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Sultan~ The Uncrowned Box Office King
Release date- 6th July2016
One Word which describes the film-Uplifting
Best Dialogue- "Asli pehalwan ki pehchaan akhade mein nahi, zindagi mein hove hai... taki jab zindagi tumhe patke toh tum phir khade ho aur aaisa daanv maro ki zindagi chitt ho jaye."
Genre- Sports/ Drama
Music- Vishal-Shekhar
Producer- Aditya Chopra
Story & Direction- Ali Abbas Zafar
Cast- Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma , Randeep Hooda
Budget- 75-80 Crores approximately
Sultan Ali Khan is a simple hearted man who falls in love with a wrestler and enters wrestling to win her heart. How his life changes after that is what the film is about. Salman Khan makes a grand entry in black underwear, over a perfectly muscular body and gives his opponent a 'dhobi pachaad' which makes us clap and whistle. After that the story becomes slow until he receives a slap from the love of his life. We again see some action followed by some drama and some really bad choreographed dances by Farha Khan. Salman is surely not obsessed by how he looks in the film as in most of the scenes he looks old and worn out. His character is real, who cries, goes through heart break and still when the time comes collects all his strength to fight a new battle handled to him by life. So there is this cute guy who innocently tells a girl, 'Manne lage hai ki angrezi mein ladki jaldi pate hai. I love you bolo aur uske baad seedha kiss hove hai', and in the same note later tells the girl's father, 'ShahRukh ka mazak mat udao, manne bahut pasand hai, jab wo ladki ki ankh mein dalke dekhe hai na to andhi ladki bhi pat jaave hai'. His change in looks in the second half is drastic but still in many scenes we get a glimpse of the simple guy who made us smile with his innocent remarks.
Anushka Sharma as Aarfa gives tough competition to Salman in the wrestling and acting departments. There is a love story between them but there are no great dialogues to express the intensity of their feelings for each other. We get to see them together in between songs but without dialogues they fail to establish their chemistry in our minds.
There were rumors of and later of playing the role of Sultan's coach but the role is finally played by Randeep Hooda and how well has he has portrayed the character. The story becomes fast and pacy with his entry. When he says,'I don't train dead people', we see a new life coming in Sultan's eyes too. He's a true coach urging his student to first give his best and then a little more. His words,'Woh dus maarenge aur tu ek maarega ... us ek mein dus ka vazan hoga', echos in Sultan's mind and makes him fight with new energy and vigor.
Salman Khan's films are known for his one-liners but here the title song is it's life and soul.
Khoon mein tere mitti, Mitti mein tera khoon
Upar Allah niche dharti, Beech mein tera junoon' Aye Sultan!
'Jag Ghoomiya', a melodious romantic number was supposed to be sung by Arijit Singh but after his much publicized tiff with Salman Khan his version was removed from the film and in its place we get to hear the song sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan which was not at all soulful.
The film has released in 4350 screens and with almost 85% occupancy rate and a 5 day weekend the film can have the highest weekend earning record of almost 150-170 Crores. The film was expected to make new records of 350-400 Crores but because of an average story line and lack of powerful dialogues it'll be a task for the film to even touch the 300 Crore mark. and releasing on 15th July will also effect the business of , once the initial euphoria of it's release has ended.
In a line, the film is about how at times you just have to die a little inside to be reborn and rise again from the ashes like the Phoenix.
