Rustom (2016)

Rustom is a 2016 Indian period crime thriller film written by Vipul K. Rawal, directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and produced by Neeraj Pandey. It features Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta in the lead roles.

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

The film was released alongside Mohenjo Daro on 2317 screens across India on August 12, 2016. Rustom collected approximately ₹14.11 crore on its opening day. The film collected ₹50 crore in its opening weekend and ₹90.9 crore in its first week in 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 songs featured in Rustom were composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Raghav Sachar, Ankit Tiwari, and Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir.


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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Awaara (1951)

Awaara (Hindi: आवारा Āvārā, meaning "Tramp"; also written Awāra) is a 1951 Hindi film directed and produced by Raj Kapoor who also plays the leading role. Music was composed by the team of Shankar Jaikishan. Kapoor's real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor stars as his on-screen father Judge Raghunath. Kapoor's youngest real-life brother Shashi Kapoor plays the younger version of his character. Prithiviraj's father Dewan Bashwanath Kapoor also played a cameo role in his only film appearance.

The film centers on the intertwining lives of poor Raj (Kapoor) and privileged Rita (Nargis). In the film, Kapoor's poor, innocent "little tramp" character references Charlie Chaplin and was further developed in other Kapoor films such as Shri 420.

The film became an overnight sensation in South Asia, and found success abroad in the Soviet Union, East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In particular, the song "Awaara Hoon" (I am a Tramp), sung by Mukesh with lyrics by Shailendra, became hugely popular across the Indian subcontinent, as well as in the Soviet Union, China, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Romania. The film was also nominated for the Grand Prize of the Cannes Film Festival in 1953. Owing to its popularity in so many countries, the film is a candidate for most successful film of all time. In 2012, Awaara was included in the 20 new entries to All-Time 100 greatest films by TIME.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Soundtrack
• 4 Production
• 5 Reception
  • 5.1 Box office
  • 5.2 Remake
• 6 Bibliography
• 7 External links

Plot

Judge Raghunath is a wealthy district judge who convicts Jagga, a man whose father was a criminal, of rape on little evidence. The judge believes that "good people are born to good people, and criminals are born to criminals." Jagga later escapes and kidnaps the judge's wife Leela for revenge. When he finds out that she has just become pregnant, he releases her after four days and plans a different kind of revenge. The judge suspects that Leela was unfaithful to him with Jagga, and throws her out of the house.

She has a son, Raj, and they live in poverty as a result of being estranged from the father. As a child, Raj befriends Rita in school, but he is removed from the school rolls while trying to maintain a job, and Rita moves to another city. Even though they are separated, Rita remains in Raj's thoughts. On the streets, Raj turns to a life of petty crime and finds a father-figure in Jagga, who helps him to become a talented criminal.

While planning a bank robbery with his friends, Raj realises they need an automobile. He snatches a woman's purse after she steps out of the car, but finds no keys, and pretends to pursue the thief to release suspicion from himself. After his elaborate act, he returns the purse to the woman, who is soon revealed to be Rita. Rita is now a ward of the Judge, who suspects that Raj is no good and eventually restricts Rita from seeing him. Raj and Rita, who is becoming a lawyer, eventually realise that they are the same childhood friends, and they fall in love. Raj tries to quit his life of crime, but his employers fire him when they find out that he was a thief.

Becoming desperate he goes back to Jagga for a money loan, but Jagga wants him to commit more crimes. Raj refuses, but steals a necklace from a man he meets on the street, not knowing it was the judge. When he gives the necklace to Rita for her birthday, she discover that he is indeed a thief. Rita goes to Raj's mother and finds out the whole truth about his life.

When Raj realises that Jagga is responsible for his mother's misery, he kills Jagga in a fit of rage. At his trial the judge in the case is Raghunath. Rita persuades him that Raj acted in self-defense. However, when Raj learns that the judge is his father, he escapes and attempts to kill him. Due to these actions, Raj is brought to another court, and is defended by Rita. In the end, Raj is sentenced to 3 years in prison for his crime, but Rita promises to wait for him.

