Raabta (2017)

Raabta (English: Connection) is an Indian romantic thriller film directed and produced by Dinesh Vijan co-produced by Homi Adajania and Bhushan Kumar. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon and Jim Sarbh in the lead roles. It was released worldwide on 9 June 2017.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
  • 3.1 Casting
  • 3.2 Controversy
• 4 Critical reception
• 5 Soundtrack
• 6 External links

Plot

The film opens with Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) moving from India to Budapest for a job as a banker, along with his friend Radha (Varun Sharma). Shiv is shown to have been a fun-loving womanizer back home and continues this behavior in Budapest. Saira (Kriti Sanon) is haunted by mysterious nightmares of drowning to death. She lives by herself in Budapest and works as a chocolatier. Shiv happens upon Saira's shop while on a date with a woman, but finds himself deeply attracted to Saira. Though she initially rejects his advances, she eventually succumbs and sleeps with Shiv, revealing the next day that she actually has a boyfriend and what happened with Shiv was a mistake. Unwilling to let go of their connection, Shiv interrupts their date and shows Saira that she would rather be with him than with her boyfriend. Saira's boyfriend angrily breaks up with her, and Shiv and Saira start spending time together, growing close. One night, they go to a club with Radha, where they happen upon an eccentric psychic who knows about Saira's nightmares and tells her that the events of her previous life will repeat themselves, and only she can fix them. Saira tearfully reveals to Shiv that she has a fear of water because her parents drowned after a car accident when she was two years old.


While trying to test their love a final time, Shiv and Saira make a pact. Shiv flirts with multiple women, but Saira finds herself strongly drawn to a young businessman Zakir "Zak" Merchant (Jim Sarbh). Shiv reveals he has to leave for a business trip for a week and he and Saira decide to see how they feel after a week's separation. If they still feel strongly about each other, they will start considering marriage. During Shiv's absence, Saira gets to know Zakir better and confides in him about her nightmares. During one of their dinners, Zakir drugs Saira and kidnaps her.


Saira wakes up and finds herself trapped in Zakir's isolated mansion on an island off the coast of Croatia. She demands that he let her go, but he refuses, saying that he spent his whole life looking for her. He explains that they were madly in love in a previous life, but were separated. He refuses to let this happen again. When she does not believe him, he shows her a collection of uncannily accurate paintings he made of her at various ages and says she will find the explanation for her nightmares. Thinking he is crazy, she attempts to escape but ends up falling into the ocean, which triggers her memories of her previous life.


Hundreds of years ago, Saira was the warrior princess Saiba. She was in love with Kaabir (Jim Sarbh), a fellow warrior from her tribe. Their kingdom was threatened by the Muraakis, led by a wise old ruler (Rajkummar Rao). Kaabir is severely wounded by the fierce Muraaki warrior Jilaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), who gives Kaabir an ultimatum to surrender. Saiba challenges Jilaan, and they find themselves attracted to each other. Saiba accepts defeat, surrendering the kingdom to the Muraakis and herself to Jilaan. Kaabir attempts to take Saiba back, but she reveals that she and Jilaan have fallen in love. On their wedding night, a comet falls and the Muraaki ruler realizes that this will be a fateful night. Kaabir ambushes Jilaan and Saiba, and murders Jilaan by wounding him and having him thrown in the ocean. Saiba jumps into the ocean to save him, but to no avail. When she herself dies in the water, Kaabir slits his own throat, killing himself. The Muraaki ruler forebodes that these events will repeat.


However, this time, when Shiv shows up to get Saira back, Saira, convinced that Shiv loves her, decides to fight back against Zakir. When their previous lives' events repeat - Zakir throwing Shiv into the ocean - Shiv drags Zakir down with him and Zakir dies. Saira jumps into the water and is able to save Shiv this time.


The film ends with Shiv humorously telling their children to not believe Saira if she tells them any far-fetched stories about reincarnation, implying that he is still oblivious to the fact that they had a past life.

Cast

• Sushant Singh Rajput as Shiv Kakkar/ Jilaan
• Kriti Sanon as Saira Singh / Saiba
• Jim Sarbh as Zakir (Zak) Merchant / Kaabir
• Varun Sharma as Radha
• Nidhi Subbaiah (uncredited)
• Satendra Bagasi as Dhruv
• Navdeep Tomar as Gujjar
• Rahul Kohli as Kabir
• Karan Singh Chhabra as Happy
• Irrfan as the narrator
• Suneel Sinha as King
• Rajkummar Rao in a special appearance as the 324-year old Muraaki ruler
• Deepika Padukone in a special appearance in Raabta Title Song

Production

The film production began in 2015 and it was set to release in 2016. But the film was delayed for a year due to casting issues. In March 2016, a new release date of 9 June 2017 was announced. The film has been majorly shot in Budapest, Hungary and India. Title song Raabta was shot at Tata Castle in Tata, Hungary. The song Sadda Move was shot at Partition Muesum, Amritsar. Budget of the film Raabta is ₹33 Crores (₹330 Million). The total number of screen count in India is 1820 and 330 in overseas.

