Baadshaho
Baadshaho | |
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Directed by | Milan Luthria |
Written by | Rajat Arora |
Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Milan Luthria |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Sunita Radia |
Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
Music by | Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Ankit Tiwari Background Score: John Stewart Eduri |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Mangl Murti Films[2] CineKorn Entertainment |
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Running time | 136 minutes[3] |
Language | Hindi |
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
- Ajay Devgn as Bhavani Singh
- Ileana D'Cruz as Rani Gitanjali Devi
- Emraan Hashmi as Dalia
- Esha Gupta as Sanjana
- Vidyut Jammwal as Army Officer Major Seher Singh
- Sanjay Mishra as Tikla aka Guruji
- Priyanshu Chatterjee as Sanjeev (politician)
- Sharad Kelkar as Police Inspector Durjan
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
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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]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mere Rashke Qamar" | Fana Buland Shehri, Manoj Muntashir | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tanishk Bagchi | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | 3:40 |
2. | "Piya More" | Manoj Muntashir | Ankit Tiwari | Mika Singh, Neeti Mohan | 4:17 |
3. | "Socha Hai" | Sahir Ludhianvi, Manoj Muntashir | R. D. Burman, Tanishk Bagchi | Jubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan | 2:50 |
4. | "Hoshiyar Rehna" (Traditional) | Komail Shayan | Komail Shayan | Neeraj Arya's Kabir Café | 4:07 |
5. | "Mere Rashke Qamar" (Version 2) | Manoj Muntashir | Tanishk Bagchi | Tulsi Kumar | 3:41 |
6. | "Socha Hai" (2nd Version) | Manoj Muntashir | Tanishk Bagchi | Jubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan | 4:13 |
7. | "Mere Rashke Qamar" (Remix) | Manoj Muntashir | Tanishk Bagchi, DJ Chetas | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | 3:36 |
8. | "Socha Hai" (Love Version) | Manoj Muntashir | Abhijit Vaghani | Jubin Nautiyal, Neeti Mohan | 4:28 |
9. | "Chor Aavega" | Traditional | Rohit Manjrekar | Shikhar Kumar | 3:21 |
Total length: | 34:13 |
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