Shootout at Wadala - Old wine in new bottle

Cast: John Abrahim, Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpai, Sonu Sood, Tushar Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut, Siddhanth Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Mahesh Manjrekar

Director: Sanjay Gupta

Running Time: 2 hours 30 Minutes

First thing first, if you have seen Shootout at Lokhandwala and did not like that movie, please ignore this. I meant to say don't ignore the blog but the movie. If you liked or you did not mind watching that then you will feel nothing different in this one. This movie is strictly not for family audiences so parents who use to bring their children together to see the movies may find that their children have learnt some pure Indian abuses till the end of this movie.

Plot is as simple as you can imagine. Gangsters killing members of rival gangs, when nothing to do or have done something like killing any other gangster, then dancing in bars. Police watching them fighting and killing people till the end and suddenly realized their duty and decide to kill one gang just like selecting a chit randomly and that gang will be of person who became criminal just because of circumstances and not by family business.

Same was story of lokhandwala and same is of our indian SAW (Shootout at Wadala). You will find some diluted scenes like of english SAW movies also like cutting hands and thrashing head. Though this is a real story of first reported real encounter in India (With some cinematic liberty in story) yet film makers have exploited same plot so many times that real story has nothing unique in it. I think nothing remained to tell and rest you know, still let me give you brief synopsis if you did not care about watching the trailer which has shown the complete story if there is any.

Manohar Arjun Surve (John Abraham) is a bright student and loves his fellow student Vidya (Kangna Ranaut) while his brother is a criminal. While saving his brother from being killed, Manohar hold one gangster from back while to his surprise, his brother killed that gangster with knife and thus he is framed with murder charges along with his brother and sentenced to life imprisonment. In jail, he had to fight for survival with other criminals and ran away with Munir (Tushar) from jail.

After getting out of Jail, they meet Zubair (Manoj Bajpai) and Dilawar (Sonu Sood) who have their own gang against Mastaan (Remember Haazi mastaan?) gang in Mumbai. Earlier they planned to join their gang but because of ego differences, Manohar aka manya decide to establish first hindu gang.

Rest is the story of their fight with each other and in the end encounter by police of Manya. Let me tell you one thing, though this story is of real Manya Surve but our bollywood does not have courage to disclose the real names of leaders of opposite gang. Dilawar's character which is being played by Sonu Sood is actually character of Dawood Ebrahim who ran away from India later on but no one want to take risk by showing the real name or might be his money has been invested in this movie too as it is co-produced by White feather (Sanjay dutt's co-owned company).

Any ways, acting wise, this movie is said to be best work by John Abraham but frakly speaking, I never noticed a single difference in his acting from Jism where he started his career. Though he has worked a lot on his muscles. All of his intense work looks similar to what he has done in Zinda (incidentally Sanjay Gupta's last full movie as director in 2005 before this). Though he has tried as honestly as he always does but it does not mean that if I try to be a good singer then I will become. Ok..might be I become but acting requires much more natural talent. Tushar Kapoor as always a side kick in her sister's produced movies, acts just fine. I don't know how he manages to abuse so much in his home production movies.

Siddhanth Kapoor as one of henchman of Manya has been given a role just like his father Shakti Kapoor used to play and you will be easily able to see the glimpse of his father in him. Manoj Bajpai is good in his part while Sonu Sood has been given just a single expression of anger ( I am doubtful if he has any other expression too). Anil Kapoor has been taken seriously in this movie (at last) after he has made fun of himself in movies like Race 2 and Mission impossible. For him also there is nothing different and he just acts as a serious and frustrated police officer who keep on threatening the gangsters but no one damn cares for him, neither you will do. Ronit roy is fine and mahesh majrekar can induce some laughters with his dialogues. Kangna is a pure consistent torture with her acting so you have to bear her even in her some intimate scenes with John. 

One thing that can be liked are the dialogues which are written much like punch lines on the line of Once upon a time in Mumbai but here most of the punches are abusive unlike the clean punches in once upon a time..Still these can be enjoyed with your friends(strictly for male though women are progressive too now a days) if you are really use to hear and speak such lines. As its a gangster movie so full liberty has been taken to use as much foul language as they can. First time, you will hear such words from John. Songs are thrust-ed in the movie which might be liked depending on your preference i.e. whether you like song on basis of video or audio (mean to say on basis of video here).

Sanjay Gupta direction is good but there is no depth in characterization so something felt missing (actually lots of things) in the end. I will say if you just want to go then go with your friends and strictly not with your family or family to be in future rest you know them better.

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