Munna Michael

About the film

Munna Michael is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language dance film directed by Sabbir Khan, written by Vimmi Datta, and produced by Viki Rajani and Eros International. The film features Tiger Shroff in the titular role, alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niddhi Agerwal, Ronit Roy, and Pankaj Tripathi in supporting roles. It marks the third collaboration of Shroff and Khan after Heropanti and Baaghi.

Munna Michael was released on 21 July 2017 to mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Manasva "Michael" Roy is a dancer inspired by Michael Jackson. One day, he is fired from his job at the studio. On his way home, he finds a newborn baby on the roadside and adopts him, naming the child Manav "Munna" Roy. Munna also grows up to be an extraordinary dancer and a diehard fan of Michael Jackson. However, Michael instead insists Munna find a proper job. Munna secretly visits dance clubs with his friends and challenges their dancers to win money. Michael falls ill and is admitted to the hospital. When Munna goes to see him, he once again asks his son to give up dancing. Meanwhile, the dance clubs in Mumbai have blacklisted Munna and his friends, so he decides to try his luck in Delhi.

At a club in Delhi, Munna clashes with Balli and beats his friends. Balli is the brother of gangster Mahender Fauji. When Mahender learns about his brother's fight, he asks a police inspector to capture Munna. Mahender watches CCTV footage of Munna dancing in the waiting room just before the fight with Balli. Impressed, he asks Munna to teach him how to dance. During their lessons, Munna and Mahender become close friends. One day, some gangsters attack Mahender, and Munna saves his life. Mahender then brings Munna to Delhi and declares him to be like his brother. Mahender tells Munna that he wants to become a good dancer to impress his crush, Deepika "Dolly" Sharma, who is a dancer in a club.

Mahender gives Dolly a gift through Munna under the guise of a courier boy. Dolly and Munna become good friends after a few more meetings. Dolly confides in him that she dreams of becoming a renowned dancer and wants to win the upcoming Dancing Star contest in Mumbai. Munna gives Dolly an appointment letter for the lead dancer role at the Blue Star Hotel in Meerut, which is owned by Mahender, and she accepts. Mahender meets Dolly and gifts her a car and flat as a friendly gesture. Dolly finds Balli hiding in the flat, who spitefully lies that Mahender would only keep her as a sex slave. She flees. When Mahender learns what happened, he attempts to kill Balli in a rage, but his friend and Munna stop him. During this incident, Munna discovers that Mahender is married, but it was against his will. After losing Dolly, Mahender becomes depressed. Munna promises to get her back.

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Meet Bros, Tanishk Bagchi, Pranaay Rijia, Vishal Mishra, Javed-Mohsin, Gourov-Roshin and Vayu, while the background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The lyrics were written by Kumaar, Danish Sabri, Pranaay, Tanishk-Vayu and Sabbir Khan. The album was released on 22 June 2017 by Eros Music on World Music Day and includes 10 songs.

Release

The film received a U/A certificate from CBFC and was released on 21 July 2017 worldwide.

Reception

Munna Michael received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.

Meena Lyer of The Times of India wrote "Tiger fans will have a field day with his breakdancing." Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times wrote "Everybody, including Tiger Shroff and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, is out of sync in this film."

Shalini Langer of The Indian Express wrote "This Tiger Shroff, Nidhhi Agerwal, Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer is a whole dance-action genre has nothing great about it." Subhani Singh of India Today wrote "Saving for a few dance sequences, there isn't much memorable in the film."

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