![]() This Gabbar also terrorizes - but only targets the corrupt. Gabbar Is Back picks up that high-voltage pulse, remixing it cleverly with the biggest concern of contemporary times - corruption. Murugadoss and Krish shouldn’t be rewarded for their laziness.Legend says Amjad Khan as Sholay's dreaded iconic villain Gabbar Singh was so explosive, cassettes featuring just Gabbar's dialogues sold for years. This theme has been addressed plenty of times before, and more skillfully. Tossing in a couple of song cameos by Chritrangda Singh and Kareena Kapoor Khan isn’t enough, nor is having Akshay Kumar kick people. That’s where screenwriting starts, not where it ends. There is no character development in Gabbar is Back, and the only narrative theme is “Corruption is bad.” Well, duh. She prefaces statements with, “According to Google…”, because she apparently doesn’t understand how search engines work. She plays a moron who somehow passed the bar exam. If Adi’s minions knew he was using them to carry out a vendetta against a private citizen, would they still risk criminal prosecution for him?Īnother poorly integrated plot element is Shruti (Shruti Haasan), who adds nothing to the movie. Partway into the film, Adi’s personal revenge narrative takes over the anti-corruption plotline before jumping back again, with no attempt at artful integration. All his motivation warrants is a musical flashback. His family died when an unsafely built high-rise collapsed, yet Adi never mentions this to anyone. Why are there so many characters?!Īdi’s motivation for becoming a serial killer is mentioned exactly once, in song form. Halfway through the film, Murugadoss introduces yet another government officer to lead the investigation. Poor Sadhu figures out who Gabbar is, but he doesn’t get to apprehend him. Why introduce a whole new character when four others have already been set up as suspects? Yet, when Gabbar targets the most crooked police officer in the city, it’s not one of the four officials who’ve already been identified as corrupt. A newspaper editor even shouts, “Stop the press!”Īccording to honest police constable Sadhu (Sunil Grover), the four high-ranking cops tasked with finding Gabbar all bribed their way into positions of power. We know this thanks to innumerable TV news reports and lazy man-on-the-street shots of random people talking about how great Gabbar is. The police get nervous when public sentiment turns in Gabbar’s favor. They only kill government officials who’ve taken bribes. His casual teaching attire - jeans and a hoodie, just like the kids wear these days - makes him popular enough to inspire dozens of his students to become kidnappers and murderers. “Gabbar” is an alias used by a physics professor named Adi (Akshay Kumar). His story is a sprawl, full of extraneous characters and poorly integrated motivations. If characters are introduced, they need to propel the story forward or aid in its resolution. Movie plots have an inherent sense of economy. Maybe by the fourth time, Murugadoss just stopped giving a shit. I have no idea if any of the three previous versions make any more sense than Gabbar is Back. Gabbar is Back is based on Murugadoss’s Tamil film Ramanaa, which was also remade in Telugu and Kannada. Murugadoss take so many shortcuts in telling their anti-corruption tale that it’s a wonder they were able to stretch it into a feature-length film. Even the lowest common denominator deserves better than Gabbar is Back.
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