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The film received mostly positive reviews. The Review Gang's average rating for the film was 8 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewgang.com/movies/395-Queen-movie-review|title=Queen movie review}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee of [[NDTV]] gave the film 4/5 stars and called the film "spicy, balmy and uplifting" and added, "''Kangana’s is the heart and soul of Queen and she does not strike a single false note''".<ref name="NDTVreview">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/queen-movie-review-933|title=Queen movie review|author=Saibal Chatterjee|work=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> [[Raja Sen]] from [[Rediff]] also awarded the film 4/5 stars and called Kangana 'gobstoppingly spectacular' and said the film is 'a showcase for an actress poised to reign'.<ref name="Rediffreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-kangana-rules-in-queen/20140307.htm|title=Review: Kangana rules in queen|author=Raja Sen|work=[[Rediff]]}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN]] gave the film 4/5 stars calling the film "rare and disarming" and described Kangana's performance as " a raw, nuanced, delicately comical"<ref name="CNNIBNreview">{{cite web|title='Queen' review: Rare, disarming film that has you smiling throughout|url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/queen-review-rare-disarming-film-that-has-you-smiling-throughout/456514-47-84.html|author=[[Rajeev Masand]]|work=[[CNN-IBN]]}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] praised Kangana's performance, hailing it as "artfully transparent and heartfelt", but said the film is "meandering and indulgent" at places and gave the film 3.5/5 stars.<ref name="Frontrowreview">{{cite web|title=The front row review of Queen|url=http://thefrontrowwithanupamachopra.tumblr.com/post/78843450800/the-front-row-review-of-queen|author=Anupama Chopra}}</ref> [[Subhash K. Jha]] gave the film 4.5/5 stars and stated, "Queen is the quintessential inspirational tale with a central performance that makes most of what we see in Hindi cinema look like put-on slide shows."<ref name="Subhash K Jha Review">{{cite web|title=Queen Movie Review|url=http://skjbollywoodnews.com/2014/03/queen-movie-review/419200.html|accessdate=10 March 2014}}</ref> Sarita Tanwar from [[Daily News and Analysis]] awarded the film 4.5/5 stars and said, "Queen is irresistible. Highly recommended. A must-see film. You will leave the theatre with your heart humming happily."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-film-review-queen-is-irresistible-a-must-see-film-1967549|title=Film review: 'Queen' is irresistible, a must-see film|author=Sarita Tanwar|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]}}</ref> Saurabh Dwivedi from [[India Today]] also gave the film 4.5/5 stars and said the film is "amazing" and "a brilliant package".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/queen-kangana-ranaut-vikas-bahl-rajkumar-rao-movie-review/1/347201.html|title=Movie review: Queen is a must-watch|author=Saurabh Dwivedi|work=[[India Today]]}}</ref> Deepanjana Pal from Firstpost has quoted "Kangana Ranaut is pitch perfect in Queen"<ref>{{cite web|last=Pal|first=Deepanjana|title=Queen review: Kangana Ranaut is pitch perfect in a fabulous film|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/queen-review-kangana-ranaut-is-pitch-perfect-in-a-fabulous-film-1423165.html|publisher=Firstpost|accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref> |
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| Queen | |
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| Directed by | Vikas Bahl |
| Screenplay by | Parveez Shaikh Chaitally Parmar Vikas Bahl |
| Story by | Vikas Bahl |
| Produced by | Anurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane |
| Starring | Kangana Ranaut Rajkummar Rao Lisa Haydon |
| Cinematography | Siddharth Diwan Bobby Singh |
| Edited by | Abhijit Kokate Anurag Kashyap |
| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹125 million (US$1.5 million) |
| Box office | ₹590 million (US$6.9 million)(India 5 weeks)[1] |
Queen is a 2014 Bollywood coming-of-age comedy-drama film by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Phantom Films. Directed by Vikas Bahl, the film stars Kangana Ranaut, Lisa Haydon and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles.[2] The film’s story is about a middle class Indian girl in Rajouri Garden, Delhi, who decides to go on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam alone, after her fiancé walks out of the marriage two days before wedding.[3] Amit Trivedi has scored the film’s music for the lyrics by Anvita Dutt. The film premiered at Busan International Film Festival in October 2013, and released worldwide in 800 Screens on March 7, 2014. Queen grossed ₹500 million (US$5.9 million) domestically.
