Rocky Handsome
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| Directed by | Nishikant Kamat |
| Produced by | John Abraham Sunir Khetrapal |
| Written by | Ritesh Shahh |
| Based on | The Man from Nowhere by Lee Jeong-beom |
| Starring | John Abraham Diya Chalwad Shruti Haasan Nishikant Kamat Sharad Kelkar |
| Music by | Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra |
| Cinematography | Shanker Raman |
| Edited by | Aarif Shaikh |
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J.A Entertainment
Azure Entertainment |
| Distributed by | T-Series |
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Running time
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126 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Rocky Handsome is a 2016 Indian action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It features John Abraham and child artist Diya Chalwad in the lead roles while Shruti Haasan, Nishikant Kamat and Sharad Kelkar appear in crucial supporting roles. It is an official adaptation of the 2010 Korean film The Man from Nowhere.[1] Co-produced by Abraham under his home banner John Abraham Entertainment in association with Sunir Khetrapal’s Azure Entertainment, the film’s story revolves around a man who sets out to take vengeance against drug mafia after they take away an eight-year-old girl, with whom he shares a special bond.[2]
The theatrical trailer was released on 4 March 2016, and the film released on March 25, 2016.[3]
Contents
Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The movie is set in the middle of a city in Goa, where Kabir "Rocky" Ahlawat (John Abraham) lives a quiet life running a pawn shop. His next door neighbour is Anna (Nathalia Kaur) who is a drug addict and a bar dancer. She lives with her little daughter, Naomi (Diya Chalwad), who steals to fund her habit. Naomi develops a caring relationship with Rocky and calls him "Handsome" affectionately. Rocky gets attached to her too and she frequently eats dinner with Rocky despite her mother's disapproval. Meanwhile ACP Dilip from the Anti Narcotics department of the police force wants to clear the drug businesses out of Goa and finds out that the main drug kingpin is Mantoo, who runs the entire Heroine business in Goa. He is supported by two powerful brothers, Kevin and Luke, who not only deal drugs but also control a mass racquet in organ harvesting and who have a professional assassin called Attila who carries out the brothers' commands.
One night Anna and her accomplice plan to steal drugs from a consignment which is to be handled by Mantoo's henchmen Bigshow, and his local peddler. They succeed in doing so and Anna hides the drugs in a camera and pawns it to Rocky. The loss of the consignment enrages Mantoo and he summons Kevin to his place and humiliates him, giving him three days to recover the sample consignment. A humiliated Kevin walk backs and calls his brother Luke to find out about the stolen drugs. Luke and Attila discover the truth and reach Anna's place where Luke tortures Anna and finds out that she has pawned the camera to Rocky. Luke sends Attila to recover the camera where he finds Bigshow and the peddler already fighting with Rocky for the possession of the camera. Rocky injures Bigshow but is obliged to hand over the camera to Luke when he tells him that both Naomi and her mother are his captives. Before leaving, Attila shoots Bigshow dead to frame Rocky guilty and leaves a cell-phone, indicating that Rocky will receive a call shortly from his bosses. Rocky gets a call from Kevin to make a delivery to Mantoo, and promises that in return he will set Anna and Naomi free. Rocky goes to deliver the drugs to Mantoo where he finds that police had already raided Mantoo's haven with a tip-off from Kevin. Kevin calls Mantoo and tells him that he is doomed and Kevin is the new drug lord of Goa. Mantoo runs away from his hideout and Rocky chases him, but he is arrested by police and they were shocked to find Anna's body with all her organs harvested in Rocky's car. Meanwhile, Kevin finds Mantoo and brutally murders him, taking all his organs.
During interrogation, Rocky escapes from the police station, beating all the guards up on the way out. The police are bewildered by his combat skills and find out that he was a former RAW agent/Special forces (Black ops) soldier with numerous commendations, who retired after he was wounded and his pregnant wife, Rukshida(Shruti Haasan), assassinated. Rocky reaches a nightclub in his investigation and beats the peddler's bodyguard up, stabs the peddler to death and fights with Attila. In the fight, he is shot by Attila and gets critically wounded. He reaches a medicine shop, breaks the lock and performs an impromptu surgery. Rocky then acquires a gun and continues on his journey.
