Gabbar Is Back
| Gabbar Is Back | |
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A. R. Murugadoss | |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Rajesh G. Pandey |
| Music by |
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Production company | Viacom18 Motion Pictures Panorama Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹79 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹135.81 crore[1] |
Gabbar Is Back is a 2015 Indian
An official remake of
. The film was released theatrically on 1 May 2015 and became a critical and commercial success.Plot
The police get information that 10 tehsildars across Maharashtra have been mysteriously kidnapped. However, no sooner are they mysteriously returned – except the most corrupt officer, who is hanged. The police get a CD from mystery man 'Gabbar', who says his mission is to target corrupt officers. Police driver Sadhuram is convinced he can crack the mystery of who is Gabbar, even though his superior officers humiliate and insult him in front of the other officers.
National College professor Aditya thrashes some goons who try to vandalize college property while he demonstrates his Physics lecture to the students. On his way home one night, he encounters a young lawyer, Shruti, who is in a hurry to take a pregnant woman to the hospital, but the woman's water breaks, and Shruti, claiming to be aware of the delivery process, sends Aditya out. With the delivery being successful, they drive to the hospital, but before Shruti can thank Aditya, she finds him gone. Some days later, she bumps into Aditya again during a fight, and they begin dating. Sadhuram in the meantime finds out there's one honest officer in each department across the state, and is convinced that each of these honest officers has a link to Gabbar.
One fateful day, Aditya and Shruti are checking out of a roadside café when Shruti is hurt in a minor accident, and Aditya takes her to the Patil Hospital where a female doctor insists on taking a number of expensive tests despite minimal injury. Aditya happens to overhear a doctor try to suggest the rather expensive
A flashback soon reveals that Aditya's pregnant wife Sunaina died when the buildings in their colony collapsed and killed hundreds of other people too. Aditya collected proof of the faulty buildings against builder Digvijay, who bribed everyone and tried to bribe Aditya too by offering Rs. 10 million to spare the matter, but Aditya spurned the offer by fighting everyone in the room and nearly killing Digvijay. Aditya spared him when the latter asked for forgiveness, but Digvijay brutally retaliated by hitting him with an axe and left him for dead. However, a bus full of medical students found the unconscious Aditya on a highway and saved his life. He then decided to use the power of idealistic, young, honest youths and trained students at National College to join his cause. Meanwhile, Sadhuram finds that all the honest officers attended National College for graduation. Shruti discovers that Aditya is the real Gabbar and is shocked but when he tells her the truth, she supports his cause.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Professor Aditya alias "Gabbar"
- Shruti Haasan as Advocate Shruti, Aditya's friend
- Kareena Kapoor Khan as Sunaina Singh Rajput, Aditya's late wife (cameo appearance)
- Suman Talwar as Digvijay Patil (voice dubbed by Mayur Vyas)
- Gaurav Kaushal as Gaurav
- Sunil Grover as Constable Sadhuram
- Jaideep Ahlawat as CBI officer Kuldeep Pahwa
- Ishita Vyas as Veena
- Raj Singh Arora as Govind Gawde
- Shruti Bapna as Lakshmi
- Ravi Prakashas Ravi
- Manoj Chandila as Vikas Patil, Digvijay's son
- Vikas Shrivastav as Inspector Vikas
- Saanvi Talwaras Reporter
- Fareed Ahmed as Parvesh
- Anuradha Chandan as Govind's mother
- Siddhant Ghegadmal as Student
- Jehangir R Karkaria as Comic Doctor of Patil Hospital
- Narendra Jetly as Senior Doctor
- Afreen as Isha Dutta
- Sai Ballal as Chandrakant Gawde
- Jagdish Rajpurohit as Sub Inspector Yadav
- Shivraj Walwekar as Police Commissioner Ashok Pant
- Rajeev Kacho as Vishwas Sawant
- Anandeshwar Dwivedi as Newsreader
- Uttam Haldar as Ward boy
- Krishna Raaz as Shanti Nagpal
- Prateek Srivastava as Hari
- Boloram Das as peon
- Chandraprakash Thakur as Thakur
- Pradeep Shukla as Home Minister
- Kumud Shaw as Dr Kumud
- Jitendra Trehan as Dr Manoj Verma
- Deepak Dhadwal as Principal, National College
- Ruby Pariharas Varsha
- Chitrangada Singh in a special appearance in an item song "Aao Raja"
Soundtrack
| Gabbar Is Back | |
|---|---|
Feature film soundtrack | |
| Length | 16:02 |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
The songs of Gabbar Is Back were composed by
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Teri Meri Kahaani" | Manoj Yadav | Raftaar | 2:52 | |
| Total length: | 16:02 | ||||
Critical response
Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3 stars out of 5, writing that "On the whole, Gabbar Is Back is an average entertainer which will draw huge footfalls over the weekend due to catchy massy title, action drama and the fact that it is releasing on a holiday."[4] Similarly, Koimoi rated it 3 stars out of 5, along with writing "If you enjoy films which have the good vs evil story with full on action and 'Dhamakedaar' dialogues, this is your film."[5] Hindustan Times rated it 3 stars out of 5, stating that "Gabbar Is Back is a full on ‘masala’ film with a lot of applause worthy scenes. The buck stops at Akshay Kumar."[6] The Times of India rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that "Now, Gabbar Is Back – and you'll feel his return rocks."[7] Zee News also rated it 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that "After watching this we surely need a real 'Gabbar' to blow some courage in all of us—and wipe out corruption from the root. 'Pachaas Pachaas Kos Dur Jabh Koi Rishwat Leta Hai, Toh Sabh Kehte Hain Mat Le Varna, Gabbar Aa Jaaega."[8] Subhash K. Jha of Bollywood Hungama wrote that "Akshay Gives The Super-Hero A New Definition."[9] Hindustan Times audio news praised the screen presence of Akshay Kumar.[10] Deccan Chronicle described the movie as "cliched but enjoyable in bits".[11] Business Standard posted the ratings of IANS which gave 4 stars to the movie.[12]
Box office
Gabbar is Back grossed ₹1.35 billion (equivalent to ₹2.0 billion or US$24 million in 2023) world-wide.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Gabbar Is Back - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
- ^ "Big plans for Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar Is Back'". The Indian Express. 11 March 2015.
- ^ "After rowdy, Bhansali turns Akshay into Gabbar". The Times of India. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Gabbar Is Back Review. Bollywoodhungama.com (1 May 2015). Retrieved on 28 October 2016.
- ^ Redkar, Surabhi (1 May 2015) KoiMoi – Gabbar Is Back. M.koimoi.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.
- ^ Vats, Rohit (3 May 2015) Gabbar Is Back review. Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.
- ^ Das, Srijana Mitra (1 May 2015) Gabbar Is Back Movie Review. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.
- ^ Handoo, Ritika. (5 January 2015) Gabbar Is Back movie review. Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Subhash K Jha speaks about Gabbar Is Back | Latest Movie Features". Bollywood Hungama. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Gabbar Is Back review: Akshay Kumar steals the thunder in this action-packed masala film". www.hindustantimes.com/. Hindustan times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Movie review 'Gabbar Is Back': Too cliched but enjoyable in bits". Deccanchronicle.com. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "'Gabbar Is Back' – Akshay redefines superhero". Business Standard.
External links
- Gabbar Is Back on Facebook
- Gabbar Is Back at IMDb
- Gabbar Is Back at Rotten Tomatoes
- Gabbar Is Back at Box Office Mojo
- Gabbar Is Back at Bollywood Hungama
