Prabhu Deva Biodata

Length

34:27

Five Star Audio

Producer

Mani Sharma

Mani Sharma chronology

Ashok
(2006)

Pokkiri
(2007)

Yogi
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rediff.com Movies	^{[citation needed]}

Song	Artist(s)	Picturization	Length	Lyrics
Dole Dole Than	Ranjith, Suchitra	Vijay, Asin Thottumkal	4:43	Pa. Vijay
Aadungada Yennai Suththi	Naveen	Vijay, Prabhu Deva	4:29	Kabilan
Nee Mutham Ondru	Ranjith, Swetha Mohan	Vijay, Asin	4:52	Pa. Vijay
Mambazhamam Mambazham	Shankar Mahadevan, Ganga	Vijay, Asin, Vadivelu	4:41	Snehan
En Chella Peru Apple	A. V. Ramanan, Suchitra	Vijay, Mumaith Khan	4:35	Pa. Vijay
Vasaantha Mullai	Rahul Nambiar, Krishnamoorthy	Vijay, Asin	4:19	Na. Muthukumar
Nee Mutham Ondru (Remix)	Ranjith, Suchitra		4:12	Pa. Vijay
Pokkiri Theme	Mani Sharma		2:36

Release

The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Sun TV. The film was given a "U/A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board and released on 2007 at the festival of Pongal, alongside Ajith's Aalwar and Vishal's Thaamirabharani. The film collected

61 million in Tamil Nadu in its first weekend from 142 screens.^[11]^[12]

Critical reception

Pokkiri opened to positive Reviews.Sify said that the film was "enjoyable while it lasts". Indiaglitz stated that Vijay stole the show with his "typical 'Vijayisms' (action, humor and punch dialogues)" and that the show was "action-packed entertainer". Behindwoods review felt that Vadivelu and Prakash Raj’s performances were lackluster, and stated that Raj " might do well to sit back and analyze the roles that he accepts," but concluded that the movie overall "packs a punch." Rediff.com gave the movie one and half stars, stating "there's nothing more tedious than a badly made remake." Nowrunning.com stated that Pokiri' is attractively packaged and presented. Oneindia.in stated that Pokiri' is a full length action movie of Vijay.

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Vijay Awards	Favourite Film	Pokkiri	Won
	Favourite Director	Prabhu Deva	Won
	Entertainer of the Year	Vijay	Won
	Favourite Hero	Vijay	Nominated
	Favourite Heroine	Asin	Nominated
	Best Actress	Asin	Nominated
	Best Villain	Prakash Raj	Nominated
	Best Choreographer	Dinesh (Vansantha Mullai)	Won
	Best Art Director	Kathir	Nominated
	Best Stunt Director	Fefsi Vijaan	Nominated
Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor	Vijay	Nominated
Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress	Asin	Nominated
Mathrubhumi Film Awards	Best Tamil Film	Pokkiri	Won
	Best Tamil Director	Prabhu Deva	Won
	Best Tamil Actor	Vijay	Won

Remakes

The original Telugu film Pokiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh, was remade in several other languages and still found success in the respective regional cinemas. Pokkiri is the first remake. The second one was Wanted, the Hindi version in 2009 which was also directed by Prabhu Deva, Like the two other versions, Wanted had Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead and has also Prakash Raj as the villain. After that, a Kannada version, Porkhi, directed by M.D. Sridhar, was released in 14 January 2010. Below is an actor map of the lead actors in the story of Pokiri and its remakes.

Wanted is an 2009 Bollywood crime action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva. The film stars Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna and Mahesh Manjrekar in the lead roles. It is a remake of a Telugu film Pokiri, starring Mahesh Babu and Illeana D'Cruz. The film released on 18 September 2009, and broke many records at the box office upon release, due to Khan's comeback. Wanted was also the 2nd highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year 2009.

Plot

The story is about Radhe (Salman Khan), a hardcore gangster who would do anything for money. He is attracted towards Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia), a simple fitness trainer, who also has a soft spot for Radhe in her heart. The two are unable to express their love to each other, until one day, selfish Inspector Talpade (Mahesh Manjrekar) enters the love story and also falls for Jhanvi. He starts threatening Jhanvi and her family, as if Jhanvi did not marry him, he would rape Jhanvi's mother. When Radhe finds this out, he has a huge fight with Talpade, causing Talpade to realise he shouldn't mess with Radhe and he backs off. Soon enough, underworld don Gani Bhai (Prakash Raj) arrives in India for an assassination.
Gani Bhai hires Radhe as his assassin and Radhe agrees. As Datta Pawle and Gani Bhai's gang are fighting for the biggest piece of Mumbai, commissioner Ashraf Khan (Govind Namdeo) vows to make the city crime-free and starts his campaign by arresting 200 criminals. Ashraf Khan arrests and kidnaps Gani Bhai and holds him on a stranded boat where no one could find him. Gani Bhai tries hard to contact Radhe but fails in every attempt. Until, Ashraf Khan's daughter is kidnapped and he realises Gani Bhai's men are behind this. His men start filming his daughter and send him a CD of the same. Resigned, he lets Gani free. Under the influence of drugs, his daughter reveals to Gani Bhai the news that an IPS officer named Rajveer Shekhawat is after him and wants to murder him, so Gani attacks his father Shrikant Shekhawat (Vinod Khanna).
Shrikant doesn't give any information on his son, until he is held gunpoint by Gani Bhai's men. Assuming Ajay for Rajveer, Gani kills him. After realising his mistake Gani questions Shrikant. Shrikant does not tell him about the plans of Rajveer, and Gani Bhai murders Shrikant and leaves. His son, Rajveer Shekhawat arrives at the scene full of tears, and it is revealed that Radhe is actually IPS officer Rajveer Shekhawat, and he was undercover as a gangster to finish off Gani Bhai and his gang. Now, he vows to take revenge on his father's murderer.He Uses Talpade to track down him where Gani Says that he is located in Binnimills. Then Radhe(Rajveer Shekawat)raids the Binnimill and kills all of the goons including Gani's Right Hand Mona. Radhe kicks Gani causing Gani to temporarily lose his hearing. Gani then attacks Radhe, but Radhe gives him an excellent kickback such that the blood oozes from Gani's mouth, and when he is about to kill Radhe, his throat is slit by Radhe and he immediately dies. Soon enough, Inspector Talpade enters the scene and pretends he didn't see anything, but is also then shot by Radhe. The film ends with Radhe quoting his tag line, "एक बार जो मैंने कमिटमेंट कर दी, फिर मैं अपने आप की भी नहीँ सुनता" meaning "Once I have committed myself to something, I don't even listen to myself". Then the credits roll.

Cast

Salman Khan as Radhe/Rajveer Shekhawat
Ayesha Takia as Jhanvi
Prakash Raj as Shamshuddin Asgar Gani or Gani Bhai
Mahesh Manjrekar as Inspector Talpade
Vinod Khanna as Shrikant Shekhawat
Mahek Chahal as Shaina
Govind Namdeo as Police Commissioner Ashraf Khan
Aseem Merchant as Golden Bhai
Manoj Pahwa as Sonu Gates
Inder Kumar as Ajay
Sarfaraz Khan as Radhe's friend
Sajid Ali as Radhe's Friend
Raju Mavani as Datta Pawle
Prateeksha Lonkar as Laxmi (Jhanvi's Mother)
Anil Kapoor as Special Appearance in song "Jalwa"
Govinda as Special Appearance in song "Jalwa"
Prabhu Deva as Special Appearance in song "Jalwa"
Anupam Shyam as Dilip Topi

Production

Director Prabhu Deva was also the director of the previous Tamil remake, Pokkiri. Asin Thottumkal was first approached for the role of Jhanvi, but due to other commitments she rejected the offer. Consequently the role went to Ayesha Takia. Shah Rukh Khan was the first option for the lead role but rejected the script by saying that "no one can fit for the role except Mahesh Babu". After that Salman Khan agreed to the role.

