Aazaan

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Azaan
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Movie poster
Directed byPrashant Chadha
Written byPrashant Chadha
Shubra Swarup
Heeraz Marfatia.
Screenplay byShubra Swarup
Produced byM. R. Shahjahan
Shaju Ignatius
Sunaman Sood
Starring Sachiin J. Joshi
Candice Boucher
CinematographyAxel Fischer BVK
Edited by Amitabh Shukla
Humphrey Dixon
Music by Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
JMJ Entertainment PVT LTD
Alchemia Films
Release date
  • 14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹370 million (US$4.4 million)
Box office₹50 million (US$600,000)(Nett)

Aazaan is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Prashant Chadha, starring Sachiin J. Joshi and South African model Candice Boucher. Aazaan marks the debut of entrepreneur-turned-actor Sachiin J Joshi of Energy Drinks and Candice Boucher who was seen in the title role. [1]

Contents

Plot

The film begins with a suicide bombing attack in Germany at a peace conference where the Indian Home Minister is affected by an unknown virus. In RAW headquarters, Menon joins the investigation. RAW HQ is threatened by a threat who calls himself Doctor. In HQ, army officer Aazaan Khan is interrogated about the case because of his brother's involvement as a terrorist in the suicide bombings.

Aazaan is deployed in Waziristan to infiltrate the enemy force and to find the whereabouts of his brother. He travels from country to country to find the culprits and even becomes one of them to gain their confidence. Aazaan comes across two Pakistanis from whom he soon finds the whereabouts of the kingpin, the Doctor. The Doctor has taken hold of Mahfouz and has seized the cure for the virus from him, so now he has both the weapon and its antidote. He knows that Aazaan is with the cops, and both are led to be killed in the market square. Aazaan breaks free and tries to rescue the scientist, but it's too late. Before being detonated by a strapped bomb, he tells Aazaan to find a sand artist in Morocco and a girl with her, as they have the cure for the virus.

Aazaan escapes and runs to Morocco, where he finds the sand artist Aafreen, who is taking care of an orphaned girl. Aafreen knows about Aazaan and his missing brother Aman. Soon both fall in love. But the terrorists follow Aazaan in Morocco too, and the three of them decide to escape to India at the earliest so that the child's blood can be used to make a cure for the virus in India.

As they are waiting for Sam Sharma to turn up in the chopper, Aazaan, Aafreen, and the girl face a rude shock when Sam pulls out a gun and shoots Aafreen. The child is forcefully taken away, and Aazaan is captured and led away. Sam was a traitor working on the side of the doctor. Aazaan sacrifices his life to save the girl and throws her off with a parachute. Aazaan dies and saves the world from the virus as the government now gets the antidote.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

Cinematographer Axel Fischer BVK was called for the cinematography of the film due to his experience in the field for action-thrillers. Former Playboy cover-girl Candice Boucher was signed as the lead actress opposite Sachiin J Joshi, who would be playing a sand artist in the film. [6] Amber Rose of From Paris With Love fame will be starring alongside. Amitabh Shukla and Humphrey Dixon were signed as the editor. [7]

The international action company Action Concept was given the work to direct the action stunts since the film involved shooting on multiple foreign locations. [8]

Filming

Filming took place at multiple locations like Morocco, Hong Kong, Algeria, Poland (Kraków), France, Germany and India. [9] The climax was shot in Chechnya, Russia. Azaan is the first film to be shot in Chechnya after it became an ecological disaster zone, with oil and chemical leaking into the ground and radioactive material left lying about. [10]

The shooting was scheduled in these countries for 70 days which included many local cast to add the genuine look to Aazaan. [11] During the shoot for a torture scene in Marrakech, Morocco, Sachiin went bare-bodied for hours at a stretch at a temperature of 0 to −4 Celsius impressing the production crew. [3] Alvernia Studios in Poland handled the physical production work including camera, light and music score recording. [12]

Some of the action scenes were shot in Bangkok, including stunts in which Sachiin Joshi jumped from a 55-storey tower. Some climax shots were shot by director Prashant Chadha with the rest of the cast, including Ravi Kissen and Arya Babbar. [13]

Post-production

The Digital Intermediate and VFX of Aazaan was done by Pixion Studios. [14]

Accidents

Release

The first look of Aazaan was unveiled at Festival de Cannes 2011 and received an overwhelming response. [17]

The film was released on 14 October 2011.

Reception

Aazaan received mixed response from critics, praising it for its polishing and music although it was a boxoffice disaster. Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India gave the film a 3 star rating out of five praising its shoot-outs, action sequences and cinematography. [18] IBNLive called it a movie with no content but high on style, pointing out flaws in the film's script. [19] Subhash K. Jha of NDTV gave a 3+1⁄2-star rating out of five, praising its screenplay, and said, "Aazaan is not a film which wastes time in self-congratulation after staging one more terrorist explosion. It moves on relentlessly. The world has to be saved. Self-importance is miraculously averted." [20]

Patcy N. of Rediff movies gave the film 1 star out of five calling it a jerky ride and a wasted effort. [21] Komal Nahta, a well-known critic, also gave a single star criticising its confusing screenplay, the performance of the new hero and the unconvincing climax. [22] Movie Talkies gave the film 1.5 stars calling it 'Aazaan, A Recipe For Disaster'. [23]

Music

Aazaan
Soundtrack album by
Salim–Sulaiman
Released13 September 2011
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Xtreme Music
Salim–Sulaiman chronology
Love Breakups Zindagi
(2011)		Aazaan
(2011)		 Shakal Pe Mat Ja
(2011)

The music for Aazaan is given by the duo of Salim–Sulaiman, is under the Xtreme Music label, [24] and was launched by Sanjay Dutt. [25] On IIFA Rocks the duo of Salim-Sulaiman showcased the first exclusive preview of Aazaan music performing live with host of dancers from the Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts. Three songs – 'Afreen', 'Bismillah' and 'Khuda Ke Liye' – were performed. [26]

Audio listing

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aazaan" (Theme)  2:18
2."Afreen" Amitabh Bhattacharya Salim Merchant 4:12
3."Afreen" (Dessert Mix by Abhijit Vaghani)Amitabh BhattacharyaSalim Merchant3:47
4."Afreen" (Remix by DJ Suketu feat PaVaN)Amitabh BhattacharyaSalim Merchant4:21
5."Afreen" (Reprise)Amitabh Bhattacharya Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 4:46
6."Bismillah"Irfan Siddique Kailash Kher 3:57
7."Habibi Habibi" Shrraddha Pandit Benny Dayal, Mitika4:51
8."Khuda Ke Liye"Amitabh Bhattacharya Salim Merchant, Shrraddha Pandit 4:49
9."Khuda Ke Liye" (Remix by Abhijit Vaghani)Amitabh BhattacharyaSalim Merchant, Shrraddha Pandit5:05

Reception

The music of Aazaan was received warmly. Bolywoodhungama.com praised the vocals of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and listed 'Afreen' and 'Khuda Ke Liye' as their best pick from the listing, awarding the album an overall of three stars out of five. [27]

Accolades

Award CeremonyCategoryRecipientResultRef.(s)
4th Mirchi Music Awards Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year Mitika Kanwar – "Habibi"Nominated [28]

Controversy

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