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These are films which have singlehandedly disgraced and disrespected Bollywood to a whole new level. Congratulations Munna Michael, you've finally managed to fit your film in that particular category.

The plot is too cringe-worthy for explanation so don't ask for it and I'll just go straight to the review.

Quite frankly, this movie was pathetic in terms of acting, storytelling, and visuals in some way.

Sabbir Khan has been doing shitty films throughout his career especially the ones which star Tiger Shroff. The screenplay is satisfactorily too slow-paced and too crass to make it looks like a dance film.

The acting gave me the feeling of throwing a huge boulder to break the screen and I am willing to go through the consequences later on.

We all love Tiger Shroff for his slick dance moves and gripping action sequences but one flaw is that he can't act.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was somebody I just didn't like seeing on screen. He was good in Raees and Raman Raghav 2.0 but in this film he just couldn't fit the part as a gangster only for this film.

Niddhi Agarwal has potential but she is better off with a well experienced star.

Overall, I don't intend to do a full review so all I want to say Munna Michael is a crappy disaster.

1.5/5- Go Home, Shroff

If anything Sabbir Khan has given Bollywood then it's disgrace, with the help of a couple turkeys like Kambakkht Ishq (2009) and Baaghi (2016). Maintaining the low quality of his entire filmography comes, he comes up with this dance comedy that takes inspiration from one of the greats to make a film that is eligible for at least one of EIC's Ghanta Awards.

Munna (Tiger Shroff) is a young man who aspires to be a successful dancer. An orphan, he was brought up by Michael (Ronit Roy), a dancer himself who used to work in films, Munna wants to participate in dance competitions and climb his way up. However, Michael does not concur with his son's aspirations and instead wants him to get a government job which is more secure and reputable. Munna disregards this and ends up being challenged by nobodies, eventually locking horns with Mahendra (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a fiendish gangster, whose kid brother he beat up the previous night. As they face off, one thing leads to another, and Mahendra requests Munna to teach him proper dancing in 30 days so that he can impress Dolly (Nidhhi Agerwal), a petite young dancer who works at a local pub...

As anyone can guess, Munna also falls for Dolly, but is prevented at courtship by his deal with Mahendra which has now grown into explosive camaraderie. It is evident that the writers wanted to make a comedy film, but also wanted to spice it up with gimmicks of dance and some old school hero-villain elements. All things considered, there is not an iota of logic in the proceedings. What gangster requests his potential victim to teach him dance moves? Okay, humor apart, how did it even pass muster in the writer's room? Having this as the main plot element, the film then shifts into romance between Munna and Dolly as both of them dance their bottoms off, eluding poor Mahendra.

There is some reality show in the background (which is judged by Shaan, Farah Khan, and Chitrangada Singh if you're interested), a gang of three that happens to be Munna's chum group but now seem to be helping Dolly qualify in that reality show, Munna not disclosing his "superb" dance skills to Dolly just because, and Dolly chasing her dream to prove to her father. There is all sorts of gimmickry in the film - something director Khan is known for - that makes it all look like a flashy TV show without substance.

Shroff is an average actor, but seeing him break a leg and then some bones is not entertainment. His character Munna claims to be an aspirant dancer yet he has more panache as a fighter. His co-star and debutante Agerwal cannot act, but she is at least pretty and that's what matters in Bollywood (other than nepotism; y'all reading the news, right?). Siddiqui performs well, but I'd rather see him typecast than fooling around like this. Supporting cast do a decent job.

Overall, Sabbir Khan's preparation is typical Bollywood that is unbearable to watch. Of course, there is some comic relief and nice dancing by Shroff, but other than, it's just another doltish film that, if tested by the times, is sure to turn into a shambles. For Pete's sake, it has a veteran actor like Ronit Roy dancing to "Goriya Chura Na Mera Jiya" in the opening sequence itself. Enough to make you coil in unintended laughter. It does not even respect the title, to be honest. A few Jackson moves here and there is not enough, guys!

BOTTOM LINE: Sabbir Khan's "Munna Michael" is too flashy and made entirely without logic. Its lead actors also fail to deliver what they promised, leaving everything to Ronit Roy and Nawazuddin, both of whom cannot dance. Rent a DVD if you are a fan. Watch "Lipstick Under My Burkha" instead.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

Went to see Munna Michael with much expectations, not even half of it was satisfied by the film. Unwanted item songs with crappy dialogues....The only scene where I saw Tiger enacting MJ's steps was a 1 minute duration in between Beparwah song...It felt as if just to satisfy it, the makers gave the name Munna Michael....At least one full MJ song should have been there...Total disappointment...Now even Nawazuddin Siddiqui can't save the film......

