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'''25th November 2010''': Arjun Shergill is an [[Indian National Army|INA]] officer, who embarks on a mission to capture Rehman Gul, a dreaded terrorist, who attacked the Indian army convoy in 23rd November. A tense shootout between the soldiers and terrorists ensues where Arjun manages to arrest Rehman. while also saving a suicide bomber, who is actually Rehman's son Hamid Gul.
'''25th November 2010''': Arjun Shergill is an [[Indian National Army|INA]] officer, who embarks on a mission to capture Rehman Gul, a dreaded terrorist, who attacked the Indian army convoy in 23rd November. A tense shootout between the soldiers and terrorists ensues where Arjun manages to arrest Rehman. while also saving a suicide bomber, who is actually Rehman's son Hamid Gul.


'''12 years later''': While leaving for his hometown at the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai Airport]], Arjun meets an [[air hostess]] Ayesha and the two fall in love with each other. However, their happiness is short lived, when the airport is attacked by Hamid's men and several other including Ayesha is killed. Arjun gets injured in the fight, but recovers two weeks later and is bounded in the [[wheel chair]] with only movement in his neck.
'''12 years later''': While leaving for his hometown at the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai Airport]], Arjun meets an [[air hostess]] Ayesha and the two fall for each other. However, their happiness is short lived, when the airport is attacked by Hamid's men and several other including Ayesha is killed. Arjun gets injured in the fight, but recovers two weeks later and is bounded in the [[wheel chair]] with only movement in his neck.
Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam aka V. K. Subramaniam, who is the Chief of Indian Intelligence and Arjun's high-ranking officer, proposes the idea of introducing [[Supersoldier|supersoldier]] program to the [[Prime Minister|PM]], which is operated through [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] to save lives in times of [[war]], without any [[collateral damage]]. The supersoldiers are programmed by [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|RDO]] scientist Sabaha Qureshi, who has been modifing the program for 7 years and is on the verge of a major breakthrough. The PM agrees to the proposal, but Sabaha explains that the program is developed on paralysed persons. Subramaniam selects Arjun for the program. Though relucant, Arjun agrees for the program as he wants to avenge Ayesha's death. While going through the surgical process, Arjun's chances of survival are shown to be minimal, but he manages to survive the on-boarding process.
Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam aka V. K. Subramaniam, who is the Chief of Indian Intelligence and Arjun's high-ranking officer, proposes the idea of introducing [[Supersoldier|supersoldier]] program to the [[Prime Minister|PM]], which is operated through [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] to save lives in times of [[war]], without any [[collateral damage]]. The supersoldiers are programmed by [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|RDO]] scientist Sabaha Qureshi, who has been modifing the program for 7 years and is on the verge of a major breakthrough. The PM agrees to the proposal, but Sabaha explains that the program is developed on paralysed persons. Subramaniam selects Arjun for the program. Though relucant, Arjun agrees for the program as he wants to avenge Ayesha's death. While going through the surgical process, Arjun's chances of survival are shown to be minimal, but he manages to survive the on-boarding process.

Revision as of 23:13, 6 June 2022

Attack: Part 1
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLakshya Raj Anand
Written byLakshya Raj Anand
Sumit Batheja
Vishal Kapoor
Story byJohn Abraham
Produced byJayantilal Gada
Ajay Kapoor
Bhaumik Gondaliya
John Abraham
Starring
CinematographyWill Humphris
P. S. Vinod
Soumik Mukherjee
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music byShashwat Sachdev
Production
companies
AK Productions
Pen India Limited
JA Entertainment
Distributed byPen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date
  • 1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹70 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹22.58 crore[3]

Attack: Part 1 is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film[4][5] directed by Lakshya Raj Anand, who co-wrote the film with Sumit Batheja and Vishal Kapoor, based on a story by John Abraham, who stars in the film alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet Singh, with Prakash Raj and Ratna Pathak Shah in supporting roles.[6][7]

Attack was released on 1 April 2022 in cinemas. The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the action sequences while criticizing the screenplay, eventually bombing at the box office.[8][9]

Plot

25th November 2010: Arjun Shergill is an INA officer, who embarks on a mission to capture Rehman Gul, a dreaded terrorist, who attacked the Indian army convoy in 23rd November. A tense shootout between the soldiers and terrorists ensues where Arjun manages to arrest Rehman. while also saving a suicide bomber, who is actually Rehman's son Hamid Gul.

