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| Directed by | Anthony D'Souza |
| Produced by | Dhillin Mehta |
| Screenplay by | Anthony D'Souza |
| Story by | Anthony D'Souza |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Sanjay Dutt Lara Dutta Zayed Khan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Laxman Utekar |
| Editing by | Shyam Salgaonkar |
| Distributed by | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd |
| Release date(s) | 16 October 2009 |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 129 crore (US$24.51 million)[1] |
| Box office | 52.5 crore (US$9.98 million)[2] |
Blue (Hindi: ब्लू) is a Bollywood film directed by Anthony D'Souza, released on 16 October 2009, starring Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan, with a cameo appearance by Katrina Kaif. It is an action film centered around an underwater treasure. The film was written by American writers Joshua Lurie and Bryan M. Sullivan. Kylie Minogue makes a musical guest appearance in the film. A. R. Rahman composed the music and Resul Pookutty did the sound design. Mukhtar Sahota, a UK-based music producer, was brought in by A. R. Rahman for the lyrics and vocals for the background score. At the time of its release, it broke the record for the most expensive Bollywood film ever produced.[3] This record was later broken by Ra.One.
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Aarav "Sarkar" Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) runs a fishing company in the Bahamas, in which Sagar "Sethji" Singh (Sanjay Dutt) is a diver. While Aarav has done well for himself, Sagar is under a financial crisis. To help him, Aarav advises Sagar to retrieve the lost treasure of a sunken ship called Lady in Blue. However, Sagar refuses to go to the ship as he has a haunted past with the ship.
Meanwhile, Sam (Zayed Khan) is in Bangkok. He is a bike ard the ship and realizes that his brother is hiding something from him. For the time being, Sagar says he bought the ring for his wife Mona (Lara Dutta). A few days later, some people attack Sam, when he receives a call from Gulshan saying that he is coming for him and that Nikki has been killed. Aarav saves Sam and demands to know why people tried to kill him. Sam tells Aarav everything and they decide to convince Sethji to go after the treasure as it is the last hope.
Meanwhile, Gulshan lands in the Bahamas and destroys Sagar's house and takes Mona hostage in return for the $50 million or Sam's appearance in front of him. With no other choice, he agrees to go with Aarav and Sam to the Lady in Blue to get the treasure. He also reveals his past, and the reason for his earlier non-compliance. A flashback reveals that Sagar as a young boy went diving with his father and they stumbled on the ship. His father located the ring and gave it to him. But while in the ship, due to an accident, Sagar's father gets trapped beneath an iron bar and dies.
The three locate the treasure only to find that Gulshan has arrived there with his henchmen and Mona. He threatens to spare Mona's life only in return for the treasure. After a lot of fighting in the water with Gulshan's henchmen they save Mona and at the end they realise that Aarav and Gulshan were actually business partners. Aarav told Gulshan to send Sam to the Bahamas and to kidnap Mona in order to convince Sagar to aid him in his search for the treasure. A fight ensues between Aarav and Sagar and Sam and Gulshan, resulting in Aarav killing Gulshan. Aarav dives into the sea with his bike and survives by inhaling the oxygen from the tyres.
A storm is coming, therefore Sam, Sagar, and Mona decide to leave and head for land. At the end, Aarav calls Sagar and apologizes to everyone and said he has found all the treasure and tells his story of how he survives. It is discovered that Nikki was Aarav's wife and that her death was faked. Aarav tells them that they had to get their hands on the treasure because his grandfather Jagat Malhotra (Kabir Bedi) was the Captain of Lady in Blue and was accused of sinking the ship on purpose and was embarrassed in court, leading to him committing suicide. Aarav says he wanted to clear his family's name. Aarav receives a reward from the Indian Government for returning the lost treasure, and he deposits it into an account in the name of Sagar.
The music of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. The music was promoted and digitally distributed by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Anupama Chopra of NDTV called the movie an 'incredibly dim-witted underwater thriller', criticizing the performance and the cast and the dialogues.[4] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie a positive review, praising the star cast and action scenes and gave the film 4 stars out of 5.[5]
Blue had an excellent opening, and collected 52.5 crores in its full theatrical run. Though the film was appreciated for its action sequences, the film was elevated to "below average" by Box Office India.[2]
The directors are yet again producing an sequel to Blue, which is currently titled Aasman.[6] The film will have a cast of Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif reprising their roles from the original, with new additions including John Abraham, Neha Oberoi, and Sonal Chauhan.[7][8] A. R. Rahman will compose the music. Aasman is all-set to go on floors January 2012.