Soundtrack

Wanted

Soundtrack album by Sajid-Wajid

Released

16 August 2009 (India)

T-Series

Sajid-Wajid chronology

Kal Kissne Dekha
(2009)

Wanted
(2009)

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Bollywood Hungama

The music of the film is given by Sajid Wajid. The music received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with a few songs seeing a positive response. Bollywood Hungama gave it an overall rating of 2.5/5. "Jalwa" and "Love Me Love Me" were declared the most successful tracks and topped the charts with its release.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Ishq Vishq"	Kamaal Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Suzanne D'Mello	4:46
2.	"Dil Leke"	Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello (English Vocals)	4:35
3.	"Le Le Mazaa Le"	Suzanne D'Mello, Sowmya Raoh, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Nikita Nigam	4:11
4.	"Jalwa"	Wajid, Earl D'Souza	4:31
5.	"Tose Pyaar Kare Hai"	Wajid, Sunidhi Chauhan	3:47
6.	"Most Wanted Track"	Salman Khan	4:26
7.	"Love Me Love Me"	Wajid, Amrita Kak	4:06
8.	"Dil Leke (Remix)"	Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal	3:15
9.	"Ishq Vishq (Remix)"	Kamaal Khan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Suzanne D'Mello	4:04
10.	"Jalwa on the House"	Wajid, Earl D'Souza	4:15
11.	"Tose Pyaar Kare Hai – Bhojpuri Makhan Mix"	Wajid, Earl D'Souza, Sunidhi Chauhan	4:55
12.	"Love Me Love Me (Remix)"	Wajid, Amrita Kak	4:43

Reception

Critical reception

Nikhat Kazmi from The Times of India gave it 4 out of 5, so did Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama, who added "Wanted will run only on Salman's star power." Raja Sen from Rediff gave a negative rating of 2/5 and said "Khan might be having fun, but the fact a film like Wanted underscores is how badly Bollywood needs a breed of younger leading men. And how the existing lot need roles that fit."

Box office

Wanted Collects Net 77 Crores at Domestic Boxoffice and 99 Crores Worldwide With Distibutor Share 40 Crores. Wanted Was 2nd Highest Grossing Movie Of 2009.

Awards

2010 Filmfare Awards

Winner: Best Action – Vijayan Master

2010 IIFA Awards^[9]

Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Movie – Boney Kapoor
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Actor – Salman Khan
Nominated: IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role – Prakash Raj

Stardust Awards

Winner: Best Film of the Year – Action / Thriller – Wanted

Star Screen Awards

Winner: Best Action – Vijayan Master

Sequel

Film producer Boney Kapoor announced his ideas to make Wanted 2 during 2011. Salman Khan had also requested director Prabhu Deva to create a script. In 2012, Kapoor reported that he has thought of casting Khan opposite Asin for the lead role, and that the project is under the title of Most Wanted. However, Prabhu Deva announced that he is unsure about the sequel, and if it is being made, it would happen in the near future.

Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Rajat Rawail, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. Its a remake of original Telugu movie Vikramarkudu directed by S.S. Rajamouli. It features Akshay Kumar in double roles opposite Sonakshi Sinha and Paresh Ganatra, Yashpal Sharma, Gurdeep Kohli in supporting role with Tamil actor Nassar as antagonist. The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid and lyrics are penned by Faaiz Anwar and Sameer Anjaan. It is a remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu and which had been dubbed into Malayalam as Vikramathithya, Bhojpuri as Vikram Singh Rathod IPS,Bengali as "Bikram Singha" and Hindi as Pratighat. It marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after seven years.
Rowdy Rathore revolves around a thief Shiva who falls in love with a young woman named Paro and later found a responsibility to take care for his deceased lookalike ACP Vikram Rathore's daughter while seeking revenge from the main antagonist Baapji. It was shot primarily in Mumbai at SLB production house and then in the state of Karnataka at locations of UNESCO World Heritage sites including Hampi. Made on a budget of

450 million (US$7.5 million), Rowdy Rathore released on 1 June 2012 on 2700 screens worldwide. It received mixed response from critics, whilst opening to strong box office collections and became a major commercial success with a worldwide gross of

2.01 billion (US$34 million). The film was declared a "Blockbuster" in India and "average" in Overseas by Box Office India. Rowdy Rathore has since emerged as one of the highest grossing films of all time in Bollywood.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Character map of Rowdy Rathore and its remakes
4 Production
5 Release
6 Box office
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot

Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time thief in Mumbai who falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) from Patna, who is in Mumbai to attend a marriage. Shiva makes his way into Paro's heart by going to the marriage. Slowly, she starts loving him. Shiva tells her the truth about him being a thief and resolves to give up crime forever because he loves Paro dearly. But before that, he decides to swindle one last person for a large sum of money along with his con-friend 2G (Paresh Ganatra). He tricks a woman on a railway station (Gurdeep Kohli) and flees with a trunk. This leads Shiva to Chinki (Ananya Nayak), a girl who was in the trunk instead of the wealth he thought was there, who thinks that he is her father. Flummoxed by what is happening, but forced to keep Chinki with him as a police officer (Yashpal Sharma) keeps his eye on him.
While keeping Chinki with him, Shiva fears that he will get caught by Paro and lose her forever. He searches through the trunk, where he first saw Chinki, to see who is Chinki's real father. Shiva then spots a photo of Chinki and her father. Her father looks exactly like Shiva, realising why Chinki had called him her father. Surprised to see the photo, Shiva and 2G decide to go find Chinki's father.
Here it is revealed that Chinki's father is Vikram Rathore (Akshay Kumar), who is a danger to criminals. While chasing a goon to find his daughter, Rathore gets hit by an auto and falls down a hill. Then his brain gets aggravated and he gets severe pain. While being there for some time to hide from the goons who are after him, Rathore slowly makes his way to a faucet, turns it on, and runs water all over his head, making him come back to normal. At the hospital, his doctor tells him that the injury in his brain is very serious, and can put his life in danger.
After having Chinki with him for some days, Shiva gets fed up with her and breaks her tape recorder. The next morning, he hears Chinki cry. After Shiva learns that Chinki's mother died, he gets deeply hurt for what he has done to Chinki and he starts to love and take care of her. Unfortunately, Paro sees this and misunderstands Shiva. She angrily leaves for Patna. Depressed, Shiva and Chinki walk sadly in Mumbai. Soon, the goons who are after Rathore, see Shiva. Thinking that he is Rathore, they start chasing him. While he and Chinki are running for their life, they encounter the lady at the train station as well as the police officer from earlier, who tell Shiva to run. While running, Chinki becomes unconscious. Shiva then reaches a construction site and is soon surrounded by the goons. Their leader pushes him down and says these things which Shiva has no idea about. It is revealed that Rathore is watching the whole thing from the top. Just as Shiva is about to get stabbed by a goon, Rathore quickly takes a weapon, jumps down and kills the goon.
The goons see this and are surprised to see two identical men. Even Shiva can't believe this. Rathore puts Shiva and Chinki in a cell for safety and locks them up. Then a fight starts in which Rathore beats up some goons. But while fighting, Rathore injures his brain, giving the goons the chance to attack him. Eventually, Rathore gets stabbed by the leader. But then rain starts to fall, bringing Rathore to his senses. He gets back up, even though he is severely injured, and kills every goon himself. After this, the railway station lady and the police inspector salute him. Rathore then collapses on the ground and faints. At the hospital, Shiva and Chinki appear to be okay, and Shiva realises that those two people he encountered before are real police officers. Shiva asks the doctor about Rathore. The doctor replies that the injuries are more than worse, but they're trying their best. The police officers then tell Shiva that the man who looks like Shiva is ACP Vikram Rathore, a disciplined and respected police officer. The police officers then narrate Shiva of this whole incident.
Six months ago in a village near Patna called Devgarh lived a goon who was called Baabji (Nassar). His son Munna (Amit Kumar Tiwari) used to trouble, torture and annexe money from people. When Rathore arrived to Devgarh, he found out about Baabji and his criminal activities and he immediately arrested his son. But Munna was released because Baabji was friends with the minister. After a big party for the release of Munna, Rathore tricked him into killing himself by hanging himself from a tree by the belt of a humiliated inspector. The next day, Rathore got attacked by Baapji's brother Titla (Supreeth Reddy) on Dusshehra where he is stabbed from the back as well as shot in the head while trying to save a village child. He was then assumed to be dead. While the police officers were getting ready to bury him, he started breathing. Apparently, he survived the attack. Everybody at the funeral promised not to disclose this to anybody. Then the officers quickly took Rathore to Mumbai for treatment. But a lot of doctors said that it was impossible to cure this injury.
After Shiva hears the whole story, the doctors come to them and say that Rathore doesn't have much time left. Rathore requests Shiva to take care of his daughter. Shiva promises and says that Chinki is now his daughter. Rathore smiles and dies while holding Shiva's hand. Feeling depressed by what happened, Shiva promises to finish Rathore's unfinished work. He officially takes up the identity of ACP Vikram Rathore. Rathore goes to Devgarh with Chinki to take revenge on Baabji. Rathore sets Baabji's factory on fire and Baabji gets beaten up by the other police officers. Meanwhile Paro finds out the truth about Shiva, Chinki, the death of her real father,and that Shiva is now & will always be Rathore. She apologises and tells Rathore that she will also take care of Chinki. Titla, who realises that Rathore is alive, kidnaps Paro and Chinki. Rathore appears and a fight starts. At the end of the fight, Rathore ties Titla and Baabji to a rope on a bridge and cuts the rope. Baabji and Titla fall hard on the ground and die. The people of Devgarh are now safe and they start a celebration. After getting promotion, Rathore marries Paro and starts his new life as a police officer with Paro, Chinki, and 2G.

