Munna Michael | |
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Directed by | Sabbir Khan |
Written by | Vimmi Datta |
Produced by | Viki Rajani |
Starring | Tiger Shroff Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nidhhi Agerwal Ronit Roy |
Cinematography | Hari K. Vedantam |
Edited by | Manan Ajay Sagar |
Music by | Songs: Meet Bros Tanishk Bagchi Pranaay Rijia Vishal Mishra Javed - Mohsin Gourov-Roshin Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
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Distributed by | Eros International Next Gen Films |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹41 crore [2] |
Box office | ₹47.20 crore [3] |
Munna Michael is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Viki Rajani and Eros International. [4] The film features Tiger Shroff in the titular role, alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niddhi Agerwal (in her Hindi debut), Ronit Roy and Pankaj Tripathi. It marks the third collaboration between Shroff and Khan after Heropanti and Baaghi .
Munna Michael was released on 21 July 2017 to mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. [5] [6]
Manasva "Michael" Roy is a dancer inspired by Michael Jackson. One day, he is fired from his job at the studio. On his way home, he finds a newborn baby on the roadside and adopts him, naming the child Manav "Munna" Roy. Munna also grows up to be an extraordinary dancer and a diehard fan of Michael Jackson. However, Michael instead insists Munna find a proper job. Munna secretly visits dance clubs with his friends and challenges their dancers to win money. Michael falls ill and is admitted to a hospital. When Munna goes to see him, he once again asks his son to give up dancing. Meanwhile, the dance clubs in Mumbai have blacklisted Munna and his friends, so he decides to try his luck in Delhi.
At a club in Delhi, Munna clashes with Balli and beats his friends. Balli is the brother of gangster Mahender Fauji. When Mahender learns about his brother's fight, he asks a police inspector to capture Munna. Mahender watches CCTV footage of Munna dancing in the waiting room just before the fight with Balli. Impressed, he asks Munna to teach him how to dance. During their lessons, Munna and Mahender become close friends. One day, some gangsters attack Mahender and Munna saves his life. Mahender then brings Munna to Delhi and declares him to be like his brother. Mahender tells Munna that he wants to become a good dancer to impress his crush, Deepika "Dolly" Sharma, who is a dancer in a club.
Mahender gives Dolly a gift through Munna under the guise of a courier boy. Dolly and Munna become good friends after a few more meetings. Dolly confides in him that she dreams of becoming a renowned dancer and wants to win the upcoming Dancing Star contest in Mumbai. Munna gives Dolly an appointment letter for the lead dancer role at the Blue Star Hotel in Meerut, which is owned by Mahender, and she accepts. Mahender meets Dolly and gifts her a car and flat as a friendly gesture. Dolly finds Balli hiding in the flat, who spitefully lies that Mahender would only keep her as a sex slave. She flees. When Mahender learns what happened, he attempts to kill Balli in a rage but his friend and Munna stop him. During this incident, Munna discovers that Mahender is married but it was against his will. After losing Dolly, Mahender becomes depressed. Munna promises to get her back.
Munna returns to Mumbai and coincidentally finds Dolly, who is there to participate in Dancing Star. Dolly tells Munna that she wants to win the show so that she will be able to face her father, as she ran away from home to pursue her dancing career. Munna changes his mind and decides to help her. Munna asks his friends to help Dolly by becoming part of his dance group. Munna had lied to Dolly that he cannot dance until she finds him dancing and training her dance group one day. After Munna tells her the truth, Dolly asks him to be her partner at the competition.
Meanwhile, Mahender comes to Mumbai in search of Dolly. Due to Munna's betrayal, he kidnaps Michael and gives Munna 24 hours to bring Dolly to him or his father will be killed. Dolly and Munna go to Delhi, where Dolly tells Mahender that she loves Munna. Munna, Michael and Dolly leave for Mumbai. There, Balli tries to beat them up, but Munna defeats him and his goons. During the fight, Balli shoots Munna in the leg. Munna still goes onstage and performs with Dolly, and they win. Michael finally accepts his son's passion while Mahender soon comes to accept Munna and Dolly's love and makes amends with Munna.
