Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!

The film begins where its predecessor ended, with reigning don Shoaib Khan (Akshay Kumar) earning respect after assassinating his mentor, Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgn). Twelve years later he is still a charismatic, suave womaniser, who has extended his empire to the Mideast. Khans only friends are Javed (Sarfaraz Khan) (who oversees his illegal work), his former love Mumtaz (Sonali Bendre), and Aslam (Imran Khan), a teenager Khan met during a visit to the slums in which he grew up.An older Khan returns to Bombay to kill Rawal (Mahesh Manjrekar), who opposed his ambition to take the reins in Bombay. Although the city was his first love, rising starlet Jasmine (Sonakshi Sinha) wins his heart.

Khan advances Jasmines career by rigging awards, and showers her with gifts; he becomes obsessed with her. He sends Aslam and another trustworthy aide, Jimmy, to kill Rawal. Jimmy fails, accidentally killing his girlfriend, Sonia, and flees. He is soon captured by the police, hot on Khans trail after learning about his arrival in Bombay. Jimmy, loyal to Khan, does not crack during his interrogation and is freed due to lack of evidence.

The police intend to draw Khan out from hiding; he has eluded them for twelve years, and this is their last chance to take him on Indian soil.Khan, suspicious that Jimmy has become a police informer, decides to kill him but Aslam offers to do the deed to deflect police attention. He, Dedh Tang and several thugs masquerade as rival biker gangs and stage a brawl. Plainclothes police officers try to control the chaos when Aslam corners Jimmy. When a police officer stops Aslam, Khan appears out of nowhere, murders Jimmy and injures the policeman.

A chase ensues; the police fail to catch the two, who escape in Khans Mercedes.Although Khan has bought Jasmine a house, she rejects his advances, saying that she has never seen him as being more than a friend. Angry and disappointed, Khan slaps her and tells her to leave. He angrily destroys the set of the film she is cast in, leaving with her a twenty-four-hour deadline to accept his proposal. Jasmine returns home to see that Khan has filled her house with expensive presents.

Her mother is taken aback when Jasmine explains that Khan is a gangster with whom shed prefer not to associate. Her family questions the sense in rejecting a man as powerful and dangerous as Khan.Later in the night, Jasmine meets Aslam at his uncles restaurant. He tries to explain his love for her, only to be interrupted and told that she is engaged and the two should stop seeing one another. Dejected and disappointed, Aslam meets with Khan, who seems unusually pensive.

The two lament their relationships, not knowing they are both in love with the same woman. Just before Aslam is about to reveal the name of his romantic interest, a phone rings - Khan, jubilant, announces that his proposal has been accepted and orders Aslam to pick up his new bhabhi, or sister-in-law.Aslam arrives at the address Khan has given him and, much to his shock, sees Jasmine walking towards his car. Initially angry that he is still following her, the two realize that they have been caught up in a complicated affair - that Aslam, unbeknownst to Jasmine, works for Khan, and that Jasmine was the one he had been sent to pick up. Before either can speak, a car containing Rawal and his henchmen arrives at a distance.

Rawal shoots Jasmine, having learned of her relationship with Khan and hoping that hurting her lure the gangster into a vulnerable position.Jasmine remains unconscious at the hospital as Khan arrives. He accuses Aslam of being in love with his fiancée - an accusation which Aslam denies as Khan reveals that he has masterminded a plan to murder Rawal and ensure his own dominance over the Mumbai underworld. Khan intends to fabricate a story of him feuding with Aslam to tempt Rawal and his rivals into contacting Aslam. The news reaches Rawal, who seems delighted at the prospect of being able to turn Khans right-hand man against him.

When Rawal calls Aslam at the hospital, Aslam, now fully aware of Khans feelings towards Jasmine, seems unsure whether to abide by Khans plan. He reluctantly provides Rawal with an address, ending the phone call by telling him to murder the bastard. Khan, lying in wait outside the address with a sniper rifle, kills Rawal and his henchmen when they arrive. Khan, having consolidated power, savours his victory and walks into a police station as a taunt to law enforcement. However, Dedh Tang accidentally reveals Aslams love for Jasmine in the midst of celebration.