Casting

Alia Bhatt was initially considered to play the lead role opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, but turned down the role over scheduling conflicts. In December 2015, Asin was approached to play the lead role opposite Rajput but she turned down the offer because of her decision to not act post marriage, Kriti Sanon was signed on to play the leading female role in the film in February 2016.

Controversy

Raabta makers received a legal notice over plagiarism from Magadheera producer Allu Arvind, they offered to show him the film. They also offered to deposit an escrow amount with the court, but Arvind reportedly rejected both. A source says it was likely Arvind wanted Magadheera to be remade in Hindi, and was concerned no one would be interested after Raabta. On 8 June 2017, the courts ruled in favor of Raabta makers.

Critical reception

Bollywood Hungama rated it 3.5/5. The Times of India rated it 3.5/5, writing "If sparks flew more organically, it would have been easier to make a connection with this epic tale of love." Koimoi rated it 2/5, writing "Raabta is a confused film that never establishes a firm balance between its crossover love stories." Raabta Movie Review:Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, writing "Some questions arise after Raabta has been seen, chief amongst which is one that comes up every time Bollywood tries, and fails, to do a cracking romance. Why is Bollywood incapable of pulling off a full-length film with a pair of lovers connecting, pulling apart, coming together?" India Today rated it 1/5, calling it "A comet-crossed romance which never hits the target."

Soundtrack

The film's musc was composed by Pritam and JAM8 with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil and Kumaar. The first song of the film "Ik Vaari Aa" sung by Arijit Singh was released on 21 April 2017. The second track of the film "Raabta" (Title Track) is a remake from 2012 film Agent Vinod's "Raabta (Kehte Hain Khuda)" by Irshad Kamil, and by original makers Amitabh Bhattacharya and Pritam is sung Arijit Singh and Nikhita Gandhi and was released on 2 May 2017. The third song "Sadda Move" sung by Diljit Dosanjh and Pardeep Singh Sran and rapped by Raftaar was released on 9 May 2017. The fourth song titled "Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan" sung by Arijit Singh, Shadab Faridi and Altamash Faridi was released on 18 May 2017. The fifth track of the film "Main Tera Boyfriend" from J Star's 2015 single "Na Na Na Na", originally written by Kumaar and composed Sohrabuddin and Sourav Roy has been recreated for this film and was released on 22 May 2017. The sixth and the last song titled as "Darasal" voiced by Atif Aslam was released on 1 June 2017. The full soundtrack album of the film consists of 7 songs and was released on 3rd June 2017.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ik Vaari Aa"	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Pritam	Arijit Singh	4:34
2.	"Raabta" (Title Track)	Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil	Pritam	Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi	4:57
3.	"Sadda Move"	Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil	Pritam	Diljit Dosanjh, Pardeep Singh Sran, Raftaar	3:31
4.	"Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan"	Amitabh Bhattacharya	JAM8	Arijit Singh, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi	3:58
5.	"Main Tera Boyfriend"	Kumaar	Sohrabuddin, Sourav Roy	Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Meet Bros	4:36
6.	"Darasal"	Irshad Kamil	JAM8	Atif Aslam	4:34
7.	"Ik Vaari Aa" (Jubin Version)	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Pritam	Jubin Nautiyal	4:34

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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (English: This Heart is Complicated) is a 2016 Indian romantic drama film written and directed by Karan Johar. It features Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. It was released on 28 October 2016 on the Diwali weekend.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
  • 3.1 Development
  • 3.2 Filming
• 4 Release
  • 4.1 Screening issue
• 5 Box office
• 6 Critical reception
• 7 Soundtrack
  • 7.1 Track listing
• 8 Accolades
• 9 External links

 

Plot

In London, a chance meeting between Ayan Sanger and Alizeh Khan ends up with them kissing instinctively. Later, when they break up with their lovers, Lisa D'Souza and Dr. Faisal Khan, the two begin to spend time together at discos, restaurants, and tourist places. While Ayan falls in love with Alizeh, she considers him to be only a friend. One day, Alizeh stumbles upon DJ Ali, her ex-boyfriend, who wants to reconcile. Confused, Alizeh stops hanging out with Ayan and they cease communication. A few days later, Alizeh calls and invites Ayan to her wedding with Ali in Lucknow. Ayan is petrified on hearing this but agrees to the invitation. At the wedding, he tells Alizeh he loves her but she rejects his feelings causing Ayan to leave the ceremony heartbroken.


