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Full Article here: https://gn24.ae/91ec17563de2000 Dubai Film Timings: https://gulfnews.com/cinema-listing#cinema/movie/HO00006016 See more at https://gulfnews.com/videos The Dabang series are getting progressively worse, but Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s appeal and charm in a snug cop uniform remains undiminished. The age-defying actor, who plays the cheeky police officer Chulbul Pandey, dominates every frame in the third installment of the ‘Dabangg’ franchise. He tries valiantly to heave life into a tired action-adventure template that relies on his skills and charisma alone. #SalmanKhan #ActionFilm #BollywoodReview

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00:00The Dabangg series are getting progressively worse but the charm of Salman Khan remains undiminished.

00:10One of the first things that struck me while I was watching Dabangg 3

00:13was that how does Salman Khan in his 50s retain the charm of being a 30 year old.

00:19Even shirtless he still looks good and he can bash up as many people and have cars burning

00:26all around him but he remains untouched. I guess he's like this superhero without his

00:31spandex but he wears a khaki uniform instead. He plays Chulbul Pandey, a cheeky cop who has

00:37his own way, he's slightly corrupt, he has his own way of breaking the law and upholding justice.

00:45It's one of the most iconic characters written for Salman Khan. The first installment introduces

00:51us to Chulbul Pandey. He's one of the most colourful characters to be introduced in Bollywood

00:56cinema because he's cheeky, he's irreverent, he's fun loving and he has this knack of rattling out

01:04bombastic dialogue. If you're like a Salman Khan fan every dialogue that he says you might clap

01:09or whistle at it but if you're not a fan then this is just pure drudgery. The degree to which

01:15you enjoy Dabangg 3 depends on how big a fan you are of Salman Khan. If you're not a fan of Salman

01:22Khan or you are ambivalent towards him like I am perhaps you just have to sit through one of the

01:27longest movies that 2019 has seen. This movie has so many songs. By the end of the interval I think

01:34I've all at least seen four songs and when there is a very important subject like violence against

01:40women being addressed there are two or three songs inserted within that interval which I think

01:46fractures the entire narrative. The original was very riveting. It's the second and the third

01:51installment that simply does not match up. I wasn't a fan of it. The length is also a big

01:56letdown. It's at least two and a half hours long so keep aside two and a half hours long that's at

02:02least a you know quarter of your day. Every frame is dominated by Salman Khan. It's almost like an

02:07ode to his rippling muscles. All the other sidekicks and the supporting actors seem to be

02:12just dimwits. Arbaaz Khan for instance is his brother in real life. He plays his stepbrother

02:18and somehow he's one of the most dimwitted person and he's the most wooden actors around.

02:24It's almost like the Dabangg series specializes in hiring out-of-work actors. However South Indian

02:30actor Sudeep has done a good job of being the villain and in fact there's one of the dialogues

02:35in the movie that goes that why is it that every villain in the Dabangg series have this penchant

02:42of hanging my wife or trying to kill my wife. Actually I think Salman Khan has nailed it when

02:48he said it that the narrative gets very repetitive. It's the same template that

02:53every Salman Khan Dabangg series follows. There is a hero, there's a villain and there's a fight

02:58towards the end and it's good versus evil and of course Salman Khan represents the good. It's

03:03such a predictable storyline. I think it's almost like Salman Khan and his cronies have realized

03:09that there's a template that works with his fans so let's abuse it. Let us exploit it to the maximum

03:15and that's what they seem to have done here. In terms of story there's not much going for it.

03:20It's a very predictable storyline. I'm going with two out of five. I'm very generous here

03:25because if you're a fan of Salman Khan perhaps you might enjoy this. If you're not then stay away from it.

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