Munna Michael: Dance to fore, nothing else

Cast: Tiger Shroff, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nidhhi Agerwal

Rated: 5.5/10

Legend Michael Jackson would have given his life to get the 16-pack abs that his disciple Tiger Shroff sports in Munna Michael. He would also be delighted that Munna’s body complements MJ’s staccato dancing almost too the T, though the signature moonwalk is unduly unsung in the film apparently made to give a lasting tribute to the original star of pop music.

So how do you judge a film on Michael Jackson which comes not from Hollywood but from the drama company of Bollywood, is not a biopic, has desi song and dance all mixed up with Haryanavi goondas,reality shows and also a romantic triangle.

It’s a kichadi you may not want to relish. But full marks to Tiger Shroff for virtually patenting the genre of a dancing-action sensation. He dances to perfection. He fights like he is dancing to perfection. He romances while dancing to perfection and he lives his MJ moments to perfection all through his growing years.

So yes, there is a lot of dance in the film and good MJ kind of dancing at that. It is choreographed to perfection and executed like an art by Shroff. That’s where the film scores.

It also scores with Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the goonda wanting to woo the girl by learning how to dance. It needs to be said here. Nawaz is almost always too good. He is small and totally un-dancer personality but he puts life into the role of a menacing criminal who kills and loves with equal ferocity. Shroff while dancing and fighting and Nawaz on the whole are the only two good things in the film which otherwise is a known bhai-dost-love template.

Good to go for dance and Shroff fans. Good to go for ab worshippers, because Shroff flaunts perfection on those muscles. For the rest, it is not so much of a draw.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 23 July, 2017