"John Abraham deserves credit for physically and emotionally giving his all to the role. Tushar Joshi too is all praises for the Bollywood hottie calling him tough competition for the young lads. Now Shootout At Wadala will prove to be the talking point". Call this a coincidence whenever John has been cast in a negative role, his performance has always stood out (Zinda, Dhoom and Race 2). It's a drastic transition for John as he has several heavy-duty scenes to perform and the actor does the switch from an action hero to an able performer with much delight. He says, "Leading the pack is, without doubt, John Abraham, who makes the character of Manya Surve come alive on screen. Critics feel John Abraham, as the protagonist, given his heart and soul to the role. The film is an adaptation of the book titled Dongri to Dubai. The film dramatizes the first-ever registered encounter by Mumbai police, where gangster Manya Surve was shot dead in 1982. Set in the late 70's and 80's the film is an unapologetic gangster flick that milks every opportunity to play to the gallery and titillate its core audience with violence and sex." When you look at Kaante (2002), Musafir (2004) and Zinda (2006), there's no denying what inspired him to conjure up those slow motion action sequence, and bullets blowing up brains. Going to the root of where Gupta perhaps got his inspiration, Tushar Joshi from DNA writes "Sanjay Gupta is perhaps the biggest self-proclaimed Quentin Tarantino fan in the country. Shootout at Wadala is a hyper-dramatized and stylized cinematic version of what is essentially a journalistic account (taken from S Hussain Zaidi's book Dongri to Dubai) of the rise and fall of a Mumbai mafia don in the 1970s and 1980s," he says. Sanjay Gupta gives the hackneyed and violent story a sustained edge that is difficult to ignore. "As far as the plot goes, the film does not proffer much that has not been seen before. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV feels the director brings a degree of flair and finesse to the table. Though the movie has its share of loop holes, it still manages to get a nod from most reviewers.Ĭast: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpai Plot doesn't seem to be too different from the usual mafia movie fare but it does hold its own. Director Sanjay Gupta's gangster flick Shootout At Wadala has earned some praise from the critics for the entertaining element it has.
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