Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara

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.

Although a big star cast film yet it is likely to come out as an ordinary story with a tight script.

The novel thing about the screenplay is that neither Shoaib nor Aslam are ready to sacrifice their love for each other. The film steers clear of the romantic clichés of self-sacrifice.

On the whole, ONCE UPON AY TIME IN MUMBAI DOBAARA! has a powerful second half and the drama/conflict helps the film regain ground, after a shaky first hour. However, the fact cannot be denied that ONCE UPON AY TIME IN MUMBAI DOBAARA! pales in comparison to its prequel.

To sum up, Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara is a better crafted film than it's predecessor but unfortunately considerably shallower. It's style keeps you reasonably occupied but for a runtime of 160 minutes, it needed a lot more substance.

Milan Luthria has potential and he has proved this before. It is frustrating that Luthria who usually knows the pulse of his audience, seems to have just wasted this opportunity. I can't think of one memorable moment from the film. It's glitzy and glamorous but lacks the character of the first part.

Apart from Akshay Kumar's dashing looks and performance Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara has nothing to boost on its own as a sequel.. it's an uninspired, boring and highly disappointing sequel you'll ever see. Or not see, if you're lucky. If you love the first film, seriously, do not see this one. You'll ruin two movies at once.

...screams to Bollywood to do away with its ridiculous trend of Dobaara films simply coz this time the Dobaara was painful on its audience. I am going with a generous 2/5 for its novel concept which was built flimsily. I was left flabbergasted at how audaciously the film spends so much energy flaunting nothing that they give its real theme a miss! It is hard to point out whom to blame, but the bottom line doesn't change – you can easily miss this one and save yourself a headache.

Akshay playing an unapologetically bad man sounds like a fantastic idea, only if there was better direction and a script to back it. What a waste.

The previous film had a decent story and captured the essence of that period but this one just gives a sense of déjà vu. Similar characters and some very heavy duty dialogues don't help the cause but more over, it is the insipid story that is a let down.

'Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara' is nothing but an out and out Akshay Kumar film with nothing more to offer.

Walk very gently into this film, if you must. There is enough plywood used for the sets and so much plastic around for performances that if you're not careful, the whole picture might just collapse on your head.

If Chennai Express is a comedy for which you have to leave your brains outside the movie theatre, then OUATIMD is a drama for which you're better off not venturing out of the house at all.

Once again, director Milan Luthria impresses us with the set-up of the movie. The actors have given their best to fit into the 1980s of Bombay. In this scenario, everything is so filmy just like how it used to be back then. Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara makes gangsters the heroes and for once you don't mind that. It is often said that for a movie to become a hit, you need five good dialogues and here you have plenty.