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 ShaaribToshi
Production
companies
Viiking Media & Entertainment
AA Films
Release date
  • 13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office50 million (US$630,000)

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 released on 13 December 2013 in India. [4] [5] [6] It had total earnings of 50 million (US$630,000) according to Box Office India.

Contents

Plot

Francis packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya, the oomphy voice of reason in the movie. Boss Man is a veteran raver whose clothes are as colorful as his principles and punchlines. Slow in speech but quick to draw a six-shooter, he owns the Jackpot casino.

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 BarseArijit SinghSharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  2. Full Jhol – Mika Singh, Akasa SinghMika 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 IyerJuno Reactor – Kaizad Gustad
  7. Eggjactly – Jaaved JaaferiRahul BhattJaaved 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$130,000) on day one. [4] [16] It grossed 34.5 million (US$430,000) on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of 45 million (US$560,000). [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]

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