Cast

Akshay Kumar as Shiva/ACP Vikram Rathore (Dual Role)
Sonakshi Sinha as Paro
Ananya Nayak as Chinki
Paresh Ganatra as 2G
Nassar as Baapji
Supreeth Reddy as Titla
Yashpal Sharma as Inspector Vishal Sharma
Gurdeep Kohli as Inspector Razia Khan
Amit Kumar Tiwari as Munna
Mushtaq Khan as Baapji's brother-in-law
Anant Jog as Minister
Darshan Jariwala as Commissioner
Pooja Rawal as Mrs. Rathore (in the photo)
Shireesh Sharma as Paro's father
Ashok Samarth as Babu

Special appearances

Vijay in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
Kareena Kapoor in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
Prabhu Deva in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
Maryam Zakaria in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"
Shakti Mohan in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"
Mumaith Khan in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"

Character map of Rowdy Rathore and its remakes

Vikramarkudu (2006) (Telugu)	Ulta Palta 69 (2007) (Bengali)	Veera Madakari (2009) (Kannada)	Siruthai (2011) (Tamil)	Bikram Singha (2012) (Bengali)	Rowdy Rathore (2012) (Hindi)
Ravi Teja	Manna	Sudeep	Karthi	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Akshay Kumar
Anushka Shetty	Purnima	Ragini Dwivedi	Tamannaah	Richa Gangopadhyay	Sonakshi Sinha

Production

Casting

Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudeva at the first-look launch of Rowdy Rathore.

Akshay Kumar learnt a special combat karate technique for his character role in the film. Kumar reported that he had accepted the role in Rowdy Rathore since his son loves to watch him in action roles. Sanjay Leela Bhansali teamed up with designer Shabinaa Khan to co-produce "Rowdy Rathore", which is his first film with Akshay Kumar.It is also Bhansali's first film as a solo producer and in action genre. Maryam Zakaria was selected to perform an item number. Popular Tamil actor Vijay make friendly appearance in "Chinta Ta" song, Prabhudeva himself appeared in the song. Kareena Kapoor did a friendly appearance.

Filming

The filming started on 10 August 2011. During the shooting for a climax scene, Akshay hurt his shoulder. The police denied permission for shooting of Rowdy Rathore at the World Heritage Site Hampi, following protests from local activists and artists. The film unit consisting of director Prabhu Deva, actors Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and 50 other dancers left the site on Tuesday, authorities issued directions to the crew to stop shooting with immediate effect following violations of ASI conservation rules and for tranquillity. Local people and artists opposed shooting of a song sequence, featuring Akshay and Sonakshi, along with many dancers, scheduled to be shot at several heritage sites in Karnataka including the Vijaya Vittala temple, Lotus Mahal, Maha Navami Dibba and other historic places in the 15th century capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Marketing

The trailer of Rowdy Rahore was launched in an open stadium in Worli on 2 April 2012 and received over 2,295,756 views in under one month on YouTube.
UTV tied up with radio channel Red FM for organising a contest titled "Rowdy Hunt" to look for social do-gooders and others who work towards social betterment – winners of the contest will accompany star Akshay Kumar to promote the film during his tours. The hunt has taken place in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai and New Delhi, where callers were invited to share their grievances and tackle the culprit on a public platform in true "Rowdy" style. The RJ/host will then select five rowdies in each city based on a "Rowdy Meter" who will then comprise Akshay Kumar's Rowdy Gang in a particular city.
The cast and crew went to Dubai as part of promotional tour. Sonakshi Sinha promoted the film on Big FM. On 26 May 2012, she promoted the film on Dance India Dance Lil' Masters on Zee Tv, and the Zee Network are giving out free cinema tickets to people who are correct in the Safari Cinema. Wardrobe company Dollar Industries has tied up with the producers to promote their products with the film.

Soundtrack

Rowdy Rathore

Soundtrack album by Sajid-Wajid

Released

27 April 2012

Recorded

2012

Length

29:34

UTV

Producer

Sajid-Wajid

Sajid-Wajid chronology

Housefull 2
(2012)

Rowdy Rathore
(2012)

Teri Meri Kahaani
(2012)

The soundtrack is by Sajid-Wajid and was released 25 April 2012. The line "Chinta Ta Ta Ta" and part of its music has been borrowed from the original song of its Telugu version which was confirmed by Wajid. Kumar Sanu has sung a song for this film, making his comeback after four years.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dhadang Dhang Dhang"	Faaiz Anwar	Sajid, Shreya Ghoshal	4:35
2.	"Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"	Sameer Anjaan	Mika Singh, Wajid	4:21
3.	"Aa Re Pritam Pyaare"	Sameer Anjaan	Mamta Sharma, Sarosh Sami	4:19
4.	"Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli"	Faaiz Anwar	Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal	5:04
5.	"Tera Ishq Bada Teekha"	Sameer Anjaan	Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal	4:25
6.	"Chandaniya (Lori Lori)"	Sameer Anjaan	Shreya Ghoshal	3:52
7.	"Rowdy Mix"	Shiraz Ahmed & Sajid	Akshay Kumar, Sarosh Sami	4:13
Total length:				29:34

Release

The film's satellite rights was sold for

350 million (US$5.8 million). The film released worldwide on 1 June 2012. Rowdy Rathore was released in 2,300 screens in India and around 400 screens overseas.

Critical reception

Rowdy Rathore received mixed reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 stars, saying, "If you savor typical masaledaar fares, this one should be on your have-to-watch listing for certain. Dhamaal entertainer!" DNA India gave 3 stars out of 5 and said, "Rowdy is Akshay's return to action. And how! The actor takes charge of the film from the first scene and holds it tight all through. To put it simply, the film is to Akshay what Wanted was for Salman!" Srijana Mitra Das for The Times of India gave the film 3 stars of 5, and said, "Fans will love Akshay's mooch-twirling masala-act but be ready for hardcore action too — some pretty gruesome."
Mrigank Dhaniwala for Koimoi.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, and gave the verdict that the film entertains in parts. "Watch it for Akshay Kumar's performance and the comedy." Shomini Sen from Zee News also gave 3 stars out of 5 and said, "The premise of the film may be good, but the treatment is that of a typical south Indian pot boiler." Based on 21 reviews, review aggregate site desimartini.com gave the verdict, "Although the movie doesn't do complete justice to the original Telugu blockbuster, it does have some funny dialogues and action sequences that will make you want to whistle! Rowdy Rathore is a one time watch." The site's average audience rating is 2.5/5.
Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave movie 1 star out of 5 and said "Rowdy Rathore is the kind of movie that's made by people with a cash register in place of their brain. Because no legitimate reason, other than financial gain, can justify why this movie was made – it has no story or plot whatsoever, the characters are entirely forgettable, and it's so long and loud and silly that the laughs dry up early on. That the film has such impressive pedigree – it's produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, directed by Prabhudeva, and stars Akshay Kumar – is both baffling and shameful." Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 2 stars out of 5, saying, "Rowdy Rathore plays out pretty much like a comic-book fantasy rendered in the form of a live-action film. Go for it if you must, but don't expect the earth from it." Blessy Chettiar of DNA India gave the film 2 stars out of 5, concluding, "Akshay's me-too is fun while it lasts. Watch it for him, lest he feels bad for jumping on the South remake bandwagon too late to get any attention." Raja Sen of Rediff.com too gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and commented, "It can hardly be called a film, but ah well. Watch it if only to remind yourself of old Khiladi flicks...." Oneindia.in criticised the film's illogical plot, however concluded saying, "Overall, Rowdy Rathore is a total paisa wasool film, hence it's a must watch."
Trisha Gupta of Firstpost reviewed "Rowdy Rathore is a mess of maal, masala and moustache while it has neither the wit nor the charm needed to craft a real send-up". Mayank Shekhar, on his website theW14.com, says "While you can't tell one Akshay Kumar from the other in this film, you obviously can't tell this film from any other action hit from recent or distant past either. That's what a dead formula film is supposed to be. Going by box-office figures, the producers, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and UTV, are certain this is what the audiences currently desire. They probably do. Is this what they deserve? I'm not sure.

