Gabbar
returns. With all the charisma, likeability and power to hold your attention
leaving way behind in transition, Gabbar returns but only in some futile dialogues,
a badly done rap-mix and in the title of the film. 'Why' is the only reaction
you would relate to such arrogant effort to encash the echoing sound of once
terror, and now horror! The most iconic villain in the history of Bollywood
gets the worst tribute ever done. Sadly, Sanjay Leela Bhansali produced GABBAR
IS BACK is your typical star-driven south Indian remake that tries to tick
every box falling under the formula of a box-office hit but returns ‘khali
haath’ with no ‘shabashi’ at all.
To start with, this Gabbar is more of a ‘Shahenshah’. When not hanging corrupts till death at the nearest ‘chauraha’, he can be seen teaching physics in a college where supposedly students are taught and trained to be honest that too at a degree where a son could sign on the death penalty of his own father drenched deep in corruption without giving it a second thought. Professor Aditya [Akshay Kumar] is the man in charge here and on mission. It takes no special powers to know that the guy has a tragic past before deciding to clean the system at his own with his own special task force and a harsh sense of judgment. The film is also about personal rivalry and angst against the injustice. It is also a fight between two brands as the hero and the anti-hero in the film like to describe themselves. In one sequence, Gabbar- the good man as forcibly put by the lady [Shruti Haasan] meant only for some kind of breathing space in all those butt-kicking action and ear-kicking verbal exchange shuts the villain's mouth up using his ever-growing popularity. I wish if they could call themselves ‘SnapDeal’ & ‘Flipkart’. The audience would sure find it a lot interesting.
GABBAR
IS BACK- an official remake of a Tamil superhit strives to aim at people’s
angst against corruption. The mood gets set when Gabbar kidnaps corrupt
government officials and punishes them in the most violent yet less-innovative
manner but soon decides to dive into the dreary pool of dead romance. Dealing with
the same issue, Rensil D’silva’s UNGLI had definitely more inventive ways of
punishing corrupts. Film also fails to hold you emotionally and doesn’t excite
you at all with its cheap thrills in the plot. The tragic backstory is too
convenient and badly twisted on screen. Even the sensible Chitrangada Singh in
her sex siren avatar doesn’t show any spark in her titillating item song.
Shruti Haasan is such a waste. Kareena Kapoor Khan looks ravishing in her
cameo-cum-song and that’s it. Akshay too is repetitive. Though his remarkable energy
on screen and ease at such roles keep him in the race at any given point of
time, the over-simplistic and predictable plot hardly gives him much space to
show off the charm he has. Sunil Grover reinvents himself as an actor in
serious role but with a dubious dubbed voice, he couldn’t maximize the chance
well. Jaydeep Ahlawat is average.
Overall,
GABBAR IS BACK is a dull and boring action-entertainer where you can sense and
predict almost every curve on the road ahead. Watching and re-watching the real
and original Gabbar mouthing those timeless dialogues will always be a treat
for any cinema-lover or an entertainment-seeker. This latest Gabbar is just a falsifier
with fake identity. If the real one could curse this one, he would have sure gone
ahead with, “Gabbar ka naam poora mitthi mein milaye diyo” [You have spoiled the
name of Gabbar, all of it]! Stay back! [1/5]
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