. Sahid just don't fit into this kind of role, something that Salman and Akshay have been doing for a while.

A poor film made on almost nothing is certainly a 'Gandi Baat' by its director Prabhudeva & his team.

[bobbysing · 2/10 · 19 December 2013]

A decent crowd of all youngsters coming to the theater in its first show was quite a pleasant scene unexpectedly and further a few cheers on its opening titles with the catchy music forced me to accept that may be I was wrong in underestimating another typical masala film before its wide release.

But within an hour the whole scenario changed into something entirely different. The cheers went silent, mobiles could be seen flashing and the energy suddenly vanished into the thin year as the film turned out to be a complete dud with absolutely nothing to offer even to the die- hard fans of its famous cast and director (except the music). In few words, the experience was just like watching one of those routine South dubbed films regularly coming on the channels in a repeat mode when they have nothing else to play in their timeline. With neither anything new in the story department nor something novel in its execution, performances or direction, R… RAJKUMAR simply seemed to me as a loud, over-confident and careless work of a director who has probably formed a fixed outlook towards film-making and has also assumed that the viewers are just a bunch of fools who can convert any crap into a hit if presented with the right packaging, over the top action, fast edits and catchy music.

In fact to explain it differently, I would like to call R….RAJKUMAR a very COURAGEOUS film for the following strong reasons related to its entire team.

A. It is a courageous venture since it has been made with such a lame but confident mindset as if it is to be shown to all dumb men and women sitting in the theater who have not grown their minds and thinking patterns since decades (or since the 80s).

B. It is certainly a brave attempt by the director, who is fast moving on the path of losing his status of a LEGENDARY dancer & choreographer, with all repetitive dance direction and a pinch of vulgarity too in his 'Tapori' kind of steps (more noticed in the last 5-6 years of his career). Moreover, with almost nothing in the name of solid content in his recent films it seems that we are now having quite 'less read' directors around who really are unable or not capable of finding a good subject for their next ventures and just keep making the same kind of movies regularly taking their viewers for granted.

C. The film is a bold move by its leading male star visibly, who despite of giving continuous flops, still displays no intelligence to choose his next projects and also carries a lot of attitude and arrogance in his on screen portrayal of drama, action and comedy altogether.

D. It is a courageous step on part of its female lead too, who has now done exactly similar roles in so many films that probably she herself would not be able to recall any particular film if few selective shots are shown to her in a random order taken from her various films. Further, her expressions and mannerisms have such acute similarities that you often get a Deja-Vu kind of feel watching her repeatedly doing the same things again and again in her latest movie.

E. The project is surely a confident 'at your face' kind of attempt since it feels no shame in using lyrics such as "Achhi Baatein Karli Bahot, Ab Karunga Tere Saath, Gandi Baat" and "Kaddu Phatega To Sab Mein Batega" as its item numbers. No doubt there are some good tracks too like "Saari Ke Faal Sa" but here I wish to add that it seems to be quite weird that when a song has already been composed and arranged so well, then what's the need of getting it written in such a vulgar and silly manner, following a completely sick vision to gain some extra attention.

F. The film is also a courageous one, since the makers here show no respect, sympathy or admiration in using the veteran actor Asrani in a same routine act, shouting, laughing and babbling even at this age, wherein he even gets slapped more than once by Ashish Vidyarthi in an utterly useless or silly sequence.

Hence as mentioned in the above points, R….RAJKUMAR is surely a brave film made by a courageous team, who thinks as if they have mastered the art of fooling the audience and can make anything in the name of cinema served with few catchy songs. The film has its few moments lead by loud music but you must have the same amount of courage to sit through it till the end and would only be able to tolerate this if you a regular viewer of numerous low grade South dubbed films shown on the cable channels as their filler programs.

Full on Entertainment

[vihardesai41 · 7 December 2013]

BOLLYWOOD is a mystical land where all cinema magic happen every Friday nd its happen again this Friday.R... Rajkumar smashed at BO.

This movie actually define word called Bollywood. there is Dance,Music,strong characters,action scene,romance,comedy....goes on..!!