Plot
Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is a 21-year-old Punjabi girl living in Rajouri Garden, Delhi. She is from a very conservative family; her brother escorts her everywhere for her safety. Two days before her marriage, her fiancé Vijay (Rajkummar Rao) meets with her in a local cafe to tell her he no longer wants to marry her, claiming he has changed, and she would not match his lifestyle anymore. Shocked at the development, Rani shuts herself in her room for a day.
She decides to take control of her life and plans to go alone on her pre-booked honeymoon to visit her favourite place, Paris - which she'd never seen before - and Vijay's favourite place, Amsterdam. After initially hesitating, her parents agree and Rani departs.
In Paris, she meets Vijayalakshmi aka Vijay (Lisa Haydon), who has a French/Spanish mother and an Indian father and works at the hotel where Rani is staying. Overwhelmed by Paris and having gotten into trouble twice - once with the local police and once with a robber - Rani soon makes up her mind to return to India. However, Vijayalakshmi becomes her friend and confidante and shows her around Paris. The two have a series of adventures, during which Rani relives the memories of Vijay patronising her and forbidding her from dancing and drinking - which she's free to do in Paris. Once while shopping, Rani tries out what she considers to be a revealing outfit and accidentally sends a selfie of her in it to Vijay instead of Vijayalakshmi. She quickly realises her mistake, but unbeknownst to her, the selfie prompts Vijay to begin searching for her.
Eventually, the time comes for her to bid an emotional farewell to Vijayalakshmi and board the train for Amsterdam. However, when she arrives in Amsterdam, she finds to her horror that her hostel room is to be shared with three guys, Taka, Tim and Oleksander. Soon, the four become good friends and explore the city, spending their days shopping, sight seeing, visiting a sex shop, and meeting pole dancers in a club. Rani's character gains self-confidence here, as she drives her friends home when they're drunk and earns money in a cook-off by selling gol gappa. She learns more about her friends' backgrounds and begins to understand how different life can be for people in other parts of the world.
As the four head home from the cook-off, they find Vijay waiting for Rani in front of the hostel. He apologises and asks her to reconsider the relationship. The conversation gets physical as he tries to grab Rani, but her friends retaliate, and she tells him to leave.
The two meet up the next day to talk, but Rani leaves abruptly, saying that she would rather speak with him in Delhi. Instead, she meets up with her friends one last time at a rock show she had previously chosen not to attend. After bidding an emotional farewell to her friends at the show's end, Rani returns to Delhi a changed person.
Upon returning to India, she meets up with Vijay at his house. Without saying anything, she simply hands him her engagement ring and thanks him. Rani leaves his house relieved and relaxed.
