Dance-based films are a rare breed in Indian cinema. In recent memory, all we've got is Aaja Nachle and ABCD, neither of which anyone would remember too fondly. Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza's latest, a sequel to his own ABCD, tries to buck the trend and emerge as a success story, but is let down by lack of what we non-dancing commoners like to call human logic.

 

The dance group Mumbai Stunners in this film, based on the real-life "Fictitious" Dance Group, are contestants on a reality show that, we're reminded repeatedly, is sponsored by Adiction Deos. Tragedy strikes when they're disqualified for cheating and plagiarizing steps from a Filipino dance group, a fact that is discovered by the judges (one of them D'Souza himself) on their iPads while the performance is still going on. The plagiarism allegations are actually true, but the film completely sidesteps the question of their guilt and paints them as victims.

They become pariahs and outcasts. One of the members of the group, a pizza delivery boy, is refused payment by a customer because he cheated in the dance competition. So naturally, the team rewards themselves by hiring a choreographer Vishnu and going to Vegas to participate in an international hip-hop dance competition that, we're repeatedly reminded, is sponsored by beauty care brand Pond's.

 

 

DVD Features:Dolby Digital 5.1,Anamorphic WideScreen,NTSC All Regions, English Subtitles

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva, Lauren Gottlieb, Raghav Juyal, Dharmesh Yelande, Prachi Shah
Director: Remo D'Souza
Producer: Siddharth Roy Kapur
Production Co: UTV Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures
Music Director: Sachin - Jigar