Dabangg

Its been a while since I saw an entertaining movie, so watching Dabangg was definitely an enjoyable experience. The keyword here is 'entertaining'. The movie is not an intellectually challenging one or a movie with a statement to make and it doesn't claim to be one from the start. However it was fun to watch a movie that so resembled the 80's genre of Hindi movies that somewhere in between i caught myself searching for Jeetendra and Mithun.

Two brothers each with a girlfriend of his own, no complications of a love triangle there. A villainous step father who accepts the step son when the mother passes away. A villain who has no secret agenda but is evil. In fact there was nothing to guess or rack your brains with. You could sit back and just go through the motions of family drama which we are all familiar with. The ever predictable ending of family coming together and good triumphing over evil.

The movie is an out and out masses movie and I am sure one which will be seen by many at least more than once in the theatre. So when I saw a very direct message of polio vaccination well woven into the script, I felt very proud of the film. It was definitely a good medium to do so and showed a sense of commitment to public health.

Sonakshi Sinha, daughter of Shatrughnan Sinha debuted in the movie. While we had a good run of medium sized heroines after the long legged ones from the 80's, it looks like the wave is turning again - what with Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor and now Sonakshi. She looks earthy and even with the perpetual frown in the movie quite fetching to look at. Portrayed as a small city girl, it was refreshing to see the heroine in Indian attire throughout the movie in keeping with the character. Most movies you start out seeing the heroine in Indian garb and then midway through she is running around the trees in her mini skirts looking as if she was brought up in USA after all.

Salman looks old and well he should, being 45, however he still hasn't lost his charm. Although I am not sure he can carry more such movies, as this movie is quite similar to his movie - Wanted which was released not long ago. Hats off though for taking on both a villain and a heroine who look taller than him and still coming out the hero whom girls can swoon for.

So for those of you who are looking out for a chance to let go and laugh please go ahead and watch the movie. For those of us who don't please stay away, the headache wouldn't be worth it. For my part I loved the movie for making me laugh crazy and helping me shed my office tensions with seemingly no effort at all.