12 years later: While leaving for his hometown at the Mumbai Airport, Arjun meets an air hostess Ayesha and the two fall for each other. However, their happiness is short lived, when the airport is attacked by Hamid's men and several other including Ayesha is killed. Arjun gets injured in the fight, but recovers two weeks later and is bounded in the wheel chair with only movement in his neck.

Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam aka V. K. Subramaniam, who is the Chief of Indian Intelligence and Arjun's high-ranking officer, proposes the idea of introducing supersoldier program to the PM, which is operated through AI to save lives in times of war, without any collateral damage. The supersoldiers are programmed by RDO scientist Sabaha Qureshi, who has been modifing the program for 7 years and is on the verge of a major breakthrough. The PM agrees to the proposal, but Sabaha explains that the program is developed on paralysed persons. Subramaniam selects Arjun for the program. Though relucant, Arjun agrees for the program as he wants to avenge Ayesha's death. While going through the surgical process, Arjun's chances of survival are shown to be minimal, but he manages to survive the on-boarding process.

Arjun operates himself, under the command of the Intelligence Robotic Assistant aka I.R.A chip, but the I.R.A gets restricted due to Arjun's trauma. Meanwhile, the government receives information that Hamid is procuring chemical weapons in Eastern Europe. The next day, Sabaha arrives at the Parliament to submit Arjun's progress to the Defence Minister, as advised by Subramaniam. While having convesation with I.R.A, Arjun learns that Hamid is planning to attack the Parliament and informs Subramaniam, who is at the Sansad Marg. However, Hamid thwarts all the security and hijacks the Parliament and also capturing the Parliament Ministry and other Union ministers, including the PM and Sabaha.

Arjun leaves for the Parliament, along with NSG commandos, but Hamid Gul communicates with the government, who demands that the NSG should retreat from the Parliament, in exchange for the release of 50 hostages. Subramabiam insist to the Home Minister Digvijay Saab (who is appointed as the Caretaker Prime Minister) and others to perform a partial extraction and sends Arjun to provide information regarding the happenings inside the Parliament. Arjun sneaks into the Parliament with I.R.A's help and kills 4-5 guards where he barges into the control room and provides Live feed to Subramaniam. Hamid demands the release of Rehman. Sabaha gets caught by the one of the terrorist Hussain, while seeking help from Arjun, but Arjun rescues her by killing Hussain and other terrorists where the two escape, thus making Hamid believe that someone else has arrived and orders to find him.

Arjun reveals his identity to Hamid via walkie talkie where Hamid forces Digvijay, Subramaniam and others to force Arjun to surrender. Subramaniam tells Arjun to surrender, Arjun decide to surrender, so that he can kill Hamid and save the hostages. Arjun surrenders and is taken to Hamid where one of Hamid's men knocks Arjun's neck, which leads to malfunction in I.R.A. Hamid demands an safe passage to escape in an airline, which leaves to Ecuador and releases the hostages, but activates a sarin gas bomb to explode in the Parliament. Rehman is released from prison and is taken to the airport. Meanwhile, Sabaha retrieves her bag, which contains her laptop and begins the reboot of I.R.A.

I.R.A is rebooted where Arjun attacks and kills all the terrorists. Arjun tells Subramaniam about the bomb and ask to intercept Hamid, but Hamid had already escaped by using an old tunnel in the Parliament and leaves for the airport in an ambulance. Arjun tells Sabaha to retreat with the hostages and chases after Hamid where he reaches the airport and manages to crash the flight. Arjun kills Hamid and deactivates the bomb. Sabaha rescues the hostages and Rehman is killed by the NSG Commandos by throwing him away from the flight in mid-air. Arjun is appreciated by Subramaniam and the ministers.

In the mid-credits scene, The film ends with Arjun appointed for another mission and hints with the sequel Attack: Part 2.

