‘Abey, woh He-Man ka baap hai, Batman ka chacha hai, Bruce-lee ka nana hai woh; Last action hero hai‘. With these lines, enters Radhe (Salman Khan). I’d say it’s been a long long time but finally as Rakhi would put it ‘Mere Karan-Arjun aa gaye‘. Yes, the last action hero has arrived and how. “Boom boom bang bang bang; too much action” complained a friend when we got out of the movie. I told him “Have you ever complained that there was too much comedy in a comedy movie?” I know it’s silly but the point is Is the action good? And I swear to God (I’d rather say today – Teri Maa ki kasam) Hell Yeah!
As you would’ve realised, this movie is not for everyone. No; it is only for those who can watch Salman with our without his shirt. It’s almost like a gift to his fans. I think the last time Salman was this serious about action was in ‘Veergati‘.
Small thug with big dreams works his way into the underworld and gets involved in a deadly gang war with his rival gang. In the middle of all the killing and mayhem, our action hero also tries to play romantic hero with Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia). Throw in an international don Ghani Bhai, a corrupt police officer Talpade (Mahesh Manjrekar) and an honest commissioner and you at least have something you can call a plot. The good part is that almost everyone has a sense of humour. The silly and at times unexpected humour, gives viewers some break in the intensity and the bang bang of this No holds barred WWE event. The sweet and busty (deadly combination I’d say) Jhanvi is the other refreshing relief.
The songs are when you go out to smoke or take a pee; Loud, out of place and completely forgettable.
The director is Prabhu Deva and the south Indian influence is quite visible in the action but thankfully it has been moderated (a little) for Hindi Movie audiences.
By now, I guess my review is even longer than the thin storyline though with a suprisingly happy ending. I loved the twist at the end. Alternatively, if I follow QI’s style, I’d just quote the Black Eyed Peas – ‘Boom Boom Pow’!
Am I 1st??
Yes IHM – Sunday evenings is the chance for you innit? 😀
You haven’t yet QI’s review of Hadippa? LOL 😆
I don’t like Salman Khan and Akshaye Kumar, and n top of that there is action in this movie 😦
The cute scene where Ayesha Takia is describing the kind of boy friend she wants (which shows in the promos) gave me a wrong impression, that this one is a movie like Jab We Met. …
So you like maar dhaad? And action heroes bigger than superman and batman and he man and shaktiman 🙂
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I think Smita (without an H) likes Salman Khan 🙂
see that’s the interesting and unexpected humour that I was talking about… 🙂
Took your advise. Wrote two funny posts.
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What??? No comment moderation? And I am 1st, 2nd and 3rd?? Let’s see who’s 4th!
On a roll!!!
Wow IHM! U r rocking 🙂
me: Yeah she is 🙂
I am the 4th,,
well honestly i hate salman(except when he is on DUs Ka Dum)..and i hat e action(except when I am doing them..LOL)
and i thought there would be more of salman-rowdies-floating scenes..LOL…
thanks god!!(i mean i dint watch the movie..i read your lines here..LOL..)
i thought the tera hi jalwa is the only song where sallu miya is dancing unusually well…why not you have prabhuji..
by your review i have decided i want to watch this movie..lol..why??i want to see TERA HI JALWA on bade parde par,,,
take care
me: actually, i don’t even remember which song is which… they were so adhoc!
Thanks for the review! 🙂
Though, I won’t be able to watch any movie in quite some time to come. 😦
me: That’s ok KP, Anyways, I don’t think this movie is your style
No, that’s not silly. U made a valid point. Comedy movie me comedy ka complain nahi toh fir the movie which has been promoted as an action one and got ‘A’ for it as well should not be complained about. Simple.
me: I knew this argument would go down well with Salman fans 😛
The songs are definitely out of place. Once she was crying and later ran away from him and ‘Dil Leke’ comes… Haha…. wot crap.
