Squad (film)

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Squad
Squad film poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed by Nilesh Sahay
Written byNilesh Zaheeda Sahay
Shobha Nihalani
Produced by
  • Nilesh Zaheeda Sahay
  • Brajesh Sahaya
  • Mohan Gopinath
  • Zee Studios
StarringRinzing Denzongpa
Malvika Raaj
Pooja Batra
CinematographyAnshuman Singh Thakur
Edited byDebjan Bose
Nilesh Sahay
Music bySonal Pradhan
Amjad Nadeem Aamir
Production
company
Indian Media Entertainment Network
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Squad is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written, directed and produced by Nilesh Sahay. [1] It is also produced by Brajesh Sahaya, Mohan gopinath, and Zee Cinema. Shobha Nihalani co-wrote the screenplay along with Nilesh Sahay. Rinzing Denzongpa, Pooja Batra and Malvika Raaj in lead roles. The film premiered on ZEE5 on 12 November 2021. [2]

Contents

Squad is the first Indian film to be shot in Belarus. Principal photography of the film commenced on 23 September 2019 at Belarusfilm studios in Minsk. [3]

The film centers around an elite STF squad tasked with the responsibility of protecting the granddaughter of a scientist who possesses a blueprint of a lethal cyborg program.

Plot

Squad centres about battle Royal to bring in a girl by Indian Elite squad

Cast

Production

It was announced in November 2018 that Rinzing Denzongpa, son of Danny Denzongpa, was to star in the film. [7] While it was originally set to be directed by Jyoti Kapur Das, [8] she later backed out, and Nilesh Sahay took over as Director. [9] Malvika Raaj, was bought on board to play the female lead in February 2019. [10] Malvika, famous for playing the younger "poo" in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (December 14, 2001), is the niece of veteran actress Anita Raj, and grand daughter of legendary Jagdish Raj. [11] In order get the best action possible, Producer Nilesh Sahay went out of his way to get legendary stunt co-ordinator Keir Beck, [12] and Fight choreographer Maciej Kwiatkowski on board. Dishita Jain, Amit gaur, Tanisha Dhillon, Ashish Tyagi & Abdullah Osman were cast in the film, shortly before it went on floors in September.

Filming

Although filming was originally meant to commence in April 2019 Minsk, delays in preproduction & casting pushed it to September 2019. After the Muharat Shot on 23 September, filming went on for almost a month.

Soundtrack

Squad
Soundtrack album by
Sonal Pradhan and Amjad Nadeem Aamir
Released3 November 2021 [13]
Recorded2021
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length14:16
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Official audio
Squad - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music was composed and lyrics were written by Sonal Pradhan and Amjad Nadeem Aamir.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Zindagi"Sonal PradhanSonal PradhanSamar Monsoon2:55
2."Main Toh Tere Nashe Mein"Amjad NadeemAmjad Nadeem Aamir Sukriti Kakar 3:00
3."Baras Ja Tu"Amjad NadeemAmjad Nadeem AamirSrishti Bhandari4:45
4."Mitti"Sonal PradhanSonal PradhanSamar Monsoon3:46
Total length:14:16

Reception

Critical response

Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV gave 1 star out of 5 and stated,"Squad is designed to showcase Rinzing Denzongpa, veteran actor Danny Denzongpa's son, and Malvika Raaj, Anita Raaj's niece. All that the film manages to do is leave the hopeful duo high and dry because it just doesn't get off the ground. It is a non-starter of a launchpad. Squad isn't all action. It has a couple of songs. One is picturized in a bar somewhere in Eastern Europe where the heroine shakes a leg to the beat of a desi song. The other is a romantic ditty that interrupts a sequence in which the hero and the heroine are in grave danger and decide to lose themselves in the labyrinths of love." [14]

Shubham Dwivedi from Pinkvilla gave a 2/5 rating and said, "Malvika Raaj delivers a generic performance and it is difficult to shine in a film that is loaded with the ulterior motive of serving lousy mediocrity by writer and director Nilesh. Rinzing is monotone and bland like a potato. The screenplay is a fish out of the water and seizes to surprise. The mighty predictable and tacky action sequences are merely choreographed to fulfill the runtime. The characters don’t have another dimension but the erratically misleading sense of jingoistic patriotism." [15]

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