Suresh and Vinnie are hip-hop dancers from Mumbai, India. They form a dance team and compete in a national contest. Their team gets disqualified after a mishap in their routine. After being discouraged and ashamed, the dancers bounce back and decide to take their talent overseas to Las Vegas, California. "Any Body Can Dance 2' hit theaters on Friday, June 19. The film runs for 2 hours and 27 minutes.
"ABCD 2' stars Varun Dhawan as Suresh/Suru, Shraddha Kapoor as Vinnie, Prabhu Deva as Vishnu Sir, Dharmesh Yelande as Dharmesh, Lauren Gottlieb as Olive, Raghav Juyal as Raghu, Pravin Bhosale as Chotu, Sushant Pujari as Vernon, Punit Pathak as Vinod, Karthik as Raju, Prachi Shah as Suresh's mother, Tisca Chopra as Vishnu's Ex-wife, Jineet Rath as Manu, Navjot Singh Sidhu as himself (Cameo appearance), Kapil Sharma (comedian) as himself (Cameo appearance), Remo D'Souza as himself (Cameo appearance), and Terence Lewis (choreographer) as himself (Cameo appearance).
The film was directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur. The dialogue was written by Mayur Puri and the screenplay was written by Tushar Hiranandani. The story is by Remo D'Souza. The $14 million film features music by Sachin-Jigar. Cinematography is by Vijay Arora. The film was edited by Manan Sagar. The production companies behind the film are Walt Disney Pictures and UTV Motion Pictures. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Reviews:
"Watching this movie won't make you smarter, but it just might, more than most, leave you feeling happier than you were when you walked in," wrote Scott Foundas from Variety.
"Like the franchise it's clearly inspired by-the Step Up series-ABCD 2 tricks out simple messages with spectacular dance sequences," wrote Ethan Alter from Film Journal International.
"For all the movie's flashy pyrotechnics and pulverizing techno-ish musical numbers, gleaning an emotional pulse can be challenging," wrote Andy Webster from New York Times.
"ABCD 2 delivers on what it promises to give; dance. But that's all that's there to this film. While the first film gave a different spin to the dance genre with a proper storyline and some heart, the sequel pales in comparison. It doesn't know what it's trying to be, except that there must be dance. And this is where the film falters. Instead of trying to be a normal film with a SLIGHTLY higher number of dance sequences, it succumbs to an over-stretched 2h20m compilation of dance sequences," wrote Andre Santhumayor from United Arab Emirates.
"There were many dance performances (some you may find meaningless) but the last one is surely gonna steal your heart but there is no storyline and one may feel that the movie is getting boring at times. Though there are no distractions such as a side love story or anything like that but we can't figure out what the movie is trying to convey. I would suggest people to go out some place other, rather than wasting their time and money on the movie. In anticipation of better dance movies in future," wrote Lakshay Bansal from India.
"Director Mr. Remo D'souza knows well to capture and portray the dance in grandeur and interesting way. This time there is no story. Main drawback of this film is very less emotional factor but yeah two scenes are very good in emotions, first when Vishnu meets his son and second the climax. Screenplay is very routine and predicative. You exactly know what is going to be happen," wrote Dinesh Prakash from India.
"A brilliant dance group is disqualified from a competition after it is claimed that their dance skills are copied. To prove their mettle , group starts on their own company by hiring a maestro to win the biggest dance event in Las Vegas," wrote Ketan Gupta from India.
