Don 2: If SRK tried any harder, he’d be Shahid Kapoor

This review probably comes a little late considering it has been a couple of months since the movie released and helped Sirish Kunder soar into previously un-imaginable levels of fame. But how could we not talk about the movie whose greatest achievement, arguably, is reducing this to this.

Unlike a lot of moviegoers out there, Don 2 was not a disappointment to me. Honestly. If I’d have expected anything worthwhile from someone whose “magnum opus” was a movie named Ra.One, then I guess I deserve the dung that was Don 2.

What is disappointing though, is how Farhan Akhtar, whose relatively good directorial skills have given us movies such as Dil Chahta Hai & Lakshya, allows SRK to take over the reins of this movie completely. From the opening sequence where a pony-tailed, cigarette smoke engulfed “D” slides into the screen on a speed-boat to the closing where he meets up with his ‘gang’ at a rendezvous point in the middle of a bridge (which apparently is in the middle of some ocean?) on a super-bike wearing his awesome cool dude clothes and awesome cool dude shades ……

… it isn’t difficult to see that every shot in the movie has been driven and manipulated by the (once) great Khan.

The entire movie is one man’s effort to make meaning of his mid-life crisis.

The plot is a cliché – one man putting together a team to attempt a seemingly impossible heist, but the twist at the end is refreshing.

There are some decent stunts, like the chase sequence, while the others are stuff that we’ve seen enough times.

And while the original Don was about punch-lines and dialogues that one doesn’t forget, in this one, the Don just doesn’t stop talking!!

“bandook se sar khujane mein jo mazaa hai woh kahin aur kaha jaaneman…”

Priyanka Chopra and Kunal Kapoor are extras. Boman Irani is a wasted talent. And Om Puri.. my dear face-full-of-craters Om Puri.. you really need to tell someone off when they are giving you re-cycled dialogues from 20 years ago.. I mean when you went all “police tumein charo aour se gher chuki hai.. apne aapko hamarei hawale kar do” the entire movie hall burst out laughing..

"yeh maine kya kar diya..."

At the end of the day, I think the best part about the movie was Hritik Roshan’s 3 minute role. And that’s saying a lot about the movie.

My rating: Click

pics courtesy: hindustantimes.com