Fortune favors the "Dabangg" !!!

Salman 'Robinhood' Khan is back with a big bang.

I finally got to see the much talked about movie last night and boy, what an entertainer! 'Dabangg' had all the ingredients that one would expect in a typical bollywood masala movie, in the right proportion which would have certainly made it a success anyway.

But then Salman Khan, having this dubious distinction of being the most unpredictable actor of the industry to his credit (or should I say debit!) decided to breathe life into the character of a certain Chulbul Panday and single handedly elevated this decent movie to an entirely different level. Whether it was his sun-glass tricks, or his mind blowing one-liners, whether it was the fight sequences or his comic timing, he looked in awesome touch all along. And as we all know, when it comes to playing to the gallery, Salman stands second to none.

He fought, danced, laughed, cried like only he can and we soaked all of it like only we can, whispering under our breath, 'Gimmie more, gimmie me more....'. And he did. He thrashed them more, he danced like crazy to 'munni badnaam huyi', he laughed and cried his heart out. If he had entertained us with some southern India flavor last Eid, it was UP's turn this time around. But 'Dabangg' is as different from 'Wanted' as Lucknow is from Chennai. If names like Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar and Saijid-Wajid make you feel nostalgic, blame it on continuity of brand Salman(genre).

That Rahat Fateh Ali spells magic with his 'tere mast mast yeh nain' only adds to the already soaring popularity of this movie. That Sonakshi Sinha looks very much the part as a village girl, adds vibrant colors to the frames. That Sonu Sood and Arbaaz Khan put in their best, helps completing this pot-boiler in all respect.

Make no mistake, 'Dabangg' in no 'Three Idiots'. That it has run neck-in-neck with this all time great movie of Raju Hirani in the trade circuit till now, is purely coincidential. Unlike 'Three Idiots', there is no place for under-play or subtlity here in this loudish movie. But to its credit, it never claimed to be a movie for the class. Salman always was a hero for the masses. He has done it yet again. Hopefully 'Dabangg' will prove to be yet another turning point in his career.

We wish to see more such stuffs from him, and guess what, we are not going to be dissapointed. Arbaaz Khan has already announced 'Dabangg 2' with the same director Avinab Kashyap, who has done a pretty good job with the current version. We just hope that Kashyap takes a little more time to tighten up the script before he hits the floor.