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Top 7 'Welcome Back' reviews: What do the critics feel about the Anil Kapoor-Nana Patekar starrer?

Take a look at the top 7 reviews for Bollywood's 'Welcome Back' and see what the reviewers feel about this Anees Bazmee directorial...

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Film: Welcome Back

Starring: Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Shruti Hassan, Dimple Kapadia & Naseeruddin Shah

Directed by: Anees Bazmi

The Plot: 

The first instalment of this franchise (Welcome) was a huge success when it released eight years back. The definition of mainstream cinema has changed a lot since then but the makers of Welcome Back have stuck to the zone they started out with. The sequel, therefore, tends to amuse you because of its audacity to remain over-the-top, nonsensical and often funny in the most ludicrous manner. Uday Shetty (Nana) and Majnu Bhai (Anil) make a comeback – this time as reformed citizens in Dubai. In a twist of circumstance, they realise Uday has another sister Ranjana (Shruti) around the same time that Ghungroo (Paresh) discovers he has a son Ajju (John). The idea is to get them married until they find out Ajju is one of the biggest gangsters in Mumbai. Uday and Majnu try their best to break the alliance but by then, Ranjana and Ajju are already in love. More confusion comes in the form of the manipulative gold-digger (Dimple) and her daughter (Ankita Shrivastava), which is further escalated when Wanted Bhai (Naseer) lands on the scene with his son Honey (Shiney Ahuja). 

The reviewers have already reviewed the film and it doesn't look great for Welcome Back. Most reviewers have panned the film and have asked the audiences to stay away from it. 

#MustRead: DNA review: Welcome Back review: Watch it only if you're in the mood for brain-dead humour

Here are a few excerpts from the top seven reviews:

Indian Express: Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham film is not so ‘welcome
"There really is no reason why the sequel, despite the collective clunkiness of John and Shruti, shouldn’t have worked in exactly the same way. But the jagged narrative and heavy-handed manner of delivering dialogue, much more risible and tasteless than the original, ruins it. We’ve moved on ; the film, and its treatment, hasn’t. A characters keeps saying: ‘mazaak tha bhai, mazaak’. A comedy which uses this line so many times is telling you to laugh. Where’s the show?" Read full review here

Hindustan Times: You'll miss Akshay Kumar in this one
"Dear fans of Welcome, before you start missing Akshay Kumar’s innocent act, we tell you that it's sequel, Welcome Back, is much more ambitious and the director has concentrated more on the grandeur of the sets than the chemistry between the actors. The trailers promised a larger canvas, but Bazmee hasn’t been successful in getting it just there. Really bad CGI and meaningless wide-angle shots have harmed his cause even more." Read full review here

NDTV:
"With Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar plunging headlong into their goofy characters, Uday and Majnu are the only bright spots in this overcrowded and overstretched comedy. Paresh Rawal, reprising his Welcome role, is trapped in a web of mannerisms that only serve to enhance the film’s staleness quotient. John Abraham, of course, gets his share of attention in song situations and fight sequences, but the figure of Ajju Bhai never quite evolves beyond being a mere add-on. Naseeruddin Shah gives Wanted Bhai his best shot, but this baddie isn’t half as flashy or colourful as Feroz Khan’s RDX." Read full review here

Firstpost: Anil Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, John Abraham are fun to watch in this silly film
"Most of the film is so predictable — particularly if you've seen Welcome — that there's no point recounting the plot of Welcome Back. In a nutshell: dons face dons, lovers are kept apart, cons are hatched, and hilarity ensues. At 153 minutes, Welcome Back is just a shade too long and the ending is a sandstorm of stupidity. But you'll forgive Bazmee and gang because for at least 120 minutes, this comedy keeps you in splits. Welcome Back might be 2015's silliest film and this is the best reason to watch it. After all, when was the last time you came out of the cinema giggling? Read full review here

Catch News: Welcome Back takes a bad thing and makes it worse
"I don't get it though. It's not funny that able-minded humans spend 150 minutes demonstrating to us what a LSD-fueled midlife crisis would look like. Is Bazmee trying to tap the reality-show voyeur in us - in the perverse hope that we'd enjoy watching revered actors of different generations destroy their own legacies to earn a quick buck? To be fair, they land exactly two chuckle-worthy gags - Neeraj Vora is called a 'mooch wala beanbag', and a juvenile graveyard sequence boasts of diggers playing antakshari with imaginary ghosts.In the meantime, Anees Bazmee's recent filmography reads suspiciously like the vocabulary of a hotel guard: No Entry. Welcome. No Problem. Thank You. Ready. Welcome Back." Read full review here

The Quint: ‘Welcome Back’ Enjoyable but Spare Your Grey Cells
"Times have changed. We now eagerly await the iPhone 6s series to come and take over our lives. And it’s also after a gap of nearly eight years that Director Anees Bazmee has decided to be back, with Welcome Back. The only problem — he is planning to charge this sequel minus Akshay Kumar! Yes, we miss him terribly. Every time we see John Abraham and his cardboard cutout and can’t differentiate between the two we wish we could have said “welcome back Akshay.” But never mind, there are others who have managed to reprise their roles and boy aren’t we glad!" Read full review here

Dedh Minute Review by Aniruddha Guha:
 

Catch the Welcome Back trailer right here: 

 

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