Its story based on Afin Mafia war with Rom-Com-action in Prabhudeva style.Shahid gave full justice to his role as Romeo Rajkumar,in movie Sahid is really Romeo by his style and Rajkumar as well.Sonakshi and Sonu Sood acts really very nice which make movie more charismatic. Rajkumar work for strong character of movie Sonu Sood.And melt his heart for a girl named Chanda. By fault Sonu Sood also fall in love with Chanda & Chanda is the niece of his enemy,so at last both enemy patch up for more power.And Sonu Sood want to marry his enemy's niece.But Chanda loves Rajkumar.

after that movie is all about who will win this war of love.?

Best parts : Superb acting,Characters,dance of Shahid,songs,comedy, Prabhudeva Chiky tricks,cinematography ,climax

Bad parts : interval.Second part is better then Frist one.

specially in this movie when music came your head and legs start Tunning with it & dance is also really good up to the mark. some action scenes frame on a screen very well , this are the points which can't leave you from your seat.

thumbs up for Prabhudeva direction,which takes this movie to another level.

Last words : R... Rajkumar is perfect film which can make your weekend more energetic & beautiful.this movie is cup of tea for those who like real face of Bollywood i mean Masala movie just for fun and 2-3 hours.You know your Cup of tea and flavor. but this movie cover all your flavor! enjoy...!

worsest work of Prabhudeva until now in Bollywood

[khokhar-602-629567 · 1/10 · 10 December 2013]

After such a bunch of "MASALA"-movies this year Prabhudevas last work R...Rajkumar is his worsest work until now in Bollywood. The movie doesn't have a real storyline and just follow the same path like in almost every masala movie. That's normally OK for a Prabhudeva movie, but he normally can also attract the audience with his charm and a bit different kind of storytelling, but this time the scenes, songs and fights are just cut and joined to each other in which you loose the fun of such a movie. Beside this is Shahid Kapoor not suiting such a MASALA movie like it was before with Shah Rukh and Saif. So this work of Shahid is also not brilliant and he is getting lost with his flops which appear to be normal to him nowadays. In case of Sonakshi Sinha, I can't say anything else beside this that she almost playing the same stuff like she has played before in Dabangg. Same to the villain.

In the whole I wouldn't recommend anyone to watch the movie... It would be better if you watch a earlier movie of Prabhudeva when you are in the mood of a MASALA movie.

Below The Mark!

[namashi_1 · 5/10 · 6 December 2013]

Prabhudheva's 'R... Rajkumar' is Below The Mark! The film, despite boasting superb action, fantastic music & an impressive leading-man, fails to engage, as the Script is predictable & not-so-entertaining, at most parts.

'R... Rajkumar' Synopsis: A thug fights for his lady-love, in the middle of a warfare between two warring gangsters.

'R...Rajkumar' has an ordinary first-hour, but a disappointing second. The action-sequences are superb, but the Script is very predictable. One can foresee the entire film & that acts as a minus point. Also, the excessive violence in the goings-on is off-putting.

Prabhudheva's Direction is loud. Cinematography is fair. Editing is hurried up. The Music is fantastic. Each song is catchy & memorable.

Performance-Wise: Shahid is impressive, yet again. He enacts Rajkumar with admirable conviction. Even when the Script slips, he doesn't. He's an under-rated actor, who needs to do better films! Sonakshi Sinha does a fine job. Sonu Sood is wasted. Asrani is over-the-top. Ditto for Ashish Vidyarthi. Mukul Dev is very sincere. Late Actor Srihari does well.

On the whole, 'R... Rajkumar' is not up-to the mark.

Completely Bollywood Masala Movie

[vaibhav6686-865-282478 · 7/10 · 8 December 2013]

Movie is all about entertainment..we should not expect from all movie where we would get thrill..excitement..sometime you need just refreshment..full on masti..and that is what all about R...Rajkumar. Fulltoo mas ala bollywood movie..emotions..love..affection..chicky comedy...awesome action..all in tapori style... Shahid has done very hard work..lots of surprise with Shahid action scene..

