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Sultan
Critic reviews and ratings
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...a paisa vasool, seeti-maar unadulterated entertainer...
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Ali Abbas Zafar is in fantastic form with Sultan – this is how mainstream, commercial films should be made.
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Staggeringly engaging, remarkably rugged and unexpectedly romantic, Sultan is every bit the comprehensive blockbuster it promised to be.
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...is a fun watch, offering the perfect fix to lift a not-so-great day.
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...it's more a large lassi, not an espresso shot. But hey - who drinks espresso on Eid?
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...a thorough crowd-pleaser.
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...Salman finally understood the importance of plot driven films. ‘Sultan’ is yet another such film where the actor completely steals the show.
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...is predictable, no two questions about it. But it's powered by a riveting central performance that makes you overlook so many of its problems.
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He (Ali Abbas Zafar) builds the muscled monolith's narrative effectively to garner empathy for his turbulent journey.
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...a solid entertainer with heft.
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...is a case of a superstar vehicle latching on to the current trend of sports films but failing to achieve the requisite grounding in the rough and tumble of the wrestling pits to evolve into a convincing drama.
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Going by the loud cheers and whistling it received throughout its 170 minutes, the response has been phenomenal.
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Despite these flaws and several clichés, Sultan has an emotional core that is hard to resist.
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A Salman Khan fan pleaser right from the word go that ignores the depth and opportunity a sports based film can offer...
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...is rousing mainstream fare, bolstered by its lead performances.
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...is average fare, but when it comes down to the strength of certain ideas at work, it does manage to keep a tight hold on its audience.
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A well-made, enjoyable sports drama.
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...has got all fan bases covered.
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Sustained by the leading man’s magnetic pull, nicely cast supporting actors, a welcome lack of melodrama, and a setting that looks less plastic than the average A-list movie, Sultan is the apogee of the Salman Khan cult.
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...is one movie repeated twice – once before the interval and once after. Both are equally predictable and melodramatic.
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...despite the possibilities, writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar relies solely on its main star’s drawing power and offers nothing novel in terms of storytelling.
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Wish there was more time and complexity given to Aarfa and her relationship with Sultan. You can sense the gloomy, bleak, problematic layers in it but the film refuses plumb the depths of it. Then it wouldn’t have remained a bhai film.
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A little bit of imagination could have pulled Sultan to greater heights, even as it remains a genre exercise.
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...what starts out to be a promising romance between sportspersons (both are wrestlers) soon dives headlong into a horribly predictable tale badly told.
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