Critic's Rating:-3/5
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Nasser, Yashpal Sharma
Direction: Prabhudheva
Genre: Action
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Viewer's Rating:-3.5/5
Plot
Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time thief in Mumbai who falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) from Patna, who is in Mumbai to attend a marriage. Shiva makes his way into Paro’s heart and she also starts loving him. Shiva tells her the truth about him being a thief and resolves to give up crime forever. But before that, he decides to swindle one last person for a large sum of money along with his con-friend 2G (Paresh Ganatra). He tricks a woman on a railway station and flees with a trunk. This leads Shiva to Chinki, a young girl who was in the trunk instead of the wealth he thought was in the trunk, who thinks that Shiva is her father. Flummoxed by what is happening, but forced to keep Chinki with her as a police officer (Yashpal Sharma) keeps his eye on him.
Although he tries keeping Chinki away from Paro’s eyes, the latter finds out about Chinki. Angry and hurt, Paro leaves for Patna leaving Shiva heartbroken. Soon, unknown goons attack him, taking him to be a latter named ASP Vikram Rathore (also Akshay Kumar), Chinki’s real father. Rathore looks exactly like Shiva which had caused all the confusion. While many unknown persons help Shiva run to safety with Chinki in his arms, he is soon surrounded by the goons. It is then that Rathore makes an appearance and saves the day killing every goon by himself. But Rathore soon dies suffering from injuries.
The other policemen who had assisted the ASP then inform Shiva of the whole incident. In a village Devgarh, a MLA, Baabji used to trouble and torture people and also annex money from them. He a [edit]References remove their clothes but was killed when he was hung from a tree by the belt of a humiliated inspector. Rathore was attacked by Baabji's brother on Dusshehra where he was stabbed from the back as well as shot in the head while trying to save a village child and was assumed to be dead. But he survived with a brain injury although the goons assumed that he is dead. Effects of this brain injury are later visible and these effects are diminished by water falling on his head.
Shiva then adopts Chinki, who does not know that her father is dead. Then Shiva returns to Devgarh posing as ASP Vikram Rathore and heads to settle the scores with Baabji. 2G tells Paro the truth and she forgives Shiva. Shiva, being a goon handles Baabji well with tricks. He sets the MLA's wine factory on fire and makes the villagers rob his food store. A fight ensues in which he defeats all Baabji's men alone. In the end, he fights with Baabji and his brother on a rope bridge. Shiva ties the two to a rope and cuts the rope and both of them fall to their death. Shiva gets married to Paro and they leave for a new life with Chinki and 2G.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Shiva/ASP Vikram Rathore
- Sonakshi Sinha as Paro
- Paresh Ganatra as 2G
- Nassar as Baapji
- Supreeth Reddy as Titla
- Yashpal Sharma as Inspector Vishal Sharma
- Gurdeep Kohli as Inspector Razia Khan
- Amit Kumar as Munna
- Mushtaq Khan as Baapji's brother-in-law
- Anant Jog as Minister
- Darshan Jariwala as Commissioner
- Pooja Rawal as Mrs. Rathore (in the photo)
- Shireesh Sharma as Paro's father
- Ananya Nayak as Chinki
- Ashok Samarth as Babu
Special appearances
- Vijay in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
- Prabhu Deva in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
- Kareena Kapoor in song "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita"
- Maryam Zakaria in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"
- Shakti Mohan in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"
- Mumaith Khan in song "Aa Re Pritam Pyare"
ProductionCasting
Casting
Akshay Kumar learnt a special technique Combat Karate for his character role in the film. Kumar reported that he had accepted the role in Rowdy Rathore since his son loves to watch him in action roles. This is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first film as a solo producer and first in action genre. Maryam Zakaria was selected to perform an item number.Popular Tamil actor Vijay was selected to appear in "Chinta Ta" song, making his debut in Bollywood,Prabhudeva himself appeared in the song. Kareena Kapoor did a friendly appearance
Filming
The filming started on 10 August 2011. During the shooting, while shooting for a climax scene Akshay hurt his shoulder. The police denied permission for shooting of Rowdy Rathore at the World Heritage Site Hampi, following protests from local activists and artists. The film unit consisting of director Prabhu Deva, actors Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha and 50 other dancers left the site on Tuesday, authorities issued directions to the film crew to stop shooting with immediate effect following violations of ASI conservation rules and for tranquillity. Local people and artists opposed shooting of a song sequence, featuring Akshay and Sonakshi, along with many dancers, scheduled to be shot at several heritage sites in Karnataka including the Vijaya Vittala temple, Lotus Mahal, Maha Navami Dibba and several other historic places in 15th century capital of Vijayanagara Empire Many song sequences have been shot in Mysore Lalit Mahal and Bangalore Palace. The Devgarh village scenes are shot in Badami, Ihole, Pattadakal in Karnataka.
Critical reception
Rowdy Rathore received generally mixed reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 stars, saying, "If you savor typical masaledaar fares, this one should be on your have-to-watch listing for certain. Dhamaal entertainer! Firstpost gave the film 3 stars out of 5, and said, "Rowdy Rathore has some catchy lines which will become de riguer in everyday, slang-heavy conversations in contemporary India like “Don’t angry me” or “You’re strongly welcome”. Akshay Kumar’s loyal audience will love Rowdy Rathore as they will get to see their favourite star back in action, flying off roofs and kicking butt. DNA India gave the film 3 stars out of 5, and said, "Rowdy is Akshay’s return to action. And how! The actor takes charge of the film from the first scene and holds it tight all through. To put it simply, the film is to Akshay what Wanted was for Salman Srijana Mitra Das for The Times of India gave the film 3 stars of 5, and said, "Fans will love Akshay's mooch-twirling masala-act but be ready for hardcore action too — some pretty gruesome.
Mrigank Dhaniwala for Koimoi.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, and gave the verdict that the film entertains in parts. Watch it for Akshay Kumar’s performance and the comedy. Shomini Sen from Zee News also gave 3 stars out of 5 and said, "The premise of the film may be good, but the treatment is that of a typical south Indian pot boiler."[31]Based on 21 reviews, review aggregate sitedesimartini.com gave the film the verdict, "Although the movie doesn't do complete justice to the original Telugu blockbuster, it does have some funny dialogues and action sequences that will make you want to whistle! Rowdy Rathore is a one time watch." The site's average audience rating is 2.5/5.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is by Sajid-Wajid and was released 25 April. The line "Chinta Ta Ta Ta" and part of its music has been borrowed from the original song of its Telugu version which was confirmed by Wajid himself.[21] Kumar Sanu has sung a song for this film making his comeback after 4 years.[22]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dhadang Dhang Dhang" | Faaiz Anwar | Sajid, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:35 | |
| 2. | "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita" | Sameer Anjaan | Mika Singh, Wajid | 4:21 | |
| 3. | "Aa Re Pritam Pyaare" | Sameer Anjaan | Mamta Sharma,Sarosh Sami | 4:19 | |
| 4. | "Chamak Challo Chel Chabeli" | Faaiz Anwar | Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:04 | |
| 5. | "Tera Ishq Bada Teekha" | Sameer Anjaan | Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:25 | |
| 6. | "Chandaniya (Lori Lori)" | Sameer Anjaan | Shreya Ghoshal | 3:52 | |
| 7. | "Rowdy Mix" | Shiraz Ahmed &Sajid | Akshay Kumar,Sarosh Sami | 4:13 | |
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