After Interval you will feel bore for at least 10-15 mins...but wait..picture abhi baki hai mere dost.. :)

NOTE : Do not go this movie with shahid Ishq-vishq image..his best after Kaminey.

Predictable formula film

[dineshprakash · 3/10 · 6 December 2013]

This movie does not move seamlessly. It jerks at most of the places because there was no story rather some love, action and shallow emotional scenes. Surprisingly, most of the comedy scenes also fall flat when Director Mr. Prabhu Deva has some unique sense of comedy, which usually looks very fresh and funny. Screenplay is very routinely written. Few scenes are good and fresh, i.e. the scene where Sonu Sood first sees Sonakshi Sinha. Few dialogues by Shiraz Ahmed are very crisp and impact able. This film lacks thrill and freshness because of almost simple story and screenplay. You can't even feel attachment towards the love track. Unnecessary and exaggerated violence is also a minus point. Performance wise Shahid Kapoor is very good and outstanding in dance. Sonakshi Sinha is also very good. Sonu Sood is good. Ashish Vidyarthi surprises with his quirky comedy timing. Asrani and Mukul Dev are OK. Music by Pritam is good.

R... Rajkumar (U/A) Hindi ----------- my Rating : ★★★ MASS ONE

[yunusitboss · 6/10 · 12 June 2014]

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R... Rajkumar (U/A) Hindi ----------- my Rating : ★★★ MASS ONE

STRENGTHS :- * Music : songs were excellent and chart-busters.... * Casting and Performances were good for a mass movie ..... * Dialogues and Direction were heavy .....

WEAKNESSES :- * Story slips ..... * Screenplay drags....

FINAL VERDICT :- * Overall.... it is a decent one time watch with light comedy ....

An aimless youth starts working for drug baron and his mission is to kill is rival.

Director: Prabhudheva (as Prabhu Deva) Writers: Prabhudheva (story), Prabhudheva (screenplay), 3 more credits » Stars: Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood | See full cast and crew »

Insult to your intelligence

[aaditya-mundhalia · 2/10 · 10 March 2021]

This movie is absolute rubbish, I had to just skip through as it was so boring and predictable. Makes absolutely zero sense.

Good to watch!

[satishkumarsahoo · 8/10 · 8 December 2013]

R…Rajkumar is an intense, funny and action packed romantic bollywood masala movie. The theatrical experience was good, this motion picture will hold you until the climax. Neither it meets perfection nor it will disappoint you. A must watch for anyone looking for entertainment. For those who look for a message or moral at the end of the story.. I am sorry to say, you can remove it from your WatchList. Not a great movie for film critics either. Music/Dance and screenplay was interesting, got to see something new finally. Action sequences are deeply inspired from south Indian cinema. Shahid has done justice to his role and as expected Sonu Sood did a pretty well job.

R...Rajkumar (2013)

[dpolwatte · 6/10 · 6 December 2018]

It's the same old Hindi film formula with the new trend Masala mix style combination (Tollywood and Bollywood) by rising star director Prabhudheva. But not like his Rowdy Rathore (2012) a major hit and a real style masala mix this was a unbalanced film with over styled action with lack of substance. Though that's the case this film have some good music and songs, acceptable but over the top fighting sequences and most of all "Shahid Kapoor" with his awesome dance moves and Sonakshi Sinha!!! whom I personally like as an actress who is fun to watch.

Overall - 3/5

Simply H... Horrendous. ♦ 28%

[nairtejas · 3/10 · 10 December 2013]

I now loathe Prabhu Deva more than ever after I read how he despised Sylvester Stallone for not letting him use the word "Rambo" in the title. That is so dumb & immature of the director, who with R... Rajkumar & Ramaiyya Vastavaiyya is not only out from Bollywood but also proves he is a contemptible person.

