The film is based on the real life incident of Naval Officer K. M. Nanavati and businessman Prem Ahuja.
Principal photography of the film was commenced in February 2016 and it was released on 12 August 2016.
Akshay Kumar received the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 64th National Film Awards for his performance in the film.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Box office
- 4.1 India
- 4.2 International
- 5 Music
- 5.1 Score
- 5.2 Songs
- 6 Awards
- 7 Track listing
- 8 External links
Plot
The story dates back to the late 1950s and revolves around an Indian Naval Officer Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar), who is happily married to Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D'Cruz). Their marriage hits the rocks when Rustom discovers about his wife's affair with his friend Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa). After returning early from his ship's deployment, Rustom discovers Vikram's love letters in Cynthia's cupboard. While trying to find her, Rustom sees them together. He returns home and waits for Cynthia to return and then confronts her with the love letters, but walks away before Cynthia can explain. Rustom then gets himself a pistol from the Naval Ship's Armory and makes a Trunk call to Defence HQ, New Delhi. Afterwards, he searches for Vikram, first in his office and then at his home. After Rustom enters Vikram's bedroom, the servant hears three gun shots and rushes to the room, to discover Vikram's body in a pool of blood and Rustom walking away with the pistol in his hand. Rustom immediately surrenders to the police and Inspector Vincent Lobo (Pawan Malhotra) starts the investigation.
Vikram's sister Priti Makhija (Esha Gupta) meets with public prosecutor, Lakshman Khangani (Sachin Khedekar) to get Rustom the toughest punishment possible. Truth, a local newspaper, publishes the news adding some spice to it, which creates a stir in the city. On the one side the Navy supports its officer and asks the police to hand over his custody to them while on the other side the Parsi community offers help by hiring a good defense lawyer. Rustom refuses everybody's help and decides to fight the case on his own and prefers police custody. While the Editor in Chief of Truth, Erich Billimoria (Kumud Mishra), creates a sympathetic image for Rustom in public, Rustom's senior Naval officer Rear Admiral Prashant Kamat (Parmeet Sethi) sends two goons to his house to search for a set of documents, but they fail to find anything. Scared, Cynthia rushes to jail to inform Rustom, who hasn't talked to her ever since he is in custody. Rustom finally meets and listens to Cynthia's story, about how she was lonely and upset when Rustom went away to London for many months. With the connivance of Priti, Vikram took advantage of Cynthia's loneliness and she fell for him. However, on the day of Vikram's murder, Cynthia had already broken-up with him for the sake of her marriage. Vikram cannot bear her spurning him and slaps her hard. She gets injured and walks out of Vikram's house.
On Rustom's instructions, Cynthia blackmails Rear Admiral Prashant Kamat for Rs 5 crore in exchange for the vital documents he needed. In the court hearing, Rustom unexpectedly pleads not guilty in front of the Judge Patel (Anang Desai), which leads to a 9-member jury trial. At the culmination of the trial, Rustom is found not guilty by the jury since he shot Vikram in self-defence. Meanwhile, it is found that Vincent Lobo was in Delhi and he had met the office secretary of the Ministry of Defence to obtain the recording of the trunk call that Rustom had made. When back in Bombay, the trunk call is played, convincing almost everyone that Rustom is guilty, and the court proceedings end for the jury to decide on their opinion. In the police station on the night of the court proceeding, Rustom tells Vincent Lobo the truth: he was posted in London for several months inspecting an aircraft carrier that the Navy wants to purchase, but on inspection, it was found by Rustom that the carrier's hull was corroded, and it would have to be repaired and modified before the carrier could be transferred to India. Vikram was in charge of the aircraft carrier, and he attempted to bribe him in order to convince him to say that the carrier is seaworthy. When Rustom attempted to notify the