At the airport to board a flight to Frankfurt, Ayan meets Saba, a poet, who is leaving for Vienna. She consoles Ayan and gives him a note with her poetry and number on it. Ayan calls after three months stating that he is in Vienna and wants to meet her. Saba meets him at a disco and they end up sleeping together. Ayan learns that Saba is divorced and has no place for love in her heart. Ayan also meets Saba's ex-husband, Tahir Taliyar Khan in a gallery, who tells him that love is not a weakness but empowering. Ayan who had blocked Alizeh from everywhere, finally calls and reconnects with her. Ayan begins to send pictures of Saba to Alizeh to induce jealousy. One day Alizeh informs Ayan that she's coming to Vienna and wants to meet him. Ayan invites her for dinner, but Alizeh thinks Ayan has found love in Saba and is happy for him. Meanwhile, Saba begins to develop feelings for Ayan, but he loves Alizeh. Seeing his love for Alizeh, Saba leaves Ayan.


Ayan continues to harbour love for Alizeh and becomes a famous singer. He meets Ali one day and realises that they have parted ways. Ayan goes to Alizeh's favourite point and waits there until she arrives.


Alizeh tells Ayan that she is diagnosed with cancer stage IV and will not live much longer. Ayan and Alizeh try to make the best of their time together. Ayan tries to make Alizeh love him, but Alizeh is stubborn. This leads to a fight between the two, and Alizeh decides to leave Ayan. Eventually, Ayan makes peace with the fact that he and Alizeh can at best be friends and nothing more. The screen blacks out and goes back to the beginning where Ayan, still a popular singer, is giving an interview based on the love of his life. Ayan sings the song "Channa Mereya" which is inspired by Alizeh, then finishes the interview.

Cast

• Ranbir Kapoor as Ayan Sanger
• Anushka Sharma as Alizeh Khan
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Saba Taliyar Khan
• Lisa Haydon as Lisa D'Souza
• Imran Abbas as Dr. Faisal Khan
• Fawad Khan as DJ Ali
• Shah Rukh Khan as Tahir Taliyar Khan (Cameo Appearance)
• Alia Bhatt as DJ (Cameo Appearance)
• Neha Dhupia as Voiceover Reporter (Cameo Appearance)

Production

Development

The film was first announced in November 2014. Writer-director Karan Johar said that for the past year and a half, he had been developing a story that he needed to work on for several months.


However, while he was in New York, the idea for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil came to him and he wrote the screenplay in 30 days. When he came back to India, he spoke to the three lead actors and they all signed on immediately. Johar stated that he was motivated to cast Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in the film after getting to know them by acting with them in Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet (2015). He added that he was excited to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after several unsuccessful attempts to cast her in his previous films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).


Actor Fawad Khan was cast to play a role of a DJ, describing his role as "not exactly a cameo but it becomes a backbone for a certain conflict of a character in the movie." Lisa Haydon has also confirmed that she will appear in the film. In September 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival, Johar confirmed that Shah Rukh Khan had also filmed a scene for the movie. In October 2016, he confirmed that Alia Bhatt would also make a cameo appearance in the film.


On 6 February at the India Conference at Harvard, Johar revealed that in the film Ranbir Kapoor plays the character of a Hindu boy named Ayan and Anushka Sharma plays a Muslim girl named Alizeh.

Filming

Principal photography began in September 2015 with Kapoor and Sharma in London. At the end of September, the team filmed some portions in Paris. In October, they began shooting in various locations in Austria, including the city of Vienna. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan joined the crew in Vienna in mid-October after the release of her film Jazbaa. In March 2016, Kapoor, Sharma, and Khan were seen filming in Mandawa, Rajasthan. In July 2016, Johar tweeted a photo of Kapoor and Sharma on set in Mumbai for the last schedule.

Release

Screening issue

On 8 October 2016, Indian political party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), proclaimed that they would not allow the release of the film, following nationwide protests surrounding the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 18 September 2016 and the decision by Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India preventing the release of films with Pakistani actors in four states – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Goa. Citing the casting of Pakistani actor, Fawad Khan, in the film, the MNS warned theater owners around the country to not screen the film, threatening them with vandalism. Announcing that security will be tightened at theaters along with sufficient police protection, Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, commented on the issue, saying, "Anyone found taking the law into their hands will be dealt with firmly." He also informed that 12 MNS members were sent to judicial custody after they barged into a Mumbai theater and held a protest on 19 October 2016.


