Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Imraan Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Pitobash
Tripathy, Sonali Bendre, Abhimanyu Singh, Sophie Choudry, Kurush Deboo
Director:
Milan Luthria
As evident
by its name, the movie is a sequel to ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’ that was
released in 2010.
The prequel
established the onset of the great
upcoming underworld don Shoaib Khan’s (Emraan Hashmi) reign by making him the
undisputed leader once he assassinated his mentor and senior Sultan Mirza (Ajay
Devgn). It was made pretty clear then and there that unlike his mentor, the new
don was in no mood to follow any code of principle or sharing. The sequel
starts with Shoaib (Akshay Kumar) being shown as the ruthless, mirthless, powerful
don, who is well settled in the middle east and controls his Indian and other
overseas operations with his loyal aid Javed (Sarfaraz Khan). Also, he
unabashedly indulges in womanizing activities.
Honestly speaking,
while watching such Dawood influenced movies (Company, D-Day, Shootout At
Wadala, OUATIM, OUATIMD), you don’t find any exclusive difference amongst them.
In one or the other manner, they end up showing you the making and toughening
of the anti social, his power and action, his softer side with a particular
love interest, some hard core cop action and last but not the least, the
culture, lingo and lifestyle of the 80’s and early 90’s.
What has
actually stood out in this movie is the presence of Akshay Kumar. Actually,
there are two heroes in the film – Akshay and his Dialogues. He mouths them
unabashedly throughout the movie and almost all of them throw the required
punch. He has also very well adopted the lean, mean and suave physicality and
attitude of a great don. In fact you can say, it’s very Italian. Also, he has
very well played the role of an emotionless womanizer and a love torn angry
young man. It is a fresh change to see him do method acting. Otherwise,
normally you associate him with punjabi fashion wear and loud movies with long
legged lasses.
Sonakhshi’s
character demanded someone who is beautiful, innocent, conscious and also forthcoming
and robust. Needless to say, that she has suited the role very well. Also, she
has looked beautiful and acted well. Imraan has this natural look and body
language of someone who is very simple and honest. So, in spite of his cool
presence, you do think that an Emraan Hashmi or a Ranveer Singh would have
fitted the bill better. Mahesh Manjrekar has derived his own style of acting
and his performance can be well speculated in advance. Sonali Bendre is a
revelation in her very small but intense role. Sophie Choudry has managed to
look glamorous without looking voluptuous or over the top. Sarfaraz Khan and
Pitobash Tripathy have also acted well.
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