Box office

Rowdy Rathore had been the most appreciated film since Dabangg released in 2010. It had seen the best word of mouth since Dabangg which is reflected in trending of its first three-week run. Good word-of-mouth had helped it to take its distributor share to

740 million (US$12 million) in India at the end of its run. Rowdy Rathore has emerged one of the biggest grosser ever in Mumbai circuit and grossed

515.5 million (US$8.6 million) in seven weeks.

Domestic

The film took a bumper opening at single screens at an occupancy of around 95%–100%. It collected around

150.6 million (US$2.5 million) nett domestic in the opening day. Rowdy Rathore had a good opening weekend with collection of

475.0 million (US$7.9 million). The film further collected

91.0 million (US$1.5 million) on Monday and

80 million (US$1.3 million) on Tuesday. Rowdy Rathore had collected around

770 million (US$13 million) nett plus in its first week and this makes it the second highest collections ever for a regular Friday-Thursday week behind Dabangg, which collected

810 million (US$14 million) nett. The collections of Rowdy Rathore were around

50 million (US$840,000) nett on its 8th day, which was better than the new release Shanghai on its first week. The film collected a huge

335.0 million (US$5.6 million) nett in its second week taking the two-week business to

1095.0 million (US$18 million) nett. It was steady on its third week as it collected around

21.0 million (US$350,000) nett on its third Friday despite being new release, Ferrari Ki Sawaari. It had collected

150 million (US$2.5 million) nett in third week,

46.1 million (US$770,000) in fourth week and

18.4 million (US$310,000) nett in fifth week thus taken its five weeks total to

1304.5 million (US$22 million). The film eventually made

1.33 billion (US$22 million) in India.

International

Rowdy Rathore had collected around

152.0 million (US$2.5 million) overseas in ten days. Collections had been considered "below the mark" in most circuits while UAE was the best. Rowdy Rathore has finished around

187.8 million (US$3.1 million) and is an average fare overseas.

Plot

Romeo Rajkumar (Shahid Kapoor) is an aimless youth who arrives in small town of Dhartipur been ruled by two drug barons named Shivraj Gurjar (Sonu Sood) and his arch enemy Manik Parmar (Ashish Vidyarthi), controlled by a Mafia don named Ajit Taaka (Srihari), who operates in Hong Kong. Rajkumar now works for Shivraj. But his life changes forever when he claps eyes on the beautiful, educated Chanda (Sonakshi Sinha). What he doesn't know is that Chanda is an orphan who's been raised by Manik Parmar. After some persistent wooing, Chanda falls for Rajkumar's charms. Just when their love was about to flourish, Shivraj and Parmar compromise and Parmar decides to get Chanda married to Shivraj,against Chanda's wish. Angered Rajkumar beats Shivraj's men and challenges him, saying that he will marry Chanda in front of Shivraj. Furious, Shivraj plans to get Rajkumar killed in an encounter by his pet police officer. But in return, gets a shocking surprise when it is revealed that Rajkumar actually works for Don Ajit Takka and was sent to Dhartipur only to take over the drug cartel to which both Shivraj and Parmar owe allegiance. Rajkumar captures Shivraj's truck full of drugs and drives it to Takka, revealing he himself was a big gangster all along. After giving Shivraj's stolen truck to Takka, he discovers that the truck was empty. In a twist of events, it turns out that Shivraj and Takka had joined hands, and purposely made Rajkumar steal the empty truck. Shivraj and Takka brutally kill Rajkumar and bury him. Shivraj starts his wedding celebrations with Chanda, only to be interrupted by the still alive Rajkumar, who is shown to have been rescued by one of Shivraj's henchmen after he was burried. Shivraj's men back off because they are now friends with Rajkumar, hence leading to a one on one fight between the two. Finally, Rajkumar kills Shivraj with a power punch to the neck and later Don Takka with a ceramic tile. Story ends with all the men beating Parmar, while a severely injured Rajkumar and Chanda walk away hand in hand happily.

Cast

Shahid Kapoor as Romeo Rajkumar
Sonakshi Sinha as Chanda
Sonu Sood as Shivraj Gurjar
Ashish Vidyarthi as Manik Parmar
Asrani as Pandit
Mukul Dev as Shivraj's henchman and Rajkumar's best friend
Srihari as Ajit Taaka
Poonam Jhawer as Bindu
Ashok Samarth as Inspector
Charmy Kaur (Special appearance in song "Gandi Baat")
Prabhu Deva (Special appearance in song "Gandi Baat")
Ragini Dwivedi (Special appearance in song "Kaddu Katega")
Scarlett Mellish Wilson (Special appearance in song "Kaddu Katega")

Production

Sonakshi Sinha performed some action scenes in the film. Charmy Kaur shot for an item song for the film in June 2013. Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi will be making her Bollywood entry in the same song which will also feature Scarlett Mellish Wilson.
The film was first titled Rambo Rajkumar. According to reports, the makers of the original Rambo series had copyrighted the word Rambo making it unavailable for usage by other filmmakers. As a result, the makers decided on a title change for the film. However, since the film's title is already known among the audience the makers decided on dropping a few letters from the title rechristening it to R... Rajkumar. After the film's title change, Shahid Kapoor's character in the film, which was Rambo Rajkumar initially, was also changed. During its filming, Kapoor narrowly avoided serious burns during a stunt sequence. Song sequence was shot at Great Rann of Kutch.
After the film's release and subsequent success, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which oversees the famous Academy Awards, sent a formal letter to producer Viki Rajani asking for a copy of the film's script to be kept in the Oscar Library. This is the fourth Bollywood film, after Lagaan, Rock On!!, and Guzaarish, to be requested for this honor by the Academy. Speaking of the request, Viki Rajani said, "It's a privilege that our movie script has been recognized internationally and it's an honour for us to be a part of the archives at the Academy Library. The movies was loved by the audience and has done well at the box-office. This is another happy moment for the entire team." Director Prabhu Deva, speaking of the request, said, "Making this movies has been a fun experience and this honour tops it all. What more can I ask for."

Soundtrack

R... Rajkumar

Soundtrack album by Pritam

Released

6 November 2013

Recorded

2012-2013

Soundtrack

Length

28:22

Pritam chronology

Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
(2013)

R... Rajkumar
(2013)

Dhoom 3
(2013)

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Pritam. Director Prabhu Deva was very keen to work with Pritam and finally got the chance to work with him. The first song of the film "Gandi Baat" was released on 16 October which is Sung by Mika Singh and Kalpana Patowary. The other song released was "Saree Ke Fall Sa" sung by Antara Mitra and Nakash Aziz. The two songs became instant hits with the public. While the entire album consisting of six tracks composed by Pritam and lyrics penned by Anupam Amod, Mayur Puri was released physically on 6 November 2013.^{[citation needed]}
All lyrics written by Anupam Amod, Mayur Puri.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Gandi Baat"	Mika Singh, Kalpana Patowary	4:13
2.	"Saree Ke Fall Sa"	Antara Mitra, Nakash Aziz	3:53
3.	"Mat Maari"	Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan	4:21
4.	"Dhokha Dhadi"	Arijit Singh, Palak Muchhal	4:09
5.	"Kaddu Katega"	Antara Mitra	3:31
6.	"Gandi Baat (Film Version)"	Nakash Aziz, Ritu Pathak	4:26
7.	"Saree Ke Fall Sa (Remix)"	Antara Mitra, Nakash Aziz	3:49
Total length:			28:22

Critical reception

The film opened with mixed reviews from critics.
India Times rated 3/5 stated, "It has some 'must-haves' of a pot-boiler, but misses the real thing - a solid story." Tushar Joshi of Daily News and Analysis gave 3 out of 5 stars to the film and said,"Watch it if you are in the mood for a entertainer." Indian express criticized the film saying "R for Rubbish". Rajeev Masand criticised the film that it is "relentlessly ugly, you have to wonder how it qualifies as entertainment of any sort" and gave a rating "half out of five for Prabhu Deva's 'R... Rajkumar'. The half star is strictly for Pritam's music". Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times called it "cheerfully, boisterously regressive" and also claimed that "The story is both abysmal and exhaustingly loud because when the hero isn't doing pyar, pyar, pyar, he's indulging in maar, maar, maar and men — defying every law of physics — are flying in all directions. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote:" R... RAJKUMAR doesn't work. It is Prabhu Dheva's weakest Hindi film to date".

