Friday 17 August 2012

Rowdy Rathore





Directed by Prabhu Deva
Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Ronnie Screwvala
Screenplay by Shiraz Ahmed
Based on Vikramarkudu by
S. S. Rajamouli[1]
Starring Akshay Kumar
Sonakshi Sinha
Music by Sajid-Wajid
Cinematography Santosh Thundiyil
Editing by Santosh Pawar
Studio SLB Films
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
Release date(s)
  • 1 June 2012
Running time 140 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget INR40 crore (US$7.24 million)[2]
Box office INR131.55 crore (US$23.81 million)
(domestic net gross)[3]
Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. The film features Akshay Kumar in double roles opposite Sonakshi Sinha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu which was later remade in Tamil as Siruthai[4] and which had been dubbed into Malayalam as Vikramathithya, Bhojpuri as Vikram Singh Rathod IPS, Kannada as Veera Madakari, and Hindi as Pratighat. It marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after 7 years.[5] The film released on 1 June 2012, and received mixed response from critics, whilst opening to extremely strong box office collections and declared a "Blockbuster" by Box Office India.[6]Rowdy Rathore has since emerged as one of the highest grossing films of all time in Bollywood.

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Plot

Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time thief in Mumbai who falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) from Patna, who is in Mumbai to attend a marriage. Shiva makes his way into Paro’s heart and she also starts loving him. Shiva tells her the truth about him being a thief and resolves to give up crime forever. But before that, he decides to swindle one last person for a large sum of money along with his con-friend 2G (Paresh Ganatra). He tricks a woman on a railway station and flees with a trunk. This leads Shiva to Chinki, a young girl who was in the trunk instead of the wealth he thought was in the trunk, who thinks that Shiva is her father. Flummoxed by what is happening, but forced to keep Chinki with her as a police officer (Yashpal Sharma) keeps his eye on him.
Although he tries keeping Chinki away from Paro’s eyes, the latter finds out about Chinki. Angry and hurt, Paro leaves for Patna leaving Shiva heartbroken. Soon, unknown goons attack him, taking him to be a latter named ASP Vikram Rathore (also Akshay Kumar), Chinki’s real father. Rathore looks exactly like Shiva which had caused all the confusion. While many unknown persons help Shiva run to safety with Chinki in his arms, he is soon surrounded by the goons. It is then that Rathore makes an appearance and saves the day killing every goon by himself. But Rathore soon dies suffering from injuries.
The other policemen who had assisted the ASP then inform Shiva of the whole incident. In a village Devgarh, a MLA, Baabji used to trouble and torture people and also annex money from them. He also abused the women of the village and could make them do what he wanted just by an order. The policemen had no power to stop him. At one instance, Baabji forced Sharma's wife to sleep with his son. Sharma had to pretend that he did not know anything for two days after which, his wife would be sent back. His wife had been tortured and raped but was forced to go back empty-handed. Rathore had caught him and locked him up. The son was not punished as he was proved mentally sick and released. At another instance, the son (playing mentally-sick) forced policemen to remove their clothes but was killed when he was hung from a tree by the belt of a humiliated inspector. Rathore was attacked by Baabji's brother on Dusshehra and was assumed to be dead. But he survived with a brain tumour. Effects of this tumour are later visible and these effects are diminished by water falling on his head.
Shiva then adopts Chinki, who does not know that her father is dead. Then Shiva returns to Devgarh posing as ASP Vikram Rathore and heads to settle the scores with Baabji. 2G tells Paro the truth and she forgives Shiva. Shiva, being a goon handles Baabji well with tricks. He sets the MLA's wine factory on fire and makes the villagers rob his food store. A fight ensues in which he defeats all Baabji's men alone. In the end, he fights with Baabji and his brother on a rope bridge. Shiva ties the two to a rope and cuts the rope and both of them fall to their death. Shiva gets married to Paro and they leave for a new life with Chinki and 2G.

