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Rocky Handsome
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nishikant Kamat
Written by Ritesh Shah
Based on The Man from Nowhere
by Lee Jeong-beom
Produced by John Abraham
Sunir Khetrapal
Starring John Abraham
Shruti Haasan
Nathalia Kaur
Nishikant Kamat
Diya Chalwad
Uday Tikekar
Sharad Kelkar
Teddy Maurya
CinematographyShanker Raman
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music bySongs and Score:
Sunny and Inder Bawra
Guest Composers:
Ankit Tiwari
Bombay Rockers
Production
companies
J.A Entertainment
Azures Entertainment
Distributed byAzures Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹200 million [1]
Box office₹350 million [2]

Rocky Handsome is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action film directed by Nishikant Kamat and produced by John Abraham and Sunir Khetrapal under Azure Entertainment and J.A Entertainment. It is an official adaptation of the Korean film The Man from Nowhere and stars John Abraham and Diya Chalwad in the lead roles, while Shruti Haasan, Nathalia Kaur, Nishikant Kamat, Teddy Maurya and Sharad Kelkar appear in supporting roles. [3] [4]

Contents

Rocky Handsome was released on 25 March 2016 to mixed reviews from critics with praise for acting and action sequences, but became a box-office bomb.

Plot

Kabir Ahlawat lives a quiet life running a pawn shop in Goa. Kabir's next-door neighbor is Anna, a drug addict and bar dancer living with her little daughter Naomi, who develops a special bond with Kabir. ACP Dilip Sangodkar, who is working with the NCB, is after Mantoo, a crime boss supported by Kevin Ferriera and his brother Luke Ferriera, who control a mass racket in organ harvesting and drug manufacturing with Attila, a professional assassin.

One night, Anna and her boyfriend steal drugs from Mantoo's henchman Big Show. Anna hides the drugs in a camera and pawns to Kabir. The consignment loss enrages Mantoo, who assigns Kevin to recover the stolen drugs. Luke and Attila reach Anna's place, where they torture Anna for the camera and Naomi becomes an eyewitness to the brutal torments. Unwittingly, Anna reveals the location of the drug as a response, where Big Show enters Kabir's house along with his man Viju Dempo, demanding the camera. Kabir is obliged to hand the camera to Luke when he tells him that Naomi and Anna are his captives.

Kabir gets a call from Kevin to make a delivery to Mantoo and promises to release them if the delivery is successful. Kabir delivers the drugs to Mantoo, where he finds that the cops have already raided Mantoo's haven. Mantoo flees and Kabir chases him, but is arrested by the cops when they find Anna's corpse with all her organs harvested in Kabir's car. Kevin brutally finishes Mantoo, claiming all his organs, and becomes the new drug lord. During interrogation, Kabir escapes from the police station.

The officers are bewildered by his combat skills and learn that Kabir was a former decorated RAW soldier, who retired after his pregnant wife Rukshida was killed by stray terrorist gunfire outside a hospital. Kabir fights with Attila at a nightclub and is shot, but breaks into a medical shop and performs an impromptu surgery. Kabir then continues on his journey, where he finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant. Kabir kills Luke at the plant and tracks down Kevin, who tells him that he had Naomi killed and shows a container that has what he says are her eyes.

Enraged, Kabir kills all the gang members, including Attila and Kevin. As Kabir prepares to commit suicide out of grief, an unscathed Naomi arrives. It is revealed that Attila, who took pity on her because she had been kind to him, had spared her life -- the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon. Kabir gets arrested, but the officers allow Naomi to ride with him. Kabir asks them to stop at a convenience store, where he buys a backpack and school supplies for Naomi. Kabir asks her if she can manage until he returns, to which she agrees with him and the two embrace.

Cast

Cameo appearance

Production

John Abraham, who is the producer of the film, plays the lead role. Shruti Haasan was cast as John Abraham's wife, while seven-year-old Diya Chalwad, who was first seen in Kick , plays an important role. [6] Nathalia Kaur, who was seen as a dancer in Ram Gopal Varma’s Department , plays the mother of the child. Sunir Khetrapal, who is the co-producer of the film told in an interview that the theme of our film is the action. "We are getting action directors from abroad--Eastern Asia—for the stunts." According to Khetrapal, the shooting in Hyderabad was for about 45–50 days. While the second schedule was filmed in Goa, the third was in Mumbai. [7]

Soundtrack

Rocky Handsome
Soundtrack album by
Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers
Released22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length39:07
Language Hindi
Label T-Series

The music has been composed by Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers while the lyrics are penned by Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sachin Pathak, Sagar Lahauri and Shekhar Astitwa. The album contains a total of 7 tracks with the first song "Rock Tha Party" was released on 15 February 2016. [8] The soundtrack was released on 22 February 2016 which included 6 songs. Later, an unplugged version of "Alfazon Ki Tarah" was released on 22 March 2016, which was voiced by Shreya Ghoshal, John Abraham and Ankit Tiwari. [9]

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Rock Tha Party" Kumaar Bombay Rockers Bombay Rockers 03:31
2."Rehnuma"Manoj Muntashir, Sagar Lahauri Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra Shreya Ghoshal, Inder Bawra 04:21
3."Alfazon Ki Tarah"Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari 06:21
4."Aye Khuda"Sachin Pathak, Shekhar AstitwaSunny Bawra, Inder Bawra Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 06:15
5."Titliyan"Sagar LahauriSunny Bawra, Inder Bawra Sunidhi Chauhan 06:02
6."Aye Khuda" (Duet Version)Sachin Pathak, Shekhar AstitwaSunny Bawra, Inder BawraRahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal06:15
7."Alfazon Ki Tarah" (Unplugged)Abhnendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariShreya Ghoshal, John Abraham, Ankit Tiwari06:21
Total length:39:07

Release

The film was released on 25 March 2016.

Home media

The satellite and digital rights were sold to Sony Max and SonyLIV.

Reception

Rocky Handsome received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its acting and action sequences, while the script received criticism.

Critical response

Bollywood Hungama gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Despite the film having a simple plot, Rocky Handsome has been garnished with engrossing drama and action stunningly." [10] Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Rocky Handsome is a sumptuous feast for action-lovers." [11] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The Hindi remake of a Korean film struggles to blend action and emotion." [12]

Priyanka Prasad of Filmibeat gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Rocky Handsome is bound to appeal only to those fond of action films." [13] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Rocky Handsome is a very average film with some finely executed action sequences on display, but don’t expect anything more from this film." [14] Koimoi gave 2/5 stars and praised the action scenes, but criticized its execution and weak storyline. [15]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost described the film as "paisa vasool" for its action sequences and John Abraham's performance. [16] Namrata Joshi of The Hindu wrote "Rocky Handsome is satisfied living off borrowed aesthetics even while clinging to its Indian self – but for all the wrong reasons." [17] Anupama Chopra of Film Companion described the film as an "almost frame-by-frame remake of the 2010 Korean blockbuster The Man from Nowhere ." [18]

Box office

The film earned ₹70 million (US$840,000) in one day including paid previews in India. [19] The film went down on day two with collections of ₹42.5 million (US$510,000) crore nett. [20] The film earned ₹35.0 million (US$420,000) on third day and the film had a very low weekend of ₹188 million (US$2.3 million) crore nett with ₹19.8 million (US$240,000) crore nett on paid previews. [21] The collections on Monday were low at around ₹20 million (US$240,000) nett. [22] The film grossed ₹210 million (US$2.5 million) in its first week [23] and ₹251 million (US$3.0 million) by the end of its theatrical run. [24]

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