Here is the review for the movie Ab Tak Chhappan 2. Watch out this space for more updates!
Rating:1.5/5 Review By:Suhani Singh Site:India Today
Patekar steps into the shoes of one of his most famous characters initially giving him a calmer veneer which is never too far from his no-nonsense, deadly approach. But Patekar's committed act can't hide the film's myriad faults. As Agashe adds to his list of kills, one can sense that Gulab isn't letting go of the amoral cop whose biggest asset his notion of justice which sees him eliminate criminals. But the promise of a sequel is anything but satisfying. It would be wise to have Agashe retire for good. Going by the events in part two, he deserves the rest too.
Rating:/5 Review By:Piyasree Dasgupta Site:Firstpost
Just when you have started to think why you should be paying to watch something that shows the government on a pest control drive, comes a twist. Actually, it's not much of a twist if you have watched Ab Tak Chappan. The 'sequel' is mere the first film minus it's wit and gut, with just different people getting bumped off the same way, for the same reasons.
In fact, this one too has Ashutosh Rana playing a jealous junior Suryakant Thorat, much like Imtiyaz played by Yashpal Sharma in the first installment. It's easy to imagine Shimit Amin spilling his tub of popcorn, yelling 'copy cat' while watching the film.
The cinematography of the film, perhaps an ode to technology from ten years ago, is grainy and patchy. The camera angles are odd and some of the frames look like photos cropped by a Photoshop amateur.
In a fleeting 30-second sequence, where Nana Patekar is shown crying and grappling with tragedy, his face contorted in shock and grief, the film actually shows you what it didn't bother to exploit. It's criminal when you ignore the potential for brilliant acting that Patekar offers.
Rating:2/5 Review By:Manjusha Radhakrishnan Site:Gulf News
It’s a familiar story, but what makes it engaging is the no-frills approach to how the events unfurl. There are no songs or unnecessary dialogues to put the brakes on the story, but there are no riveting twists either to make it entertaining from start to finish. The twists are far too predictable and lame. Also, stereotypes such as the villains being dark-skinned and unwashed are peddled with cheerful abandon here. While Patekar takes up every frame, actors such as Gul Panag who plays a crime reporter and Ashutosh Rana who plays Agashe’s jealous colleague, provide him support.
Watch this if you are a fan of Patekar and have an appetite for gory gangster-cop films.
Rating:1.5/5 Review By:Bollywood Hungama News Network Site:Bollywood Hungama
Speaking of performances, even though it's obvious that its Nana's film all the way, he delivers a shockingly average and disinterested performance, which takes away the charm of the film in a big way. As far as the rest of the characters are concerned, there is hardly anyone who can be written about for delivering a decent performance. Be it the seasoned actors like Vikram Gokhale, Ashutosh Rana, Raj Zutshi or even Gul Panag... all of who fail totally (read 'miserably') in delivering the goods. Dilip Prabhawalkar has a blink-and-you-miss kind of cameo.
On the whole, AB TAK CHHAPPAN 2 is a poorly made sequel and can be skipped.
Rating:/5 Review By:Sneha May Francis Site:Emirates 24/7
Nana Patekar lends his rustic charm as the menacing supercop and initiates the “clean-up” drive earnestly, but the lack of a convincing plot turns the entire exercise into a forgettable mess.
Ashutosh Rana enters as his insecure subordinate, and distracts him immensely with his need to steal the spotlight. It’s unfortunate that he’s left to indulge in fun banter, but never allowed to flex his acting chops. Even seasoned actors like Vikram Gokhale, Raj Zutshi, Mohan Agashe and Govind Namdev aren’t utilized to their optimum. There is also Gul Panag who slips behind geeky glasses to lend authenticity and grit to a crime reporter.
Eleven years after director Shimit Amin created the magnanimous encounter specialist Sadhu, Gulab crushes him with an unfitting comeback.
Rating:2.5/5 Review By:Rohit Vats Site:Hindustan Times
Ab Tak Chhappan 2 is solely dependent on Nana Patekar and he doesn’t disappoint, but he alone is not enough to save a film that is almost a replica of the original. However, it offers thrilling scenes and a good first half. On second thoughts, I think it works in the wrong way because the first half raises the expectations and then the film loses the steam. Still, it’s not an unwatchable film. You’ll like it if you don’t want it to compete with LA Confidential or Training Day or Sehar or Ardh Satya.
Rating:2/5 Review By:Kaushani Banerjee Site:Deccan Chronicle
It’s a familiar story, but what makes it engaging is the no-frills approach to how the events unfurl. There are no songs or unnecessary dialogues to put the brakes on the story, but there are no riveting twists either to make it entertaining from start to finish. The twists are far too predictable and lame. Also, stereotypes such as the villains being dark-skinned and unwashed are peddled with cheerful abandon here. While Patekar takes up every frame, actors such as Gul Panag who plays a crime reporter and Ashutosh Rana who plays Agashe’s jealous colleague, provide him support.
Watch this if you are a fan of Patekar and have an appetite for gory gangster-cop films.
Rating:1/5 Review By:Shubhra Gupta Site:Indian Express
This kind of film can work if it has a new spin on an old story. But the cop who gets busy notching up kills, without making us wonder about the morality of someone taking it upon themselves to exterminate humans, is a cipher. So is the film. And the worst part? It’s full of blips, everyone’s lips going silent, as soon as, presumably, a cussword comes along.
Oh our delicate ears.
Rating:2/5 Review By:Renuka Vyavahare Site:Times Of India
Your heart goes out to Nana Patekar, who resurrects his role as an encounter cop and in doing so, lends utmost authenticity to his character. As a man torn between his duty as a cop and responsibility as a father, he singlehandedly strives to salvage what appears to be a poor remake of the gripping original (Shimit Amin's Ab Tak Chhappan, 2004) with his tremendous screen presence.
Despite its flaws, ATC2 can be watched, if you are a diehard Nana Patekar fan. On second thoughts, watching the original again would be a smarter move.
Rating:1.5/5 Review By:Saibal Chatterjee Site:NDTV
Ab Tak Chhappan 2 peddles old wine in what clearly looks like a bottle recycled without much imagination.
As in the original, this film has a policeman (Ashutosh Rana) who has a massive axe to grind. He is peeved no end at Sadhu Agashe's return to the force and loses no opportunity to hinder his mission. The conflict between the two grown-up men in uniform plays out like a fight between two bickering schoolboys. In fact, that is the general level that Ab Tak Chhappan 2 operates at. It is a copy-and-paste job in which the twists are laboured and predictable and the dialogue is ham-handed.
The film also has Gul Panag in the guise of a crime reporter. The part is sketchily written and the actress looks as lost as the rest of the cast. The other actors that we see on the screen - among them are the likes of Mohan Agashe and Dilip Prabhavalkar - are similarly wasted.
Does Ab Tak Chhappan have any redeeming feature at all? Well, it has no songs. But, then, who would feel like singing when trapped in a darkened hall where Ab Tak Chhappan 2 is playing? Stay away unless you are a diehard Nana Patekar fan.