Honestly, when I saw the promos I had no expectations at all. But after watching Wanted, all I can say that it is a real nice movie. It takes you back to the glorious 80s, where our hero used to beat up dozens of gundas all alone, save his girlfriend from gundas, over the top mannerisms, etc. It is a perfect example of a old wine in a new bottle. The truth is that our Bollywood had lost its innocence, trying too hard to imitate the west, making so called art/serious movies aka parallel cinema. Masala movies were almost finished. But I hope this has revived them again, because the movie was very much enjoyable.
Action scenes are OTT at times, but still enjoyable.
It has some nice performances, but it is Sallu bhai that carries the movie on his shoulders. No other actor in Bollywood could have pulled the role with such an ease. Because of him you just overlook at the flaws.
Ayesha Takia looks stunning and her chemistry with Sallu does work! Vinod is not given enough footage but manages to do well.
Mahesh Manjrekar is brilliant. He was just too good at times. Typical corrupt lusty police officers. Scene where he is on his laptop or any other scene. Really good.
Prakash Raj deserves special mention. He was just amazing as the DON. Amazing in the jail scenes!
The twist in the movie was quite nice and not really expected.(as I haven’t seen the original) There are some really funny scenes in first half as well=D
The movie has almost no story, but the screenplay was nice.
The only thing that was quite annoying was the amount of unnecessary songs. It got boring, because It was like fight scene - song - fight scene - song. Just like those 80s movies, but quite exaggerated. I wish there were bit less songs.
Best scenes:
Lift scene with Salman and Ayesha - All Mughal-e-Azam scenes - In the
basketball court - Jail scenes with Don - Radhe asking for Jhanvi phone number in the train - Radhe ignoring Jhanvi - Where Rajeev Shikawat’s identity is revealed - The scene where Don meets Srikanth Shikawat(Vinod Khanna)
and many more. I can say that most of the scenes(except the scenes with the landlord - the guy was funny in beginning but got annoying by the end) are really good and most of them are memorable.
In one word, it is a PAISA VASOOL. Leave your brains at home, watch and enjoy with friends.
Radhe(Salman Khan), a gangster with a mysterious past, murders on other’s orders for money. He meets Jhanvi(Ayesha Takia) while she’s doing fitness training and instantly falls in love with her. Even though their first meeting leads Jhanvi to think negatively about Radhe, she later begins to reciprocate his feelings. However, Talpade(Mahesh Manjrekar), a selfish and perverted Inspector, lusts Jhanvi and tells her to marry him with the threat that he would rape Jhanvi’s mother(Prateeksha Lonkar) if she decides to go against his decision. This causes a fight to ensue between Radhe and Talpade, resulting with Talpade becoming frightened of Radhe.
Gani Bhai(Prakash Raj), an international don, arrives in India for an assassination and hires Radhe. Two gangs, Datta Pawle’s(Raju Mavani) and Gani Bhai’s, fight for the biggest part of Mumbai. Due to this, Commissioner Ashraf Khan(Govind Namdeo) decides to make Mumbai free of crime. He arrests Gani Bhai, who makes various attempts to contact Radhe, however, in vain. Ashraf Khan is blackmailed to release Gani Bhai, after his men release an explicit video of his daughter online. Under the influence of drugs, his daughter reveals a mission that involves an IPS officer, Rajveer Shekhawat, murdering Gani Bhai. Since Rajveer Shekhawat’s identity is difficult to decipher, Gani Bhai holds his father, Shrikant Shekhawat(Vinod Khanna), captive. Shrikant proudly tells him about his son, without revealing his true identity. Gani Bhai mistakes Ajay(Inder Kumar), Radhe’s adopted brother, for Rajveer Shekhawat and kills him. Gani Bhai realises his mistake and forces Shrikant to reveal Rajveer’s identity. Shrikant is murdered by Gani Bhai after he refuses to tell him. His son, Rajveer Shekhawat, who is revealed to be Radhe, arrives at the place of his father’s death. Radhe, Rajveer Shekhawat, is infuriated and decides to avenge his father’s death. Through threatening Talpade, he locates Gani Bhai. After an intense combat, Radhe finally manages to kill Gani Bhai, and also Talpade, who was also involved with Gani Bhai.