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Salman Khan wrote and stars for the third time as “Detective Chulbul Robinhood Pandy”; an excessive three hour egregious homage to himself; self aggrandizement rarely, if ever, seen on the screen; Khan’s a clone of Narcissus, a mythological figure who fell in love with himself; narcissism at its zenith; inflated physique and ego strutting excessive silliness, stale dance sequences, and vaudevillian violence. Khan a Bollywood heartthrob for over thirty years, starring in approximately 119 movies; recent noteworthy movies, 2015’s “Bajrangi Bhaijaaan” and “Sultan” (2016), testify to a talent gone missing; at fifty-four his leading ladies still hover in the ingenue league (Sonakshi Sinha, his wife in “Dabangg 3”, is 22 years his junior); erring on the side of optimism, hopefully he’ll start “acting” his age and “pump” some integrity into his future roles.
My endurance and patience with this sappy saga rests with the performance of Sudeep as “Balli Singh” deliciously evil supervillain whose fate was the only reason for my attention, investment in “Dabangg 3”.
ONE STAR!
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