Cast

Special appearances

Character map of Rowdy Rathore and its remakes

Vikramarkudu (2006)
(Telugu)		 Veera Madakari (2009)
(Kannada)		 Siruthai (2011)
(Tamil)		 Bikram Singha (2012)
(Bengali)		 Rowdy Rathore (2012)
(Hindi)
Ravi Teja Sudeep Karthi Prosenjit Chatterjee Akshay Kumar
Anushka Shetty Ragini Dwivedi Tamannaah Richa Gangopadhyay Sonakshi Sinha

Production

Casting

Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudeva at the first look launch of the movie.
Akshay Kumar learnt a special technique Combat Karate for his character role in the film.[8] Kumar reported that he had accepted the role in Rowdy Rathore since his son loves to watch him in action roles.[9] This is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first film as a solo producer and first in action genre.[10] Maryam Zakaria was selected to perform an item number.Popular Tamil actor Vijay was selected to appear in "Chinta Ta" song, making his debut in Bollywood,[7] Prabhudeva himself appeared in the song.[11] Kareena Kapoor did a friendly appearance[12]

Filming

The filming started on 10 August 2011. During the shooting, while shooting for a climax scene Akshay hurt his shoulder.[13] The police denied permission for shooting of Rowdy Rathore at the World Heritage Site Hampi, following protests from local activists and artists. The film unit consisting of director Prabhu Deva, actors Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and 50 other dancers left the site on Tuesday, authorities issued directions to the film crew to stop shooting with immediate effect following violations of ASI conservation rules and for tranquillity. Local people and artists opposed shooting of a song sequence, featuring Akshay and Sonakshi, along with many dancers, scheduled to be shot at several heritage sites including the Vijaya Vittala temple, Lotus Mahal, Maha Navami Dibba and several other historic places in 15th century capital of Vijayanagara Empire.[14]

Marketing

The trailer of the film was launched in an open stadium in Worli on 2 April 2012,[15] and received over 2,295,756 views in just under one month on YouTube[16]
UTV has tied up with radio channel Red FM for organizing a contest titled "Rowdy Hunt" to look for social do-gooders and others who work towards social betterment — winners of the contest will accompany star Akshay Kumar to promote the film during his tours. The hunt has taken place in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai and New Delhi, where callers were invited to share their grievances, and tackle the culprit on a public platform in true "Rowdy" style. The RJ/host will then select 5 rowdies in each city based on a "Rowdy Meter" who will then comprise Akshay Kumar's Rowdy Gang in a particular city.[17]
The cast and crew went to Dubai as part of promotional tour.[18] Sonakshi Sinha promoted the film on Big FM. And on the 26th May, she came to promote the film on Dance India Dance Lil' Masters on Zee Tv and the Zee Network are giving out free cinema tickets to people who are correct in the Safari Cinema. [19] Wardrobe company Dollar Industries has tied up with the producers to promote their products along with the film.[20]

Soundtrack

Rowdy Rathore
Soundtrack album by Sajid-Wajid
Released April 27, 2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 29:34
Label UTV
Sajid-Wajid chronology
Housefull 2
(2012)		 Rowdy Rathore
(2012)		 Teri Meri Kahaani
(2012)
The soundtrack is by Sajid-Wajid and was released 25 April. The line "Chinta Ta Ta Ta" and part of its music has been borrowed from the original song of its Telugu version which was confirmed by Wajid himself.[21] Kumar Sanu has sung a song for this film making his comeback after 4 years.[22]
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Dhadang Dhang Dhang"   Faaiz Anwar Sajid, Shreya Ghoshal 4:35
2. "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"   Sameer Anjaan Mika Singh, Wajid 4:21
3. "Aa Re Pritam Pyaare"   Sameer Anjaan Mamta Sharma, Sarosh Sami 4:19
4. "Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli"   Faaiz Anwar Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal 5:04
5. "Tera Ishq Bada Teekha"   Sameer Anjaan Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal 4:25
6. "Chandaniya (Lori Lori)"   Sameer Anjaan Shreya Ghoshal 3:52
7. "Rowdy Mix"   Shiraz Ahmed & Sajid Akshay Kumar, Sarosh Sami 4:13
Total length:
 29:34

Release

The film's satellite rights was sold for INR35 crore (US$6.34 million).[23] The film released worldwide on 1 June 2012..Rowdy Rathore was released in 2,300 screens in India and around 400 screens overseas.[24][25]