Coming to the movie, thank heavens the word "Rambo" was not used. Instead, doing away with Romeo is just so lame. Romeo Rajkumar? Really? Well, the plot is a no-brainer. What happened to that cute, composed Shahid Kapoor? In here, he is worse than a Japanese cartoon character with expressions making me wanna puke. Sonakshi Sinha is raking the moolah, but is it worth? Sonu Sood has turned into a machismo brand villain a la Prakash Raj. With very bad cast performance & an even ridiculous story, the film just hangs in its own dead cell rope. And moreover, it heavily samples from south Indian movies.

The songs are good, all right. But whatever happened to dialog delivery? With a single dialog being used more than 3 times is the testimony to how creativity has died in Bollywood. No originality, no substance. Towards the climax, the plot defies everything: from science to logic.

BOTTOM LINE: The film has no chance and with 150-minute running time... every penny you spend for it would be better off to an orphanage. Avoid at all cost! Unless you are a roadside, daily wage worker who enjoys the idea of Shahid Kapoor seeing the frontal nudity of his love. Terrible!

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Profanity/Vulgarity: Mediocre | Violence/Gore: very Strong

Seriously disgusting!

[jahangirhussain74 · 7 December 2013]

R...Rajkumar is definitely one of the worst films of 2013. Everything about this film is wrong. The story is unappealing and the comedy is grossly overdone.

You have a thug who constantly stalks the heroine and then challenges the villain that he'll be the one to remove the girl's sari and then take her to a honeymoon. Disgusting! I wonder if Prabhudeva was drunk when he made this film. Furthermore, the hero (or whatever) here acts more like a hoodlum. I know that he's made to play a hooligan but he totally lacks the virtue to win the girl.

R...Rajkumar sticks out as crass, vulgar and sick. The song "Gaandi Baat" aptly describes the sick mentality of the hero.

Shahid Kapur is an average actor and he is totally wasted in a cheap film like this. Sonakshi Sinha should START getting out of her 'desi girl' avatar. She is very bad in this movie and is getting type-casted in the 'village belle' type roles.

Overall, nothing works for R...Rajkumar. It seems Prabhudeva was out of his mind when he was making this film. I would've loved to see his magic recreated after Rowdy Rathod. But I was seriously disappointed.

I give it 3/10.

Below expectations

[prasadgawali4 · 5/10 · 6 December 2013]

As seen in promos of r...rajkumar i was very happy that after long time the real mass movie a good mas ala film is came but it didn't reach your expectations. The story of film is not unique and it is little weak.The main drawback of the movie is its screenplay and its editing.Because of this two things the movie is lost its impact.The direction of prabhudeva is not as good as his dance. Shahid kapoor had deliver one of the best performance of his career as action is not his genre.His action scenes are quite good.Sonakshi sin ha had give her best.Sonu sod had not leave any impact. as Songs have already created buzz but the gandi Bat comes very early and the mika's version of gandi have to be taken in the movie as mika's version is better than nakash aziz.Songs are not connected to scenes. dialog's are not great. Prabhudeva fail to give a superb mass film.rowdy rathore was better than this movie. It is only one time watchable.watch only if you are fan of shah id or sonakshi and if you like typical action mas ala movies. My rating:- 2/5

Hugely disappointing script..but Shahid back to his best

[arupghose · 4/10 · 22 February 2014]

I had high expectations of R..Rajkumar after seeing it do 120 crores at the box office, but how disappointing was I when seeing it. Firstly the start is so scrambled - you jump from gunda to gunda and there's no link whatsoever. Then the irritating chasing Sonakshi scenes really did no favours for the film.

I'm not a fan of Pradudeva's direction. He lacks content and relies on the main lead to get him through - Wanted, Rowdy Rathore and now Rajkumar. Now Shahid isn't quite as powerful as Salman or Akshay to carry to film alone, but credit where due, he did a good job.

Shahid Kapoor has had a good come back year. First Phata Poster and now Rajkumar, it's good to see him back but unfortunately the story was just poor. Sonakshi Sinha is getting boring now with her roles. They're all the same and it really annoys me that an actress that can deliver a performance of the calibre of Lootera, has to do silly roles like this. She should be much smarter in the roles she chooses moving forward. Sonu Sood seems like he's been typecast as a villain, and a very good one he is indeed.