Commenting on the ruckus behind his film's release, director Karan Johar said that the circumstances in which the film was filmed in 2015 were completely different. "Going forward, I would like to say that of course, I will not engage with talent from the neighbouring country, given the circumstance. But with that same energy, I beseech you to know one thing – that over 300 people in my Indian crew have put their blood, sweat, and tears into making my film, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. I don't think it's fair for them to face any kind of turbulence on account of other fellow Indians," he further added in a video statement. He was heavily criticized by news and social media for buckling under pressure. However, people from the film fraternity like Mukesh Bhatt and Shyam Benegal supported Johar and his film, and requested the people to consider the film and its release without giving importance to the actors' nationalities.


On 20 October 2016, filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt said that his discussion with Union home minister, Rajnath Singh, had been consequential, and affirmed that the film will be screened throughout the country without any violence. However, he promised that he would not make any more films with Pakistani actors.

Box office

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was made on a total budget of over ₹100 crore ($15 million), including marketing and distribution costs. Prior to its release, the film had already recouped ₹75 crore ($11.2 million) from music, satellite and digital rights, so it needs to recover only ₹25 crore ($3.7 million) from the domestic box office. Worldwide, the film earned ₹90.84 crore ($13.6 million) on its opening weekend, while ComScore reported an estimated $12.8 million from 14 markets. As of November, it has made $21.3 million worldwide.


In India, its domestic market, the film had to compete with Shivaay which was released on the same day during the lucrative Diwali weekend. On its opening day the film made ₹13.30 crore, the third biggest for both Kapoor and Sharma, and the sixth biggest for a Bollywood film of the year. Through its opening weekend, It scored a debut of ₹35.60 crore ($5.3 million) net in its three days on 3,200 screens, equating to a gross ₹49.84 crore ($7.65 million), the ninth-biggest debut of the year and the best ever debut for Johar, beating My Name is Khan ₹31.50 crore ($4.7 million). On Monday, it saw a hike in ticket sales, earning ₹17.75 crore ($2.65 million) due to holiday. In its first full week, the film earned ₹80.19 crore ($12 million) in India alone and $20.2 million worldwide. The film continued to dominate the box office in its second weekend, earning $3.2 million from 2,000 screens (−1,200 screens). In just 10 days, the film earned ₹97.17 crore ($14.6 million) net and has become the sixth highest-grossing Bollywood film in the country. Morever, the film now ranks as the highest-earner for Aishwarya, beating Dhoom 2's ₹82.30 crore ($12.3 million) in 2006; the fourth biggest for Anushka as well as for Ranbir.


In the United Kingdom, it recorded the biggest Bollywood opening of the year with ₹4.88 crore ($772,891), debuting at eighth place at the U.K. box office. However, this is inclusive of previews. Including previews, Sultan would be the clear winner with a $1.3 million debut in July. But excluding previews, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is ahead of the former. In the United States and Canada, the film received a limited release across 302 theaters and grossed ₹14 crore ($2.13 million) in its opening weekend finishing in tenth place.


By the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed ₹160.69 crore in India and total ₹237.56 crore worldwide.

Critical reception

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil received mixed reviews. With critics praising the lead casts performances, soundtrack, and direction. But criticized the story and the runtime Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 60% score based on five critic reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".


Bollywood Hungama gave 4/5 ratings and commented, "a contemporary and a progressive take on relationships from the master story teller Karan Johar".


Raja Sen and Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com respectively rated 4/5 and 3.5/5 and said, "Thank you, Karan Johar for this film feels like a sob. Johar has improved massively as a storyteller, this film is more polished and assured than anything he's done before." and, "As evident by his body of work, Karan Johar has a sweet spot for this attribute, in the splendidly romantic and richly satisfying ADHM."


Nihit Bhave of The Times of India rated 3.5/5 and said, "a beautiful-looking film that isn't bereft of logic".


Subhash K. Jha of Deccan Chronicle rated 2.5/5 and said, "ADHM is one good looking film with actors who epitomise human beauty." Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times rated 2.5/5, saying "ADHM offers little in terms of story and fails to get the audience empathise or feel for the characters and events in the movie."

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated 2/5 and said, "Johar is unable to go the extra mile, hope that Johar will come up with something newer and sharper the next time around." Mike McCahill of The Guardian rated 2/5 and said, "Despite controversy over the casting, Karan Johar's romance, has a failure of nerve about Hindu-Muslim relations."


The Hindu commented, "ADHM is the latest in the brand of cinema that isn't so much as plot driven as it is focused on characters, relationships and interactions."


Reuters commented, "ADHM has neither gravitas nor the charm to be worth remembering."