Cast
- Kangana Ranaut as Rani
- Rajkummar Rao as Vijay
- Lisa Haydon as Vijayalakshmi
- Yogendra Tiku as Rani's father
- Alka Badola Kaushal as Rani's mother
- Chinmaya Agrawal as Rani's brother Chintu
- Tripta Lakhanpal as Rani's grandmother
- Mish Boyko as Oleksander (Sikander)
- Jeffrey Ho as Taka
- Joseph Guitobh as Tim
- Canadea Lopez Marco as Marcello
- Nayani Dixit as Sonal
- Sabeeka Imam as Rukhsar (Roxette)
Development
Producer-director Vikas Bahl made his directorial debut with Chillar Party (2011), co-directed with Nitish Tiwari, which won three National Film Awards. Since he liked the story of Queen, he decided to direct the film himself. [4] It was eventually produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Phantom Films, which he co-owns with Anurag Kashyap and Vikram Motwane.[5]
He wrote the script, the character of Rani was based on the people he had observed while growing up in Delhi. "I know life for girls is planned out for them by their families. They lose their own perspective on life and they are okay with that."[6] Bahl wrote the script of the movie keeping in mind Kangana Ranaut, however it was Anurag Basu who connected him with Kangana and helped cast her in the film.[7] Kareena Kapoor was approached for the role of Rani, but she rejected the film.[8]
After her audition, actress Lisa Haydon, who played an Indian-French hotel staff, Vijaylaksmi, practiced French for a month. Other actors Boyko Mish (Olik) and Jeffery Ho (Taka) were casted after auditions in London, while Joseph Guitobh (Tim), who played Rani's third roommate, was spotted singing on a street and was asked whether he'd be interested in working in Bollywood film, though he couldn't speak English. [6]
Filming
The film was in late 2012 shot over period of 45 days, starting with Paris, followed by Amsterdam and Delhi.[6] Despite shooting abroad, Vikas Bahl did not have a huge budget to spend on the film. He took a crew of 25 people from India to shoot the film in about 145 locations in 40 days. Locations were booked a couple of hours, before the crew would rush to another location as they often shot 3-4 locations in a day. The crew would eat their meals at nearest restaurants, and at times actors including lead Kangana Ranaut would change clothes in near by public toilets and restaurants. [9][4] Since the film was was not shot in a linear fashion, the colour of mehndi, applied to bride's hand was faded to match its natural fading.[6] During the filming upon Ranaut's suggestion some scenes were added, like the kiss scene with the Italian chef, and a small scene where Rani asks a stranger to click her picture in Amsterdam.[6] She even ended up writing a lot of her dialogues.[4]
The remixed version of "Hungama Ho Gaya" was shot at Club NL, in Amsterdam, where a Bollywood number was played for the first time.[10][11]
However, when 90 percent of the film was already shot, film's cinematographer Bobby Singh died suddenly following an asthma attack on December 25, 2012, after just having completed a schedule in Delhi. [12][13] After seeing rushes of the film, Anurag Kashyap volunteered to edit the film himself and since Bahl didn't have any editors at the time, he too agreed. [4]
Marketing
The trailer of the film released on 20 December 2013 and was well received by critics.[14]
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack is composed by Amit Trivedi while lyrics are by Anvita Dutt.[15] The Music of Queen was launched at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai on February 2, 2014.[16] An additional track was released on March 1, it was the remixed version of hit cabaret number of the 1970s Hungama Ho Gaya sung by Asha Bhosle for the film, Anhonee (1973) was remixed by Amit Trivedi for the film, with additional vocals by Arijit Singh. The song was also used in end credits of the film.[17][10][11]
Reception
Critical Reception
The film received mostly positive reviews. The Review Gang's average rating for the film was 8 out of 10.[18] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 4/5 stars and called the film "spicy, balmy and uplifting" and added, "Kangana’s is the heart and soul of Queen and she does not strike a single false note".[19] Raja Sen from Rediff also awarded the film 4/5 stars and called Kangana 'gobstoppingly spectacular' and said the film is 'a showcase for an actress poised to reign'.[20] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 4/5 stars calling the film "rare and disarming" and described Kangana's performance as " a raw, nuanced, delicately comical"[21] Anupama Chopra praised Kangana's performance, hailing it as "artfully transparent and heartfelt", but said the film is "meandering and indulgent" at places and gave the film 3.5/5 stars.[22] Subhash K. Jha gave the film 4.5/5 stars and stated, "Queen is the quintessential inspirational tale with a central performance that makes most of what we see in Hindi cinema look like put-on slide shows."[23] Sarita Tanwar from Daily News and Analysis awarded the film 4.5/5 stars and said, "Queen is irresistible. Highly recommended. A must-see film. You will leave the theatre with your heart humming happily."[24] Saurabh Dwivedi from India Today also gave the film 4.5/5 stars and said the film is "amazing" and "a brilliant package".[25] Deepanjana Pal from Firstpost has quoted "Kangana Ranaut is pitch perfect in Queen"[26]
