Rush (2012 film)

Last updated

Rush
Rush - 2012 Indian Film Poster.jpg
Directed byShamin Desai
Priyanka Desai
Written byShamin Desai
Sanjay Masoom
(dialogues)
Story byShamin Desai
Produced byMohammed Fasih
Shailendra Singh
Starring Emraan Hashmi
Neha Dhupia
Sagarika Ghatge
Aditya Pancholi
Rahul Singh
CinematographyGary Shaw
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Tanuj Tiku
Production
company
Showman International
Distributed by Percept Pictures
Release date
  • 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹180 million [1]
Box office₹46 million [2]

Rush is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Shamin Desai and produced by Mohammed Fasih and Shailendra Singh. The film features Emraan Hashmi, Aditya Pancholi, Neha Dhupia and Sagarika Ghatge. The storyline is based on media and crime. The film released on 26 October 2012 on Dussehra. After the death of director Desai, the film was completed by his wife Priyanka Desai. It generally received negative response from critics and was declared a disaster at box-office.

Contents

Plot

The story follows media, politics, crime and sex at the point of life and death. Samar Grover (Emraan Hashmi) is a struggling news reporter. Even though his talk show is at the pinnacle of success, his personal life has turned upside down due to problems with his wife (Sagarika Ghatge). Seeing no way out, he accepts an assignment offered by a dynamic media tycoon named Lisa (Neha Dhupia), which he believes can make him millions. However, along with Lisa, one of India's most richest man, Roger Khanna (Aditya Pancholi), together play a game on Samar, which plunges him into a vortex of violence in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Beneath the veneer of glamour, money, power and the enviable life of media, lays a truth that is at once unbelievable and shocking.

Cast

Production

The film was announced in late 2010 by original director Desai. After casting Emraan Hashmi and Sagarika Ghatge, it started filming under the title of Raftaar 24x7. However, after the death of director Desai in January 2011, the film was reported to be cancelled. In October 2011, Desai's wife Priyanka announced that she will be completing the film, and it was renamed to Play. In mid-2012, it was finally announced that the film has been completed, and will be titled Rush.

Soundtrack

Rush
Studio album by
Pritam
Released8 October 2012 [3]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Pritam
Pritam chronology
Barfi!
(2012)		Rush
(2012)		 Race 2
(2013)

The soundtrack is composed by Pritam. It consists of 6 songs and lyrics penned by Sayeed Quadri, Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Hard Kaur.

No.TitleSingersLength
1."Chup Chup Ke (Film Version)" Ash King, Muazzam, Rizwan Ali Khan3:51
2."Fukraa" Jazzy B, Hard Kaur 2:48
3."Mumkin Nahi" Tulsi Kumar, Anupam Amod 4:24
4."O Re Khuda"Javed Basheer, Adnan Sami 4:16
5."Rab Ka Junoon"Inderpreet Singh3:45
6."Chup Chup Ke" Shaan, Muazzam, Rizwan Ali Khan3:49
Total length:22 min 55 sec

Reception

The soundtrack received positive to average reviews from critics as well as public.

Happysing.com gave a very positive review saying, "Rush has some really good songs, chhup chhup ke and Mumkin Nahi are must listen. Rest aren’t bad too. Worth a try for all, and worth a buy if you’re a music lover." Suhail of Gomolo [4] gave the soundtrack 4 out of 5 stars justifying the soundtrack as 'An Everlasting Package' with tracks that are too hard to drop-out. Rush soundtrack is a Highly outrageous travel!. [5]

There were average reviews as well. One of them was given by Music Aloud who gave the album an average rating of "5.5 out of 10 stars" and commented, "After a superlative effort in Barfi, surprisingly unremarkable score from Pritam for Rush".

One of the negative review was given by Bollyspice.com who gave the album a negative rating of "2 out of 5 stars" and also commented that, "I found the soundtrack to Rush to be a frail attempt on Pritam’s part. After having recently composed some truly spectacular songs for his last album ‘Barfi!,’ Pritam has delivered here an album which has two great songs with the rest being very average."

