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Baadshaho
Film poster
Directed byMilan Luthria
Written byRajat Arora
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Milan Luthria
Starring
CinematographySunita Radia
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music bySongs:
Tanishk Bagchi
Ankit Tiwari
Background Score:
John Stewart Eduri
Production
companies
Distributed byMangl Murti Films[2]
CineKorn Entertainment
Release date
  • 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)[1]
Running time
136 minutes[3]
LanguageHindi
Budget₹55 crore[4]
Box office₹72.27 crore [5]

Baadshaho (Template:Lang-en) is a 2017 Indian period heist film written by Rajat Arora, directed and co-produced by Milan Luthria. It features Ajay Devgn, Ileana D'Cruz, Emraan Hashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra in the lead roles.[6] The film is a thriller set in the emergency era of the 1975-77.[7]

The film released worlwide on 1 September 2017.

Plot

Maharani Gitanjali (Ileana D’Cruz) is a princess to a royal family in Rajasthan. As every royal family has loads of gold to themselves, so does this royal family, but her ancestors did not hand it over to the government of the country even after the ancestral reign was over. In 1975, the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi declared the state of emergency in the country. Around the same time, Sanjeev (Priyanshu Chatterjee), an influential person in the Congress government, has been snubbed badly by Gitanjali. To seek revenge, Sanjeev asks army officer Rudra Pratap Singh (Denzil Smith) to confiscate all the gold in Gitanjali’s possession and to put her behind bars. Rudra follows Sanjeev’s instructions and imprisons Gitanjali after forcibly taking possession of the gold rightfully belonging to the government but still held by her.

Rudra asks his trusted lieutenant, Seher Singh (Vidyut Jammwal), to transfer all the gold to Delhi safely to the government and for that, he gives Seher Singh a custom-made truck with a powerful safe in it, in which he keeps all the confiscated gold. As Rudra and Seher Singh are discussing, Sanjana (Esha Gupta), Gitanjali’s trusted aide, is sent by her to eavesdrop their conversation and get a whiff of their plan. Gitanjali then plans an entire scheme and wants Sanjana to accompany Bhawani Singh (Ajay Devgn) in getting all the gold back and eventually release her from the jail.

Gitanjali briefs Bhawani Singh, her trusted lieutenant, about the gold and how she needs it all back to look after the people in her village. The loyal Bhawani Singh promises to retrieve the gold and return the same to Gitanjali with whom he shares a romantic relationship.

Bhawani Singh with the support of Daliya (Emraan Hashmi) and Guruji (Sanjay Mishra), besides Sanjana, of course, chalk out an entire plan and seek out on a mission. The four follow the truck in which Seher Singh and his deputy, Somesh (Arjun Dwivedi), are carrying the gold to the Delhi. The group of four, at one point in the journey, takes control of the truck after throwing out Seher Singh and Somesh. The job now is to open the strong safety, something at which Guruji is adapt. Meanwhile, Seher Singh, boss Rudra Pratap Singh and other army and police officers are hot on the trail of Bhawani Singh and the truck. At one point, the army officers seek the help of police officer Durjan (Sharad Kelkar) but Bhawani Singh and his team members outwit him too.

But before Bhawani Singh can return the gold to Gitanjali Devi, a very shocking revelation is unveiled in front of him, that Gitanjali used him for her personal pleasure and motives. In the end it is revealed that the gold is distributed among poor

Cast

Production

Development

In January 2015, Ajay Devgn signed Milan Luthria's Baadshaho marking his fourth collaboration with the director after Kachche Dhaage (1999), Chori Chori (2003) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010).[8]While it's the third collaboration of Emraan Hashmi with the director after "Once Upon A Time In Mumbai" (2010) and "The Dirty Picture" (2012). Luthria stated that besides directing he is also co-producing the film along with Bhushan Kumar's T-Series. Ankit Tiwari was roped in as music director.[9][10]

Casting

Actresses Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Shruti Hassan and Priyanka Chopra were speculated as the lead actress opposite Ajay Devgn.[11][12][13][14] Though Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif liked the script, they declined the offer due to non-availability.[15] The film was to star Diljit Dosanjh initially, though he opted out of the project subsequently and was replaced by Emraan Hashmi.[16]

Later in June 2016, actors Vidyut Jammwal, Ileana D'Cruz and Esha Gupta were officially confirmed to be in the cast.[17][18] Priyanshu Chatterjee was cast in a special appearance for the role of a politician Sanjeev, modelled after Sanjay Gandhi.[19][20] In August 2016, Sunny Leone was signed in for special appearance in a song.[21]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 15 August 2016 in Mumbai.[22] The second schedule started on 1 December 2016 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.[23][24] Third schedule commenced on 19 January 2017.[25]

Ileana D'Cruz wrapped her part of filming on 5 March 2017.[26] The Rajasthan schedule was wrapped up on 9 March 2017.[27]

Release

The makers earlier announced their worldwide release as 26 January 2017. But later upon the request from producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Rakesh Roshan of the films Raees and Kaabil respectively, Bhushan Kumar moved the worldwide release date to 12 May 2017.[28] Later in early December 2016, Devgn announced 1 September 2017 as the worldwide release date.[29]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack was released on 19 August 2017 by T-Series which consists of 9 songs, composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Ankit Tiwari, R.D. Burman, Abhijit Vaghani and Komail Shayan.

The songs "Mere Rashke Qamar" and "Socha Hai" ("Kehdoon Tumhe" from 1975 film Deewaar) are recreations for the film by lyricist Manoj Muntashir and composer Tanishk Bagchi. Their originals were written by Fana Buland Shehri and Sahir Ludhianvi, and were composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and R. D. Burman respectively.[30][31][32]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Mere Rashke Qamar"Fana Buland Shehri, Manoj MuntashirNusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tanishk BagchiNusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan3:40
2."Piya More"Manoj MuntashirAnkit TiwariMika Singh, Neeti Mohan4:17
3."Socha Hai"Sahir Ludhianvi, Manoj MuntashirR. D. Burman, Tanishk BagchiJubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan2:50
4."Hoshiyar Rehna" (Traditional)Komail ShayanKomail ShayanNeeraj Arya's Kabir Café4:07
5."Mere Rashke Qamar" (Version 2)Manoj MuntashirTanishk BagchiTulsi Kumar3:41
6."Socha Hai" (2nd Version)Manoj MuntashirTanishk BagchiJubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan4:13
7."Mere Rashke Qamar" (Remix)Manoj MuntashirTanishk Bagchi, DJ ChetasNusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan3:36
8."Socha Hai" (Love Version)Manoj MuntashirAbhijit VaghaniJubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan4:28
9."Chor Aavega"TraditionalRohit ManjrekarShikhar Kumar3:21
Total length:34:13

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