AnyBody Can Dance (ABCD) by Remo D'souza (Review)

Story: A story on dance subject. Full of energy and colours. It has all those usual dream achieving plot. Full of drama, small romance, comedy, passion and inspiration. Basically it was a grand set movie in lines with step up series. Maybe one of it's kind in India. But lack of originalty in story. The story was just usual about a guy finding his path and never gives up.

Cast: Prabhu Deva made his way to bollywood as a successful director but now an actor as well. Good choice of cast since he is well known for his extraordinary dance. Seems like he dubbed his own voice for the movie. His speech in Hindi was not convincing but it make sense since he is a Chennaites who stays at Mumbai. When we thought he is old and would not perform his best, but there was scene really made him the King of dance. He never lose his touch. And then we have Kay Kay Menon who played Janghir, rival of Prabhu Deva in the movie who used to be in alliance with him for a dance company. Just a bitchy guy I would say. Was an average cast for the movie of course. And they imported an actress from oversea. She is none other than Lauren Gottlieb, So You Think You Can Dance participant. Ganesh Acharya played Gopi, Prabhu Deva's best buddy. Good moral support i would say. well acted.The rest was particpants of Dance India Dance, Salam Yusuff Khan, Dharmesh Yelande and many others.

Screenplay: Awesome art direction of course. The sets of dancing stage and the practicing hall. The set of Ganapathy special day was awesome. Choreography was first class. Met it's objective of implanting dance in people's heart. Good Background music. Of course what is Dance without music. But certain scenes resembled Step-Up movie scenes. But of course movie of same theme would not differ  much. But the beauty of the movie was giving enough importance to every characters in the movie. A great comeback for Prabhu Deva to show his dance talent eventhough it was just one scene for him. 

Music: Composed by Sachin Jigar. Very energetic music, suits the situation very well. played an important role in the movie

Plus Point: Art Direction, Choreography, Music, Casts, Theme

Minus Point: Lack of originalty in story

Verdict: Dance lovers will definitely enjoy the movie. If you liked step-up series and Honey don't miss it.

Don 2 by Farhan Akhtar (Review)

Story: The King is back. An awesome storyline filled with action, elegance, style and romance. This story has good twists that will make you sit till the end to know how it ends. Placed in a few different nation background. The sequel has a good continuity how Don manage spread his empire  in his 5 years after his escape after in the earlier movie and get involved into robbery for a purpose.

Casting: Shah Rukh Khan as Don, the best choice of man. A man who is capable to do anything. The arrogant man who fears nothing. No one else could have done the job better than Shah Rukh. He has the same approach as his earlier Don movie.The style and the way he projects his speech and the punch dialogues with an attitude. Simply remarkable. Priyanka Chopra as Roma the lead lady, the cop who is still in hunt of Don. She just never gives up. The bold lady made a few stunts. And we have Om  Puri as Inspector Malik just like Earlier movie. Booman Irani as Vardhaan, an important rival of Don who got caught at the end of last movie and allies with Don in this movie. Kunal Kapoor as Sameer the hacker to assist the robbery. Lara Duta as Ayesha, Don's trusted hot chick. She plays the role of loyal companionship for Don which played by Isha Gopikar in earlier movie. Hritik Roshan played a cameo role and there were a few supporting role such as Nawab Shah as Jabbar and Sahil Shoff as Arjun. 


Screenplay: An awesome screenplay. The plotting were well planned and hardly can see a flaws. It was taken like a Hollywood movie. But it was lengthy yet the screenplay was rich. The twist in the movie worth appreciated. The song clips were not many, surprisingly for a Hindi movie. Filled with great stunts and action scenes. The stunts and action sequence were so realistic. The robbery plan was good and the way Shah Rukh Khan handles it looks professional. The Car chasing scene was awesome. The way Priyanka chopra handles the investigation was equally good. And of course the climax is the creme of the story of course.

Music: The music was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. It was a contemporary music with a lot of James Bond soundtrack element. It was good in a sense where the BGM manage to boost up the scenes.
 
Plus Point: Action Sequence and stunts, the screenplay, editing, and BGM

Minus Point: There were a few illogical elements but not that obvious. and the movie was lengthy

Verdict: One awesome movie worth watching in cinema. You will feel like watching Mission Imposible and James Bond movies.