| Rowdy Rathore | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Prabhu Deva |
| Produced by |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali Ronnie Screwvala |
| Screenplay by | Shiraz Ahmed |
| Story by | K. V. Vijayendra Prasad |
| Based on |
Vikramarkudu by S. S. Rajamouli |
| Starring |
Akshay Kumar Sonakshi Sinha Paresh Ganatra Gurdeep Kohli Yashpal Sharma Nassar |
| Music by |
Songs Sajid-Wajid M. M. Keeravani Background Score Sandeep Chowta |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
Production company |
SLB Films |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?45 crore |
| Box office | ?140 crore |
Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Hindi action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva, written by Shiraz Ahmed, and produced by Rajat Rawail, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. It is an official remake of 2006 Telugu film Vikramarkudu featuring Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty. The film 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.
Rowdy Rathore marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after seven years. 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$6.7 million), 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 ?2.06 billion (US$31 million). The film was declared a "Blockbuster" in India and "average" in Overseas by Box Office India.
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Plot
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time thief in Mumbai who falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) from Patna. He tells her the truth about being a thief and resolves to give up crime because he loves Paro dearly. Before that, he decides to commit a large robbery along with his con-friend 2G (Paresh Ganatra), which would enable him to earn a lot of money; hence he can give up crime. He "tricks" a woman on a railway station and flees with a trunk. This leads Shiva to Chinki, a little girl who was in the trunk instead of the wealth he thought was there. Chinki thinks that he is her father. Puzzled, he is forced to keep Chinki with him, as a police officer Vishal Sharma (Yashpal Sharma) keeps his eye on him.
Shiva fears Paro will catch him with Chinki and he will lose her forever. He finds a photo of Chinki and her father, who looks exactly like Shiva, thus realizing why Chinki thinks Shiva is her father. It is revealed that Chinki's father is Vikram Rathore (Akshay Kumar), who is a brave cop, who criminals fear. While chasing a goon to find his daughter, Rathore gets hit by an auto and his brain endures severe trauma. The doctor tells him that the brain injury is serious enough to put his life in danger.
After a few days, Shiva gets fed up with Chinki and breaks the tape recorder she uses to listen to her late mother's voice. The next morning, he learns that her mother died. Feeling guilty, he fixes the recorder and becomes fond of Chinki, taking care of her. Unfortunately, Paro sees this and believes he has a daughter that he hid from her and Paro leaves for Patna heartbroken. Soon, the goons who are after Rathore see Shiva. Thinking he is Rathore, they start chasing him. Shiva and Chinki flee for their lives and encounter the woman from the railway station and the police officer from earlier, who tell Shiva to run. Shiva is soon surrounded by the goons. It is revealed that Rathore is watching the whole thing from the top of a building. Just as Shiva is about to get stabbed, Rathore jumps down, killing one of goons.
Shiva and the goons are shocked to see the identical-looking Rathore. Rathore locks Shiva and Chinki in a cell for safety, and starts fighting the goons. His brain injury gets worse but he eventually kills every goon by himself.
At the hospital, Shiva realizes that the railway station woman is in fact a real police officer, Insp.Razia Khan (Gurdeep Kohli). The officers tell Shiva that the man who looks like him is ASP Vikram Rathore, a disciplined and respected police officer.
The officers narrated the whole incident to Shiva. Six months ago, Rathore traveled to a village called Devgarh as the new ASP. There, a goon called Baapji (Nassar) and his son Munna (Amit Kumar Tiwari) trouble, torture and annex money from the villagers. Rathore immediately arrests Munna for raping Vishal Sharma's wife but he is released because of Baapji's political influence. Baapji arranges a party celebrating Munna's release. At the party, Munna humiliates the police officers and makes them pull their pants down. Rathore, being the next target, moves back to the balcony, where Munna falls by slipping bullet,which Rathore puts and gets hanged by the belt of a humiliated inspector. The next day, Rathore gets attacked by Baapji's brother Titla (Supreeth Reddy), where he is stabbed at the back while the people were celebrating Munna's death and shot in the head while trying to save a village child. He is then assumed to be dead. While the police officers are getting ready to bury him, he starts breathing, having survived. Everybody promises not to disclose this to anyone. The officers then took Rathore to Mumbai for treatment. After Shiva hears the whole story, the doctors 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 dies holding Shiva's hand.
Shiva vows to complete Rathore's unfinished work. He takes on Rathore's identity and goes to Devgarh with Chinki to take revenge. He sets Baapji's liquor factory on fire and distributes the grains and money back to the villagers. Paro finds out the truth, and that Shiva will now always be Vikram Rathore. She apologizes to him and vows that she will also take care of Chinki. In a heavy climax, Shiva eventually kills Baapji and Titla. The people of Devgarh are now safe. Shiva marries Paro and starts his new life as a police officer with her, Chinki, Razia, Vishal, and 2G.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Shiva / ASP Vikram Rathore (Dual role)
- Sonakshi Sinha as Paro
- Ananya Nayak as Chinki
- Paresh Ganatra as 2G
- Nassar as Baapji
- Supreeth Reddy as Titla
- Amit Kumar Tiwari as Munna
- Yashpal Sharma as Inspector Vishal Sharma
- Saniya Anklesaria as Inspector Vishal Sharma's daughter
- Meet Mukhi as Inspector Vishal Sharma's son
- Gurdeep Kohli as Inspector Razia Khan
- Raj Arjun as Jagdish
- 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
- Shruti Bapna as Paro's friend in song "Chammak Challo"
- Ashok Samarth as Babu
Special appearances
- Kareena Kapoor Khan in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
- Vijay 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
| Vikramarkudu (2006) (Telugu) |
Ulta Palta 69 (2007) (Bengali) |
Veera Madakari (2009) (Kannada) |
Siruthai (2011) (Tamil) |
Bikram Singha (2012) (Bengali) |
Rowdy Rathore (2012) (Hindi) |
Action Jasmine (2015) (Bengali) |
Danger One TBA |
| Ravi Teja | Manna | Sudeep | Karthi | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Akshay Kumar | Bobby Haque | |
| Anushka Shetty | Purnima | Ragini Dwivedi | Tamannaah | Richa Gangopadhyay | Sonakshi Sinha | Symon Sadik | |
| Jyothika | Erin | Divya Spandana | Bhoomika Chawla | Oshmi | Pooja Rawal | Symon Sadik |
Production
Casting
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 made a friendly appearance in the song "Chinta Ta", Prabhu Deva himself appeared in the song. Kareena Kapoor also made a friendly appearance.
- "Girdhar Swami" Casting department
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. The movie had the 50 crore insurance for Akshay Kumar.
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.
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