Critical reception

The film received mixed to positive response from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 stars, saying, "If you savor typical masaledaar fares, this one should be on your have-to-watch listing for certain. Dhamaal entertainer!"[26] Firstpost gave the film 3 stars out of 5, and said, "Rowdy Rathore has some catchy lines which will become de riguer in everyday, slang-heavy conversations in contemporary India like “Don’t angry me” or “You’re strongly welcome”. Akshay Kumar’s loyal audience will love Rowdy Rathore as they will get to see their favourite star back in action, flying off roofs and kicking butt."[27] DNA India gave the film 3 stars out of 5, and said, "Rowdy is Akshay’s return to action. And how! The actor takes charge of the film from the first scene and holds it tight all through. To put it simply, the film is to Akshay what Wanted was for Salman!"[28] Srijana Mitra Das for The Times of India gave the film 3 stars of 5, and said, "Fans will love Akshay's mooch-twirling masala-act but be ready for hardcore action too — some pretty gruesome."[29] Mrigank Dhaniwala for Koimoi.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, and gave the verdict that the film entertains in parts. Watch it for Akshay Kumar’s performance and the comedy.[30] Shomini Sen from Zee News also gave 3 stars out of 5 and said, "The premise of the film may be good, but the treatment is that of a typical south Indian pot boiler."[31]
Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave movie 1 star out of 5 and said"Rowdy Rathore is the kind of movie that’s made by people with a cash register in place of their brain. Because no legitimate reason, other than financial gain, can justify why this movie was made – it has no story or plot whatsoever, the characters are entirely forgettable, and it’s so long and loud and silly that the laughs dry up early on. That the film has such impressive pedigree – it’s produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, directed by Prabhudeva, and stars Akshay Kumar – is both baffling and shameful."[32]Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 2 stars out of 5, saying, "Rowdy Rathore plays out pretty much like a comic-book fantasy rendered in the form of a live-action film. Go for it if you must, but don’t expect the earth from it."[33] Blessy Chettiar of DNA India gave the film 2 stars out of 5, concluding, "Akshay’s me-too is fun while it lasts. Watch it for him, lest he feels bad for jumping on the South remake bandwagon too late to get any attention."[34] Raja Sen of Rediff.com too gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and commented, "It can hardly be called a film, but ah well. Watch it if only to remind yourself of old Khiladi flicks...."[35] Oneindia.in criticized the film's illogical plot, however concluded saying, "Overall, Rowdy Rathore is a total paisa wasool film, hence it's a must watch."[36]

Box office

Rowdy Rathore had been the most appreciated film since Dabangg released in 2010. It had seen the best word of mouth since Dabangg which is reflected in trending of its first three week run.[37] Good word-of-mouth had helped the film to take its five-week distributor share to INR72.25 crore (US$13.08 million) approx in India.[38] Rowdy Rathore has emerged the second biggest grosser ever in Mumbai circuit and grossed INR51.55 crore (US$9.33 million) in seven weeks.[39]

Domestic

The film took a bumper opening at single screens at an occupancy of around 95%-100%. It collected around INR15.06 crore (US$2.73 million) nett domestic in the opening day. Rowdy Rathore has the fourth biggest opening weekend of all time with collection of INR47.50 crore (US$8.6 million).[40] The film further collected INR9.10 crore (US$1.65 million) on Monday and INR8 crore (US$1.45 million) on Tuesday.[41] Rowdy Rathore had collected around INR77 crore (US$13.94 million) nett plus in its first week and this makes it the second highest collections ever for a regular Friday-Thursday week behind Dabangg which collected INR81 crore (US$14.66 million) nett.[42] The collections of Rowdy Rathore were around INR5 crore (US$0.91 million) nett on its 8th day, which was better than the new release Shanghai on its first week.[43][44] The film collected a huge INR33.50 crore (US$6.06 million) nett in its second week taking the two week business to INR109.50 crore (US$19.82 million) nett.[45] The film was steady on its third week as it collected around INR2.10 crore (US$380,100) nett on its third Friday despite being new release, Ferrari Ki Sawaari. It had collected INR15 crore (US$2.72 million) nett in third week, INR4.61 crore (US$0.83 million) in fourth week and INR1.84 crore (US$333,040) nett in fifth week thus taken its five weeks total to INR130.45 crore (US$23.61 million).[46][47][48]It had collected a huge INR131.55 crore (US$23.81 million) near the end of its run domestically.[3] Rowdy Rathore has emerged the biggest hit of 2012 and the first "Blockbuster" film of the year.[6]

International

Rowdy Rathore had collected around INR15.20 crore (US$2.75 million) overseas in ten days. The collections for the film had been considered "below the mark" in most circuits while UAE was the best.[49]Rowdy Rathore has finished around INR18.78 crore (US$3.4 million) and is an average fare in Overseas.[50]

Released : Jun 1, 2012
Genre : Action | Thriller
Starcast : Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha
Desc :
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small time conman in love with Priya (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girl whom he met at a wedding he wasn’t invited to. Into this picture perfect world enters six year old Neha who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this wasn’t bad enough, Shiva also becomes the object of a series of life threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals who seem to know something he doesn’t. While trying desperately to save his life and love, Shiva stumbles upon a deadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar; a town terrorized by its ruthless MLA and the mafia he controls; a town whose inhabitants’ only hope for redemption is…Shiva!
Duration : 2h 23mn
Size : 172 mb

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