defence secretary in London, the secretary also attempted to bribe him and get the carrier to India. Vikram attempted to persuade him and Rustom then slapped him showing his power of his uniform. The next day it is shown that Rustom is proved not guilty by the jury and he walks free. Then it is shown in the flashback that Vikram had dated Cynthia to show Rustom his power of money and take revenge on him, but not for her beauty. Lobo is told that Rustom did not reveal about the aircraft carrier as then everyone would think the navy to be corrupt and then not believe in them just because of few officers. Rustom and Cynthia walk out of the court with their heads held up high and then the film rolls into the credits. In the end it is shown that after Rustom's trial, the jury system is abolished in India. And also Defence Secretary K.G.Bakshi committed suicide by shooting himself on INS Vishal unexpectedly.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Commander Rustom Pavri
- Ileana D'Cruz as Cynthia Pavri, Commander Rustom Pavri's wife
- Arjan Bajwa as Vikram Makhija
- Esha Gupta as Preeti Makhija, Vikram's sister
- Pawan Malhotra as Senior Inspector Vincent Lobo
- Usha Nadkarni as Jamnabai, Cdr Pavri's maid servant
- Sachin Khedekar as Public Prosecutor Lakshman Khangani
- Kumud Mishra as Erich Billimoria
- Anang Desai as Judge Patel
- Parmeet Sethi as Rear Admiral Prashant Kamath
- Indraneel Bhattacharya as Captain C. P. Cherian
- Kanwaljit Singh as Defense Secretary K. G. Bakshi
- Brijendra Kala as head constable Tukaram
- Gireesh Sahedev as Lt Cdr Pujari
- Abhay Kulkarni as Inspector Patil
- Varun Verma as Lt Bisht
- Sammanika Singh as Rosy, receptionist in Vikram's office
- Deepak Gheewala as Bhanabhai, Vikram's house help
- Ishteyak Khan as Chandu
- Naman Jain as Dagdu
- Subhashis Chakraborty as Ranjit Das, hotel waiter
- Vipul K. Rawal as Captain
- Suresh Sippy as Chief saheb
- Rajesh S. Khatri as Damodar
- Samir Shah as Ramesh Shirke
- Haresh Khatri as Dr Asher
- Nagraj Manjule as Advocate Sohrab Khandwala
- Mohit Satyanand as Jamshedji Jeejabhoy
Production
The Rustom production filmed on location in Kent in April 2016 for the romantic montage where Rustom (Akshay Kumar) and Cynthia (Ileana D'Cruz) visit England including The Chequers Inn pub in Aylesford, Canterbury, Maidstone, Leeds Castle, Dover seafront and South Foreland Lighthouse. The Historic Dockyard Chatham also features for the naval port and ship scenes.
Box office
India
International
The film also performed well internationally, grossing approximately $3 million in its opening weekend.
Music
Score
The film score was composed by Surinder Sodhi.
Songs
The first song from the film's soundtrack album, "Tere Sang Yaara", sung by Atif Aslam and composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee was released on 6 July 2016. The second track of the film, titled "Rustom Vahi" was released on 13 July 2016. All lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir. The full music album was released on 14 July 2016.
Awards
Akshay Kumar won the best actor for his role in the movie at 64th National Film Awards.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tere Sang Yaara" | Manoj Muntashir | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Atif Aslam | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Rustom Vahi" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Sukriti Kakar | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Tay Hai" | Manoj Muntashir | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Dekha Hazaro Dafaa" | Manoj Muntashir | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh, Palak Muchhal | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Dhal Jaun Main" | Manoj Muntashir | Jeet Gannguli | Jubin Nautiyal, Akanksha Sharma | 4:53 |
| 6. | "Jab Tum Hote Ho" | Manoj Muntashir | Ankit Tiwari | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Rustom Vahi Theme" | Raghav Sachar | 1:23 | ||
| 8. | "Rustom Vahi - Marathi" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Jasraj Joshi | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Rustom Vahi - Male" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Jasraj Joshi | 3:10 |
| 10. | "Tere Bin Yaara (Reprise)" | Manoj Muntashir | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | 3:46 |
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