Cast

• Prithviraj Kapoor as Judge Raghunath
• Nargis as Rita
• Raj Kapoor as Raj Ragunath
• Leela Chitnis as Leela Raghunath
• K.N. Singh as Jagga
• Leela Mishra as Raghunath's Sister-in-law
• Cukoo as Bar dancer
• Helen as Dancer (uncredited)
• Shashi Kapoor as Young Raj (child artist)
• Prem Nath as Cameo appearance in song

Soundtrack

The music for this film was composed by Shankar Jaikishan while the songs were written by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The soundtrack was listed by Planet Bollywood as number 3 on their list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist
1	"Ek Do Teen"	Shamshad Begum	Shailendra
2	"Hum Tujhse Mohabbat Kar Ke"	Mukesh	Hasrat Jaipuri
3	"Awaara Hoon"	Mukesh	Shailendra
4	"Ek Bewafa Se Pyar Kiya"	Lata Mangeshkar	Hasrat Jaipuri
5	"Ab Raat Guzarne Wali Hai"	Lata Mangeshkar	Hasrat Jaipuri
6	"Jab Se Balam Ghar Aaye"	Lata Mangeshkar	Hasrat Jaipuri
7	"Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi"	Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra
8	"Dam Bhar Jo Udhar Munh Phere"	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra
9	"Tere Bina Aag Yeh Chandni"	Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra
10	"Naiya Meri Manjhdhar"	Mohammed Rafi	Shailendra

Production

The film is a collaboration of the famous team of director/producer Kapoor and writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. KA Abbas originally wanted Mehboob Khan to direct the film but the two disagreed over the casting. Khan wanted Ashok Kumar to play the judge and Dilip Kumar the son. In the event, Abbas withdrew his script from Mehboob Studios and Raj Kapoor decided to direct it.

The scene with the song "Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi" is considered the first dream sequence in Indian cinema, with its sea of twirling clouds symbolising the conflicts in the lead character's mind.
 

Reception

It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival.

In 2003, Time magazine included it in a list of "10 Indian Films to Treasure". Time magazine also chose Raj Kapoor's performance in Awaara as one of the top ten greatest performances of all time. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films", writing, "Whenever Raj Kapoor and Nargis came together on screen, sparks flew. Their chemistry was electrifying and it crackles with raw passion in Raj Kapoor's Awaara. Nargis's wild and carefree sensuality pulsates and Raj Kapoor's scruffy hair-rebellious persona only adds fuel to the fire". The TIME magazine included the film among the 20 new entries added to All-Time 100 greatest films in 2012.

Box office

In India, the film grossed a record of over Rs.12 million. This record was later beaten the next year by Aan.

In the Soviet Union, Awaara is estimated to have drawn between 40 and 63 million viewers to cinemas across the nation. It remained the most successful Indian film in the Soviet Union up until films like Bobby, Seeta Aur Geeta and Disco Dancer achieved a similar level of success there.

The film was also a success in China, where the song "Awaara Hoon" and actor Raj Kapoor became widely known across the nation, much like in the Soviet Union. The film's success in both the Soviet Union and China has been attributed to the socialist themes expressed in the film. The film Awaara and the song "Awaara Hoon" are believed to have been Chairman Mao's favourite film and song, respectively. In more recent years, Awaara was referenced in the 2000 Chinese film Platform.

Remake

Due to the film's remarkable success with Turkish audiences, Awaara was remade in Turkey as Avare (1964) starring the Turkish actor Sadri Alışık, along with actress Ajda Pekkan.

Bibliography

• Khwaja Ahmad Abbas; Vasant Sathe; Suhail Akhtar; Vijay Jani; Nasreen Munni Kabir (2010). The Dialogue of Awaara: Raj Kapoor's Immortal Classic. Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-81-89738-54-9.

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