Cast

  • John Abraham as Arjun Shergill, a Cyborg and India’s first supersoldier. Ayesha’s love interest[10]
  • Jacqueline Fernandez as Ayesha, an air hostess and Arjun's love interest
  • Rakul Preet Singh as Dr. Sabaha Qureshi
  • Prakash Raj as Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam
  • Ratna Pathak Shah as Shanti Shergill, Arjun's mother
  • Serena Walia as IRA (voice), Arjun's personal AI assistant
  • Elham Ehsas as Hamid Gul
  • Rajit Kapur as Home Minister Digvijay Singh
  • Kiran Kumar as Indian Army Chief
  • Habib Al Aidroos as Rehman Gul
  • Mir Mehroos as Young Hamid Gul
  • Jaimini Pathak as Negotiator
  • Babrak Akbari as Mustafa
  • Nimish Desai as Prime Minister
  • Ashish Nijhawan as Hussain
  • Shahnawaz Bhatt as Saqlain
  • Vikas Tomar as Home Minister’s Assistant
  • Ranjit Punia as CRPF Officer
  • Ranjeet Singh as RAF Officer
  • Karan Mehat as Shahid

Production

Principal photography began in January 2020.[11] Production was put on hold in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[12] The shooting resumed in February 2021.

Release

The film was originally scheduled for theatrical opening worldwide on 14 August 2020.[13] However, it was delayed due to the shooting suspension.[14] It was scheduled for release on 28 January 2022,[15] however, it was postponed due to the surge in Omicron variant cases.[16] It was theatrically released on 1 April 2022.[17] The film will stream on ZEE5 on May 27.

Reception

Box office

Attack earned ₹3.51 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹3.75 crore. On the third day the film had a worldwide gross of ₹4.25 crore, taking total domestic weekend collection to ₹11.51 crore.[3]

As of 14 April 2022, the film grossed ₹19.08 crore in India and ₹3.50 crore overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹22.58 crore.[3]

Critical response

The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the action sequences while criticising the screenplay.[18][19] Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "Attack: Part One, is an engaging watch, from start to finish".[20] Grace Cyril of India Today gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Attack stands well with its VFX and new concepts, all coated in a layer of slick modern sci-fi".[21] Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Keep an open mind, don’t compare, and give the film a chance. You might like it".[22] Bharathi Pradhan of Lehren gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "John may take a bow because he is one of the producers of the film and has been credited with the story idea too".[23] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "ATTACK - PART 1 works due to the novel concept, action, VFX and John Abraham’s first-rate performance".[4] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "'Attack - Part 1' might be a beginning of a new era in the Hindi film industry only if you ignore the long list of loopholes and cliché sequences".[24]

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "To the credit of director Lakshya Raj Anand, the fast-paced hostage drama stops short of being a dreadful assault on the senses".[25] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "We know exactly how things will pan out, no strain on the brain. Everything is straight-forward, no complicated characters, no morally ambiguous situations".[26] Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "Lakshya Raj Anand only focuses on the battle sequences and everything that happens between them looks lazy".[27] Tatsam Mukherjee of Firstpost gave the film a rating of 1/5 and wrote "Whatever might be the measures taken by an earlier John Abraham film, there seems to be a renewed bloodlust in Attack, that’s actively trying to court the ‘masses’ of Uri: The Surgical Strike and The Kashmir Files".[28]

Soundtrack

Attack
Film score by
Shashwat Sachdev
Released13 March 2022[29]
Recorded2021
VenueYRF
StudioYRF Studios
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:40
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music
ProducerShashwat Sachdev
Shashwat Sachdev chronology
Uri: The Surgical Strike
(2019) 		Attack
(2022) 		TBA
(TBA)
Official audio
Attack - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music is composed by Shashwat Sachdev while lyrics written by Kumaar and Bjorn.[29]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ik Tu Hai"Jubin Nautiyal, Shashwat Sachdev4:10
2."Main Nai Tuttna"Vishal Mishra, Shashwat Sachdev, Tisoki3:25
3."Chal Hatt"Girish Nakod, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev2:26
4."Phir Se Zara"Jubin Nautiyal, Shashwat Sachdev3:50
5."La La La" (Lyrics by Bjorn)Bjorn, Shashwat Sachdev2:18
6."BOMB!"Shreya Jain, Girish Nakod, Shashwat Sachdev2:25
7."Crazy Now"Shreya Jain, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev, Tisoki2:43
8."Akh Kashni"Surbhi Yadav, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev2:12
9."Phir se Zara - Sha"Shashwat Sachdev3:34
10."Durga Gayatri Mantra"Shreya Jain, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev3:16
Total length:30:19

References

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  25. ^ "Attack Review: John Abraham, As A Super Soldier, Goes All Out With Action Tropes". NDTV. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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