Munna Michael | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 21 June 2017 |
Recorded | 2016–2017 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 35:20 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | Eros Music |
The music for the film was composed by Meet Bros, Tanishk Bagchi, [8] Pranaay Rijia, Vishal Mishra, Javed-Mohsin, Gourov-Roshin and Vayu, while the background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The lyrics were written by Kumaar, Danish Sabri, Pranaay, Tanishk-Vayu and Sabbir Khan. The album was released on 21 June 2017 by Eros Music on World Music Day and includes 10 songs. [9]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Main Hoon" | Kumaar | Tanishk Bagchi | Siddharth Mahadevan | 3:52 |
2. | "Ding Dang" | Danish Sabri, Sabbir Khan | Javed-Mohsin | Amit Mishra, Antara Mitra, Ikka | 3:22 |
3. | "Pyar Ho" | Kumaar | Vishal Mishra | Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Mishra | 4:12 |
4. | "Swag" | Kumaar, Sabbir Khan | Pranaay Rijia | Pranaay Rijia | 2:39 |
5. | "Beparwah" | Kumaar | Gourov-Roshin | Siddharth Basrur, Nandini Deb | 5:58 |
6. | "Shake Karaan" | Kumaar | Meet Bros | Meet Bros, Kanika Kapoor | 4:10 |
7. | "Feel The Rhythm" | Pranaay Rijia, Sabbir Khan | Pranaay Rijia | Pranaay Rijia, Rahul Pandey | 2:50 |
8. | "Beat It Bijuriya" | Vayu | Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu | Asees Kaur, Renesa Baagchi | 2:17 |
9. | "Pyar Ho" (Redux) | Kumaar | Vishal Mishra | Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:14 |
10. | "Swag Rebirth" | Kumaar, Sabbir Khan | Pranaay Rijia | Pranaay Rijia | 2:46 |
Total length: | 35:20 |
The film was released on 21 July 2017 worldwide. The film received a U/A certificate from CBFC India, which asked the makers of the film to mute the sound of smashing bones during fight sequences and Hindi expletives. [10] The film released on 3400 screens on the first day, 3000 in India and 400 overseas. [11]
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Anupama Chopra |
The film received mixed to negative reviews from the critics. Meena Lyer of The Times of India rated the film 2.5/5 calling its story, usual and predictable, saying, "You can almost record screen proceedings with your stopwatch because after every 15 minutes, there is a—song, fight, song, fight and some more blah." [12] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times rated it 1.5/5 saying, "Now it's finally a film where everybody would look disinterested and jump at a chance to break into the song. [13] Shalini Langer of The Indian Express gave the film just half a star out of five saying, "Tiger Shroff as Munna Michael dance, Munna fights, Munna dance and fight together, this is what he is doing in the film. [14] Subhani Singh of India Today rated the film 1.5/5, saying, "The film's script has emerged from a basic one-liner: Tiger idolises Michael Jackson so let's give him every opportunity to dance like him." [15] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Firstpost gave the film 2/5, saying, Put in enough of these two elements (Dancing and action) and who cares about logic, story, acting or originality. [16] Saibal Chaterjee of NDTV rated the film 1.5/5 and said, "As is obvious, Tiger Shroff's film has nothing original or novel on offer." [17] Kriti Tulsiani of News18 rated it 1/5 saying, "Munna Michael feels like an over-stretched version of an 80s film that rides high only on dance moves and action sequences." [18] Kennith Rosario of The Hindu said, "A clichéd endorsement for Tiger Shroff’s abs, fighting and dancing skills." [19] The film was rated 1.5/5 at Rediff.com and was called "A wasted opportunity at best". [20] Zee News criticized the film by stating, "This film starts off with a promise and holds your interest till the interval. After that the narrative turns into a cliched Bollywood masala film that fails to impress." [21] Priyadarshini