Box office

Though critics were harsh, the film opened to a warm audience response.

India

R... Rajkumar had an average to good opening day occupancy with an average occupancy of 40% with the film performing its best in places like Gujarat, Maharashtra, CP Berar and Rajasthan with 50% occupancy percentage while it lagged in North Indian circuits with 30% occupancy in places like Delhi and Punjab. The film had a good opening day with collections of

90 million (US$1.5 million). The second day collections were

85 million (US$1.4 million) and the third day collections were

105 million (US$1.8 million), taking the weekend total to

280 million (US$4.7 million). The first week collections were

438 million (US$7.3 million) nett. The film collected

12.25-2.5 crore (US$−420,000) on its second Friday and

13-3.25 crore (US$−540,000) on its second Saturday taking its 10-day total collection to

530 million (US$8.9 million). The film collected

27.5 million (US$460,000) in its second Monday taking its tally to a total of

548 million (US$9.2 million). The film collected over

160 million (US$2.7 million) in its second week taking its total to over

600 million (US$10 million). The film had lifetime domestic collections of

640 million (US$11 million), and emerged as a "box office super hit".

Overseas

R... Rajkumar had collections of $1 million in its first weekend overseas. R... Rajkumar collected $1.7 million (₹103 million/₹103 million) from overseas market.

Worldwide

"R... Rajkumar" had worldwide collection of

94 crore (US$16 million) after a three weeks run. R... Rajkumar" had worldwide collection of

117.5 crore (US$20 million) It was declared a Superhit and was the 11th highest grossing film of 2013 in India.

Choreographer

Minsara Kanavu (Electrifying Dreams) is a 1997 Tamil romance film written and directed by Rajiv Menon. The film features Arvind Swamy, Prabhu Deva and Kajol in the lead roles, with Girish Karnad, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, V. K. Ramasamy and Nassar in other pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman, while the cinematography was handled by Venu and Ravi K. Chandran. The film was shot in Lawrence School, Lovedale Ooty, St. Andrews Church and Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. The film opened in January 1997 to positive review from film critics and performed very well at the box office. The film garnered four National Film Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.

Plot

Priya Amal Raj (Kajol) loses her mother at a very young age. She is friendly, outspoken, sensitive, yet precocious. Priya is brought up by her dad, Amal Raj (Girish Karnad) who is a clothing industrialist. Since her childhood, Priya is interested in singing, music and church.
Thomas Thanga Durai (Arvind Swamy), a polite, well mannered NRI business man, returns to India from America to look after his father's James Thanga Durai's (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) business. Thanga Durai is a former associate in Amal Raj's business, and now establishes his own business empire in the same vicinity, opposite to Amal Raj's factory. He boasts of his sons achievements. However, Amal Raj dislikes Thanga Durai's ill mannered, clumsy and bizarre antics though Thomas and Priya have known each other in their child hood.
Thomas, happens to meet Priya at her school when he goes to a woman's hostel to see his aunt, mother superior (Arundhati Nag) a nun in that school church. Thomas takes Priya's help in surprising his aunt with a gift on her birthday. In the process, Thomas falls in love with priya but is unable to confess his love for her. Priya has been brought up in a convent school and wants to become a nun, much to the horror of Thomas and Priyas father. Mean while, Amal Raj tries to pull Priya into wedlock through setting up match making with some suitors like Jaipal (Prakash Raj), David (Ranvir Shah) etc., but he fails to fix an alliance for his daughter. In the midst of this, Thomas's friend Shiva takes him to hairstylist Deva (Prabhu Deva) who is notorious at changing women's minds. Deva befriends Priya to change her mind about being a nun.
At one instance, Priya performs singing at a Gala along with Deva's troupe, which puts the troupe into the limelight of a recording theatre owner. Deva requests Priya to join his aspiring music troop as a singer and help them achieve the group's aspiration for a film audition and Priya agrees to it. Deva with his musical troupe (Nassar and his group) play tricks to make Priya fall in love with Thomas, but fails to turn Priya's mind towards Thomas. Instead, Deva himself falls in love with Priya and she reciprocates.
Complications arise when Priya falls in love with Deva instead, and at the same juncture, Thomas confesses his love to Priya and reveals the shocking truth behind Deva's association with Priya. Torn between the two men, a broken-hearted Priya decides to vow for Nun trainee and fails to fulfill her promise for the group's music audition. Thomas realises this at the end and sacrifices his love. Thomas and his Aunt convince Priya out of celibacy and marry Deva. Thomas becomes a priest as he naturally leads a life of service to the poor, sacrifice and mental chastity.

Cast

Prabhu Deva as Deva
Arvind Swamy as Thomas
Kajol as Priya
V. K. Ramasamy
Arundhati Nag as (mother superior)
Nassar as Guru
Girish Karnad as Amalraj
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as James Thangadurai
Rallapalli
Mohan V. Ram
Janaki Sabesh
Prakash Raj as Jaipal
Ranvir Shah as David
Gautham Menon in an uncredited role
Karthik Krupakaran

Production

AVM Productions wanted to make a film to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1997 and signed on Prabhu Deva to play a lead role and A. R. Rahman to score the music for this unplanned project, but Rahman was initially reluctant as he had scored music for three of Prabhu Deva's films in the recent past. The producers revealed that they were looking for a new director and Rahman suggested the name of cinematographer, Rajiv Menon to make his directorial debut, after the pair had previously collaborated in jingles for many ad films. Menon thought about the offer for two months and was ultimately convinced by Rahman and Mani Ratnam, who he had been working with in Bombay (1995), to sign the project. Arvind Swamy was then signed up for a role as was Hindi actress Kajol, to make her debut in Tamil films. Kajol revealed that she found dancing alongside Prabhu Deva difficult and took up to twenty retakes and thirty rehearsals for a particular song. Nassar, often seen in intense roles, was signed to play a bubbly character in the film and described the shoot as a "delightful experience". Veteran actors Girish Karnad and V. K. Ramasamy were also added to the cast as was singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who had previously appeared in father roles in Kaadhalan and Kadhal Desam. Actress Arundhati Nag and Prakash Raj also formed part of the cast, while then-assistant director Gautham Menon appears in a cameo role. It was dubbed in Telugu as Merupu Kalalu.
The film was shot in 1996 with two songs and the climax being shot at Lawrence School Chapel, Lovedale. Prabhu Deva suffered a throat infection during post-production works and Vikram, then a struggling actor, dubbed for his character while Revathi dubbed for the non-Tamil speaking Kajol.

Release

The film was released on 14 January 1997 coinciding with the Tamil festival of Thai Pongal alongside Mani Ratnam's political drama film Iruvar, and though both films initially opened to a lukewarm response, Minsara Kanavu eventually emerged triumphant at the Tamil Nadu box office, and a dubbed Telugu version (Merupu Kalalu) had a good opening in Andhra Pradesh. After audiences were initially unhappy with the sad climax of the film, distributors reverted and used an alternate ending which had also been shot for the film. A critic from Indolink.com gave the film a positive review, stating that "Minsara Kanavu is again a triangular love story with a little difference. It has good entertainment value, awesome cinematography and execellent songs and choreographed dances."
The film was dubbed and released by ABC Films on 26 October 1997 in Hindi as Sapnay to capitulate on Kajol's popularity in Northern India, earning above average reviews from critics. However the version failed commercially with reports suggesting that "bad dubbing" was the reason of failure and Rajiv Menon subsequently opted against dubbing his next film, Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) in Hindi.
Minsara Kanavu went on to win four National Film Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Filmfare Award mostly for the film's soundtrack. The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the second time, while he also secured his fourth Tamil Nadu State Award and his sixth consecutive Filmfare Award for his work. K. S. Chitra and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Best Male Playback Singer for the tracks "Ooh La La La" and "Thanga Thamarai" respectively. Sujatha and Unni Menon won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback and Best Male Playback for two different tracks, "Poo Pookkum Oosai" and "Ooh La La La" respectively. Meanwhile Prabhu Deva won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work in the song, "Vennilave".

