Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie-release in Navi Mumbai’ (Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!) that was published in Newsband

New movie-release in Navi Mumbai

Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!

Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara (abbreviated as OUATIMD and previously known as Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again) is a 2013 Indian crime gangster film directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. A sequel to the 2010 film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, the film will feature Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan in leading roles and Sonali Bendre in a supporting role.

This is the third collaboration between Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha as a pair (after 2012 films Rowdy Rathore and Joker), and the first between Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan.

The movie has an interesting plot. The movie commences from where the previous film ended with Shoaib Khan (Akshay Kumar) being the reigning don after successfully assassinating his mentor as well as his predecessor, Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgn) thus earning the respect and reverence of the people. He is the charismatic and suave man with womanising skills who has extended his empire upto the Middle east on the west. His sole companions and friends are Javed, who oversees his illegal and shady works for him, his old-time love Mumtaz (Sonali Bendre) and Aslam (Imran Khan), a youth spotted by Shoaib during one of his visits to the slums, where he once spent the early years of his life.

The only obstacles on Shoaib's path to supremacy in Bombay are two enemies of Shoaib, Vardha and Arun. Sreenu, a police officer joins hands with Vardha and Arjun as the trio's intention of ruining Shoaib coincides.

Although the city is still his first love, a rising starlet, Yasmin has caught the fancy of Shoaib's heart. In due time this passion takes the shape of obsession and leads to a rift between Shoaib and Aslam as they both vie for Yasmin's love.

Thus the film has Akshay Kumar as Shoiab Khan, Imran Khan as Aslam, Sonakshi Sinha as Yasmin Mirza, Sonali Bendre as Mumtaz Khan, Kurush Deboo as Tailor, Pitobash Tripathy as Dedh Taang, Sophie Choudry, Tiku Talsania as Tayyab Ali and Faraz Deswali as Faraz Khan.

The film will mark Sonali Bendre's first role since Shankar Dada MBBS. Akshay Kumar will be playing the fictitious role of gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Kumar's character look was revealed on a reality show on Aapka Colors. In order to promote the film, Akshay Kumar travelled to Birmingham to watch the India-Pakistan cricket match of 2013 ICC Champions Trophy on June 15, 2013. The film has the characters of Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan involved in a struggle for the love of Yasmin, portrayed in the film by Sonakshi Sinha. Shoiab Khan is the lead as well as the main antagonist of the film. The film also features some fight and action sequences between Shoiab Khan and Aslam (Imran Khan).

The music of the film is given by Pritam and lyrics are by Rajat Arora.

The film has songs like Yeh Tu Ne Kya Kiya sung by Javed Bashir, Tayyab Ali by Javed Ali, Tu Hi Khwahish by Sunidhi Chauhan, Chugliyaan by Javed Ali & Sahir Ali Bagga and Bismillah by Anupam Amod