Gabbar Is Back

80% Copy from Mithun Chakrobarty's film...

You know, sometimes when I look at a film I can imagine exactly what the director had in mind while making it. This film was clearly made to "connect with the youth", the "youth" will find it relatable, and it will go very well with the "youth". I want to ask all these directors, have you ever seen a youth in real life? Do you even know what a youth looks like? No one is interested in seeing some random dude calling himself Gabbar Singh and doing extrajudicial killing for his country. Such an appeal is only good for connecting with the uncles with moustache and a bald spot. So Gabbar is Back is about a man whose wife was killed because of corruption and now he is out being a vigilante, killing everyone who does corruption. First of all, WTF? And secondly, dude, you aren't doing something legal either. Killing is an even worse crime than corruption. If they were aiming to make something along the lines of vigilante superheroes like Batman or Daredevil then mind you, they NEVER kill. They only beat up, torture and scare their enemies so that they don't do such things ever again. Now to cOnNeCt WiTh ThE yOuTh they introduce Shruti Hassan to play a "dumb millennial" who always keeps looking at data from her phone. She is saved from a road accident while she's telling Gabbar that people die from road accidents. And of course when Gabbar becomes famous the yOuTh starts talking about him. There's a GiRl who says she has heard Gabbar is very cUtE, to which a boy asks how she can tell if no one has seen him. Because that's how GiRlS talk like, right? The biggest character conflict comes when one of Gabbar's men learns his father has also been caught by Gabbar, and that conflict basically lasts for 5 seconds after which he says everyone whom they have killed was someone's father. In the end Gabbar gives a speech about corruption on top of the police van which was taking him away. And then he gets hanged and everyone lives happily ever after. It's not like corruption will never happen again, right? But in all honesty I have given this film an above average rating because of two reasons. First, because I saw it when I was a dumb child. I didn't have much knowledge about filmmaking and cinematography. And secondly because I am a huge sucker for Akshay Kumar. This is probably his best look of all time. Sure this film looks like a carbon copy of those mindless South Indian films, but at least it does entertain while it lasts. The acting is quite decent, the songs are also very good (considering nowadays we only get garbage in the name of Bollywood music). The idea of a known villain's name being used wasn't good since Akshay Kumar looks nothing like Gabbar Singh in this film, but at least the references were pretty much on the point. I don't think I will ever tolerate seeing this film any time again in my whole life. This is an "out of sight, out of mind" type film, so obviously a one time watch if you're a part of the casual audience. But in any other case, I'd prefer you stay away from this film just like how the director of this film stayed away from the yOuTh while wondering what they look like (this is a good running joke though).

Movie is too much overdone. Misplaced comedy mars the seriousness. They could have made the movie in a much serious and darker note.

This movie has a really good message?? If one ordinary, capable man tries to make a corrupt government better, than many others will try too! It's millions versus only a few hundred! Let's rely on student power :)

The movie works to a degree for the feel good factor it generates. An otherwise implausible and highly predictable movie that is lifted because its good guys tend to win handsomely most of the time. And the acting standards are worse than the credibility of the plot - which is absolutely laughable.

One man Army - Akshay the Boss All the Way !!!

Too much star power!!

Though copy ,better than any typical bollywood/tollywood movie where no physics exist.

Gabbar : Haddiyan todne mein woh mazaa nahi ... joh teri akad todne mein hain a typical bollywood masala movie with plenty of dishum dishum,oodles of catchy dilouges,a larger than life villian , a kickass hero in Akshay Kumar with revenge in his mind and all this moving along with a love story as the backdrop.... AK(not the kejriwal one) was his usual kickass self fighting against the system trying to remove corruption from it with the help of young teenagers...the dilouges and storyline were crisp and the whole movie was riding on the anti corruption wave going in india but in all was a good bollywood movie with everything bollywood movies are known for in it :)

Day: Wednesday Date: 27 May 2015 Time: 9.30 pm With: Maa, Azeem On: HDTV