Dance and action drama starring Tiger Shroff
This 2017 Hindi film directed by Sabbir Khan is the third collaboration between the director and lead actor Tiger Shroff after "Heropanti" and "Baaghi". The film was produced by Eros International. In German-speaking countries the film is also known as "Tanze um Dein Leben / Dance for Your Life".
Tiger Shroff plays a young man named Manav "Munna" Roy, who is an incredibly good dancer and, as a fan of Michael Jackson, wants to make a living through dance. Munna means something like "good boy" in Hindi. After difficulties in their hometown of Mumbai, Munna and his dance gang try their luck in the capital Delhi. There Munna meets Mahender Fauji (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who really wants to take dance lessons from him in order to impress his beloved. What Munna only gradually realizes: Fauji is a really badass gangster who will kill himself if necessary. And now here's the thing: The beauty that the top gangster wants to impress is Deepika "Dolly" Sharma, who Munna also has her eye on. So conflicts are inevitable. Dolly is played by the charming newcomer and ace dancer Niddhi Agerwal, who won the ZeeCineAward 2017 for this debut and has since appeared in a few Telugu films.
The film offers a very predictable story that doesn't really blow the viewer away. Basically it's just a matter of alternating dance and fight scenes, which is also tiringly transparent. But one thing has to be said: the tiger can dance! And fight too! The whole thing is also nice to look at, but beautiful pictures are no substitute for a good story.
A plus of the film is the casting of the ambivalent villain with the very good actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was already very convincing in the revenge thriller "Badlapur" (2015) by Siriam Raghavan. At the 2011 Berlinale, Siddiqui appeared in the film "Patang - The Kite" (2012) by Prashant Bhargava, in which a dramatic family story is linked to the kite festival in Ahmedabad.
The four songs "Main Hoon", "Ding Dang", "Feel The Rhythm" (with the young Munna) and "Beparwah" (appearance at "DancingStar") are worth seeing and listening to.
Undemanding and entertaining entertainment is guaranteed with this film. Beautiful pictures, beautiful main actors, dancing and fighting! It's fun, but it doesn't stay in your memory for long!
This 2017 Hindi film directed by Sabbir Khan is the third collaboration between the director and lead actor Tiger Shroff after "Heropanti" and "Baaghi". The film was produced by Eros International. In German-speaking countries the film is also known as "Tanze um Dein Leben / Dance for Your Life".
Tiger Shroff plays a young man named Manav "Munna" Roy, who is an incredibly good dancer and, as a fan of Michael Jackson, wants to make a living through dance. Munna means something like "good boy" in Hindi. After difficulties in their hometown of Mumbai, Munna and his dance gang try their luck in the capital Delhi. There Munna meets Mahender Fauji (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who really wants to take dance lessons from him in order to impress his beloved. What Munna only gradually realizes: Fauji is a really badass gangster who will kill himself if necessary. And now here's the thing: The beauty that the top gangster wants to impress is Deepika "Dolly" Sharma, who Munna also has her eye on. So conflicts are inevitable. Dolly is played by the charming newcomer and ace dancer Niddhi Agerwal, who won the ZeeCineAward 2017 for this debut and has since appeared in a few Telugu films.
The film offers a very predictable story that doesn't really blow the viewer away. Basically it's just a matter of alternating dance and fight scenes, which is also tiringly transparent. But one thing has to be said: the tiger can dance! And fight too! The whole thing is also nice to look at, but beautiful pictures are no substitute for a good story.
A plus of the film is the casting of the ambivalent villain with the very good actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was already very convincing in the revenge thriller "Badlapur" (2015) by Siriam Raghavan. At the 2011 Berlinale, Siddiqui appeared in the film "Patang - The Kite" (2012) by Prashant Bhargava, in which a dramatic family story is linked to the kite festival in Ahmedabad.
The four songs "Main Hoon", "Ding Dang", "Feel The Rhythm" (with the young Munna) and "Beparwah" (appearance at "DancingStar") are worth seeing and listening to.
Undemanding and entertaining entertainment is guaranteed with this film. Beautiful pictures, beautiful main actors, dancing and fighting! It's fun, but it doesn't stay in your memory for long!