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released on 26 October 2016 by Sony Music India. The film had five initial promotional singles released from the soundtrack. Audio Jukebox was released at YouTube on 2 November 2016.


Pritam received the Best Music Director distinction at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, while Arijit Singh won the "Best Playback Singer Award" for the title song of the film. Amitabh Bhattacharya won Best Lyricist" Award for "Channa Mereya".

Track listing

The reprised versions of songs "Bulleya" & "Channa Mereya" and "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo" were released separately in the deluxe edition of the album, but not added in soundtrack album. However, latter of these, which is written by Fayyaz Hashmi and was originally composed by Sohail Rana, was recreated and featured in the film too.


All lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya; all music composed by Pritam.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"	Arijit Singh	4:29
2.	"Bulleya"	Amit Mishra, Shilpa Rao	5:49
3.	"Channa Mereya"	Arijit Singh	4:49
4.	"The Breakup Song"	Arijit Singh, Jonita Gandhi, Badshah, Nakash Aziz	4:12
5.	"Cutipie"	Pradeep Singh Sran, Nakash Aziz	3:51
6.	"Alizeh"	Arijit Singh, Ash King, Shashwat Singh	4:42

Deluxe edition

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
7.	"Bulleya" (Reprise)	Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao	5:48
8.	"Channa Mereya" (Unplugged)	Arijit Singh	2:51
9.	"Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo"	Shilpa Rao	2:45

Accolades

Award	Date of Ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Playback Singer (Male)	Arijit Singh for "Channa Mereya"	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Playback Singer (Male)	Arijit Singh for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Playback Singer (Female)	Jonita Gandhi for "The Breakup Song"	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Music Director	Pritam	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Music Album	Sony Music India	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Lyricist	Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Channa Mereya"	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Lyricist	Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Film	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Director	Karan Johar	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Costume Design	Manish Malhotra, Anaita Shroff Adajania and Samidha Wangnoo	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Actress	Anushka Sharma (also for Sultan)	Won
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	Nominated
Stardust Awards	20 December 2016	Best Actor	Ranbir Kapoor	Nominated
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Supporting Actress	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	Nominated
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Music Director	Pritam	Won
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Male Playback	Amit Mishra for "Bulleya"	Won
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Lyricist	Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"	Won
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Actress	Anushka Sharma	Nominated
Screen Awards	4 December 2016	Best Actor	Ranbir Kapoor	Nominated
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	RD Burman Award for New Music Talent	Amit Mishra for "Bulleya"	Won
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Playback Singer - Male	Arijit Singh for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"	Won
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Playback Singer - Male	Amit Mishra for "Bulleya"	Nominated
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Playback Singer - Female	Jonita Gandhi for "The Breakup Song"	Nominated
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Music Director	Pritam	Won
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Lyricist	Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Channa Mereya"	Won
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Director	Karan Johar	Nominated
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Actress	Anushka Sharma	Nominated
Filmfare Awards	14 January 2017	Best Actor	Ranbir Kapoor	Nominated

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Baaghi (2016)

Baaghi (English: Rebel) is a 2016 Indian martial arts film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. It features Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, with Sudheer Babu in a supporting role. Journalists noted similarities between the film and the 2011 Indonesian film The Raid: Redemption and the 2004 Telugu-language Indian film Varsham.

The film was released worldwide on 29 April 2016. Made on a budget of ₹350 million (US$5.2 million), Baaghi has earned over ₹1.20 billion (US$18 million) worldwide. The film has grossed 100 crores from India.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
• 4 Music
• 5 External links

Plot

The movie starts with martial arts champion Raghav (Sudheer Babu) kidnapping Sia (Shraddha Kapoor) from her film's set and taking her to Bangkok. Sia's father P.P. Khurana (Sunil Grover) goes to government offices for help but no one is ready to assist them since Raghav is an influential man. Khurana then turns to the man that shares a past with Sia: Ronny (Tiger Shroff).

In a flashback, Ronny and Sia meet on a train. Raghav sees Sia at the train station and tells his men to get information about her. Ronny visits the school of Guruswamy in Kerala. In a letter to Guruswamy, Ronny's father explains that Ronny is a Baaghi (rebel), and asks him to make Ronny a good human being. Ronny and Sia fall in love, and Sia gives him a ring she got from her father, asking him to always keep it. Raghav asks for Sia's hand from Khurana, but Khurana is overcome by greed when he sees how much money Raghav offers for Sia. He agrees to hand Sia over to Raghav but when he sees that Ronny has Sia's ring, he realizes she is in love with Ronny. He informs Raghav, who decides to kill Ronny.

