A happy, fun film.... A tribute to Shahrukh khan from Shahrukh himself!!!

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2014)

Charlie (SRK) is out on a revenge mission because his father Manohar (anupam kher) was conned by the crook Charan (Jackie Shroff) and put in jail for twelve years. The way to do that would be to steal diamonds worth 300 crores belonging to Charan. But for this, he has to take part in a world dance championship in Dubai. Despite not knowing dance, Charlie ropes in Jag (sonu sood) an ex-bomb squad member, Nandu (abhishek) who can puke anywhere anytime he wants, Tammy (boman) an expert lock opener, Rohan (vivaan) a hacker and Mohini (deepika) a bar dancer. Whether Charlie is successful in his mission or not forms the rest.
The director has come up with a routine storyline and while the presentation was rich, the narrative was good . The dialogues were light hearted. The script was very average but the screenplay was effective at and enjoyable. The background score was melodious and three songs were worth watching. Cinematography was the main strength to this film. Editing was okay. Costumes were extremely stylish to suit the royalty while the art department was superb. The film belongs to Shah Rukh Khan and he was too good. Deepika Padukone has once again proved why she is the best. Abhishek Bachchan was hilarious. Sonu Sood was perfect. Boman Irani was versatile and entertaining. Vivaan Shah was apt. Jackie Shroff was fair. Anupam Kher was graceful.
It is a huge challenge for any filmmaker to come up with a subject that justifies an ensemble cast and also provides the right kind of entertainment. In this film, the first half goes about with elements of humor, some romance and action as well. The interval bang was promising and the second half has a lot of dancing along with some amount of melodrama. Overall, this is a film which fits into the perfect masala potboiler and one should leave behind sensibilities and logic. A Diwali dhamka that the full family should enjoy, Farah Khan is back after TMK and yes this film will cross 200 crs.
3.5/5* or 7/10