Box office
Queen debuted with relatively low collections and grossed ₹20 million (US$230,000) on the first day, grossing ₹33.5 million (US$390,000) on the second day, and ₹43 million (US$500,000) on the third day, taking the first weekend's collection to ₹95 million (US$1.1 million).[27] Despite a poor start, Queen held up well in the first weekdays and grossed around ₹25 million (US$290,000) per day during the week and ended the first week with ₹180 million (US$2.1 million).[28] On its second Monday it grossed ₹30 million (US$350,000), coinciding with a holiday in India.[29] Queen had higher collection in the second week than the first week, collecting ₹390 million (US$4.6 million) in two weeks.[30][31] The movie had a massive growth by far in 2014 for the third week collection by ₹115 million (US$1.3 million), which totals the third week collection to ₹505 million (US$5.9 million). [32] In the fourth week, the film managed a promising ₹65 million (US$760,000), which is the 11th highest gross of all time in the history of Hindi cinema for the fourth week. The final total after four weeks is ₹560 million (US$6.6 million). [1]
In the international market, Oneindia stated the movie collected below par in first weekend.[33]
References
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "I'm overwhelmed: Raj Kumar". MiD DAY. May 13, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ "Bursting with creativity". MiD DAY. March 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ a b c d Chaudhuri, Mohini (January 26, 2014). "The making of Queen". Business Line. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ "Vikas Bahl's Queen is about a naïve Delhi girl". The Times of India. February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
- ^ a b c d e "Kangana Ranaut's Queen benefited from positive word-of-mouth: Director". The Indian Express. March 21, 2014. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "How did Vikas Bahl convince Kangana Ranuat for Queen?". Bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved Jan 30, 2014.
- ^ "Kareena Kapoor: I do not regret rejecting 'Queen, Ram-Leela'". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "How Vikas Bahl shot Kangana's 'Queen' on a shoe-string budget". The Indian Express. 30 January 2014.
- ^ a b ""Hungama Ho Gaya" shakes Amsterdam". Planet Bollywood News. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ a b "Queen creates hungama in Amsterdam". The Times of India. March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Anurag Basu stunned by cinematographer Bobby Singh's death". The Times of India. December 27, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Cinematographer Bobby Singh passes away". Indian Express. December 27 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
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- ^ "London Thumakda Lyrics". Song2Lyrics.
- ^ "Music of Queen to be launched on February 2 at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Queen song Hungama: Kangana Ranaut creates hungama with her killer moves!". India.com. February 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Queen movie review".
- ^ Saibal Chatterjee. "Queen movie review". NDTV.
- ^ Raja Sen. "Review: Kangana rules in queen". Rediff.
- ^ Rajeev Masand. "'Queen' review: Rare, disarming film that has you smiling throughout". CNN-IBN.
- ^ Anupama Chopra. "The front row review of Queen".
- ^ "Queen Movie Review". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ Sarita Tanwar. "Film review: 'Queen' is irresistible, a must-see film". Daily News and Analysis.
- ^ Saurabh Dwivedi. "Movie review: Queen is a must-watch". India Today.
- ^ Pal, Deepanjana. "Queen review: Kangana Ranaut is pitch perfect in a fabulous film". Firstpost. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Queen first weekend box office details". Boxofficeindia.com. 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Queen Low First Week But Set For Strong Second Week". Boxofficeindia.com. 14 March 2014.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Queen Second Week Similar To First Week". boxofficeindia.com. 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Queen Goes Up - First Week V Second Week Comparison". boxofficeindia.com. 24 March 2014.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2014/total-siyapaa-queen-gulaab-gang-collection-overseas-box-office-133883.html
External links
- Queen at Bollywood Hungama
- Queen at IMDb
- Queen on Facebook
- Official website