Awards

1996 National Film Awards (India)

Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Direction - A.R.Rahman
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva - Songs: "Vennilavae and Strawberry Kannae"
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Male Playback Singer - S.P.Balasubramaniam - Song: "Thanga Thamarai"
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Female Playback Singer - K.S.Chithra - Song: "Manna Madurai" ("Ooh!la la la...")

1996 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman
Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha - "Poo Pookkum oosai"
Best Male Playback Singer - Unni Menon -"Manna Madurai"

1996 Filmfare Awards South

Best Music Director Tamil -A. R. Rahman

Soundtrack

Minsara Kanavu / Sapnay

Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman

Released

1997

Recorded

Panchathan Record Inn

Soundtrack

A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman chronology

Anthimanthaarai
(1997)

Minsara Kanavu
(1997)

Iruvar
(1997)

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The Hindi version of the soundtrack was titled Sapnay and had lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar, with a new song titled "Teri Meri Baat" was added to this version. The song "Ooh La La La" was re-edited by A. R. Rahman and featured on the hit international musical production Bombay Dreams, which ran in Europe and North America from 2002 to 2005. The track "Vennilavae (Part 2)" was a sad version of the song "Vennilave" and was sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Kavita Paudwal and this track was featured in the movie only.
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam recalls the recording session of "Thanga Thamarai", mentioning that "it required a tone that reflected the feelings of someone totally smitten and intoxicated by love. The character singing the song in the film is on a high after finding his girl. I only tried my best to imitate Rahman, who sang it for me. The imitation fetched me a national award." Playback singer Kay Kay was introduced by Rahman through the song "Strawberry Kannae". There is also a telugu dubbed soundtrack, Merupu Kalulu.

Tamil version

All lyrics written by Vairamuthu, all music composed by A. R. Rahman.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vennilavae"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5:58
2.	"Vennilavae (Part 2)"	Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Paudwal	1:45
3.	"Poo Pookum Oosai"	Sujatha, Malaysia Vasudevan	6:47
4.	"Manna Madurai (Ooh La La La)"	Unni Menon, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas	5:53
5.	"Thanga Thamarai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha	4:58
6.	"Strawberry Kannae"	KK, Febi Mani	4:25
7.	"Anbendra"	Anuradha Sriram	3:33

Hindi version

All music composed by A. R. Rahman.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chanda Re"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5:58
2.	"Chanda Re (Part 2)"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5:58
3.	"Aawara Bhanwre"	Hema Sardesai, Malaysia Vasudevan	6:47
4.	"Ek Bagiya"	Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas	5:53
5.	"Door Na Ja Mujhse"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malgudi Subha	4:58
6.	"Strawberry Ankhein"	KK, Kavita Paudwal	4:25
7.	"Roshan Hui Raat"	Anuradha Sriram	3:33
8.	"Teri Meri Baat"	Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Hema Sardesai

Pukar (English: Call) is a Hindi drama filmdirected by Rajkumar Santoshi and starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa and Om Puri. The film was critically acclaimed but did only averagely well at box office. It won two National Film Awards, including the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and the National Film Award for Best Actor for Anil Kapoor's performance.

Plot

Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali wants to make most of Jai's holiday and tries to get close to him and spend time with him as much as she can.
At a party, he meets the then Miss India, Pooja Mallapa (Namrata Shirodkar). As they spend more time together, they begin to fall in love. In the mean time, Jai's parents are arranging his marriage to Anjali but when they find out about Jai's love for Pooja, they realise that they have to tell Anjali everything. Anjali, heartbroken and jealous wants revenge as Jai rejected her. Realising her frustration with Jai, Abrush takes advantage (via the said "kidnapped" politician who is hand in glove with Abrush) and together they plot to destroy Jai's reputation and life.
Anjali manages to steal certain important secret documents detailing plans for Abrush's movement from prison to prison. The following events lead to Jai being court martialed and he is declared a traitor to the country. Pooja leaves him alone due to family pressure. Jai, determined to prove his innocence and redeem himself, decides to pursue Abrush alone. Ultimately Anjali comes to her senses and realises her mistake. To atone for it, she single-handedly tries to thwart Abhrush's plans and help Jai prove his innocence. Jai overpowers Abhrush. Finally Jai expresses his love for Anjali and forgives her and both unite.

Cast

Anil Kapoor as Major Jaidev Rajvansh
Madhuri Dixit as Anjali
Sudhir Joshi as Anjali's Father
Namrata Shirodkar as Pooja Mallapa
Om Puri as Colonel Hussein
Danny Denzongpa as Abhrush
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Shivaji Satam as Col. Rana
Farida Jalal as Gayetri Rajvansh
Rohini Hattangadi as Mrs. Mallapa (Pooja's Mother)
Girish Karnad as Mr. Rajvansh
Govind Namdeo as Mr. Mishra
Anjan Srivastava as Mishra's Assistant
Mukesh Rishi as Bakshi, Abhrush Assistant
Yashpal Sharma as Major Katar Singh
K.D Chandran
Viju Khote as Dayanand Awasthi
Neeraj Vora
Prabhu Deva as Himself in song, "Kay Sera Sera"
Lata Mangeshkar as Herself in song, "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa"

Soundtrack

Pukar

Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman

Released

1999 (India)

Recorded

Panchathan Record Inn

A. R. Rahman chronology

Taj Mahal
(1999)

Pukar
(2000)

Alaipayuthey
(2000)

The music is given by A.R.Rahman while the lyrics are written by Majrooh, Javed Akhtar.

The song "Kay Sera Sera", was a remake of the song "Kadhal Nayagara" from a Tamil movie En Swasa Kaatre. The lyrics of that song and the title is from Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be).
Rahman reused the song "Oh Bosnia" as "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa". The song was composed and performed by Rahman in his Malaysian concert in 1996 that was in aid of Bosnian victims. The piano was played by Rahman himself.

Tracklist

Song	Artist(s)
"Kay Sera Sera"	Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Sunta Hai Mera Khuda"	Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Swarnalatha
"Humrahi Jab Ho Mastana"	Hema Sardesai, Udit Narayan
"Hai Jaana - 1"	Sujatha
"Hai Jaana - 2"	Sujatha
"Kismat Se Tum"	Anuradha Paudwal, Sonu Nigam
"Ek Tu Hi Bharosa"	Lata Mangeshkar

Awards

Pukar received many awards and nominations, the most important being Anil Kapoor who won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance.

Filmfare Awards

Nominated:

IIFA Awards

Nominated:

Best Actor Award - Anil Kapoor
Best Actress Award - Madhuri Dixit
Best Supporting Actress Award - Namrata Shirodkar

Star Screen Awards

Nominated:

Star Screen Award for Best Actor - Anil Kapoor
Star Screen Award for Best Actress - Madhuri Dixit
Star Screen Award for Best Comedian - Rohini Hattangadi
Star Screen Award for Best Female Playback - Kavita Krishnamurthy for "Kay Sera Sera"
Star Screen Award for Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva for "Kay Sera Sera"

Won:

Star Screen Award for Best Publicity Design - Himanshu Nanda and Rahul Nanda

National Film Awards

References

Box office 2000

Lakshya (English: Goal (Target)) is a 2004 Bollywood war drama film directed by Farhan Akhtar, with stars Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sharad Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Aditya Srivastava, Om Puri and Boman Irani. Hrithik Roshan plays the role of Lieutenant (later Acting Captain) Karan Shergill, who leads his team (initially 12, falling to 6 members) to victory over the Pakistani troops. It is a coming-of-age story with a fictionalized backdrop of the Kargil war.

