Kunal Devmane ABCD2Dance India Dance, and burn all the stagesThis is it! Remo D'souza has always delivered more than what is expected. May it be FALTU or the initial ABCD. This movie is not a sequel as it has entirely different story catering everyone who has missed the first part. I urge the audience to watch it in 3D as the team at Walt Disney has done marvelous job in graphics, making it compulsory to watch in theatres.The entire movie is a musical and dancing delight backed-up by excellent cast. Varun Dhawan has literally worked very hard to deliver the expected choreography. On the other hand, Shraddha Kapoor has raised her standards in performance at a new height. All other characters are from the dance reality show on Zee TV - Dance India Dance. Children were very excited to see Raghav (Crockrozz) performing and delivering occasional humour.It is always good to see talent over-taking poverty. According to Remo this story is of Fictitious Group of Nallasopara, their ups and downs. It is but obvious that Shraddha couldn't perform those twists and splits, hence she was purposely injured for Lauran to take over and burn the dance-floor. But, overall the sequence of activities were perfectly arranged.It is till date the best work of Remo as he had a full time support of the dancing legend Prabhudevaa. For giving me goosebumps in the climax sequence and taking into consideration the overall performance, I am bound to give it 7/10 at IMDb. Expecting a BINGO from the team in the future.

snaidu422 When a movie is based on an international dance competition, you do expect lot of foot tapping music, excellent choreography, popping, hip-hops and when the movie is in 3D, lot of things flinging out the screen. Yes! ABCD2 hit its mark and delivers all of the above. There are some shortcomings, but like a good choreographer that he is Remo D'Souza (he is the director too), made a good job of covering the flaws in the script and highlighting what needs to be highlighted.The movie fails as a sequel as none of the characters in the movie are from the original nor is it a continuation of the former. We have brand new characters with few of the actors joining from the prequel (if we can call it that) playing new characters. The only thing which connects the prequel and the sequel together is just the name and nothing else.But, minus this blindside, you can actually notice the canvas is bigger, the dances are better choreographed and the music is a whole lot better.The movie chronicles the journey of losers Suresh (Varun Dhawan), Vinnie (Shradhha Kapoor) and their team who actually get disqualified from a national competition when one of the judges (Terrence Lewis) notices that the steps and formations have been copied from a Filipino dance group.Back home the team is further humiliated by everyone they know, which forces Suresh to take a decision that he will perform with his team in the "International Hip Hop Tournament" held in Las Vegas. They manage to convince Vishnu (Prabhu Deva) to choreograph their team and pledge everything they have to raise money for the Vegas Trip. They win the selections and land in Vegas. But unknown to them, Vishnu has a darker agenda of his own and just before the finals, he disappears along with the money leaving the team in a lurch. To make matters worse, Vinnie hurts her foot and the team gets in Olive (Lauren Gottlieb) as a replacement, and thus begins one of the most short-lived love triangles in bollywood history, as both the girls vie for the affection of Suresh.Prabhudeva is perfectly cast as Vishnu, the selfish choreographer who puts his needs before the teams and back stabs them in their hour of need. His character is multiple shades, as an ex husband begging his ex (Tisca Sharma) to meet their son, or feeling embarrassed at a new found romance with Pooja (Pooja Batra) or when he appears as a father figure to his team and as a perfect villain when he breaks their trust.Shraddha Kapoor is an excellent actress and she manages to convey a lot through her facial expressions, that said, she is a star when it comes to dancing too, but when you judge two things, I found her acting levels on an higher scale than her dancing skills.Lauren Gottlieb, one actress who cannot act even to save her own life, but she manages to cover that aspect by her over the top dancing skills. You feel disappointed at her performance, but at the same time clap for her brilliant dance moves, alas ! if only she had managed to balance the both like Shraddha tried, we could have had a dancing-acting sensation.Yeah, before I forget, Varun Dhawan is there in the movie too, and the director does a good job of reminding us about it, as and when he stops concentrating on Prabhudeva and Shraddha Kapoor. Thought the movie is based on his character's true story, we do not see much of him in any of the twist scenes which contribute a lot to make the movie run forward. He is a brilliant dancer, but had he been given enough scenes to actually prove his acting abilities then I believe we could have talked about him much more.It is good to see Pooja Batra return after a long hiatus as Pooja, an Indian Restaurateur in Vegas smitten by Vishnu. Though the screen time is less, she does have enough scenes to make us notice her.Tisca Chopra as Swathi-Vishnu's Ex gives out another brilliant performance as the caring but selfish Ex.Screenplay by Tushar Hiranandani is OK making use of lot of cinematic liberties that have been tried and tested from time immemorial, but he has actually managed to place these clichéd scenes in the right places, so it does not actually make you have that "seen it all, know it all" feel.Music by Sachin-Jigar is not exactly something which you carry along with you till the parking lot, it fades away sooner then you know, but it does make quite an impact when you are watching it on screen.The guys who made this movie a great experience are Chandan Gupta and Maninder k Saini (3D supervisor, and sterographer respectively), who along with Vijay Arora (DOP) give us a full length 3D experience, be it the title song or the rehearsals or random scenes with things popping out of the screen.Remo D' Souza has come out a winner with this directorial venture, the audience is given a treat of dance movie turned Thriller turned into a dance movie once again, and full marks to his presentation of the climax where he did not bow down to the normal clichéd endings such movies tend to have.I would recommend this movie to everyone who loves dancing and would feel excited at seeing pretty good dance moves.