Release

Rush was to be initially released on 26 October but for some reasons it was then pre-poned to 24 October. However the film was again postponed from 24 to 26 October due to lot of films being released around the same time and the emergence of successful run of Karan Johar's Student of the Year. The film was finally released on 26 October 2012. Rush released in 850 cinemas across the entire country.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IMDb Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
KoimoiStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
IBN LiveStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
FilmfareStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Rediff Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Bollywood Hungama Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Indian Express Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
NDTVStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Mumbai Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Times of India Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Now Running Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Review Gang (critics)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
Review Gang (viewers)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg

Rush received mostly negative to below average reviews. Apurv Bhatia of Koimoi gave it 1.5 stars "Rush is a half baked, uninspiring flick that evokes no response." wrote Apurv. [6] Social Movie Rating site gave it a rating of 2.4 putting it in Below Average category. [7] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 2 stars. [8] Rohit Khilnani of Rediff gave it 1.5 stars. [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neha Dhupia</span> Indian actress and model

Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Femina Miss India in year 2002 and represented India at Miss Universe 2002. She has worked in several film productions and has made number of reality show appearances.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mahesh Bhatt</span> Indian film director, producer, screenwriter (born 1948)

Mahesh Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is Saaransh (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. It became India's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. The 1986 film Naam was his first piece of commercial cinema. In 1987, he turned producer with the film Kabzaa under the banner, "Vishesh Films", with his brother Mukesh Bhatt.

<i>Life in a... Metro</i> 2007 Indian film

Life in a... Metro is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Anurag Basu. Partly inspired from Billy Wilder's romantic comedy film The Apartment (1960), it features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut and Sharman Joshi in lead roles. The music is composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sayeed Quadri. It narrates the lives of nine people living in Mumbai and deals with topics such as extramarital affairs, sanctity of marriage, commitment phobia and love.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emraan Hashmi</span> Indian actor

Emraan Anwar Hashmi is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Born into the Bhatt family, he began his career an assistant director on the horror film Raaz (2002). He made his acting debut with the crime film Footpath (2003), and achieved his breakthrough for his starring role in the erotic thriller Murder (2004).

<i>Dil Diya Hai</i> 2006 film by Aditya Datt

Dil Diya Hai is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Aditya Datt. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Ashmit Patel, Geeta Basra and Mithun Chakraborty. The music is given by Himesh Reshammiya.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sagarika Ghatge</span> Indian actress and model

Sagarika Ghatge is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Hindi films. She is known for her role of Preeti Sabharwal in Chak De! India. In 2015, she participated in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 6 and emerged as a finalist. Ghatge is a national-level field hockey player.

<i>Chocolate</i> (2005 film) 2005 Indian film

Chocolate is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Vivek Agnihotri in his directorial debut, starring Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi, Tanushree Dutta, and Sushma Reddy. The film is a remake of the 1995 American film The Usual Suspects. It flopped at the box office.

<i>Jannat</i> (2008 film) 2008 film by Kunal Deshmukh

Jannat (transl. Heaven) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic crime film directed by Kunal Deshmukh, and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi opposite Sonal Chauhan in lead roles. It released on 16 May 2008 and was a success worldwide, receiving positive response from critics, it is the first installment of Jannat film series.

<i>Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji</i> 2011 Indian film

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and Omi Vaidya in the lead roles with Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Haasan, Rituparna Sengupta, Tisca Chopra and Shraddha Das in supporting roles. It is produced by Madhur Bhandarkar and Kumar Mangat under the banner of Bhandarkar Entertainment and Wide Frame Films. The film was released on 28 January 2011.

