Rating: 3.5/5

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Nora Fatehi and Prabhudeva

Director: Remo D’Souza

Story:

Street Dancer 3D is about two rival dance teams, each headed by Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor respectively.  Both these team heads are always at loggerheads to claim the title of the best street dancing crew.  The two crews ultimately unite to overthrow a common enemy, which is a British dance crew. This movie tugs at the Indian sentiments by showing how the rival dance crews, who are Indian and Pakistani respectively, end up joining hands to battle the white antagonist (the British crew.)  Considering Republic Day is just around the corner, it makes for an interesting plot.

Review:

The movie series is very similar to Hollywood’s Step Up series, which is based on street dancing as well.  This is the third dance movie Remo D’Souza directed and he left no stone unturned to portray various dance forms like jazz, contemporary, popping, urban and slow motion.  Having a crew of skilled dancers helped in giving the dance sequences authenticity.

Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor each have their own entrances with their own dance sequences and both the actors nail them perfectly.  Shraddha Kapoor as Inayat is spot on in portraying an arrogant and pompous crew head, while Varun Dhawan as Sahej is a polar opposite of Inayat.  He manages to brilliantly portray Sahej as a sentimental yet highly competitive rival crew head.

Nora Fatehi is quite a revelation in playing the sassy character Mia.  All the cast, including Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, underwent intensive dance training to perfect their forms and postures, with Varun Dhawan having to learn how to execute a perfect backflip.  Prabhudeva is in his natural element as a dancer turned restaurateur. The Muqabla song is revisited in this movie and it is refreshing.  Watching Prabhudeva dance once again to the song is bang for the buck.

However, the movie, which is solely based on dance, tends to get overwhelming at times due to its continuous dance sequences.  Street Dancer 3D lacks a concrete storyline, but it makes up for it with brilliant dance choreography.

If you are a fan of this genre, this movie will definitely appeal to you as director Remo D’Souza brings all his experience as a choreographer to the fore.  The movie is solely about dance and if a storyline is what you are looking for, you may be disappointed. Nevertheless, Street Dancer 3D is a must watch for all its beautiful dance sequences.

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