Rocky finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant, and in the process, kills the younger of the brothers, Luke, with a gas cylinder blast. He tracks down the elder brother, Kevin, at the gang's condo, where a dozen gang members and Attila are also waiting. Kevin says that he has had Naomi killed and shows a container that has what he says are her eyes. He demands to know what happened to his younger brother, and, in a rage, Rocky kills the gang members brutally, including Attila. Kevin run away in his bullet-proof car but Rocky stops it and smashes the windscreen with multiple bullets. In the process Kevin is also shot and a bullet hits the leaking oil from the bullet-proof car.
As Rocky prepares to commit suicide out of grief, a scared and dirty Naomi emerges from the darkness. She had been saved by Attila, who took pity on her because she had been kind to him. It is then revealed that the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon, who had been killed off-camera by Attila. The police allow Rocky and Naomi to ride together after they arrest him, and, while she sleeps, Rocky asks if they can be dropped off at a small convenience store. Rocky buys a backpack along with other school supplies. He tells her that she's going to be on her own now, as the police have to take him away. Before he goes, he asks her for a hug and breaks down in tears as they embrace.
Cast
- John Abraham as Kabir Ahlawat/Rocky/Handsome, A former RAW agent and Special Forces soldier
- Shruti Haasan as Rukshida (Special Appearance)
- Nathalia Kaur as Anna, Naomi's mother
- Diya Chalwad as Naomi
- Nishikant Kamat as Kevin Pereira[4]
- Sharad Kelkar as Dilip Sangodkar, A cop from Anti-Narcotics Bureau
- Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as A.C.P Rebello
- Suhasini Mulay as Carla Aunty, a child trafficker
- Teddy Maurya as Luke Ferriera, Kevin's brother.
- Kazu Patrick Tang as Atilla, Kevin's henchman
- Nora Fatehi (special appearance) in the song " Rock the party "
Production
Shruti Haasan has been cast as John Abraham’s wife, while a seven-year-old child actress named Diya(who was first seen in the movie Kick) plays an important character.[5] Nathalia Kaur, who was seen in the item number Dan dan cheeni in Ram Gopal Varma’s Department, plays the mother of the child. But the theme of our film is the action. We are getting action directors from abroad—Eastern Asia—for the stunts," said Kheterpal. According to Sunir Kheterpal, the shooting in Hyderabad was for about 45–50 days. While the second schedule was filmed in Goa, the third was in Mumbai.[6]
Release
The film earned ₹7 crore (US$1.0 million) in one day including paid previews in India.[7] The film went down on day two with collections of ₹4.25 crore (US$630,000) crore nett.[8] The film earned ₹3.50 crore (US$520,000) on third day and the film had a very low weekend of ₹18.75 crore (US$2.8 million) crore nett with ₹1.98 crore (US$290,000) crore nett on paid previews.[9] The collections on Monday were low at around ₹2 crore (US$300,000) nett.[10] The film grossed ₹21 crore (US$3.1 million) in its first week[11] and ₹25.13 crore (US$3.7 million) by the end of its theatrical run.[12]
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers | |
| Released | 22 February 2016 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 32:46 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | T-Series |
The music for Rocky Handsome 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 music rights have been acquired by T-Series. The album contains total 7 tracks. The first song "Rock Tha Party" was released on 15 February 2016.[13] The full music album was released on 22 February 2016 which included 6 songs. Later an unplugged version of Alfazon Ki Tarah was released on March 22, 2016 voiced by Shreya Ghoshal, John Abraham and Ankit Tiwari.[14]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 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" | Abhnendra Kumar Upadhyay | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari | 06:21 |
| 4. | "Aye Khuda" | Sachin Pathak, Shekhar Astitwa | Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | 06:15 |
| 5. | "Titliyan" | Sagar Lahauri | Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra | Sunidhi Chauhan | 06:02 |
| 6. | "Aye Khuda (Duet Version)" | Sachin Pathak, Shekhar Astitwa | Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal | 06:15 |
| 7. | "Alfazon Ki Tarah (Unplugged)" | Abhnendra Kumar Upadhyay | Ankit Tiwari | Shreya Ghoshal, John Abraham, Ankit Tiwari | 06:21 |
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Critical reception
Subhash K. Jha rated the film 4/5, writing " It would have to be a toss-up between ShoojitSircar's excellent political thriller Madras Café and now Nishikant Kamat's Rocky Handsome."[15] Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5/5, writing "On the whole, ROCKY HANDSOME is for people who like action films. Despite the film having a simple plot, it has been garnished with engrossing drama and action stunningly. One can find the right mix of tension, action, emotion under one roof. A well-made action thriller."[16]
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