But I have been listening to ‘Love Me Love Me’ for nearly a month now and wanted to see it. I loved it. Both Salman and Ayesha rocked in that. However, the surprise was ‘Le Le Mazaa Le’ song. I simply adored that one when I saw (seen movie twice as few other insisted to accompany them). Salman was so natural and typically him in this particular song.
me: I don’t even remember the tunes or the lyrics anymore… except maybe that thing I was humming ‘Uh uh oh, Oh oh oh oh’ something like that. And twice??? Really die hard eh?
Know what, I was wishing I would’ve seen this movie before Ramadan. I would’ve definitely put the half days to good use by going to the gym 😛
Rakesh …. lovely lovely header 🙂 Got to b na with sweety pie 🙂
me: Of course 🙂 Thanks!
IHM, I don’t like Salman Kha, I LOVE Salman Khan 😀
And Rakesh I watched it the first day and loved it!! The movie doesn’t pretend to be an intellactual one scores on that account. I still can’t help gushing as to how good Salma has looked, how cool he has acted, kya fundoo action sequences hain & boy after a long time he looks serious!!!
I want to see it again!!!
me: Wow! You almost sound like a school girl Smita. But isn’t he too old for a school girl crush 🙂
Yeah but he was actually very good this time round 😛
Super MAN, BatMAN, ShaktiMAN, SamMAN… all are cool I guess…
I am sure you are glad nobody else loves him, when we were kids I was very upset when I realised my sister also loved Cliff Richards! 😆
me: You sure IHM nobody else loves him? 😉
Salman Khan for President!
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me: 😆 😆
lolz Smita!! 😀
I used to like him too.. now.. not too sure!
But, I will watch this movie though!
me: So you like him with or without the shirt? 😉
Smita I LURRRVE him tooo:-D
East or West
Salman is the BEST!!!!!!!
😀 😀 😀 😀
me: See IHM, it isn’t only Smita 🙂
Rakesh,
Thanks for the link……it seems I will need to go watch Wanted, though after Hadippa, I need a week to recover!
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
me: Yes QI, You’ve been watching a lot of candy floss lately. Time to be a man 😛
First of all..kudos to you for even attempting to watch Salman Khan after 10 flops. 😀
As for review..why waste time? Salman Khan should show his dum only on Dus ka dum.
me: 10 flops? Who’s even counting? he he… Arey, this movie is good.
Who’s helping me to dishoom, dishoom Solilo up
S for Smart
A for Adorable
L for love of my life
M for Man u r HOT
A for Awesome
K for Kharisma
H for HOT
A for double awesome
N for Naughty thoughts in my head
Howzzzaaaaattttt
me: Is this a school girl posting from Nancy’s Id? 😆
What?????
As if one Smita wasn’t enough..here comes Nancy too.
No wonder Wanted is a hit. You two bought all the tickets, right? 😆
Rakesh, ye dishoom dishoom movies 80s ke saath khatam nahin ho gayi?
It works only in Tamil or Telugu. I can’t stand unwashed heroes trying to save entire universe. 😡
me: that’s why this one almost has a nostalgic feel to it! unwashed heroes 😆
‘No; it is only for those who can watch Salman with our without his shirt. It’s almost like a gift to his fans. ‘ – I guess that about sums it up 🙂
I feel like watching just to know what makes people watch this movie 🙂
me: This comment somehow gives me the impression that you don’t like Salman too much 😛
First time here. Nice review. I don’t like action and dhishoom dhishoom but loved the telugu version of Wanted, Pokiri. But then I **blush** adore Mahesh babu…so….!
me: Mahesh Babu!!! Badiya hai 🙂
I HATED the promos.. cant imagine going for the movie, and from ur review, think I would rather pass it.:)
I am not a salman khan fan and a movie directed by prabhu deva!!! dude!
me: You can watch this only if you can watch Salman!!!