Khan, infuriated, diverts the car to the hospital to confront Aslam, who has continued to stay with Jasmine as she recovers from being shot by Rawal. Knowing that his friend is in danger, Dedh Tang honks the horn of the car repeatedly after Shoaib and his henchmen enter the building, alerting Aslam to the danger and giving him time to escape. Entering to see an empty bed where Jasmine had before been laying, Khan realizes that Dedh Tang had given him away.Khan sends his aide Akbar to kill Aslam after he and Jasmine flee to Aslams uncles restaurant in Dongri. Aslam assures Jasmine that Khan, though violent, would never hurt him.

Their conversation is interrupted by a cars horn honking - running outside, Aslam is ambushed by Akbar after discovering the body of Dedh Tang, who has been killed by Shoaib for aiding the couple in their escape. Aslam, though injured and initially losing the fight, kills Akbar with a shovel. He calls Khan to tell him that the murder of Dedh Tang has, in effect, erased his deep-seated loyalty to his former boss. Khan responds by telling Aslam that sending Akbar was a mistake, as he must be the one to kill the man he views as also having betrayed him by stealing Jasmine.Aslam and Khan confront one another as the police, having been alerted to Khans location by a storekeeper, descend upon Dongri.

Shoaib rains down blows and insults upon Aslam, urging him to defend himself in front of Jasmine. Nevertheless, Aslam, who still feels indebted and bound to Khan, does not fight back until Inspector Awant appears through the gathered crowd - even then, Aslam only pushes Khan away so that Khan is not shot by the officer. Reacting quickly, Khan draws a pistol of his own and shoots Awant before turning his weapon on Jasmine and Aslam. Jasmine, through tears and while holding a bleeding Aslam, tells Khan that he is truly evil and will never have her love. Khan seems to recognize the truth in her words as he drops his weapon and stares at the couple.

Just then, more police officers arrive on the scene and open fire on Khan, who, now injured, is dragged away by one of his henchmen. He and Aslam, both alive but bloodied, lock eyes and reach out for another, having finally put aside their differences.In the last scene, a bullet-ridden, dejected Khan reads a letter he was unable to give Jasmine in the cargo hold of a ship.Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara was released on 1,300 1,600 screens for Indias 67th Independence Day, and some cinemas were sold out. The screen count increased on 16 August to 2,500 2,700 nationwide.

Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! received mixed-to-negative reviews. Anupama Chopra gave the film three out of five stars in The Hindustan Times: Once Upon Ay Time in Mumbaai Dobaara! had me cheering for the bad guy. Which, at least in the movies, is never a bad thing. The film gets one extra star for Akshay Kumar, who makes a stellar killer. Madhureeta Mukherjee awarded the film 3.

5 out of five stars in The Times of India, telling readers to watch the film only for its flattering dons and their heroines, saying theres nothing criminal about it! She praised Milan Luthria for capturing the essence of the films setting and Kumars portrayal of Shoaib Khan: Bhai act with flamboyance and mojo . He gets a chance to do what he does best herogiri (albeit less menacing, more entertaining), with charisma and clap-trap dialoguebaazi but criticised Imran Khans ill-at-ease rogue, the second half of the film for being at times too overbearing and said, this film has its moments, but its not as compelling as the prequel. Vinayak Chakrovorty gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars in India Today: OUATIMD should remind Bollywood what we all always knew: Never make a sequel just for the heck of it if you dont have a genuine idea to entertain. Subhash K. Jha termed the film as one of the most ill-timed gangster dramas criticising the acting of all the three leads, praising only the short cameo of Sonali Bendre.

The film drew a number of negative reactions from the film critics. Subhra Gupta gave the film a half-star out of five in The Indian Express, saying After all the shoot-outs and bang-bangs are over, you are left with a film which leaves you with so little new that you wonder if theres any juice left in this style of retro gangsta flick. Or are we heading for a third-time-in-Mumbai-Tibara? Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 1.5 out of five stars, describing the film as the equivalent of getting a root canal. He criticised the naivety of the three leads: Kumar for his in-your-face flamboyance, Khan for playing an urban rich kid slumming it out at a dress-up party and both for rat-a-tat punch lines, but praised Sonali Bendres cameo as Mumtaz.

Mohar Basu gave the film two out of five stars in Koimoi, criticising the melodrama and the lacklustre chemistry, remarking that the film lacks the effervescence and naturalness of its prequel. Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! and its prequel Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai have been described as having a storyline and characters similar to the life of Dawood Ibrahim. Luthria and Kapoor have repeatedly drilled home the notion that Shoaib Khan could be any gangster and not necessarily Dawood a position that Kumar has also stated.