Plot

Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a young man who has no goal or plans for his future. His father is a businessman, his brother is a successful individual living in America. His girlfriend, Romi (Preity Zinta), a student activist and reporter who espouses fashionable causes out of well-meaning sincerity, tells him he needs to find a goal in life. When a friend announces he is going to join the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Karan applies as well, despite dissent from his parents.
To his surprise, Karan gets selected (though his friend backs out). But he is undisciplined and unused to the life there and keeps getting into trouble. Upset, he runs away from the academy, which causes Romi to break up with him. Karan finally comes to terms with his situation and makes his decision. He returns to the IMA, takes his punishment, and becomes a focused, disciplined cadet leader, graduating as an officer Lieutenant Karan Shergill.
Karan is posted to the 3rd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, commanded by Col. Sunil Damle (Amitabh Bachchan) in the Kargil sector, and handles his responsibilities well. Karan comes home on leave and finds out that Romi is getting engaged; he goes to the ceremony to congratulate her. Karan is recalled to his post as his leave is cut short due to outbreak of hostilities in Kargil.
He reports back to his post where he is promoted to the rank of Acting Captain. His battalion CO briefs the officers on the latest situation. The battalion has been assigned to secure Point 5179, a crucial vantage point dominating the army's main supply line, the NH1D. The first part of the assault is successful. The battalion destroys the enemy's screening units with Karan cited for his bravery in saving another officer's life. Meanwhile, Romi gets stationed as war correspondent, where she meets a metamorphosized Karan.
Karan learns that Romi broke off her engagement. She tries to renew her relationship with him amidst the war, but this time Karan declines her. In the second phase of the assault Karan's unit engages in a failed attempt to storm and capture the Pakistani strongholds on the mountain. The Pakistanis have the advantage due to their strategic position and deal the unit heavy losses during the attack. Capt. Shergill and a group of 12 are next given orders to encircle the enemy position and attack it from behind. To do this, they must scale a 1000-foot rock wall. Karan realizes that he has finally found his lakshya (goal) in the form of the wall.
After the unit sustains an attack in a grass field and loses their commanding officer, the remaining men scale the cliff and attack the Pakistani stronghold during the night. The movie ends with Col. Damle looking out across the mountains the next morning, to see an injured Capt. Karan hoisting the Indian flag atop the ruins of the stronghold. Karan's father, who was skeptical and disapproving of him, is now proud of his son. Karan is given a leave following his condition, whereupon he and Romi reunite.

Cast

Hrithik Roshan as Capt. Karan Shergill
Preity Zinta as Romila Dutta
Sharad Kapoor as Maj. Vinod Sen Gupta
Amitabh Bachchan as Col. Sunil Damle
Om Puri as Subedar Maj. Pritam Singh
Raj Zutshi as Maj. Kaushal Verma
Sushant Singh as Capt. Jalal Akbar
Parmeet Sethi as Pakistani Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani
Boman Irani as Karan's father
Lilette Dubey as Mrs. Dutta, Romila's mother
Sanjay Singh as Capt. Manjit Singh Dhingra
Aditya Srivastav as Lt. Colonel Pradeep
Amit Behl as Company Commander (I.M.A.)
Ranvir Shorey as Sepoy Tarsem Singh
Kushal Punjabi as Sepoy Raj Tilak Singh
Prashant Chainani as Capt. Vishal Srivastav
Shakeel Khan
Abir Goswami as Capt. (Dr.) Sudhir Mishra
Abhimanyu Singh as (Adjutant Major of I.M.A.) Lt. Colonel Pratap Singh
Ashok Kumar as Sepoy Babulal
Surendra Pal as a Commandant (I.M.A.)
Parvin Dabbas
M K Raina as Romila's Father
Amrish Puri as Brig. Gautam Puri (Special Appearance)
Aarav Chaudhry

Awards

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva for "Main Aisa Kyun Hoon..."

Filmfare Awards

Best Cinematographer - Christopher Popp
Best Choreography - Prabhu Deva for "Main Aisa Kyun Hoon..."

Boxoffice

India

The film netted below-par 230 million at the domestic box office and was declared "Flop".

Overseas

Lakshya grossed $5,859,242 worldwide including $753,600 from North American markets and $5,105,642 from other markets. In the U.S., it performed better, grossing $380,000 on 59 screens [approx. Rs.17.5 million] in its opening weekend. The per screen average is $6,440.

Soundtrack

Lakshya

Studio album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Released

24 April 2004

Recorded

Purple Haze Studios

Farhan Akhtar
Ritesh Sidhwani

Sony Music

Producer

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology

Rudraksh
(2004)

Lakshya
(2004)

Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
(2004)

The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL), with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Shaan's "Main Aisa Kyun Hoon", picturized on Hrithik, is a laid-back, funky-hip hop track. "Agar Main Kahoon" is the love duet, picturized on Hrithik-Preity. The trio used harmonica for the track. The title track "Lakshya" is a techno-flavored patriotic song by Shankar, which is followed by "Kandhon Se Milte", another patriotic song with the vocals of Kunal Ganjawala and Vijay Prakash. "Kitni Baatein", a pathos song, is crooned by Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam. There are two instrumentals, "Victory" and "Separation". The trumpet portion from "Victory" has been used as the background music for their logo by Excel.

Track list

Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Picturized On
"Main Aisa Kyun Hoon"	Shaan	4.34	Hrithik Roshan
"Agar Main Kahoon"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	4.52	Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
"Kitni Baatein"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5.47	Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
"Lakshya"	Shankar Mahadevan	6.15	Hrithik Roshan
"Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe"	Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, Vijay Prakash, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan	5.40	Hrithik Roshan and the rest of the army members
"Separation"	Instrumental	2.29	Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
"Kitni Baatein" (Reprise)	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	4.11
"Victory"	Instrumental	3.20	Hrithik Roshan

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Bollywood Hungama
Planet Bollywood

The reception to the soundtrack ranged from mixed to positive. Joginder Tutja of Bollywood Hungama in his review, said "Lakshya does have good music that is very urban and will appeal to the class audience. Going by the theme of the movie, the album is pretty balanced and has been composed with style that speaks of class." Planet Bollywood found the album to be "as good as Dil Chahta Hai". Subhash K. Jha described the album as "daringly unusual sound with a show-offy kind of innovativeness".
Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com, however, remarked that, though the album was good, it was below expectations and "lacked punch".

Varsham (English translation: Rain) is a Tollywood film produced by M.S. Raju and directed by Sobhan. The film stars Prabhas, Trisha, and Gopichand. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. This film was the first success of Prabhas after previous unsuccessful fiilms. The film was remade in Tamil as Mazhai starring Jayam Ravi and Shriya Saran and in Oriya as Barsa My Darling. It was dubbed in Hindi as Baarish.

Plot

The film was loosely based on the Ramayana. Venkat (Prabhas) and Sailaja (Trisha) are youngsters who first meet on a train during a rain shower. Venkat keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start to fall in love. Venkat is mesmerized by Sailaja's beauty, charisma, and childlike behavior. Sailaja, also, is impressed by Venkat. Due to unfortunate circumstances the two are drawn apart. At the same time that the two meet, Sailaja catches the eye of antagonist Bhadranna (Gopichand) who also becomes infatuated with Sailaja. Venkat and Sailaja meet in Warangal again and believe that they are meant for each other because it rains every time they meet. Ranga Rao (Prakash Raj), Sailaja's dad, is a typical black sheep with all kinds of bad habits. In the process, he is ready to marry off his daughter to Bhadranna for money. Ranga Rao plants certain ego problems in the minds of Venkat and Sailaja in order to break them up. This causes Venkat to leave Warangal for Vizag. And Sailaja prepares to become an actress (her father convinces her). Later on, Bhadranna kidnaps Sailaja. The rest of the story is about how Venkat rescues Sailaja from the bastion of Bhadranna and how he clears up the misunderstanding with Sailaja in the process.

