DaBang - DA 'big' BANG Salman starrer

A lot of years back some foreign scientists discovered THE BANG theory (for some that was BIG enough entertainment). But some people in India thought we need to do something extra for entertainment, so they created the desi sounding Da Bang (which eventually entertains more…very much more).

Story –
Story of Dabang is something staple for bollywood. Steps to generate 1 –

1) Choose a hero - Take the industry stud (a famous one), give him the police wardi with rule-breaking tactics and ask him to keep a symbolic moustache to get that UP look.
2) Choose a heroine - a new face to work with our stud. Make sure her surname is commonly known.
3) Add a plot – Take an anti K-Jo’s WE ARE FAMILY stand and create the hate angle between our stud and his step bro and step papa. Let there be ma to console.
4) Pick the villain – Try to find a fool who inspite of looking so helpless can dream to be deadly like Mogambo. Give him the techniques to motivate the step bro to go against the stud.
5) Use the glue - throw in a lot of PJs/one-liners to join the above mentioned steps in a cohesive manner and make a movie out of these steps.
6) Publicity – Follow “da BIG bang” Dabang promo campaign wherever you go. Also, ask your stud to wear ‘desified’ RayBan goggs with striking little hearts to get that awesome poster look.
7) God's Help - Place your bets on the stud and wait it EID.

Casting –
The industry stud, Salman Khan plays the role of dabang inspector Chulbul Pandey. This role (infact the whole movie) is written for him. His dialogue delivery and action sequences are perfect. The trained eye will appreciate the effort put in by Salman in this movie, whose producers are his very own bhaiya-bhabhi. Infact, if we replace Salman Khan with Ravi Kishan, Dabang will become a Bhojpuri movie; Salman takes it from Bhojpuri to Bollywood.

Heroine Rajjo in the movie is Sonakshi Sinha (daughter of Mr. Khamosh, guess who?). She is good in Dabang and will gain a lot of leverage from this. Rest of the cast (Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, etc) is satisfactory. Except two persons. Firstly, Arbaaz Khan (again that dead wood acting from him) and secondly, Sonu Sood (plays the villain Cheddi Singh). Will any sensible person cast a tamed spider-like-personality in front of Spiderman! No obviously. Then why cast a Sonu Sood in front of Salman Khan? They should have watched Singh Is King carefully (remember! Sonu Sood was the real King in that movie).

The music by Sajid-Wajid suits the Dabang style. Direction is good but screenplay is loose in parts. Salman’s earlier flick WANTED had more grip over story.

Speaking Pictures’s verdict – watch in Cineplex in front row seats and enjoy Chulbul Pandey.
Rating – 3/5 (paisa vasool)

Where does Salman go after Dabang?
Salman Khan, one of KHAN pillars of bollywood industry realizes that he can’t pull off SRK’s romantic flicks or Aamir’s superior class. Salman’s USP is his body and not his acting. He knows this fact and is therefore, trying to create a different liking for himself. Paisa Vasool entertainers are now his forte…expect more

ps: can Steven Spielberg and James Cameron make DABANG in Amerika with their latest technology? Na! I guess even they have to do this the Indian way.

(thanks to Indra devta & Shanky for rains, I watched Dabang in a Cineplex and not in a multiplex. All smiles)