Credited cast: | |||
Salman Khan | ... | Inspector Chulbul Pandey | |
Sonakshi Sinha | ... | Rajjo | |
Sonu Sood | ... | Chedi Singh | |
Arbaaz Khan | ... | Makhanchan 'Makkhi' Prajapati Pandey | |
Vinod Khanna | ... | Prajapati Pandey | |
Dimple Kapadia | ... | Naini P. Pandey | |
Om Puri | ... | Inspector Kasturilal Vishkarma | |
Anupam Kher | ... | Dayal Babu | |
Mahie Gill | ... | Nirmala (as Mahi Gill) | |
Tinnu Anand | ... | Ghatyal Master (as Tinu Anand) | |
Mahesh Manjrekar | ... | Haria | |
Murli Sharma | ... | ACP A.S. Malik | |
Malaika Arora | ... | Munni (Dancer) (as Malaika Arora Khan) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Feroz Abbasi | ... | Bholaram |
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Mahesh Ahuja | ... | Jyotishi |
Set in Uttar Pradesh, Chulbul Pandey is a young boy who lives with his mother Naini, stepfather Prajapati, and younger half-brother Makkhi. Chulbul is constantly angry that his step-father is always partial towards his own biological son. 21 years later, Chulbul is a rowdy, mischievous, and sometimes crooked cop, who refers to himself as "Robin Hood." He does everything in his own indomitable way; whether it's dealing with corrupt politician and thug Chedi Singh, fighting a family feud, or romancing stunning Rajo. Written by L. Hamre
Salman is way too bigger than movies he acts in. It's always about Salman in his movies. He loves to play almost himself and adds his superstar persona in every role he does and people love it and only he can dare it. The only true star of bollywood, rest others are moons, they need good story, good producer and blah blah blah. If you are expecting drama dose with some character artists working in preachy subject or based on a true story or inspired by some popular book, watch something else. This is strictly Bollywood entertainment and the king is entertainment is at his best.
Salman is a corrupt but golden-hearted police officer in a small town of U.P. He dotes on his mother (Dimple) but hates his stepfather (Vinod Khanna) and stepbrother (Arbaaz Khan). He is at loggerheads with the local politician, Sonu Sood, who sets the two half brothers against one another. Sonakshi is Salman's love interest in the film.
What's Good: Salman Khan's performance; the songs, particularly Munni badnaam huyi and Tere mast mast do nain; the action and stunts; the humour.
What's Bad: Not bad, but the story offers absolutely no novelty.
Verdict: Dabangg will rock at the box-office. A sureshot and a huge hit!