The music is good and goes well with the film but nowhere the levels set by Gunday or Aashiqui 2!

To summarise, go watch this film for Shahid and Shahid only. The story is dull and fails to excite.

Bakwaas Rajkumar

[silvan-desouza · 1/10 · 12 December 2013]

Circa 2009, Salman Khan was going through a bad phase when Prabhu Devaa resurrected his career with his directorial debut Wanted which was a remake of Telugu film Pokiri, The film was a hit and resurrected the south remake action genre in bollywood, after GHAJINI(2008). Prabhu Devaa got lucky again in 2012 with Rowdy Rathore which brought Akki back to action and also he started doing south remakes. But now off recent this genre has been done to death and it's getting irritating, The action scenes too are becoming more cartoonish with heroes jumping around and doing somersaults.Such action was restricted to Tamil/Telugu/Kannada films but now even Hindi films are copying them. One thing that is striking in R Rajkumar is that it's the first time perhaps a younger 30+ hero has donned the lead role, unlike 40+ heroes and 50+ unfit heroes(Sanjay Dutt,Sunny Deol). R Rajkumar has a plot that is so thin and non existent, that it's boring. Mostly South remakes don't have a proper plot, even Wanted and Rowdy Rathore didn't have a great plot per se, but R Rajkumar is so banal, so stupid it gets to the nerves. Shahid trying to patao Sonakshi is done so cheesily like films of South and gets to the nerves, There is nothing new, novel or exciting about the film. To Digest that Shahid can bash up goons double his size even with his makeover is too much. There is nothing appealing of the film and many times seems like it's a telugu film with Hindi Actors.

Direction is bad Music is the only saving grace but songs pop up at any place, Their choreography too is like south films Gandi Baat which became very popular is the best song,though the voice of Mika is replaced by Nakash, Saree Ke Fall and other songs are good too

Shahid Kapoor tries hard to don the new garb, In fact very very hard but as I said it's hard to digest him in that role, But it's kudos to him to do something different but he should keep away from such dumb products.But then he has had a bad year since Kaminey and needs a hit. Sonakshi Sinha is Sonakshi Sinha, doing the same irritating stuff she has been doing since Dabaang except Lootera. In fact I Agree with Koimoi which called her Female Prakash Raj. Sonu Sood too is typecast but does have his moments Ashish Vidyarthi acts as if he is in a south film, Mukul Dev is good in a second fiddle role, Late Srihari who died after the film is okay

Amongst rest mostly regulars of such films none impress much.

a good family entertainer

[shaswat-adhikari · 6/10 · 10 January 2014]

R.. Rajkumar is a good family entertainer. It was a wonderful time watching this. The movie has a good comedy, action,romance,dance,songs and twist.

Acting- fabulous performance was given by everyone. When I watched the negative performance of Sonu Sood then i was surprised by his fabulous performance.

Plot- there is no main plot in the movie.

When i watched the trailer then i did not think that the movie would be so nice. But when i saw the second trailer and the public review on youtube then i was surprised by the public review because i did not even imagined that the public would appreciate the movie, and the second trailer was more better than the first and then i went to watch the movie but the climax i did not like at all because it was a same climax action like before and i was thinking has Prabhudeva gone mad.

The final review is that the movie is a good family entertainer. I give the movie 6 out of 10 star.

An average movie by prabhu Deva

[vibhanshuchoudhary342 · 5/10 · 6 December 2013]

R rajkumar is an average going movie. It is not up to the mark as expected from shahid. Though shahid's efforts can be seen in the film. But due to poor storyline it becomes useless. There are some good dialogs in the movie. Over the top fighting scenes which can make you bore. Sonakshi sinha's acting is average. She plays a role of dabaang girl in the movie but is not up to the mark. Sonu sud is good as a villain. His acting is good. Film's songs are very good. The film is of two and a half hours. Film is good before intermission. Climax of the movie is flat with not much excitement. So, if you are shahid's fan and like his acting you can watch it. Or better save your excitement for the biggest release dhoom 3 going to release in just 2 weeks. So, my rating for the movie will be 5 out of 10. An average or may be a flop movie by shahid again. Overall, it is a time pass movie and if you are free in your weekdays you can watch it. No vulgar scenes or talk in the movie.

