Maine apne jeene ka tarika badla hai tevar nahi.....
Zindagi ho toh gangster jaise....duniya raakh ki tarah niche n khud dhue ki tarah upar....
Main woh dhanda karta hu jiske ijazat sarkar nahi deti....woh dhanda nahi karta jiski ijazat zameer nahi deta....
An underworld drama is incomplete without dialogues. In once upon a time in mumbai you won't have this complaint. Its full of drama, action, emotions, startegy, planning, conjusted lanes, lavish lifestlye, everything that depicts the life of a smuggler. Inspired of haji mastan's life as what they say everywhere except balaji's office....the story revolves arround a boy who worked in a coal mine n then later on took on to smuggling to achieve his dreams of money, power n fame. Fair enough....Ajay devgan has done justice to the role....wat acting n character depiction...no one could have done better than him. He did it wth ease unlike emraan hashmi who no matter what he do it looked all fake. i think he still needs to be under bhatt camp n experiment with their money, learn some acting skill n then take on the risk of other banners. Thought our Sultan mirza is a smuggler but a man of principles( choro mein bhi imandaar chor) categry. He fell in love with mumbai city n conquers it pretty well n also manages a team of dons within the city limits. One wrong person in the gang and everything is finishes. n that wrong person has to be emran hashmi, wrong for the gang, wrong for the role n wrong for the movie. Well Shoaib enters the gang having dreams bigger than sultan mirza n hence in that haste screws up everything....expanding the business through drugs, alcohol, ransom etc which ofcourse is not in compliance with the rule book of sultan mirza business. As usual rival take up shoaib in their team n every the game is finished whic every cine goer knows.
Randeep Hooda as ACP has done a fabulous job, he can do more of gangster or inspector roles....it suits his personality. His decisions go wrong in some cases like letting off with shoaib n waiting for the right moment but again thats the characters demand to which hooda has done complete justice. Kanagana Ranaut has done a great job without overdoing her fashion stint. Prachi desai is jsut like prachi desai...filler.
Brownie points for Ajay devgan...being a smuggler also u feel he is right. thats the power of character n the power of an actor who potrays the character. Background score suits the complete environemny especially the signature tune of sultan mirza.