<i>Crook</i> (film) 2010 Indian action thriller film

Crook: It's Good to be Bad is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma, South African model Shella Alan and Arjan Bajwa in the lead. It was released on 8 October 2010. Mostly shot in Australia and South Africa, the film is based on the controversy regarding the allegedly racial attacks on Indian students in Australia between 2007 and 2010.

<i>Jannat 2</i> 2012 film by Kunal Deshmukh

Jannat 2 is an Indian 2012 Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Kunal Deshmukh. It is a spiritual sequel to his 2008 film Jannat and stars Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta and Randeep Hooda.

Tarkieb is a 2000 Indian crime drama film directed by Esmayeel Shroff and produced by Jay Mehta. It stars Nana Patekar, Tabu, Shilpa Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Milind Soman and Ashutosh Rana. The film was shot in Panchmarhi.

Murder is a series of Indian thriller films produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt under the banner of Vishesh Films. The first film directed by Anurag Basu was released in 2004, second film by Mohit Suri was released in 2011, and third film by Vishesh Bhatt was released in 2013. A fourth film currently titled Murder 4 is stated to be under production.

<i>Raja Natwarlal</i> 2014 Hindi film directed by Kunal Deshmukh

Raja Natwarlal is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Kunal Deshmukh and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures. The film features Emraan Hashmi in the title role, alongside Humaima Malik, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon and Deepak Tijori. The film was released on 29 August 2014 and received positive reviews from critics.

<i>Mr. X</i> (2015 film) 2015 Indian film directed by Vikram Bhatt

Mr. X is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt and Tanmay Bhat. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Amyra Dastur in the lead roles. The title of the film was taken from the 1964 film Mr. X in Bombay.

<i>Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami</i> 2014 film by Ravindra Gautam

Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami is a 2014 Indian Hindi satire film directed by Ravindra Gautam and produced by Saurabh Tewari and Abhinav Shukla under the banner of Nautanki Films. The film stars Anupam Kher, Divyendu Sharma, Manu Rishi, Aditi Sharma, Rajesh Sharma and Neha Dhupia in leading roles and was released in India on 10 October 2014.

Raaz is an Indian horror film series produced by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt under the banner of Vishesh Films. The first, third and fourth films were directed by Vikram Bhatt, released in 2002, 2012 and 2016 respectively, and the second film was directed by Mohit Suri released in 2009. The first three films were financial successes but the fourth film failed to perform well at the box office.

<i>Azhar</i> (film) 2016 film by Tony DSouza

Azhar is a 2016 Indian Hindi biographical sports drama film directed by Anthony D'Souza The story is inspired from the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks and features Emraan Hashmi in the title role. The film was released worldwide on 13 May 2016. The film was mediocre at the box office as it collected only ₹508 million gross against the budget of ₹380 million. The film also drew criticism for its fictionalised interpretation of events.

<i>Raaz: Reboot</i> 2016 film by Vikram Bhatt

Raaz: Reboot is a 2016 Indian horror thriller film written and directed by Vikram Bhatt. It features Emraan Hashmi, Kriti Kharbanda and Gaurav Arora in the lead roles. The film is the fourth instalment in the horror film series, Raaz.

<i>Tiger 3</i> 2023 Indian film by Maneesh Sharma

Tiger 3 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film which marks the fifth installment in the YRF Spy Universe. Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi, it is directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. A sequel to Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), the film is set after the events of War (2019) and Pathaan (2023). In the film, Tiger and Zoya set out to stop a rogue ISI agent who uses them to stage a coup against the Pakistani government.

References

  1. ↑ "Rush - Movie - Box Office India".
  2. ↑ "Rush - Movie - Box Office India".
  3. ↑ "Rush : Soundtrack listing and details". Bollywood Hungama . 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Gomolo
  5. ↑ Suhail, mir. "Music Review of Rush on Gomolo".
  6. ↑ "Rush Review". koimoi.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rush Love Review". MOZVO. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Rush". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Review: Emraan Hashmi's Rush doesn't get it right". Rediff. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.