ABCD- Attractive, Bindaas, Creative, Different

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A dance film in India! 20 years or even 5 years back would have raised eyebrows. Not today! Whom to thank for that. Well you can start with Boogie Woogie, then the slew of dance reality shows that emerged in mid 2000 from Nach baliye, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, Dance India Dance (DID)... The list is endless, but what it has definitely done? Raised an entire generations's awareness and interest in Dance. The movie takes off from where these dance shows have left off through TV. The canvas is broader, the frame is bigger and yes, you have Prabhudeva, Saroj Khan, Ganesh Acharya and Remo D'Souza. Add to that a sprinkling of the DID past winners and not to miss Laurien Gattlieb (from the So you think you can dance fame).

What are the pluses! Actually you have to love dance ( I do that!) to like the movie  which is the first criteria of the movie.  A nice good package of dance, dance and Prabhudeva. He has one act in the movie (wish we could see more of him) and we know why he is the king of dance. Just mind boggling. There are several nice moments, I like the rain sequence in Bezubaan and I like the Kar Za Re Ya Mar Ze track and of course the gran finale; Sadda Dil Vi Tu (Ga Ga Ga Ganpati)"

The film has its moments of jerks and the occasional tepid fact, but you can give it to the Director as the concept is new and the packaging is mint fresh+ above all it is all about Dance.
Cynics may say we are aping the west or getting closer to the west (Step Up or Fast Forward). But what is wrong? If we can localize the context (which ABCD has done remarkably well) and package it well I see nothing wrong in it. In a nation of obese people, lack of physical activity, diabetes and the cardio capital of the world, if the movie encourages some people to take up dancing actively what is bad.
I wait for EFGH (Sorry! actually the sequel to the movie!). Remo! make that a double!

      

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