Jackpot (2013 film)

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Jackpot
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kaizad Gustad
Written byKaizad Gustad
Amol Parashar
Produced byRaina Sachiin Joshi
Anil Thadani
Starring Naseeruddin Shah
Sunny Leone
Bharath
Sachiin J Joshi
Cinematography Artur Zurawski
Music by Shaarib–Toshi
Production
companies
Viiking Media & Entertainment
AA Films
Release date
  • 13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office₹50 million (US$570,000)

Jackpot is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad starring Sunny Leone, Naseeruddin Shah, Sachiin J Joshi, and Bharath in the lead roles. [1] [2] [3] This is the Bollywood debut of Tamil actor Bharath. The film was released on 13 December 2013 to highly negative reviews. [4] [5] [6] It had total earnings of ₹50 million (US$570,000), according to Box Office India.

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Cast

Filming

The majority of the shooting for the film was completed in Goa. Kaizad Gustad shot the film in 27 days. [7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has 9 tracks. Sharib & Toshi, Mika, Remo Fernandes, Gods Robots (Shridevi Keshavan & Janaka Atugoda), Rishi Rich, Juno Reactor, Rahul Bhatt, Jaaved Jaaferi and Itek Bhutani composed one song each. The song "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" became popular.

Track listing

Song Title – Performed by – Music by – Lyrics by

  1. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse – Arijit Singh – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  2. Full Jhol – Mika Singh, Akasa Singh – Mika Singh – Raj Hans
  3. Bol Bugger Bol – Remo Fernandes – Remo Fernandes – Abhijeet Deshpande
  4. Jackpot Jeetna – Sunidhi Chauhan – Gods Robots – Kaizad Gustad
  5. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Rishi Rich – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  6. Jackpot – Hamsika Iyer – Juno Reactor – Kaizad Gustad
  7. Eggjactly – Jaaved Jaaferi – Rahul Bhatt – Jaaved Jaaferi
  8. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  9. Now You See, Now You Don't – Ramya Iyer – Itek Bhutani – Kaizad Gustad & Ramya Iyer
  10. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Maxi Priest – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi

Marketing

Censor Board axed the rap song 'Eggjactly' from the film as it was a bit vulgar, though the video of the song was released online. [8] The premiere of Jackpot was held at PVR Cinemas in Juhu, Mumbai, on 12 December 2013 to which Shahrukh Khan, Urvashi Sharma and other celebrities came. [9] [10] [11] Sunny Leone promoted the film in various cities like Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore (Inorbit Mall). [12] Sunny Leone and Sachin also promoted the film on the shows Bigg Boss 7 and Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali . [13] [14] [15]

Box office

Jackpot grossed ₹10 million (US$110,000) on day one. [4] [16] It grossed ₹34.5 million (US$390,000) on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of ₹45 million (US$510,000). [17]

Critical reception

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha of Times of India gave Jackpot 2 stars out of 5. [18] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a 1/2 star only. [19] Avad M of Bollywood3 rated the film 1.5/5. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "SUNNY-SACHIIN IN A GAME OF HIGH STAKES". Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sunny Leone's Jackpot to release on December 13". intoday.in.
  3. ↑ "Sachiin, Sunny Leone in an interesting game". The Times of India.
  4. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Sunny Leone's Jackpot to release on Dec 13". The Times of India.
  6. ↑ "Semi-nude intimate scene featuring Sunny Leone may earn 'Jackpot' adult certificate?". dna. 26 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Bollywood Hungama (30 October 2013). "Rajinikanth makes way for Sunny Leone". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "'Eggjactly' axed because of censor board's bias: 'Jackpot' actor". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "PHOTOS: Shah Rukh Khan's date with Sunny Leone Photo Gallery, Picture News Gallery – The Indian Express". indianexpress.com.
  10. ↑ "Sunny Leone reveals all for Shah Rukh Khan at Jackpot screening - daily.bhaskar.com". daily.bhaskar.com. 13 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "PIX: Sunny Leone, Shah Rukh Khan at Jackpot screening". Rediff. 13 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sunny Leone in Bangalore". The Times of India.
  13. ↑ "Kapil Sharma refuses to share stage with Sunny Leone?". The Times of India.
  14. ↑ "Sunny Leone to act on Comedy Circus". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "sunny leone to act on comedy circus: मूवी मसाला: आज तक". Aajtak.intoday.in. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ↑ "News". Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "Jackpot Movie Review". The Times of India.
  19. ↑ "Movie review: 'Jackpot' is stretched-out lameness". indianexpress.com.
  20. ↑ "When It Comes To Jackpot, No One Gets The Moolah". Business Insider.
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