Revisiting Gabbar Singh (2012): Review + Interesting Facts

Credits
Banner: Parameswara Art Productions
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Hassan, Abhimanyu Singh, Suhasini, Nagineedu, Ajay, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Gayatri Rao, Ali, Rao Ramesh, Brahmanandam, Giridhar, Fish Venkat, Malaika Arora Khan (SA) etc
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Jayanan Vincent
Art: Kadali Brahma
Editing: Gowtam Raju
Original Story: Abhinav Kashyap & Dilip Shukla
Screenplay: Ramesh Reddy and Vegesna Satish & Harish Shankar
Dialogues - direction: Harish Shankar S
Producer: Ganesh Bandla
Release date: 11 May 2012
Interesting Facts: www.idlebrain.com/movie/postm...
Writing/Direction: Writing is already proven story. Dabangg is a blockbuster story with the right emotions. Harish Shankar just took the basic story and adapted it to our Telugu sensibilities to perfection. The difference here is the addition of the Antyakshari scene and then in Hindi, Mahesh Manjrekar dies but in this one Kota lives and they changed that aspect of romantic track.
Writing I Felt was decent and its basically like watching a Puri Jagan movie where hero character carries entire movie and dialogues are like bullets. Movie is entertaining and it Like it keeps the movie going but the hero villain conflict which is the only point in the film wasnt equal. Gabbar Singh is always ahead of Sidhappa Naidu.
But much like Dabangg where Salman Khan carried the movie, its the same thing here. Its out and out Pawan Kalyan mania from start ti finish. He carries every single scene with his timing and charisma and dominates everybody. Its true one man show. Literally without Pawan this movie is nothing.
There is entertainment in each and every single but I guess on rewatch, the emotional connect just wasnt there. The Antyahkshi scene was the bumper offer here basically. That scene isn’t in the original but here it was the scene that elevated the movie to blockbuster I feel. And the situation for it happen was Sidhappa tells Gabbar that he will make him get a heart attack. Next day he checks the watch and realizes something is off so he kidnaps the entire villains gang. Meaning he could have put that scene just for entertainment but he actually added stakes and purpose to it which made it even better, In a commercial movie like this, have to appreaicye that writing and creativity.
Direction is perfect. What happened was However Harsih Shankar did what everybody or every fan dreams of. Presenting the their hero as fans would want to see him. I think due to Pawan’s stardom in youth and family audience, it made the movie a blockbuster. Also unlike Bro, the references like Kushi, Gang Leader, Mutamestri, and Jalsa song references worked brilliantly and they were used partly for the situation. Not like Bro.
Harish Shankar I think it’s his best movie mainly due to entertainment and the way he handled the adaptation to Telugu nativity. Some scenes are brilliantly handled

1. PK Intro scene

2. Dekho Dekho gabbar singh song

3. First meeting between Gabbar and Sidhappa

4. Market fight

5. Interval scene

6. Antyakshari scene

7. Brahmanandham elevation scene

All of the are peak elevation scenes and give goosebumps due to the direction, PK screen presence and BGM.
Technicalities:
Songs by DSP are CLASSIC RAA AYYA. Each and every song is a classic. One of the best commercial albums and a huge reason for the movie being a hit I think was due to the amazing album. 6 songs, all chartbusters especially Kuvvu keka. My personal favorites are Dekho Dekho Gabbar Singh and Akasam Ammayithe. BGM is good. The main one used is the title song BGM that comes in interludes with trumpets basically. But interval scene BGM gives goosebumps.
Art Direction by Brahma Kadali is OUTSTANDING. Entire RFC was redone, the market set and then street set and then Pollachi flavor and then to recreate the whole village atmosphere where the story is taking place. Carnival set in interval and then dolls and everything designed for Shruthi Hassan house and store.