‘Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns’ Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

Starring :-Irrfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Mahie Gill, Soha Ali Khan and Parvesh Rana

Director:- Tigmanshu Dhulia

Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns' is set up in the land which was once ruled by kings. Their royalty has been siphoned off its shine by the thick stratum of time.  But that does not let effect their arrogance. No matter what Kings are Kings. They marry again, because they can ‘afford’ another wife, they love playing the game of polo and chess, even if that means spilling the blood and tearing the relations and loyalties apart. They don’t morn it, they enjoy it. Every player wants to win, and the only resort is to go for a kill.

Thankfully this sequel neither celebrates the prequel nor does it tries to repeat itself. The story in fact moves ahead from where it ended in the last film. Crippled Saheb is the undisputed warlord of his Kingdom and the Biwi is a regressive and drunk woman who loves to listen “lag ja gale….” at night. Enter Gangster Irrfan with an old score to settle and the pawn is Soha Ali khan wrapped as a queen and what follows is a bloody game of chess where loss means death.

Digmanshu Dhulia’s casting is near perfect. He has done the Screenplay, dialogue and Direction and all through the way it is tight. Dialogues like “Tumhe pata hai, Mard gaali kyo dete hai, kyonki wo rote nahi hai”  “Mujhe sirf mard hi kyon milte hai, shayar kyon nahi milte”. “Tumhe dekh kar pata nahi kyon badtamizi karne ka man karta hai”  bears his rustic and upfront stamp.

Performance wise everybody gives a damn good performance with Jimmy Shergill and Irrfan standing tall among men. Jimmy especially successfully brings out the frustration of a wheel chair bound helpless person. By now we expect Irrfan to give a superlative performance and he does not disappoint at all. New Comer Parvesh Rana is good in his small outing. Mughdha Godse’s item number does obstruct the flow of the film and comes from no where.. Mahie Gill is good in her seductress act and her character is like a pillar around which the entire films revolves and leaves a cue for part 3  .

“ Aaj Jung shuru hogi…..ghamasan hogi” is what the poster of the film reads. The jung ( battle) has definitely begun but is it ghamasan ( fierce) …….? I didn’t felt so. The fierceness almost reaches the boiling point but unfortunately steams out, giving way to another moment in the film to take it through. But sadly the moment never comes. 

(Being a fan of Tigmanshu Dhulia’s brand of cinema, I was personally expecting more)!

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Good Performances, Very tight Screenplay, great casting and good Story

-  ive:-  Poor Music,

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 2.5 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 2.5 out of 5



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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;