Allegory

Throughout the movie, there is strong allusion to the Hindu epic Ramayana. Indeed, the story parallels the Ramayana in many ways, Venkat being an analogous Rama, Sailaja his Sita and Bhadranna being Ravana analogue. Towards the beginning of the movie, as Ranga Rao enter's Bhadranna's residence for the first time, he proclaims - "లంక లాగ ఉన్నదే" - "this looks just like Lanka". Later, during a live play of the Ramayana at his house, upon seeing Rama take Sita back from Ravana, Bhadranna stops the actors from continuing the play and demands the script be changed immediately by having Ravana tie the mangalasutra around Sita's neck. Similarly, at the end of the movie, during another live play of the Ramayana, Rama shoots a large Ravana effigy with a burning arrow, and it is this burning collapsing Ravana that ultimately kills Bhadranna, leaving us with the final allegory of Rama killing Ravana and rescuing Sita.

Shooting Spots

Venkat(Prabhas) and Sailaja(Trisha) confirm their love at a Temple while it's raining. This vital scene was shot at the Nandi statue of Thousand Pillar Temple in Warangal city. ‘Mellaga’ song was shot at the same temple.

Awards

Nandi Awards

Best Female Playback Singer - K.S. Chitra - Nuvvostanante
Best Choreographer - Prabhu Deva
Best Audiographer - Madhusudan Reddy

Filmfare Awards

Santosham Film Awards

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The lyrics to all the songs were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nuvvosthanante"	Chitra, Raqeeb Alam	5:32
2.	"Mellagaa"	S. P. B. Charan, Sumangali	5:19
3.	"Nizam Pori"	Adnan Sami, Sunitha Rao	4:12
4.	"Langa Voni"	Tippu, Usha	3:52
5.	"Neeti Mullai"	Sagar	1:20
6.	"Kopama"	Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal	4:50
7.	"Joole Joole"	Mallikarjun, Kalpana	5:02

Box-office performance

The film celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.Varsham collected 20 crore (US$3.3 million)(Share) in 100 Days.

Plot

Cast

Siddharth ... Santosh
Trisha Krishnan ... Siri
Srihari ... Sivarama Krishna (Siri's brother)
Geetha ... Janaki (Santosh's mother)
Prakash Raj ... Prakash (Santosh's dad)
Veda Sastry...Lalitha (Siri's best friend and Santosh's cousin)
Paruchuri Gopala Krishna ... Station Master
Tanikella Bharani ... Kantepudi Srinivasa Rao
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam ... Udayagiri Subbarao
Sunil ... Banda
Santhoshi ... Gowri
Nanditha ... Dolly
Narsing Yadav
Chandra Mohan
Jaya Prakash Reddy
Narra Venkateswara Rao ... Muddu Krishnaiyya
Abhishek
Raghu Babu
Pavala Shyamala
Prabhu Deva ... Special appearance
M.S. Raju ... Special appearance

Crew

Director: Prabhu Deva
Story: Veeru Potla
Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
Producer: M.S. Raju
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Editor: K.V. Krishna Reddy
Cinematographer: Venu Isc
Lyrics: Sirivennela
Action director: Vijayan
Second assistant director: Paturi Venkata Sai Babu

Music

The film has seven songs composed Devi Sri Prasad.

"Niluvadhamu" — Karthik & Sumangali
"Something Something" — Tippu
"Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal" — S.P. Balasubramaniam
"Padam Kadalanantunda" — Sagar
"Paripoke Pitta" — Mallikarjun & Sagar
"Chandrullo Unde Kundellu" — Shankar Mahadevan
"Adire Adire" — Jassie Gift & Kalpana

Character map and remakes

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) (Telugu)	Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum (2005) (Tamil)	Neenello Naanalle (2005) (Kannada)	Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2014) (Hindi)	I Love You (2007 Bengali film)	Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei (Oriya)	Nissash Amar Tumi (Bangladesh)
Srihari	Prabhu Ganesan	Vishnuvardhan (actor)	Sonu Sood	Tapas Paul	Siddhanta Mahapatra	Misha Sawodagor

Release

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana was released with 90 prints on 14 January 2005; more prints were added later to meet the public demand.

Box office performance

The film ran for 50 days in 79 centres and 100 days in 35 centres, becoming a huge blockbuster.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Nandi Awards

Best Home-Viewing Feature Film - M.S. Raju
Best Actress - Trisha Krishnan
Best Supporting Actor - Srihari
Best Comedian - Santoshini
Best Art Director - Vivek

Santosham Film Awards

Best Music Director - Devi Sri Prasad

Remakes

This movie has been remade in Tamil with the title Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum. The lead casts are Jayam Ravi and Trisha Krishnan in Tamil.
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana was remade into Oriya as Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei starring Anubhav, Barsha and Sidharth.
It was remade into Kannada Neenello Naanalle and Bengali as I Love You (India) and Nissash Amar Tumi (Bangladesh) respectively.
It was remade into Hindi as Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013), directed by Prabhu Deva.

Engeyum Kadhal (English: Love is Everywhere) is a 2011 Tamil romantic musical-film written and directed by Prabhu Deva that stars Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles. Featuring music by Harris Jayaraj, it was produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram and released on 6 May 2011 to mixed reviews. The story revolves around a girl living in France who falls in love with a boy coming from India. According to Upperstall.com the film "seems to be a straight rip off from Billy Wilder's Love in the Afternoon starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn, made way back in 1957".

Plot

The film is set in France and Italy. Kamal (Jayam Ravi), a young billionaire, doesn`t believe in love. He works hard for 11 months and takes a month`s break from all the work related commitments. Celloist Kayalvizhi (Kayal for short or Lolita for Kamal) (Hansika Motwani) believes in true love and is highly fascinated with Indian culture. Then she sees Kamal one day and it is love at first sight for her, but before she can follow him he gets into his car and goes away. Her father Rajasekhar (Suman) runs a small detective agency in France and Kayal often reads her father`s case files for interesting stories. One day, Rajasekhar gets a new client (Sonu Gates) who wants to know about his girlfriend`s mystery man. After a brief investigation, Rajasekhar finds that his client`s girl friend is dating Kamal. Sonu gets angry and decides to kill Kamal. Kayal overhears the conversation and deciding to save them, rushes to their hotel. Sonu has sent some men to kill Kamal and he is on his way there. When Kayal reaches Kamal's room she finds the door locked from inside. Without knowing what to do Kayal tries to get inside through the balcony. When she was about to enter she hears a gunshot and faints in the balcony. By this time sonu's girlfriend has escaped from there. Just when Kamal is about to win the fight Sonu enters the room and threatens Kamal with a gun. Then he searches for his girlfriend he can't find her, instead he find Kayal in the balcony. Then he thinks that Rajasekar has made a mistake and apologizes to Kamal. Understanding that Kayal has saved him, he tries to get to know her better during their incidental meetings and even though Kayal tries to resist she cannot. Kamal leaves Paris for some board meetings and Kayal is heart broken. When he returns he doesn't remember her immediately even though she has been waiting for him. Kayal tries to make Kamal love her by pretending to have many boyfriends. Kamal does get a bit jealous and he decides to get a detective to know everything about her and her possible boyfriends. Initially the detective he chooses is Rajasekar Kayal's dad. Kamal doesn't know Kayal's name, but he says about all her fake boyfriends. Rajasekar realizes that the girl's boyfriends' names are same as the names of the people in his case files realizes that Kamal is actually inquiring about his daughter, Kayal as only she has seen them. He tells Kamal about it and asks him to leave his daughter as he always does when someone falls in love with him. Kamal agrees and tells Kayal that he will be leaving for Germany and that he doesn't know when he will return. Kayal is heartbroken. Kamal tries to forget her but find that he cannot as he realizes that he too loves her. So he returns to Paris and finds her. But Kayal is angry with him and walks away. Kamal runs after her saying that he is in love with her and will never leave her and they will be together thereafter.

Cast

Jayam Ravi as Kamal
Hansika Motwani as Kayalvizhi Rajasekhar "Lolita"
Suman as Rajasekhar
Raju Sundaram as Raju
Marion Arnaud
Aurélien Chevallier
Prakash Raj in a cameo appearance
Prabhu Deva in a special appearance in song "Engeyum Kadhal"
Manoj Pahwa

Production

Prabhu Deva initially named this film as Paris. It was developed under the title Ich until it was finally renamed Engeyum Kadhal in 2010. The name was changed in order to seek tax exemption. The composition of the songs took place in Sydney toward the end of 2009. The film started its shooting schedule in Paris on June 2, 2009, canning scenes featuring Ravi and Hansika.

Soundtrack

Engeyum Kadhal

Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj

Released

8 November 2010

Recorded

2010