Akira (2016 Hindi film)
| Akira | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | AR Murugadoss |
| Written by | Karan Singh Rathore (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | AR Murugadoss (Additional Screenplay) Santha Kumar (Original Screenplay) |
| Story by | Santha Kumar |
| Produced by | AR Murugadoss Fox Star Studios |
| Starring | Sonakshi Sinha Konkona Sen Sharma Anurag Kashyap |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Songs: Vishal–Shekhar[1][2] Background Score: John Stewart Eduri |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | 23.13 crores[3] |
Akira is a 2016 Indian action drama film co-written, directed, and produced by AR Murugadoss.[4] It is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film Mouna Guru,[5][6] and features Sonakshi Sinha in the titular role.[7]
Principal photography began in March 2015, and the film released worldwide on 2 September 2016.[4][8] The soundtrack composed by Vishal-Shekhar has been released on August 16, 2016.
Plot
Akira Sharma is a young girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she was a by stander witness to a crime involving a group ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman's face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal and the others attack her leaving her with a scared face. Akira's father realizes the importance of self defense and enrolls her in a self defense class. One day on her way to home, Akira notices one of the gang members on the street that scared her and with her fathers support, she beats him and his friend. The later one decides to throw acid on Akira, but it backfires on him. Unfortunately, she was accused of throwing acid on his face and was sent to juvenile jail .
Fourteen years later, Akira grew up to be a brave woman but unfortunately her father isn't in this world anymore. Akira and her mom move in with her brother who she hates for the fact that he left them for a girl. Akira joins Holy Cross College and lives in hostel, as her mom decides to stay back with her brother, while taking care of his child. A couple of students tries to bully her but ends up learning the hard way to not mess with her. One night, an inspector ran into one of the college professors and even lays his hands on him because the professor was upset about the police mans behaviour. After, the students of College decided to reach out to the commissioner with the aid of a strike. The police brutally was able to move all of the students away but only Akira remained and handed the information to the commissioner when he came.
Couple of days later, we see the same police man who hit the professor who killed a man to rob his money. And he admitted on the phone at his girlfriends place but she recorded and decided to show it to her friends. At the last moment, her camera with all the information got stolen and someone called him to blackmail him with the information that they found. All this is making this inspector nervous and he ends up killing his girlfriend and began his search of who's behind this. This case was being handled by ACP Rabiya due to the fact that she knows it was a murder and not a suicide. One day, Akira found a bag filled with stuff right in front of her dorm and opens to only see many stolen items, including the camera. The policemen saw her and takes her away and decides to kill her. She saw three of the policemen kill two other men but suddenly the main ACP calls them and tells them they have the wrong girl but because she saw everything to just shoot her. Somehow she managed to escape and was able to go to her principle and tell him everything that had happened. He would loved to help her but can only in the morning.
Suddenly, the cops take her away and with the help of a doctor they give her shocks and injection in order to prove to the world that she's mental. She managed to somehow flee from the hospital with the help of another patient. Rani. She decided to prove her innocent but can only do so if one of the policemen speak up and she kidnapped one but she got caught by ACP himself. They tried to kill her but ACP Rabiya came and saved her but was immediately stopped by the commissionaire due to the fact that the ACP can help them in the future. She has to let the case go and leave but told Akira that everything will be ok but she can't save her to too many problems.Akira manages to kill all of those corrup inspector but then still goes with the mental hospital to be proven mentally unstable when it occurred. She was released three months later.
Akira decided to follow her dads footstep by helping other kids.
Cast
- Sonakshi Sinha as Akira Sharma
- Konkona Sen Sharma as SP Rabiya
- Anurag Kashyap as ACP Rane
- Ankita Karan Patel as Shilpa
- Teena Singh[9]
- Amit Sadh as Sidharth
- Urmila Mahanta as Anna
- Atul Kulkarni
- Lokesh Vijay Gupte
- Mishiekka Arora as Younger Akira
- Raai Laxmi (special appearance)[10]
Music
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All music is composed by Vishal-Shekhar
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Version 1) | Sonakshi Sinha & Vishal Dadlani | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Purza" | Arijit Singh | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Kehkasha Tu Meri" | Shekhar Ravjiani | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Version 2) | Nahid Afrin & Vishal Dadlani | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Baadal" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Remix) | Nahid Afrin & Vishal Dadlani | 4:19 |
| Total length: | 24:25 | ||
References
- ^ "'Kaththi' Director AR Murugadoss Gives Anirudh a Bollywood Ticket". International Business Times. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Akira is the title for AR Murugadoss-Sonakshi project?". Sify. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/834/
- ^ a b "A.R. Murugadoss' next starring Sonakshi Sinha titled Akira". Bollywood Hungama. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Pathak, Ankur (21 April 2015). "Koko to trade punches with Sona". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Sonakshi Sinha on sets of her action thriller 'Akira'". Mid Day. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ Bharadwaj, Rahul Deo (10 June 2016). "The Black Widow of Indian cinema". The Hans India. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Akira’s teaser poster announces new release date September 2"
- ^ "The new B-town birdie". The Tribune India. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Raai Laxmi lands a special role in ‘Akira’"
- ^ "Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Vishal-Shekhar on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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