Western unbiased review!

[markovd111 · 5/10 · 22 August 2023]

"R... Rajkumar" feels weird even for it's country of origin. Our hero is actually an antihero, comedic and silly moments are intertwined with brutality and serious topics like rape. Humour is completely childish and too silly even for an Indian movie and whole things feels like a weird mess done just to make a masala movie as quickly as possible so money could be earned. Action is typical Bollywood nonsense without any effort put into making fighting choreography that makes sense. Songs are also nothing worth talking about, other than intro theme that is a bit cool. All in all, if you have some mates willing to endure the pain, grab some food and drinks and turn your brains off so they don't explode from what they are about to see. Less brave ones should avoid this one... 5/10!

What's wrong with those reviews?

[raktim-das-3 · 10/10 · 12 December 2013]

Seriously, what's wrong with them??!! Hello CRITICS, We love movies which we enjoy! we, AM JANATA, don't care about what is out of the text book in a movie, we only care about what works! AND THIS FILM RIGHT HERE FREAKIN... WORKSS!!! when are you guys gonna start reviewing a film from our point of view and stop misleading us?! Shame on you! There are people doing hard work for years to make a God damn film and you guys don't even hesitate to stab it on it's back mercilessly!

Okay, first of all, this is my first review in IMDb. I mostly come in here to see the reviews, watch the trailers and all. But after reading the reviews from our fellow PHYSICS PROFESSORS for this one, I just had to tell people the truth about this awfully underrated movie.

THIS IS A MIND BLOWING ENTERTAINER!!!It's funny and packed with action. Trust me! If you liked DABANGG,you'll love this one. This movie has every freaking element to make you fall in love with it. Honestly,even the lead actress had a strong reason to be in the movie,....unlike most of the recent bollywood outcomes where you wonder "what does she have to do with the film?"!

Shahid is charming, and a real combination of ROMEO and RAJKUMAR. He is not my favorite but he was really funny. And the fights may be "full of errors" to the reviewers with PHD in Experimental Physics. But I just looved the extremeness of the punches and kicks as well as the extremeness of his LOVE. And Sonakshi!! Boy o boy, SHE IS JUST SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!! Her dialogue delivery is so strong, that in some parts you'll be forced to realize that she is the future BEST FEMALE ACTOR. her "PYAAR PYAAR YA MAAR MAAR" look is just..... (out of words). Sonu sood is strong,ripped. his acting is good.Underutilized, but still looked damn EVIL in parts.

You guys already know how amazing the songs are.I love all of them. So don't trust the reviews where "THE SONGS ARE ALL RIGHT" line exists.

So, bottom line is, NEVER rely on the reviews.Go and see for yourself.This MASALA movie is worth watching twice. IT ACTUALLY DESERVES A 8/10 as there are flaws. few minutes after the interval IS a tiiiny bit boring.The climax scene is BIOLOGICALLY impossible. But I gave it full on 10 because it got so much unfair beating from the critics, it deserves more love from us now.

HATERS WILL HATE. GO WATCH IT. YOU"LL LOVE IT!!

........................from one of those mango people who made RAJKUMAR reach the TOP 10 WEEKENDS of 2013.

Two Different halves

[ajitdubey · 4/10 · 3 March 2014]

I was very surprise to see how a film can perform equally good and equally bad in two different halves. First Half was excellent, Good acting, well choreographed action sequences and brilliant songs. 2nd half is as pathetic as you can never believe how a script can change from brilliance to awful. The story, scenes everything seems exhausted and film was just dragging in the and I was hoping let the misery end soon. acting wise everyone was good and specially Shahid Kapoor this is his best performance till date and after giving rows of flops this was a life saviour for him. Sonakshi and Sonu Sood were equally good and rest of the cast was well supported. Prabhudeva has proved himself that he is one of the best masala director. Film is entertainer but only till first half. if you want to take good memories of this film leave after intermission, believe me you won't be missing anything except few pathetic scenes and predictable climax.

