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Critic Rating

4.8

38 Reviews
31 Ratings
35%
in favor

Audience Rating

5.1
4 Reviews
12 Ratings

Movie Info

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Running Time

Language

Hindi

Synopsis

Gabbar is Back is a movie about Gabbar Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar), who creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. Wikipedia

Gabbar is Back Reviews

3

From the clumsy plotting and a manipulative back-story featuring a visibly disinterested Kareena Kapoor, to the been-there-seen-that action scenes and the uninspired score, there's little to recommend in this movie. At best, Akshay Kumar lays on the charm in a few well-timed sequences. But it's too ...  { more

Shubhra Gupta
Indian Express

3

I’ve said this several times, but I’m ready to implore again: can Bollywood please, please stop making these tired, tiresome remakes? And let sleeping Gabbars lie?

Raja Sen
Rediff

3

Even as an exploitative gimmick, it could have been used more cleverly, but here we have a full-length cinematic equivalent of Bali Brahmbhatt’s Gabbar Mix. Using the very name of the most fearsome villain in our cinema should mean something, but here it just gives the filmmakers an excuse to cast  ...  { more

Anupama Chopra
Hindustan Times

2

For me, the final straw was Gabbar’s last speech, in which he exhorts the youth to stand up against corruption and says that his mission was inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda. It hit the sweet spot between outrageous and spectacularly dumb.

Rohit Vats
Hindustan Times

6

Gabbar Is Back is a full on ‘masala’ film with a lot of applause worthy scenes. The buck stops at Akshay Kumar.

Suparna Sharma
Deccan Chronicle

3

Director Krish and superstar Akshay’s GIB is a hectic, loud film that skids from one episode to another introducing characters — all prefabricated, one-dimensional ones necessary for simulating a vigilante melodrama — and pushing the story to its inevitable end.

Mehul S Thakkar
Deccan Chronicle

4

Akshay Kumar has put sincere efforts in every department be it intense or romantic scenes. But all the elements of screenplay, editing, and storyline put together doesn’t really help to drive the point back home. The climax of the film is a yawn and doesn’t move you at all.

Clearly, nobody put the makers of this film through the paces. They might have then known how to make the best of their limited cinematic resources and craft something less mucky.Watch Gabbar Is Back only if you are a diehard Akshay Kumar fan.

Srijana Mitra Das
Times Of India

7

With gritty reality, Gabbar has glamour too - Shruti charms with her soft, pretty appeal while a cameo by Kareena adds sheen but doesn't divert. The second half's blood pressure doesn't fully match the first (Patil's insistent 'I am a brand!' gets repetitive while CBI officer Pahwa looks clueless w ...  { more

...a dated film, both in look and feel, and the cast seems to know it too. They all ham it up like the Bollywood actors of the 1980s. Kumar is required to throw in a few punches, which he manages to do with aplomb, but other than that, doesn’t put in much effort.

Sarita Tanwar
DNA India

5

This Gabbar is meant strictly for the masala-of-yore fans...

4

Watch it if you want to re-see Akshay Kumar's superhuman antics, which he's pretty much mastered by now - Rowdy Rathore, Boss, Khiladi 786, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. It's almost as if that famous dialogue from Sholay's Gabbar, "Ab tera kya hoga Kaaliya,' is directed towards the audience. Gabbar Is  ...  { more

If you enjoy films which have the good vs evil story with full on action and ‘Dhamakedaar’ dialogues, this is your film. For Akshay Kumar fans this one is a treat as the weekend watch. I found it entertaining in parts...

...an average entertainer which will draw huge footfalls over the weekend due to catchy massy title, action drama and the fact that it is releasing on a holiday. Post the weekend, the film will have to rely on 'PWD' (Performance on Week Days) to see it sail through. If you are sick and tired of cor ...  { more

Sachin Chatte
The Navhind Times

3

There is no subtlety whatsoever in conveying the message everything is hammered and hammered hard. The background music is ear drum shattering and the dialogues are cringe worthy.Not quite sure which was more embarrassing - Shurti Hassan’s character or her acting. Akshay Kumar tries his best to pro ...  { more

‘Gabbar Is Back’ is not a complete waste of time, it is just a very problematic film.

Audience Reviews for Gabbar is Back

  • Midhun Ben Thomas (Dilseben)
    Midhun Ben Thomas (Dilseben)
    160 reviews
    Top Reviewer
    3

    Since morning the news that is trending has been the conviction of Salman in the "hit & run" case of 2002. Though it took quite an awful lot of time, the judicial system has once again reaffirmed our faith that no one is above the law & I am glad that justice has been served. Interestingly, I happened to watch Akshay's "Gabbar is Back" last night where an individual tries to rein in the corruption of the system. So was his fight against corruption, worth my time???

    The film unfolds with the police being informed that 10 tehsildars across Maharashtra were kidnapped & even before they could unlock the mystery behind it; one of them was executed who incidentally turned out to be the most corrupt among the lot. This was followed by a message from the executioner "Gabbar" who empha ...
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    September 18, 16
  • Tejas Nair
    Tejas Nair
    258 reviews
    Top Reviewer
    3


    I could bet this is the nth time a film based on the theme of a common man turning into a city vigilante is made. Although I am not quite sure of the purpose of creating such movies, Gabaar is Back is no different from its previous/similar versions.

    A good guy who tried to fight with the bad guy ends up almost dead after his pregnant wife is also killed in an unrelated incident. Years later, the good guy, now convalesced and fit and fine, starts an underground vigilante group, hiring fellow students who he thinks has the ability to change the way the bureaucracy works (in India). Plus, a girl who had been roaming around the studio (while the film shooting) for a role was given to play the character of a girl who I have not yet been able to fathom the necessity of.

    The protagonist consta ...
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    May 02, 15
  • Bindu Cherungath
    Bindu Cherungath
    126 reviews
    Top Reviewer
    6

    Gabbar is Back, a film by Director Krish and remake of 2002’s A Murugadoss’ Tamil Film Ramanna. The iconic character and villain of Sholay - Gabbar’s name is being used for the protagonist of this movie. Gabbar is absolutely non-erasable from Indian Cinema. As such, there is no similarity between Amjad Khan’s Gabbar and Akshay Kumar’s Gabbar. The former one had ‘naam aur Kaam villain ka’ whereas the later one has ‘naam villain ka, kaam hero ka’. The theme of the movie is really relevant. It talks about the corrupt system existing everywhere in our country, be it government officials, builders, hospitals etc. We have seen this theme many times offlate. There was tremendous scope for this movie to be a great one, but the screenplay falters. Lot of punch lines and dialogues are used which at ...  { Read More

    May 01, 15
  • Vivek
    Vivek
    1 review
    Member
    10

    i dont know why the critics say that its not a good movie. i think its a brilliant work by the whole team of gabbar is back. and i am sure that this is the 1st blockbuster of this year after baby. please give the right review. because this movie is most important for the all peaple.

    May 01, 15
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