Ali Abbas Zafar's latest release Sultan starring Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh has stunned the audience. The movie has been praised alike by the film fraternity and the movie goers. Salman's wrestler avatar has garnered him a lot of praises while Anushka Sharma is labelled as the soul of the film. Amidst all the showers of praises, let's see what the critics have to say about this much anticipated film.
dna Review; Rating: ****
A story that will touch your heart, performances that are stellar and drama that’s worthy of the big screen hysteria. That’s the best way to summarise Ali Abbas Zafar’s Sultan. After films like Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Gunday, Ali finally delivers a knockout. Sultan Ali Khan (Salman) is a young man with no ambitions until he falls for a local wrestler Aarfa (Anushka). In his endeavor to woo her, he decides to become a wrestler himself. Sultan goes on to win accolades and medals all over the world. But in his quest for glory, he ends up losing the woman he loves. Read the full review here.
1) Hindustan Times Review; Rating: ***
"...Aarfa leads a brigade that’s determined to make its presence felt. In a welcome change for Bollywood, (Anushka) Sharma actually talks about women emancipation in a language that isn’t confined to “Ghar me maa behan nahi hai kya?”. Read the full review here.
2) The Times of India Review; Rating: ***1/2
"So, this is the first movie where Salman Khan takes off his shirt and everyone - including Khan - shudders. Portraying Sultan, who goes from being fit and lean to a gloomy, middle-aged, paunch-burdened man, Khan performs with elan and unhappiness, his acting giving Sultan a nice, rounded punch." Read the full review here.
3) First Post Review:
"...lyrics from Sultan’s title track exemplify what makes this film tick: the director’s ability and unabashed willingness to tug at the heart strings – tap into every available emotion in the viewer, our patriotic pride, our soft spot for the underdog – yet not overplay its hand. Despite its bow to a number of formulae, in many other ways this is an unusual Bollywood offering." Read the full review here.
4) The Indian Express Review; Rating: ***
"There’s a moment somewhere in the beginning of the film when Salman Khan’s character comes to a halt at a rail crossing, and waits, just like the rest of us do, for the train to pass. In that instant we know that Sultan is about to push twin boundaries. Of a star’s scope, and of mainstream Bollywood." Read the full review here.
5) NDTV Movies Review; Rating ***
"Sultan casts Salman Khan as a rugged son-of-the-soil wrestler who weathers many a deadly blow on his heart and his body. When the chips are down, Sultan's wife Aarfa (Anushka Sharma), a fellow wrestler and daughter of his first coach Barkat Hussain (Kumud Mishra), reminds him: "We are sportsmen, we never give up." Read the full review here.
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 "Bollywood, Sultan, Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Amit Sadh, Randeep Hooda, Ali Abbas Zafar, Irshad Kamil, Sukhwinder Singh")
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