Show me more Sonu!!!!

[jen-122-636160 · 4/10 · 4 October 2014]

This movie delivers everything you expect it to deliver from the previews. Shahid is adorable and wonderful. Sonakshi is wonderful and beautiful and fierce. And Sonu Sood is a) incredibly handsome and b) too handsome and beautifully handsome to be the evil villain he plays. He does a great job, but his handsomeness was a bit distracting for me.

Dancing: This movie is written, directed and choreographed by Prabhu Deva, so the dancing is amazing and technical. If you are a dancer, watch this movie. Seriously. Some of the stuff Shahid was doing is nothing short of amazing and of course Prabhu has a cameo in one of the songs (Gandi Beat). It was nice to see that Prabhu is capable of dialing it back when he needs to as the "we both just realized we are in love fantasy dance sequence" was low key, and beautiful without all the complex technical moves of the other numbers.

Action: Speaking of choreography, this is an action flick. And some of the fight sequences are beautifully choreographed as well. Most of them are jump cut so the flow doesn't allow you to see extended sequences and they could very easily just film individual action shots and cut them together. But there is a fight scene in the middle of the movie where Shahid is fighting 60 guys, and we get a long sequence of uncut moves that are really well done.

The final battle between Shahid and Sonu is in sepia tone – to give it more gravitas. It's hokey. They may have chosen that to hide flaws in Shahid's make up because at this point his character had been stabbed twice, beat up and buried alive before heading into the final battle, so... he had a lot of fake blood on him and it might not have looked right in regular color.

The battle itself reminded me a bit of the final battle in the 3rd Musashi movie except without the swords. They rush at each other. Fight a bit. Rush at each other and eventually, Shahid, after nearly dying 3 times in the battle manages to land a punch to the throat and they just stand there. For a long while. And no – I'm not giving anything away – obviously Shahid was going to win this battle – duh. Anyway, I thought it was a nice touch and used the main elements that everyone remembers from the final Musashi battle well.

Technical Details: As for what I didn't really like. Some of the editing was really odd and distracting. One of the first expository scenes is jump cut with odd angles of the faces talking, ending with extreme close ups. I found it distracting and annoying, especially since I was trying to read subtitles.

The other odd choice was a jiggling earthquake effect on the film at a pivotal moment. It was distracting and didn't really add to the scene. Those were the only two moments where this was done. The rest of the movie was well done.

The love story was OK – I have mixed feelings about the first half since it involved Shahid stalking Sonakshi and having been a victim of a stalking, it didn't sit well with me. I don't normally get that sort of reaction from other movies where this "following" happens. Normally, I think – ahhh. But I did react badly here so I think they missed the mark.

My conclusion: If you like rough action masala – this movie is great. If you like amazing dancing. This movie is really great. Love story? Meh. Really handsome actor – Oh YEAH! Sonu!!!! Music – fun. Worth seeing? Probably.

A full on entertainer movie

[ashis-lakra · 8/10 · 18 January 2014]

This is my first review, so excuse me for any mistakes. This movie starring Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha, has become one of my favorite in watch list. After Vivah, I didn't really like Shahid's character much in his latter films, but this movie changed my perception about him. He can become chocolate boy and dabangg boy when script requires. His expression, dialog delivery, tone, fighting scenes, attitude everything is damn good. Sonakshi fared very well in movie, great expression, some scenes are worth remembering and looked extremely beautiful. Good job Dabangg girl. Songs are good and worth watching once in a while. Even if story lacks unreal logic, its FULL ON entertainer. You can expect everything you want in a masala entertainment movie. Both Sonu and Shahid did justice to their roles. Fighting scenes are good, climax is unreal but great, chemistry is good too. Will give 8/10 for this underrated movie. If critics underrate it, it doesn't mean you won't like it. After all, everyone's got different taste.