Dabangg lived upto my expectations. The only thing I was worried about was whether the plot running with the action would be good enough or not as Wanted lacked the story inspite of been a very good action film. But Dabangg didnt dissappoint on that level.


The film is about Chulbul(Salman), a corrupt policeman who fights for the right and can go against even his brother or dad. He falls in love, and keeps dealing with the various things that come in front of him, whether its his brother's deeds or the politician Chedi(Sonu sood).

The entry scene of Salman pretty much reminds of Wanted, almost similar setup with wanted jalwa tune used too in the scene to add to it. It was just a touch too long scene I felt though it was worth to see it. Interestingly, there are around 4 main action sequences in the film, with 3 been put at main points i.e beginning,interval and climax while 4th one is placed in middle of 1st half. My fav though will be climax one.

There are lots of sub-plots that keep running in the film. One is Salman-Vinod relationship, other is Salman-Arbaaz relationship, then there is the envy between Sonu-Salman and another minor plot of Arbaaz-Maahi which I felt was the only one that wasnt justifed properly.

The scene where Maahi's dad cancels marriage was one of the weakly directed sequence of the film. Dimple Kapadia hams a bit in the breathing lost dialogue scene with Salman.

Apart from these few blemishes, Dabangg is full of entertainment and joy.

Abhinav as a 1st time director, succeeds in using action as a backdrop instead of using it as everything that Wanted did. The dialogues are very good specially some of the punchlines like "Haramzaade se yaad aaya", "Kamaal karte ho" or "Bhaiyya ji smile" etc.


Editing was good, never appeared any rhythm problem throughout the film.

Songs were very well used. I specially liked Humko peeni hai which I originally didnt like. Its very well choreographed too. Title song wasnt really that great, though one can say its a imaginative type of picturisation but I felt it lacked something. Munni was ofcourse magical in theatre. While the romantic songs especially Rahat one were beautifully used.

Performances wise, Salman Khan rises as Chulbul Pandey, wont say its his best performance till date but it can easily be one of his best performances. Hard to find any scene where he didnt act well.

Sonakshi looked too sweet on screen, a bit overweight for my liking. She looks like a traditional indian actress, very confident in her screen presence. Maybe she will give competition to Vidya Balan in future.

Sonu Sood was awesome, with each film I keep getting impressed by him. Maybe time to see Aashiq banaya aapne once again when I used to feel he is such bad actor. Just notice his expressions during entire Munni song or the one where Arbaaz is walking alone on road and the conversation that takes place between them.

Anupam Kher and Om Puri were good in cameos. Vinod Khanna and Dimple Kapadia also made a good mark. Arbaaz Khan played well as per his character sketch. Mahie Gill had nothing to offer thanks to some heavy editing to her role.


Overall, Dabangg is one of those films that just entertains you and at one-two places makes you emotional too. A typical masala film meant for the masala film lovers only and ofcourse the diehard Salman fans.


Rating : 3.75 Out of 5