MOVIE REVIEW – SULTAN (2016)

Today we are here with the review of Salman Khan starred movie namely SULTAN released on the eve of Eid.  The movie is written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar & produced by Aditya Chopra, who has done its Screenplay.

SULTAN’s trailer was to enough to tell us that the movie is about Wrestling but the only thing that came as a surprise after watching the movie that actually it is a love story.

It is a story of a Haryanvi Youth namely Sultan Ali Khan, who is runs the local cable TV business and his changes completely when he encounters with Aarfa, Haryana’s famous female wrestler and falls for her and tries every trick to win her love. He soon learns that she will only marry a wrestler who has competed beyond the state level and that becomes his goal. Sultan trains himself to be worth her and to stand tall in his own eyes.

With his physical as well as mental strength, Sultan goes on to create milestones and even wins at the Olympics. Even after their marriage, due to some reason both are separated and Sultan stop playing wrestling. It is because of his love for Aarfa, he once again come into ring in a new format of free style Wrestling after a gap of 8 years to once again prove his physical & mental strength and for his fight within.

SULTAN is a mixed pack of emotion, action, love and yes SALMAN KHAN. Basically it is a love story but the cover of Wrestling has done wonders for the movie.

The dialogues of the movie have specially been written keeping in view Salman’s personality but none of them have a punch of Chak De India’s “Sattar minute”. The first half of the film is very interesting and u never think of missing a scene be it Salman’s killer physique or his funny dance moves or his jokes but the emotional drama in the second half seems a bit boring as expected by the YRF films.

Star Peformance:-

Salman Khan has worked hard for attaining the body of a wrestler and he must be appreciated for it doing at the age of 50. The contrast change in his character is ably portrayed by him. Definitely he has played as a SULTAN.

Anushka Sharma too has provided great performance as a Wrestler and she has played her role with perfection.

Cameos of Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh in the film are good. But as a fan of Randeep Hooda’s acting skills I wish I could see him more in the film!

What’s Bad: Like majority of films dealing with sports, Sultan too has its shortcomings. First it takes off with a love angle, it may disappoint many who may have expected it to concentrate on wrestling. Secondly, all the fights are not shown in detail.

Final words:

It is not a complete Sports film but a complete commercial masala film for the bollywood movies lover and a typical Salman Khan movie. Moreover, one thing is for sure, its a family film and u should take your kids also alongwith you for the movie.

My ratings for this movie is 3 out of 5 stars.

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