Ronny beats up Raghav's men when they manhandle Subbu, a mute little boy Ronny is close to, only for Raghav to get him arrested later on. Guruswamy tries to persuade Raghav, his son, to stop pursuing Sia, but Raghav poisons and kills him to get him out of the way. Ronny is heartbroken to hear of Guruswamy's death, since he had seen him as a father figure. Khurana then creates a misunderstanding between Sia and Ronny to separate them, which works, and the two part ways.
In the present, Ronny reaches Bangkok and visits Raghav's fight club, beating the strongest fighter there to get Raghav's attention. The next day, Ronny breaks into the house of Raghav's right-hand man, Viju, and threatens Viju's wife at gunpoint, forcing him to reveal Sia's location. Ronny finds Sia and escapes with her. The two stop at an island on their way back to India, where Sia discovers her father's deceit when she sees that Ronny is still wearing her ring. The couple reconciles but Raghav and his men attack them. Viju shoots Ronny, who falls off a cliff.

Raghav takes Sia back to his place. It is then revealed that Ronny is alive. It turns out that Viju had used blank bullets in his gun, sparing him as Ronny had spared his wife's life earlier. Raghav kills Viju when Viju says that he believes Ronny to be right.

Ronny storms Raghav's building and single-handedly fights off all of the killers and swordsmen in Raghav's employ. He reaches Raghav, who initially overpowers him, but when Raghav reveals that he was the one who murdered Guruswamy, Ronny becomes enraged and uses Guruswamy's signature moves to kill Raghav. At the end, Ronny becomes the new teacher in Guruswamy's school, where a statue of Guruswamy now stands.

Cast

• Tiger Shroff as Ronny
• Shraddha Kapoor as Sia Khurana
• Sudheer Babu as Raghav Shetty
• Sunil Grover as P. P. Khurrana (Sia's father)
• Shaurya Bharadwaj as Guruswamy (Raghav's father)
• Sanjay Mishra as Harry
• Aryan Prajapati as Subbu
• Sourav Chakraborty as Viju

Production

Shroff trained and took up stunt classes for the film. Sajid Nadiadwala hired a special team of 50 people to keep Shroff's look under wraps. The makers did not want his look to be revealed because of his role in the film being distinct from his role in Heropanti. Telugu actor Sudheer Babu was signed to play a negative role, making his Bollywood debut. Shooting for Baaghi started on 27 May 2015. The shooting of the film completed on 21 February 2016.

Music

 The music of the film is composed by Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Ankit Tiwari & Manj Musik while the background score is given by Julius Packiam. Lyrics of the movie are penned by Kumaar, Abhendra Kumar, Sanjeev Chaturvedi & Raftaar. The first song of the movie Sab Tera was released on 18 March 2016 which is sung by Shraddha Kapoor & Armaan Malik. The full music album was released on 29 March 2016.

TrackList

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sab Tera"	Sanjeev Chaturvedi	Amaal Mallik	Armaan Malik, Shraddha Kapoor	3:48
2.	"Let's Talk About Love"	Raftaar, Sabbir Khan	Manj Musik	Raftaar, Neha Kakkar	3:21
3.	"Cham Cham"	Kumaar	Meet Bros	Meet Bros, Monali Thakur	4:44
4.	"Agar Tu Hota"	Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay	Ankit Tiwari	Ankit Tiwari	5:28
5.	"Girl I Need You"	Kumaar	Meet Bros	Meet Bros, Arijit Singh, Roach Killa, Khushboo Grewal	4:57

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Ek Villain (2014)

Ek Villain (English: One Villain) is a 2014 Indian romantic thriller directed by Mohit Suri. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, and tells the story of a hardened criminal whose terminally ill wife is murdered by a serial killer. The film was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. The film is an unofficial remake of the 2010 South Korean action thriller film I Saw The Devil. Upon its release on 27 June 2014, the film received mixed to positive reviews from the critics, and was a commercial success.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
  • 3.1 Development
  • 3.2 Marketing and promotions
• 4 Soundtrack
  • 4.1 Reception
• 5 Release
  • 5.1 Critical reception
  • 5.2 Box office
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Plot

