Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai -2 Dobara Review

Genre : Action | Crime | Drama  -  15 August 2013 (India)
Imdb rating : Ratings: 6.3/10 

Director:

 Milan Luthria

Writer:

 Rajat Arora

Stars:

 Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha 

Review By: Rajeev Masand Site: ibnlive.in.com Ratings:1.5/5 

Characters in Hindi movies tend to be more naïve than the audience that's watching them on screen. The audience will guess early on that the most earnest cop in the unit is the traitor who's been leaking information to the bad guy. Or that the person who talks about living life to the fullest will be diagnosed with a fatal condition. Or that two best friends who swear never to let anything come between them will find their relationship tested. The characters on screen are always the last to know; they invariably figure out these things well after the audience does. It's an accepted fact in storytelling.
This disappointing sequel to 2010's Ajay Devgan-Emran Hashmi starrer is constructed around the premise of a love triangle...the laziest love triangle you could possibly imagine. Shoaib (Akshay Kumar) is a mob boss. Aslam (Imran Khan) is his loyal protégé. Both men develop feelings for struggling actress Jasmine (Sonakshi Sinha), who is close to Shoaib and Aslam. But Jasmin doesn't know that Shoaib is a don, or that Aslam works for him, or even that Shoaib has designs on her. Shoaib and Aslam, meanwhile, are unaware that they're both in love with the same girl. That's way too many clueless people in one film!

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Review By: Taran Adarsh Site: Bollywoodhungama.com Ratings:2.5/5

Unfortunately, the first hour doesn't cut ice, focusing on the mandatory light moments, songs and dramatic moments that seldom seize your attention. However, Milan and writer Rajat Aroraa make sure they reserve the best for the second hour, packing the film with heavy-duty drama and conflict that makes it captivating and engaging. Also, Milan doesn't resort to action and bloodshed -- the key aspects that are inevitable for any gangster film -- to carry the story frontward. These elements, although part of the narrative, are used as garnishing wherever essential. In a way, Milan attempts a gangster film, but steers clear of factors that could eclipse the love story, drama and conflict in the narrative.

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Review By: Anupama Chopra Site: Hindustantimes.com Ratings:3/5  

Situated some time in the 1980s, the film revels in blaring background music, old-school machismo, glaring loopholes in logic (starting with that strangely spelled Ay in the title) and, of course, reams of whistle-inducing dialogues by Rajat Aroraa, who also wrote those two earlier films. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2013/8/17_08_13-metro14b.gif No one here just talks. Every dialogue is a declaration, saying or metaphor. At one point, Shoaib says something like “Jo doodh main nimbu daalta hai, paneer usi ka hai”. Some of the lines were so twisted that I couldn’t even decipher the meaning behind the imagery. The pacing is bumpy — too many songs unnecessarily stretch the film to 160 minutes.

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By: Madhureeta Mukherjee Site: Timesofindia Ratings:3.5/5

Once Upon a Time... Bollywood movies were enamored by dreaded D's of the underworld. They still are. Whether the story is told in retro-rap, or with stylish designer double Dons, or with gloss-free rawness of realism. This endless 'lawless' love affair continues. In OUATIMD, a love triangle forms the bloodline of the story, replete with 'donnisms', molls with maal and an overkill of 'loaded' dialogues pe dialogues.

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Review By: Komal Nahata Site:ETC Bollywood Business Ratings:

Milan Luthria handles the love triangle with maturity. His direction is able but his choice of subject is not very appropriate as the sequel comes with the formidable brand of OUATIM which was loved by the audience. Pritam’s music lacks hit songs but two songs – ‘Ye tune kya kiya’ and ‘Chugliyaan’ – are appealing, besides the remixed version of the super-hit ‘Tayyab Ali’ song of Amar Akbar Anthony. ‘Tu hi khwahish’ is a fair fast-paced song. Rajat Aroraa’s lyrics are of a good standard. Song picturisations (Raju Khan) are alright. Sandeep Shirodkar’s background music is very fine. Ayananka Bose’s cinematography is wonderful. Priya Suhas and Sunil Jaiswal’s sets are nice. Javed-Aejaz’s action scenes provide thrill to the masses and front-benchers but the audience would expect more action. Akiv Ali’s editing could’ve been sharper.

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Review By: Saibal Chatterjee Site:NDTV Ratings:2.5/5

The reason is pretty obvious: the characters that Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi fleshed out in Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai were infinitely more complex and nuanced. The survivor from the first installment is the protagonist of this film. He is now older, meaner and given to ways that are more ruthless than the ones he learnt on the way up. The coldblooded gangster, now played by Akshay Kumar, returns from an offshore location to reclaim his turf in the city of his birth. Shoaib makes a huge hoo-ha about the fact that he isn’t a hero, but a villain. His philosophy is rudimentary: good guys go to heaven; bad guys experience the bliss of paradise on earth.

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Review By: Karan Anshuman Site:Mumbai Mirror Ratings:2.5/5

So here we are again - Akshay Kumar taking over the mantle of Daw... Shoaib - and this time entangling himself in a love triangle with an airheaded Mand... Yasmin (Sonakshi Sinha who inadvertently doubles up as comic relief) and his trusted aide from Dongri, Aslam (Imran Khan miscast but trying his utmost). To be fair though, Arora's writing is definitely a notch less hyperbole and an inch more realistic, a welcome break from every line being infused with metaphors and smugly uttered - complete with knowing pauses - by actors who have a remarkable foresight of audience reactions.

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