Finally saw the movie in a jam packed house.....jam packed even at such a late date....... its a DAMN GOOD MOVIE
I saw it because so many people around me were praising it ,and could not resist the pressure to see it from them.
Its a movie in which action has been mixed with some doses of emotion ,a combination that has delivered past success in Bollywood.
Ajay Devgan certainly well suited for the role of Haji Mastan ( called Sultan Mirza in the movie ),the good-hearted smuggler ( the word DON is reserved for Dawood ),who loves Bombay like his sweetheart.........but still has the space in his heart to accommodate his real life sweetheart ,to the extent of marrying her when he learns that she has a heart problem ,something that he is reluctant to do earlier.
Emraan Haashmi plays his role of the invincible dawood confidently ,and certainly looks like him in many scenes ,especially when he puts on goggles......and when he smokes....... .Like many people ,I too don't like him ,but his air of supreme confidence and crooked looks and acting see him through.
The relationship between Kangana and Devgan is beautifully built and Kangana looks good as the actress turned gangsters moll.
Prachi Desai looks lovely .
Randeep Hooda is well positioned as the lean and handsome cop who has the unenviable job to choose the lesser of the two evils........and as teller of the tale he regrets to tell.......as he has made the wrong choice........
The music and songs are not just truly hummable ,but also sentimental ,and perfect for the situations.
The ' innocent 'era of the seventies is well created ,with bell bottommed trousers ,and old hundred rupee notes shown .........also seventies hairstyles........and above all ,when the goons were relatively reasonable people who did not interfere in each others territories...........and smuggling meant gold , not drugs........and Pakistan was as foreign to Muslims as to Hindus.
I particularly liked the way Emraan Hashmi's betrayal of Mumbai is juxtaposed with Devgan's love for it ,and Devgans attempt to keep its streets safe for its citizens.
At the end of it all ,I really wished that a man as gallant ,and above all ,as large-hearted as Sultan Mirza had been really alive to save my city......
I saw it because so many people around me were praising it ,and could not resist the pressure to see it from them.
Its a movie in which action has been mixed with some doses of emotion ,a combination that has delivered past success in Bollywood.
Ajay Devgan certainly well suited for the role of Haji Mastan ( called Sultan Mirza in the movie ),the good-hearted smuggler ( the word DON is reserved for Dawood ),who loves Bombay like his sweetheart.........but still has the space in his heart to accommodate his real life sweetheart ,to the extent of marrying her when he learns that she has a heart problem ,something that he is reluctant to do earlier.
Emraan Haashmi plays his role of the invincible dawood confidently ,and certainly looks like him in many scenes ,especially when he puts on goggles......and when he smokes....... .Like many people ,I too don't like him ,but his air of supreme confidence and crooked looks and acting see him through.
The relationship between Kangana and Devgan is beautifully built and Kangana looks good as the actress turned gangsters moll.
Prachi Desai looks lovely .
Randeep Hooda is well positioned as the lean and handsome cop who has the unenviable job to choose the lesser of the two evils........and as teller of the tale he regrets to tell.......as he has made the wrong choice........
The music and songs are not just truly hummable ,but also sentimental ,and perfect for the situations.
The ' innocent 'era of the seventies is well created ,with bell bottommed trousers ,and old hundred rupee notes shown .........also seventies hairstyles........and above all ,when the goons were relatively reasonable people who did not interfere in each others territories...........and smuggling meant gold , not drugs........and Pakistan was as foreign to Muslims as to Hindus.
I particularly liked the way Emraan Hashmi's betrayal of Mumbai is juxtaposed with Devgan's love for it ,and Devgans attempt to keep its streets safe for its citizens.
At the end of it all ,I really wished that a man as gallant ,and above all ,as large-hearted as Sultan Mirza had been really alive to save my city......