I am starting to write for movies. I bet I can do a better job than the writer of this movie did. Please don't waste your time on this. You WILL regret. Not only bad acting, bad screenplay, bad direction, bad music and bad DANCING. Yup, the very essence of this movie is not good either. The only positive thing in this movie is sir Nawaaz. But that wasn't enough for this. Bollywood.. please stop making movies like this

At the moment it's 3.4. I think it's slightly overrated. Should be 3 or below actually. And all 3 stars would be because of Tiger Sheroff's dancing and action stunts. Otherwise, there is zero for direction; zero for script writing, and zero for everything else. Even Nawazuddin, a great actor, failed to deliver satisfactory performance in the movie as he was completely miscast for the role.

#MunnaMichael is another film which sets out to prove that Tiger is very good in dance n fight sequences. He does full justice to his role but is let down by a weak n obsolete script and haphazard direction. Nawazuddin, as always, is dependable n looks like he enjoys dancing. There is a love triangle too, but thankfully, this issue is sorted out amicably. Very good to see Ronit Roy in a positive role, he should be seen more often on the big screen. The heroine is supposed to be a dance expert, but her moves do not substantiate this. The music is average. Rating 2/5.

Next Gen Films and Eros International's Munna Micheal (U/A) directed by Sabbir Khan, is story about Munna, a dancer who is inspired by Micheal Jackson.

Micheal (Ronit Roy) is a dancer who is inspired by Micheal Jackson. He finds a child on the streets and decides to take him home. He names that child Munna. Years later Munna (Tiger Shroff) grows up and becomes a dancer who is also inspired by Micheal Jackson. One day Munna gets into a fight with a gang. He beats up all of them. After which Munna is being brought to Mahinder Fauji (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) as he fought with his men. Mahinder learns that Munna is a good dancer and and decides to hire him as a dance teacher. After a few days, Mahinder learns dancing and reveals to Munna that he learned dancing so that he could impress his crush i.e. Deepika Sharma a.k.a Dolly (Nidhhi Agerwal), a dancer in a club. After a few meetings, Munna is attracted to Dolly but never confronts about it. The rest forms the crux of the story.

The script of this film is penned by Vimmi Datta and it's so boring and stereotype that one can easily predict the whole story of this film after watching the first act. There are some dialogues that are mass appealing but a script can't stand film only with cheesy dialogues and punchlines. There are so many scenes in this film that irritate the audience instead of entertaining them. Thus, the script is the major demerit of this film.

Tiger Shroff's performance could've been better. Apart from acting, his stunts and mind-blowing dance will amuse the audience till the end of the film. The role of Dolly is played by Nidhhi Agerwal and she fails to shine well in her debut. Because of the dull screenplay she gets unnoticed in the film. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is okay as Mahinder. This may be the only film where doesn't play his role well. His performance is comprehensively ineffective, but a few jokes make it up to passing marks. The rest of the cast barely fit the bill.

Sabbir Khan's direction is completely average. His narrative style is slow and annoying. Cinematography by Hari K. Vedantam is beautiful, I wonder how he must have shot those scenes wherein Shroff dances and performs stunts. Editing by Manan Sagar is nice. "Main Hoon" and "Ding Dang" are hit musical numbers.

On the whole, Munna Micheal is a losing fare. It's a film which will only appeal to Tiger Shroff fans and a thin section of the mass audience who love watching action-dance films. In terms of box office, it may prove to be an average fare as films like Lipstick Under My Burkha and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk will gather the class audience and also a huge chunk of masses.

The film is totally full with Dance, Action, Romance. But it's story is too simple.

You got Tiger shroff and the awesome Nawazuddin, still could not make a strong hard movie? Crazy it is.

He cant dance.

Theres no rythm, no delivery, no passion or attitude. Just throw as many moves out per second according to choreographers instructions. Its monotonous, cringey and actually pretty jarring to watch.

Munna (Tiger Shroff) is an orphan brought up by an ageing chorus dancer Michael (Ronit) in a Mumbai chawl. The boy grows up idolizing Michael Jackson. To realize his dream of grooving like the King of Pop, he even agrees to tutor a local yet hilarious gangster, Mahindar Fauji (Nawazuddin Siddquie). Their bromance turns ugly when both end up falling in love with Deepika aka Dolly (Nidhhi Aggerwal).

