ABCD - Any Body Can Dance

I had twin biases while going for this movie. One, I love dance movies and two, I am a huge Prabhudeva fan. So, it was with great expectations th... read more

I had twin biases while going for this movie. One, I love dance movies and two, I am a huge Prabhudeva fan. So, it was with great expectations that I landed up at PVR for a 9.15am show only to find it sold out. I had to wait till the next one and I have to say it totally lived up to my expectations. What also helped, was the great energy from the mainly teenaged audience. The story is pretty straightforward. Vishnu is a choreographer for a dance company run by a sleazeball, Jehangir. When Jehangir gets in a new firang choreographer, Vishnu leaves and decides to train kids from a slum to take on Jehangir's company in a dance reality TV show. There are parental objections,love triangles, ego hassles and various other glitches before the team can reach its goal. The songs are of course dance based and very well choreographed. Though not exactly hummable later, they are great in the movie. The Ganpati number and the end credit song are pretty good in themselves. The movie is fast paced and doesn't drag at any point in time. The jokes keep coming at regular intervals keeping the balance just right and preventing audience fatigue. Prabhudeva as Vishnu is all intensity and consumed by dance. Ganesh Acharya lends him able support as his supportive friend. KK as Jehangir Khan oozes a high grade of slime that makes you totally dislike him.The dance team comprises people who have been winners of the TV dance show Dance India Dance and are obviously good at dancing. They also do a decent job of the acting given that they are new to it. It helps that they are not expected to say or do much apart from dancing.Amongst the new set, the guy who plays Munna, a reformed drug addict stood out for me. He has a sweetness about him which is very appealing and I think he can also act apart from being an awesome dancer. ABCD is good clean entertainment with a heart that beats to the rhythm of its director Rem Fernandes and its actors who are all dancers. Their belief in their art makes the movie sincere and sparkling. Don't miss the dance sequence in the end credits with Saroj Khan. Totally worth a watch. view less

ABCD - Anybody Can Dance, whether you like it or not is definitely an attractive title, which catches your attention. Remo D'Souza, after his outr... read more

ABCD - Anybody Can Dance, whether you like it or not is definitely an attractive title, which catches your attention. Remo D'Souza, after his outrageous, lousy F.A.L.T.U; makes an attempt here to win the hearts without ceding. Following the path of Hollywood dance dramas like Footloose ( 2011 ) and Step Up 3D ( 2010 ), ABCD takes on the dance ideology. Adding the DID winners and the runners - up to the payroll may benefit Remo financially, charms you with their innovative dance styles making you clap at the theatres. This is has became a sensation and may affect your mental states to dance at the theatre there. Long time choreographer and newly Director Remo D'Souza seems a little lost his first time behind the screens. While his eye for choreography replants impressive dance sequences ( some that even wander into the Bollywood branch ), his movie loses momentum and at intervals gets downright draggy.

If you are visually examining for a movie that even subordinately bends from any other Prabhu Deva movie recipe then you'd be better direct towards ABCD, because it's got Prabhu Deva talking, tricking, walking and moreover dancing. Sachin - Jigar's music is universal since F.A.L.T.U., plus when it gets listening to Mohit Chauhan's Bezubaan in the flamboyant and theatrical speakers blows your mind. ABCD begins with a fun animated title sequence and followed by some dance forms which will make you go crazy and surely things that will make you think. Its post interval where the graph drops and things go boring and dull for a while. In fact if ABCD were a dance video it would be one of the best ones of the year. Lauren Gottlieb shows up like the hottie and makes you want to jump into the screen begging for her friendship. After her FOX Network's hit reality dance series ' So You Think You Can Dance ' has landed her to make her debut in the Bollywood dance flick.

Prabhu Deva reminds me of Kenny Wormald from Footloose ( 2011 ) in spite the difference that Kenny performed his rock band, while Prabhu Deva performs his dance at the Swish Dance Academy, he himself, after being thrown out from the former, along with a handful of co - workers and a gingerly sharp business partner sets a dance institute, . Things go wrong and Deva is set to leave Bombay, moreover giving up dance forever. At the very moment Dharmesh Yelande along with his group of go - go - dancers perform a raw moving feet at the streets for an upcoming event. It will just make you believe in the typical dance forms, their importance, grace through which these dancers perform. Deva decides to guide them these all and then comes the dance sequences seen in promos. It's kind of hard to be scared for them when you've got a pretty good idea of what they are going to do up next and how things are going to be placed. Remo is like the one which has lot of experience with movement still gives the impression to keep his film stirring towards its finale. It depends too laboriously on character roles we've seen before at the dance reality shows. If this is your first attempt into the realm of dance dramas you might not observe, but alternatively assume it to be causing irritation. Expectantly, the dancers have more acting flaws which weakens the movie drastically.

ABCD is wretchedly structured and completely derivative. Apart from the shabby talk, boorish performances it covers any new ground in the Dance genre. Good dances, well narrated story and heart - touching which departs your butts from the seats to go and dance.

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This movie is an absolute delight for modern dance enthusiasts. Hip hop, Locking & Popping, B-boying, Ballet, Contemporary etc. all are there i... read more

This movie is an absolute delight for modern dance enthusiasts. Hip hop, Locking & Popping, B-boying, Ballet, Contemporary etc. all are there in finest of display by finest of Indian dancers. To top it all, the protagonist of the movie is Prabhu Deva, the God of Dance in India. To weave the aforesaid dances into a tale, Remo has used a logical storyline, perhaps using struggling instances of real life established/aspiring dancers. But the direction and acting in general is very mediocre.

A chase sequence in the beginning of the film needs special mention. It is kind of a fusion of chase and dance acrobatics. You need to see it to believe it. Most of the dancers present in the movie are popular Indian Reality TV Show dancers. And they have all performed as per expectation i.e. brilliantly. Salman, Dharmesh and Punit have been given special camera focus and they totally deserve it. Lauren from American Reality TV has very good screen presence. She is a terrific looker and dancer. Actingwise, Kay Kay is the only real actor in the movie. But he being a non dancer, very less screen time has been allotted to him.

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Any Body Can Dance - the first 3D dance film in India *ing the dancing superstar, Prabhu Deva... The entire promo hit the bulls eye and everyone wi... read more

Any Body Can Dance - the first 3D dance film in India *ing the dancing superstar, Prabhu Deva... The entire promo hit the bulls eye and everyone wished to watch this movie.
Vishnu (Prabhu Deva) works with Jehangir Khan (KK Menon) at JDC - India's Premium Dance School. After winning the dance contest “Dance Dil Se”, Vishnu realizes that they won the contest only because of the influence and power of Jehangir Khan. Vishnu quits JDC and decides to go back home - Chennai. His friend Gopi (Ganesh Acharya) stops him and they meet a group of talented youngsters at the Ganesh Visarjan Mahotsav who are brilliant dancers. Vishnu decides to teach them dancing. He starts his own academy in the same locality with help from Gopi. The major challenge Vishnu faces is the lead dancers of his team Rocky(Salman) and D(Dharmesh) cannot stand the sight of each other. What follows is an attempt from Vishnu & Gopi in training the talented youngsters and participating in DDS and winning it.

Will Vishnu succeed in getting his team to compete and if yes, will they win? Watch ABCD to get answers for the question.

Vinu Gyaan: The 3D effect is the irritant in this movie. The movie boasts of no super star. It is the dancers from Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and Dance India Dance. The audience can enjoy the dance moves and Prabhu Deva in one sequence steals the show. Great performance by KK Menon and Prabhu Deva!! Kudos to Remo for attempting such a movie!! The climax of this movie is crucial and it does give out a feel - ABCD

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