ABCD 2 (Any Body Can Dance)

Movie Review
Release on: Jun 19, 2015

Movie name	:	ABCD 2 (Any Body Can Dance)
Genres	:	Musical
Run time	:	160 min
Produced by	:	Siddharth Roy Kapur
Directed by	:	Remo D'Souza
Music by	:	Sachin-Jigar
Writers	:	Mayur Puri, Remo
Cinematography	:	Vijay Arora
Edited by	:	Manan Sagar
Production	:	Walt Disney Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures
Countries	:	India

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Reviews (2)

Stars : Lauren Gottlieb, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Prabhudheva, Christine Vienna, Pooja Batra, Tala Marie, Dharmesh Yelande, Tom Bonello, Brian Blu, Phillip Allen Hall III, Frances Rose Padunan, Leland Smith, Will Roberts, Shawn Wilson, Alexandria Lee, Manmeet Singh, Jeanie Espinoza, Cesar Lazcano, Efren John Rowan, Akanksha Nehra, Ashley Campbell, Joe Greer, Steven Krasner, Carl Windom, Alfonzo McCarther, Eric Velarde, Jonathan Ruggiero, Leah Bayne, Allyson Newell

Story : The story traces the journey of an Indian dance troupe, a motley assortment of boys and girls who come from the backstreet's of a Mumbai suburb; their rise to fame, sudden downfall and then their heroic attempt to seek vindication by regaining their lost glory and pride. Will they be able to achieve success at the biggest International platform? Will they make their beloved Vishnu Sir proud, who is himself struggling with his not so perfect past? ABCD 2 is a grand 3D Dance Film which travels to the vibrant city of Las Vegas and is a bittersweet journey of love, friendship, betrayal, honor and redemption.

NDTV

A cocktail bar boy whose Padma Shri-winning mom "died with her ghungroos on" makes one false move and his dreams come crashing down. On a reality show, his dance troupe, Mumbai Stunners, performs an act lifted from the repertoire of the Filipino All Stars. They are brutally exposed by the judges (including the film's choreographer and director Remo D'Souza) and banished into oblivion.

The copycats become butts of ridicule wherever they are: Suresh (Varun Dhawan) in his watering hole and Vinnie (Shraddha Kapoor) in the beauty salon she works for. Pizza delivery guy Vernon (Sushant Pujari) faces much worse: a customer refuses to pay him because he is a cheat.

( 2 / 5 ) Read full review
Indianexpress.com

Quite soon into the film, Prabhudeva’s character says : ‘should I show or tell’? In a dance movie, is that even a question? As it turns out, the showing perks up ‘ABCD 2?. A little. When Prabhudeva is on the floor, there is a snap and pop, even though his moves are familiar. A couple of numbers do crackle. There are two dancers in here who are amazing. But the rest of them, and their sequences, turn into the seen-this-so-what’s-new glaze. And when the film stops to look around for a story, which it does much too frequently in its two- and-a-half-hour run time, it turns banal and listless.

( 1.5 / 5 ) Read full review

ABCD 2 (Any Body Can Dance)

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