namashi_1 The sequel to the 2013 film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, 'ABCD 2' is A Decent Dance Flick, that has some awe-inspiring dance numbers & lighthearted moments working on its advantage. Remo D'Souza offers a visual delight, however, the story is entirely predictable & is also a bit too long.'ABCD 2' Synopsis: After being ridiculed for copying a dance performance in India, a group of underdogs, with the help of a mentor, pursue to compete in a World Dance Champion in Las Vegas. 'ABCD 2' is the regular rags to riches story, about underdogs in search for redemption. Remo, who's mastered dance with his successful career as a choreographer, impressively directs this energetic dance fare, with some of its dance numbers leaving a striking impact. I'd like to single out 2 dance numbers, 1 being the Charlie Chaplin tribute & the other being in its climax. The choreography & the execution by the dancers, both, are marvellously done! Remo definitely deserves credit for churning out a dance flick, that isn't lazy or unimpressive. The hard work shows & how! A Special Mention for Sachin-Jigar's foot-tapping soundtrack! But, 'ABCD 2', as a film, is predictable to the core. 20-Minutes in & you know exactly what's gonna follow next. Tushar Hiranandani's Screenplay is clichéd. However, the light moments are nicely placed in the narrative, which are definitely good to watch. Mayur Puri's Dialogue range from ordinary to average. Also, the film is a bit too long. At a 146-minutes, 'ABCD 2' overstays its welcome by at least 25-minutes. Some Trimming was most definitely needed! Performance-Wise: Prabhu Deva shines. As the mentor, the dancing legend grooves with impeccable grace & his performance too, is credible. Varun Dhawan oozes energy in the dance numbers & has performed well. Shraddha Kapoor is okay. She doesn't really suit the part, as her dancing chops lack quality. Among others, Raghav Juyal & Dharmesh Yelande leave a mark. On the whole, 'ABCD 2' has its share of pluses & minuses. Dance Lovers should have fun!

Prabhat Rayal Let me tell you something first - I could hardly survive the "Step Up" films even though the dance sequences in those films were spectacular and those films had a story, no matter how bad the story was.This film does not even have a story. Its just 2.5 hours of "people dancing". OK, I get the point - Its a dance film but still it is a FILM. It must have at least an iota of story. Unfortunately this film struggles with the story. They made it just to earn money and it paid off. It has already collected 14 crores on the very first day despite heavy Rains in many parts of India and Ramadan.Now, let me tell you more about the film. It stars Varun Dhawan (who is yet to impress me because he was bad in every movie I have seen him in), Shraddha Kapoor and Prabhudeva (You sir, are a good dancer but why are you trying to become an actor?). So we have 3 stars but none of them gives a good performance. Either they did this film just for money or they were bored with all the "Dance thing".The story of this film is ordinary and has been done to death before by countless movies in different ways - A group of wannabes join hands with an instructor to help them achieve their goal. The dance sequences are good (I will have to give them that) but why did you make a movie just to show dance? There is too much dance in this film. Even Michael Jackson did not dance this much in his lifetime. They could have easily shortened the length of this movie by at least 40 minutes. The length of this film is god awful 2.5 hours (You can watch 2 animated movies in 2.5 hours). So you get 2.5 hours of dance sequences for 300 bucks. Now, thats a deal no one can refuse (Just joking).The characters are thrown into the movie from god-knows-where without any kind of character development, so you get half-baked characters. Half of the people in theater were trying to understand them but it doesn't matter. You know why? because all they do is - Dance, so you need not worry about them. There are so many sub-plots and they don't add anything to the story. There are some scenes that are so annoying that you want to throw your bucket of popcorn onto the screen. These scenes exist because they had to show something in between the dance sequences otherwise there would only be dance sequences."Poor acting" by almost every character adds up to the frustration and makes you feel like vomiting.The screenplay is bad, direction is sloppy and writing is awful.The only good thing about this film is - Dance, but there is too much of it. None of us wants to see this much dance in one go.So if you are hoping for a good story then you will be disappointed. This film does not deliver, it does not know what it is trying to be. I am giving it more than 1 because of the "good choreography" otherwise I would have given it "1". So watch it only if you are interested in watching "Dance".