{"id":766,"date":"2016-07-07T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T11:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2016-07-07T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T11:57:44","slug":"sultan-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/sultan-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"SULTAN Movie Review : Salman overpowers Sultan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the producers of <strong>Sultan<\/strong> dropped the trailer of the movie, the <strong>Salman Khan<\/strong> fans were just too hard to tame. There has been quite a buzz about the movie and the <strong>training regime<\/strong> that Salman had to follow for it. The <strong>music<\/strong> of the movie has also been quite welcomed by the fans. However, the movie <strong>did not live up<\/strong> much to all the expectations that we had from it. Anyhow, <strong>Salman<\/strong> manages to <strong>appease his<\/strong> <strong>fans<\/strong> with a fine and rare performance. Read the full <strong>Sultan Movie Review<\/strong> below.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sultan<\/h2>\n<p>Sultan is a 2016 <strong>romantic action drama<\/strong> movie written and directed by <strong>Ali Abbas Zafar <\/strong>and produced by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/fan-movie-review\/\">Aditya Chopra(Yash Raj Films)<\/a>.<\/strong> The movie features <strong>Salman Khan<\/strong> as the title character. Other actors include <strong>Anushka Sharma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/laal-rang-movie-review\/\">Randeep Hooda<\/a>, Amit Sadh, Anant Sharma<\/strong> and <strong>Parikshit Sahni.<\/strong> The music Sultan is provided by <strong>Vishal and Shekhar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Plot<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Akash<\/strong>(Amit) is a rich young businessman who is running an unsuccessful wrestling league Pro Takedown. His father suggests him to bring in an <strong>Indian wrestler,<\/strong> <strong>Sultan<\/strong>(Salman) to attract audience. But upon listening to Akash&#8217;s proposal, <strong>Sultan declines it.<\/strong> Akash comes to know through Sultan&#8217;s friend <strong>Govind<\/strong>(Anant) about his such behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>In an extended flashback, we come to know that <strong>eight years ago,<\/strong> Sultan ran a <strong>cable business<\/strong> with Govind. He saw a wrestler, <strong>Aarfa<\/strong>(Anushka) and <strong>fell in love<\/strong> with her. But she <strong>insulted him<\/strong> for being inambitious. He then decided to <strong>become a wrestler<\/strong> and win back self respect. Aarfa is convinced by his efforts and <strong>they get married.<\/strong> They both won various honours and even got selected for olympics. However, soon they came to know that Aarfa is <strong>pregnant<\/strong> and hence she pulled back from wrestling. Meanwhile, Sultan developed <strong>arrogance<\/strong> in himself and this doesn&#8217;t go well with Aarfa. They lose their child, and Sultan&#8217;s arrogance and unavailability is considered to be the cause for it.<\/p>\n<p>Back to present, Akash modifies his offer to suit the backstory of Sultan, and <strong>Sultan agrees<\/strong> as the money will help him build a blood bank. Since he has been out of shape for some years, Akash ropes a former underground wrestler<strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/sarbjit-movie-review\/\">Randeep<\/a>)<\/strong> to train Sultan so that he can fight against his own guilt and win back his self belief, self respect, and family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the trailer of the movie here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Sultan | Official Trailer | Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma | Ali Abbas Zafar | New Movie Trailer\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPxqcq6Byq0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Story, Screenplay, and Direction<\/h2>\n<p>The story of the movie has not much new on its tray. At some places, it almost <strong>closely dodges<\/strong> from <strong>being a<\/strong> <strong>cliche.<\/strong> The <strong>screenplay<\/strong> is\u00a0<strong>interesting<\/strong> and has required <strong>pace.<\/strong> However, the <strong>long flash back<\/strong> almost <strong>drifts<\/strong> the movie <strong>away<\/strong> from the presnt storyline. This also results in the <strong>second half<\/strong> being greatly <strong>uninteresting<\/strong> and <strong>rarely appealing.\u00a0<\/strong>The second half comprises mainly of Sultan&#8217;s training and his fights in the tournament. And while the former is entertaining, the latter doesn&#8217;t impress much.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogues of the movie are <strong>corny,<\/strong> and <strong>stereotypical dehati.