DG_Boy
The movie is really very good and enjoyable from start till end.This movie deserves a 10 on 10.The story is awesome.The direction by Milan Luthria is is just outstanding.The screenpay is nice.The editing as good.The dialouges were really very awesome and gruesome.The songs were beautiful.And now comes to the acting.Just brilliant acting from Ajay devgan.Now I can say about him much than this.And Emraan Hashmi was superb and terrific and romantic in his role.The role of his character is brilliantly played by him.Kangana and Prachi also acted good.So guys this movie is a must watch.The ending was terrific.
AishFan
There are numerous films on the present-day Mumbai underworld, but it is fascinating to see how it all started in the newly independent country.The too-big-to handle metropolis, once freed from the chains of the British reign, also lost a strict and strongly exercised system of law enforcement. It is interesting to see how the new, immature government is unable to retain control and power goes to "Sultan" Mirza. It is equally shocking to witness how Hashmi's unquenchable thirst for power and victory leads him to usurp Mirza's position, and increases Mumbai's filth. The police inspector points out the riveting truth that all along he thought he was in a battle of good vs. evil, where the evil is Mirza and his group, and the good is the former innocence the city possessed. However, it ended up being much more complex where the fight was between evil vs. more evil (Mirza vs. Hashmi).The inspector's recollection of "the death of Mumbai" is both eye-opening and tragic. Terrific plot and great performances.
Karun Kumar
I only have one word to describe this movie - Abysmal !! Right from the start I knew what was going to happen and it exactly happened just as I had predicted (Utterly predictable and boring storyline !) . OK so you are not going to believe this but frankly, I finished seeing the whole movie in an hour (Guess how, by fast forwarding it at many unnecessary scenes only in an hope that I might get to see something different in the climax, but I was proved wrong !) I normally do not write reviews for bad movies but I am just writing this in order to help you from not watching this rubbish !! P.S.:-I would have given this movie 0/10. The one star is only for the power packed performance by Ajay Devgn and the last 30 seconds before the end credits rolled. I have one request for Milan Luthria Sir : "Please stop making such movies ! I could not believe that you had made this movie especially after that well made taxi no. 9211 (Though it was a rip-off of "Changing Lanes" but the treatment was novel and different)
Mansi Dutta
A tale of two gangsters in the city of Mumbai....err.. Bombay! Once upon a Time...., set in 70s, shows Sultan Mirza's (Ajay Devgan) rise to power and his ultimate demise after his opponent Shoaib (Emraan Hashmi), defies to oust him. The film transports you to the Mumbai then. The 70s (cliched) film dialogues, the bling and peppy numbers of that era, the look, the costumes (flared bell-bottoms) and, most importantly, the simplicity of the narrative. Sultan, a smuggler, gangster, I felt, was a less-sauve Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan in Sarkar) of sorts, a benevolent godfather-like figure to the oppressed. He may not have the Bachchan-like persona but manages to impress all the way. Be it as a mobster or a lover. His 60- second scene where he woos Rehanna (Kangana Ranawat) is to watch out for, besides many others. Kangana, in her '70s-film actress' role, is petite and pretty. Her dialogue delivery is clunky at times (which I have noticed in other films too). Imran, as a chindi-chor in his childhood (the kid was impactful with his dialogues), is as convincing as the wannabe-Sultan Mirza in his youth. You'll see traces of his serial kisser-image, but he manages (mostly!) to go beyond and make you forget that with his convincing young-blooded rebel act. But then, again.. We have seen him in similar roles before. A small-town chap wanting to make it big, by unlawful means! Jannat? Anyone? The 22 year-old Prachi Desai (opposite Imran) pulled off her role (whatever little) pretty smoothly for a one-film old actress. Randeep Hooda is striking as ACP Agnel Wilson. The name R Hooda sounded familiar but my failure to recall got me googling it. Sushmita Sen's ex boy-friend! Randeep's other films include Monsoon Wedding (2001) and Ram Gopal Verma's 'D' (2005). Haven't seen both of those, but in OUATIM, he's definitely good. All in all, the film has its set of clichés, in terms of dialogues for its 70s setting, but is certainly a one-time watch!
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