Grrrrr ……..Ish, if u dont take back ur comment I threaten to boycott ur blog:-/
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
and so are you Salman Khan
umm..I was running out of inspiration 😀
me: This string of comments looks like it has been posted on a Salman Khan Fan Club site 🙂 Keep it up, lets see who’s the biggest fan 😉
And oh Rakesh….AWESOME Review :-D!!!!!!!
me: You know, I remembered that you love Salman and I was thinking you’ll absolutely go bonkers watching him in full form after a long time. Btw, did you watch it yet?
I’m totally fida over him but I’m not such a fanatic tht I’ll waste money watching his flop movies. So like a smart person that I am, was waiting for reviews before deciding 😀
I’m actually in dilemma now…..I dont really fancy Action movies..all tht bloodshed puts me off
me: arey it’s stylish action plus Salman doing it 🙂
I’m so tempted really 😀
really,you liked the movie?I tried seeing the tamil original at the behest of a friend and fell wee-bit short of puking a few minutes into the movie :D!
I”m hearing quite a bit of nice things about the hindi version tho 🙂
me: actually I loved the twist at the end coz. I had not seen any other version before!
Where is everybody?????
Does nobody wants to talk abt Salman Awesome Khan 😦 ???
…I was so looking forward to talking abt Salman Magnificent Khan to intelligent, like-minded people 😀
me: No takers Nance! He’s all yours 😀
I had no idea that this movie even existed. Well, that doesn’t come as a surprise, does it? 😛
But I guess Salman should stop coming in movies now. It is like Amitabh Bachchan coming in movies endlessly. I mean let us see some new faces.
However, this analogy does not apply to tennis (am a Federer fan..haha…but that del potro anyway stole the shine from him this time 😦 )
me: C’mmon Reb, he’s still raking in the moolah and making
girlswomen swoon 🙂me no likeee salman khan enuf to go see his movie, and this review is just about how close i will get to knowing about this flick!!!
but i loved ur comment of “do u complain about too much comedy in a comedy movie?”
SOOOPER!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
ahem… the description of Jhanvi…. 🙄
yeah she looks cute doesn’t she?
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me: Cute? 🙄 ahem… never mind 😛
moving on to what interests crafty –
my cutie yuvaan got a haircut!!!! 😀 😀 😀
lovely header!!
hugssssssss to him!
me: Yes he did, and to save myself the trouble of taking him for a haircut again next month, I got him a crew cut which’ll last for 3 months 😀
OMG … Wanted …. Played by Salman Khan .. lol.. Ofcourse he is wanted 🙂 …..
Why did u leave Blogspot .. not fair … U have disappointed ur fans … Trust me on this , u had more fans than Celina Jetley 😉 … Anyways Keep Bloggin 🙂
me: Celina Jetley who? 😆 I’m already missing my fans… But you’re here 🙂
I watched all 3 versions (telugu, tamil, and hindi) of this movie. I like telugu best and then hindi.
I first thought Salman wouldn’t do a good job in the movie but when I saw it, he was really great in it. I love the sweet heroine too. I especially like how they showed her to be modest and beautiful Anarkali instead of some vamped up girl.
Telugu I thought Mahesh Babu was perfect for the role. Suave, calm, and collected yet deadly… the fact that he looks like a young guy really helps us believe I think.
Tamil was ok but I hated that they showed the heroine to just be a brainless girl with only hot body that seemed to attract the hero. but Asin, heroine, looked good though.
But, that’s my $0.02 over it. ^__^
me: Wow, you gotta be a big fan of action to watch all three versions 😛
Salman khan is the best Actor
which people i know him That all Salman khan
And Always Love Salman khan
Bye
salman khan is a really good actor and wanted had a lot of action and thrill in it. It is a really good movie and one should see it.
Wanted was a good movie. i never came to know that it was shot in dubai. that is a kind of shock for me.
But i think that Dubai is a very nice place to travel and see around. There are lot of good places.
the movie wanted is on similar lines of action of dabangg and many of salman latest movies. a good time pass watch.