<\/strong> And the same goes for the characters as well. Speaking of the <strong>characters,<\/strong> <strong>only Sultan&#8217;<\/strong>s character <strong>gets some depth.<\/strong> Closely followed by Akash and the coach played by Randeep. Rest all, including <strong>Aarfa<\/strong> are more or less <strong>flat characters.<\/strong> Aarfa, who is initially portrayed as this strong and confident athlete who has her own terms of living, is impressed\/convinced too soon by Sultan&#8217;s dedication to wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>Even Sultan&#8217;s character seems to go out of the line at many places. For instance, agreeing too quickly to join back the ring, or the un-Sultanic reaction to the news of his son being dead.<\/p>\n<h2>Performances<\/h2>\n<p>It is a rare statement, but <strong>Salman Khan impresses<\/strong> with his performance as Sultan. And though he always has his charm, he definitely <strong>showcases his acting abilities<\/strong> with this role. However, the <strong>accent<\/strong> that he grabs <strong>is far from<\/strong> being a <strong>convincing Haryanvi<\/strong> accent. Possibly, the co-star Randeep could have given some tips to him. A particular scene where Sultan\u00a0repents his grown belly is a marvel coming from Salman Khan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anushka Sharma<\/strong>&#8216;s role is restricted to just another element in the story and has far less importance. She tries to give her best, but the role does not give much impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swudzy.com\/lafzon-ki-kahani-movie-review\/\"><strong>Randeep<\/strong><\/a> seems to do a sleepwalk and he does that with complete <strong>efficiency.<\/strong> <strong>Amit Sadh<\/strong> is refreshing and <strong>convincing<\/strong> as the rich, and unsuccessful businessman. However, the <strong>real highlight<\/strong> of the movie for us was <strong>Anant Sharma<\/strong> as Sultan&#8217;s friend <strong>Govind.<\/strong> He was a real screen magnet. We couldn&#8217;t resist notice him.<\/p>\n<h2>Music<\/h2>\n<p>The music is <strong>good,<\/strong> but not extremely awesome. Songs like <strong>Baby Ko Base Pasand Hai<\/strong> and <strong>440 Volt<\/strong> are <strong>catchy but lack quality.<\/strong> And while <em>440 Volt<\/em> is understandable, <em><strong>Baby&#8230;<\/strong> <\/em>looked\u00a0completely a <strong>forced<\/strong> song and could have been avoided. <strong>Jagg Ghumeya<\/strong> and <strong>Bulleya<\/strong> are good to listen. Especially the way <strong>Anushka is introduced<\/strong> while Bulleya is played is just <strong>WoW!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuk Tuk<\/strong> does great job at <strong>setting up<\/strong> Haryana as a setting. But the real star of the music is the <strong>Title Track<\/strong> and Sultan&#8217;s theme. It just <strong>pumps up<\/strong> the movie. Also, the <strong>sound design<\/strong> and <strong>arrangement<\/strong> complement the movie to the core.<\/p>\n<h2>Direction<\/h2>\n<p>Not greatly convincing. <strong>Ali Abbas Zafar<\/strong> has directed <strong>better movies before Sultan.<\/strong> This movie had a potential and above it, it had big star names associated. This could have been a trump card for Ali, but he misses out hugely. Sultan is far less engaging than his previous outing. Possibly, the <strong>Salman factor<\/strong> <strong>overpowered<\/strong> the movie. The movie has some moments that are awesome. The <strong>initial Dargah scene<\/strong> and <strong>Salman&#8217;s struggle with his shirt<\/strong> after the belly scene are two of them. However, those moments are <strong>not enough<\/strong> to make the movie memorable.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The movie is <strong>good to be watched once<\/strong> and for the experience, not the movie. The <strong>sound of the movie is best enjoyable in a theatre.<\/strong> Especially, <strong>Salman<\/strong> <strong>fans<\/strong> will have <strong>a great<\/strong> <strong>time.<\/strong> The movie can also be watched for good performanes by <strong>Amit Sadh, Randeep<\/strong> and <strong>Anant Sharma.<\/strong> However, beware of the slower and less convincing second half. Have a good time.<\/p>\n<p>[wp-review id=&#8221;766&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you watch the movie? Did you like the movie? Do you agree with our review of the movie? What part of the review did you like most? Do you think we missed some part in our review that you would like to mention? Head down to the comments section below and leave a reply. Also, do not forget to share the review with your friends. Coz it\u2019s more fun with friends around. We will be back with more reviews of trailers, music and movies, and other stuff. 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There has been quite a buzz about the movie and the training regime that Salman had to follow for it. The music of the movie has also been quite welcomed by the fans. 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