Patwa of MensXP.com gave the film 1.5/5 and said, "When Tiger Shroff is in a film, the directors forget the basics of filmmaking i.e. the script. Instead of working on the crux of the story, the directors decided to make a full-length feature film with lots of dance sequences and unreasonable fight scenes as the prime focus. And of course, one line of dialogue that Tiger uses throughout the film." [22] Mohar Basu of Mid-Day gave the film 2/5 saying, "There should be a genre of films called fan-pleasers, if there isn't one already. Munna Michael is precisely that by design – a dance-actioner that must keep its focus firmly on showcasing the dancing prowess of its leading man, Tiger Shroff." [23] Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2.5/5 and said, "The writing of the film is a major letdown. It seems that the scriptwriter (Vimmi Datta) didn’t have much to offer after a point and took the predictable, clichéd route." [24] Anupama Chopra of the Film Companion gave the film 1.5/5 and said it was "the stuff of pure comedy." [25] Davesh Sharma of Filmfare gave the film 2.5/5 and said, "What this movie lacks is self-belief and great music. If the whole point of the film was to make it a tribute to Michael Jackson then MJ’s original tunes should have been used." [26] Writing for Reuters, Shilpa Jamkhandikar said, "The story is straightforward and merely a device for Shroff to display his washboard abs and ample dancing skills." [27] However, Rajat Srivastav from Bharatmovies.com classifies it in the Masala category and termed it as a ticket-worth entertainer, giving it 3.5 stars.[ citation needed ]
The film saw 15–20% occupancy on the first day [28] and collected ₹6.65 crore (US$800,000) (net) from 3000 screens. [29] It grossed ₹9.24 crore (US$1.1 million) total Worldwide on first day. [30] Munna Michael became the 10th highest opening day grosser Bollywood film of 2017. [31] On the second day the film collected ₹6.32 crore (US$760,000). Its two-day net collection rose to 12.97 crores [32] and gross figures to ₹17.78 crores. [30] On the first Sunday, the film collected 8.32 crores, raising its first weekend domestic collection to a total of ₹21.67 crores, becoming 10th highest domestic first weekend grossing Bollywood film of 2017. [33] The film grossed ₹34.61 crores in India in 4 days. [30]
On the first day in the overseas market, the film collected ₹4.21 lakh (US$5,000) from 24 screens in Australia, ₹2.31 lakh (US$2,800) from 7 screens in New Zealand, ₹10.29 lakh (US$12,000) from 50 screens in the UK, ₹9.29 lakh (US$11,000) from 58 screens in the United States, ₹3.45 lakh (US$4,100) from 13 screens in Canada. [34] On second day, the film collected ₹2.39 lakh (US$2,900) from 16 screens in Australia and ₹2.70 lakh (US$3,200) from 6 screens in New Zealand. [35] On third day, the film collected ₹1.97 lakh (US$2,400) from 15 screens in Australia and ₹1.19 lakh (US$1,400) from 7 screens in New Zealand. [36] With that the film collected ₹37.80 lakh (US$45,000) from 196 screens in its first weekend overseas. On the first Monday, the film collected ₹1.39 lakh (US$1,700) from 19 screens in Australia, ₹55,057,000 (US$660,000) from 6 screens in New Zealand, ₹5.34 lakh (US$6,400) from 42 screens in the UK, ₹3.49 lakh (US$4,200) from 51 screens in the US and ₹1.42 lakh (US$1,700) from 13 screens in Canada. [37] On fifth day of release, the film collected ₹1.25 lakh (US$1,500) from 17 screens in Australia and ₹77,907,000 (US$930,000) from 6 screens in New Zealand. The film earned 13.5 crores overseas. [38]
Award ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref.(s) |
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10th Mirchi Music Awards | Lyricist of The Year | Kumaar - "Pyar Ho" | Nominated | [39] |
Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | Vishal Mishra - "Pyar Ho" |
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