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The dance streak has finally hit India.

Dance movies too can work in India & the success of  the movie "ABCD-Anybody Can Dance" says it all. But this isnt India's 1st attempt at dance movies. The previous attempts failed & there is a explainable reason for it. See the thing is when ur making a dance film the core ingredient has to be dance with a little bit of drama, emotion, etc. but the earlier dance films started out with dance but soon the drama took over the dance & hence it lost its core ingredient.

But that wasnt the case with ABCD. Here dance was the backbone of the film & it was intact till the end of the movie. There were various reasons for the sucess of this film. First of all this is a dance film so who better to direct it than a choreographer himself which in this case was Remo D'Souza one of the finest choreographer India has. This movie was Remo's dream project & it's the story is by him too. He knows dance, he understands dance so he was the perfect guy to do this. Im sure it didnt take him much time to convince the producers to kick start his project. There are also dance legends like Ganesh Acharya, Saroj Khan & Prabhudeva attached to it. The second reason was he didnt take actors to do a dance flick, he took dancers to do a dance flick. When you see these boys & girls move on screen you know that this is what they do & this is what they were made for. And also in the acting department they didnt dissapoint. The third reason was timing. This is the perfect time to start doing dance movies in India. Various competitions like Dance India Dance, Just Dance, etc have brought out the dancing side of india. These shows are really popular & everyone has started showing interest in dance. Be it the students or the parents, or the common people.... dance has started making its way into peoples hearts. And most of the dancers\actors in the film are from these dance shows so all of India is familiarized with them & they love them too. Another reason was the 3D. This was India's 1st 3D dance film & India right now is into 3D a lot. 

When the 1st promos came out people started comparing this to hollywood dance flicks like Step-Up. Thats not the way i see it. They have their step up franchise so why cant we have our ABCD frnachise. If they can do it why cant we. You may think that some dance scenes were inspired but thats ok. Both the films have Dance in them thats the only similarity i found. Story & content wise they are very different from each other. But this film touched my heart in many ways  than step up did. They both are dance films & they both are pretty awesome.

There were a couple of things that i didnt like about ABCD. The 3D though wasnt top notch but still gives the audience a more immersive movie experience. You can still watch it in 2D if your not a big fan of 3D. There were too many melodrama points in the film which wasnt that necessary. And i was expecting a bit more dance in climax dance sequence.

But overall its a really enjoyable & lovable movie. It has a good story, it also touches on some social issues like drug use, the dancers\actors are all amazing & the dance sequences are just fabulous. Prabhudeva like u have never seen him before. Trust me, i uesd to think he knows only that one style of dance but after seeing him dance in this like never before....truly hats off. This movie is already a big hit thanx to me who watched it 4 times in the theater already wouldnt mind a 5th time either. People think im crazy for watching it so many time but if u dance or have anything at all to do with dance you would understand what i feel everytime i see this movie. The ABCD team is already working on a sequel & i cant wait for that. I hope this is a sign which other directors & producers see that dance films can also work in India & they start making more of it too.

And yes ABCD.......ANY BODY CAN DANCE.