All is hunky-dory until it turns out that the teacher and the trainee are in love with the same girl, Dolly (debutante Nidhhi Agerwal), who herself is no mean dancer. The rigmarole that ensues is as unappetizing as watching two men jostle for a toehold on a treadmill. After spending a part of the film delivering gifts to Dolly on behalf of Mahinder, Munna sees better percentage in professing love to her. Mahinder, on his part, sees red and all hell breaks.

The heroine has challenges other than contending with two men vying for her attention - her father is opposed to her pursuit of dancing glory. It is obvious that it is men who call the shots in the girl's life. Mahinder pursues her without as much as a by-your-leave; Munna assumes the role of a knight in shining armour (again, without Dolly being allowed much of a say in the matter). And then this 'invisible' father is sprung upon us.

This whole dance-action genre is a dubious Bollywood invention created for actors and screenplay writers whose imagination runs out of steam as soon as the focus begins to moves away from the dance floor or the action set pieces. It is the easy way out. Sadly, the way out here goes in a single direction - down.

Munna Michael is only for fans of Tiger Shroff. All yet that haven't yet figured out what he is about, stay out of the way.

Horrible Screenplay. Horrible acting by Tiger Shroff. Horrible Script and to top it all horrible direction. The film has no concept. Nawazuddin did good acting but Nidhi did worst acting and Tiger Shroff should take retire. Tiger did good action but his dialogue throw is awful. Avoid the movie.

Tiger Shroff is impeccable on his dances and never compromise in actions, being good actor. In every films, his performances are developing. Nidhdhi has good looking and mediocre in her performances. Is really Nawazuddin Siddiqui paid for his bad dances? I can't believe! His looks to dresses, everything is horrible experiences. He don't justified the role Mahinder at all. Ronit Roy is slightly superb as Michael. Music are totally average. Story is quiet predictable, it could be handled in many different ways. Directing is not interesting. Ignore bad IMDbs, if you love dance or want to watch this film. Just a forgettable watch!

As you all know I rate 5 for 0 star, 6 for 1 star proceeding up to 10 for 5 star. I rate this movie as 6 that is 1 star. The star it gains is only because of dance. Tiger is no doubt a terrific dancer.

After mom, I had hopes from this film as Nawazuddin Siddiqui featured in this one as well. I am sorry to say that he was not that good. I would tell him to choose sensibly next time.

Don't spend money on this one.

Dance and action drama starring Tiger Shroff

This 2017 Hindi film directed by Sabbir Khan is the third collaboration between the director and lead actor Tiger Shroff after "Heropanti" and "Baaghi". The film was produced by Eros International. In German-speaking countries the film is also known as "Tanze um Dein Leben / Dance for Your Life".

Tiger Shroff plays a young man named Manav "Munna" Roy, who is an incredibly good dancer and, as a fan of Michael Jackson, wants to make a living through dance. Munna means something like "good boy" in Hindi. After difficulties in their hometown of Mumbai, Munna and his dance gang try their luck in the capital Delhi. There Munna meets Mahender Fauji (played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who really wants to take dance lessons from him in order to impress his beloved. What Munna only gradually realizes: Fauji is a really badass gangster who will kill himself if necessary. And now here's the thing: The beauty that the top gangster wants to impress is Deepika "Dolly" Sharma, who Munna also has her eye on. So conflicts are inevitable. Dolly is played by the charming newcomer and ace dancer Niddhi Agerwal, who won the ZeeCineAward 2017 for this debut and has since appeared in a few Telugu films.

The film offers a very predictable story that doesn't really blow the viewer away. Basically it's just a matter of alternating dance and fight scenes, which is also tiringly transparent. But one thing has to be said: the tiger can dance! And fight too! The whole thing is also nice to look at, but beautiful pictures are no substitute for a good story.

A plus of the film is the casting of the ambivalent villain with the very good actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who was already very convincing in the revenge thriller "Badlapur" (2015) by Siriam Raghavan. At the 2011 Berlinale, Siddiqui appeared in the film "Patang - The Kite" (2012) by Prashant Bhargava, in which a dramatic family story is linked to the kite festival in Ahmedabad.

The four songs "Main Hoon", "Ding Dang", "Feel The Rhythm" (with the young Munna) and "Beparwah" (appearance at "DancingStar") are worth seeing and listening to.

Undemanding and entertaining entertainment is guaranteed with this film. Beautiful pictures, beautiful main actors, dancing and fighting! It's fun, but it doesn't stay in your memory for long!

Dance performances are superb from both Tiger n Nindhi Acting almost satisfactory but not up to the mark Fast songs are perfectly matched with demands of young generations Story plots are weak that made the film on week footings Over all film gives a boost to new entry of Nindhi Agarwal as a good actress and a perfect dancer