The movie starts with Aisha (Shraddha Kapoor) calling her husband and leaving a message for him. A mysterious man in a hood breaks into her house, murders her with a screwdriver, and throws her out of the window. At her funeral, CBI officer Aditya Rathore (Shaad Randhawa) points out to the police that it is vital to track down the murderer or else Guru Pratap Singh (Sidharth Malhotra), Aisha's husband, would go on a killing spree. He misguides Guru by blaming Guru's former boss, gangster Caeser (Remo Fernandes), for killing Aisha. In a flashback, he reveals that Guru used to work as a hitman for Caeser. Two years back, Guru had mercilessly killed a young man in a fit of anger, in front of his mother and younger brother. She told Guru that one day God would make him pay for his crimes.
Guru meets Aisha, a free spirited girl in love with life, who requests him to help her with reuniting two aged lovers. They soon become friends and Aisha reveals to him that she has a terminal illness, and tells him about her bucket list. Guru helps her fulfill most of those wishes but her health deteriorates. Falling in love with her, Guru marries Aisha. He tries every means to save her. She receives treatment in Mumbai and miraculously recovers. Few days later she discovers she is pregnant but the doctor tells her that she might die while delivering the baby. She conceals this fact from Guru. In a parallel story, Rakesh Mahadkar (Riteish Deshmukh) is an unsuccessful and henpecked man who is constantly nagged and ridiculed by his wife Sulochana (Aamna Sharif) for being useless and poor. He vents out his frustration by murdering women who speak rudely to him, and Aisha turns out to be one of them.

In present day, Guru aims to track down Aisha's killer. After finding out that it was not Caeser behind the murder, he finally tracks down Rakesh, while he is assaulting another victim. Guru beats Rakesh brutally but later admits him to a hospital and pays for the expenses, intending to return. While at the hospital, Guru finds out that Aisha was pregnant which makes him angrier. While assaulting a nurse who had earlier spoken rudely to him, Rakesh is again intercepted by Guru who almost kills him, but revives him again after delivering an adrenaline shot and sets him free. Meanwhile, the police finds out the truth about Rakesh and takes his wife for questioning. Rakesh goes to his friend Brijesh Yadav (Kamaal R Khan), who suggests that Guru must be the husband of one of his victims and is thus taking revenge. He realizes that Guru is Aisha's husband as she had begged him not to kill her by saying that she is pregnant.

Rakesh, who now knows Guru's identity, taunts him over the phone before killing Aisha's father, and then surrenders to Aditya. Rakesh expects Guru to kill him so that he would become a "hero" in the eyes of his wife and everyone else, while Guru would become a "villain". However, Caesar calls Guru at that moment and says that he has killed Rakesh's wife and asks Guru to finish off his son. Enraged, Rakesh injures Guru and is about to kill him when he is run over by a car and dies on the spot. Guru later adopts Rakesh's son instead of killing him, and completes the remaining wishes on Aisha's bucket list.

Cast

• Sidharth Malhotra as Guru / Dipu Pratap Singh
• Shraddha Kapoor as Aisha Verma
• Riteish Deshmukh as Rakesh Mahadkar / Manish
• Aamna Sharif as Sulochana Mahadkar, Rakesh's wife
• Shaad Randhawa as ACP Aditya Rathore
• Remo Fernandes as Caesar
• Nihar Gite as Manish Mahadkar
• Asif Basra as Aisha's father
• Jack Wayne as Simon
• Rishina Khandare as Nurse
• Maharangiz Acharya as female boss
• Praveena Deshpande as Dipu's mother
• Anagha Joshi as Brijesh's wife
• Vidyadhar Karmarkar as Chhotu
• Aradhana Uppal as Lady doctor
• Vikas Shrivastav as Wagle
• Geet Vaghela as Sachin Anand
• Sandeep as Ajit Borkar
• Harsh Mehta as Rohan
• Kamal Karamchandani as doctor
• Rini Das as escort
• Vinita Amar as judge
• Yash Acharya as child Guru
• Manoj Sharma as Guru's father
• Shobha Gori as Guru's mother
• Prachi Desai in a special appearance in song "Awari"
• Kamaal R. Khan as Brijesh Yadav (Manish's new Friend and colleague)

Production

Development

Ekta Kapoor signed Mohit Suri to direct a romantic thriller. Ek Villain was earlier reported to be a remake of the Korean film I Saw the Devil, though Suri, the director, refuted the claim. Suri stated that every character in the film would have grey shades.

Marketing and promotions

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) cleared the film after a total of eight cuts designed to tone down the action sequences and mute a particular word. Tanuj Garg, representative of Balaji Motion Pictures stated the cuts were less than a minute of screen time.

The movie's official teaser which was released on 4 April 2014 with the film Main Tera Hero, got 1 million views on YouTube within three days of release. The official trailer of 2 minutes 18 secs was launched later and was well received by critics, as well as garnered praise from around the industry including Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif among others.

Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, Mohit Suri and the film’s music directors attended a musical event in Mumbai to promote the soundtrack of the film. Further, Malhotra and Kapoor promoted the movie at the IPL semi finals as well as on reality shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Promotion campaigns were also organized across the country in cities like Jaipur, Kolkata and Delhi. As a part of the promtional strategy, a television show based on Bollywood villains was hosted by Malhotra.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari and the band Soch. The lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir, Mithoon and members of Soch . The album consists of six songs with Tiwari composing "Galliyan", Mithoon composing "Zaroorat", "Humdard" and "Banjaara" while the remaining track "Awari" is composed by Soch.

The film score was composed by Raju Singh.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Galliyan"	Manoj Muntashir	Ankit Tiwari	Ankit Tiwari	5:40
2.	"Banjaara"	Mithoon	Mithoon	Mohd. Irfan	5:36
3.	"Zaroorat"	Mithoon	Mithoon	Mustafa Zahid	6:08
4.	"Awari"	Rabbi Ahmed, Adnan Dhool	Rabbi Ahmed, Adnan Dhool	Adnan Dhool, Momina Mustehsan	5:20
5.	"Hamdard"	Mithoon	Mithoon	Arijit Singh	4:20
6.	"Galliyan (Unplugged)"	Manoj Muntashir	Ankit Tiwari	Shraddha Kapoor, Ankit Tiwari	4:14
7.	"Ek Villain (Mashup)"			DJ Kiran Kamath	4:28

Reception

Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave the album 4/5 stars and wrote, "Mohit Suri’s taste for melody cannot be doubted as the filmmaker uses an album that is fine blend of ballads and rock, infusing the right octave of harmony is every single song. In a long time there hasn’t come an album which has such perfectly pitched songs, each of them a winner. Music Directors get all the credit for creating a wholesome album like this." Rediff also awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars and noted, "The music of Ek Villain meets the high expectations that one had from it. Mohit Suri maintains his record of coming up with memorable music for each of his films." Filmfare wrote, "All-in-all, The OST of Ek Villain is another winner for Mohit Suri who has a knack for bringing out the best in his music directors. Go for it if you like soulful romantic tracks with loads of fusion thrown in."

Release

Ek Villain was released theatrically on 27 June 2014, in 2539 screens in the domestic market.

Critical reception

Ek Villain received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise towards performances of Malhotra and Deshmukh.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama awarded the movie 4/5 stars and wrote that, "On the whole, Ek Villain is a stylish, spellbinding and terrifying edge-of-the-seat thriller. It's a step forward in this genre, without doubt. A sure-shot winner!" Raedita Tandon from Filmfare gave the film 4/5 stars and stated that, "Though indulgent in parts, Ek Villain packs in a punch. Copy of a Korean film or not, it’s ‘good’ paisa vasool entertainment. ." Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave the film 3 stars in a scale of 5, stating that "You cannot fault the scale of Ek Villain or berate its lead star cast. But you wish you could celebrate this thriller like you did Suri's last movie outing  Aashiqui 2. This one lacks soul." 
 
Aparna Mudi of Zee News gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars, concluding her review that "The unveiling of the visceral saga has a lot of strong characters and Mohit has done a good job in adapting a foreign film and complimenting it with the drama that the Indian audience is used to. But he has gone a tad over in making a thriller. Maybe, filmmakers should step out of this trap more often and we wouldn`t be too far from making beacons of world cinema." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN stated that "I'm going with two-and-a-half out of five for 'Ek Villain'. If you're still wondering, the real villain here is the lousy script".

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2 stars, commenting that "Suri is an innate story-teller, and can keep things moving. All he needs is a strong, all-the-way credible, original plot." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 2/5 and wrote that "As a whole, this film, besides its surface flair, does not have too much to fall back upon. Watch it only if that is good enough for you." Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, stating that "Given free tickets, sure, you could escape Humshakals in theatres this weekend with this mediocre effort, but I say do yourself a favour and seek out the Korean DVD. (Uncover it, even.) Now that’s bloody special."

Box office

Ek Villain had what Box Office India called "very good" opening, with occupancies at around 55–60%. The film earned around ₹167.2 million (US$2.5 million) in its first day and around ₹507 million (US$7.5 million) in its first weekend, collecting around ₹165.4 million (US$2.5 million) and ₹174.4 million (US$2.6 million) in its second and third days respectively. The film collected around ₹81 million (US$1.2 million) in its fourth day and around ₹68 million (US$1.0 million) in its fifth day. The film collected ₹1.013 billion (US$15 million) in two weeks and around ₹1.056 billion (US$16 million) in three weeks. Box Office India reported that it will earn around ₹1.08 billion (US$16 million) in India alone. The film earned a distributor share of around ₹51 crore (US$7.6 million)(Share).

Ek Villain collected ₹132.4 million (US$2.0 million) outside India in its first weekend.

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