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| Directed by | Farah Khan |
| Produced by | Twinkle Khanna Shirish Kunder Ronnie Screwvala |
| Screenplay by | Shirish Kunder Ashmith Kunder |
| Story by | Shirish Kunder |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Katrina Kaif Akshaye Khanna Arya Babbar |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar Shirish Kunder |
| Cinematography | P. S. Vinod |
| Editing by | Shirish Kunder |
| Distributed by | Hari Om Productions Three's Company UTV Motion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 2010 |
| Running time | 131 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 28 crore (US$5.32 million)[2] |
| Box office | 81 crore (US$15.39 million) [3] |
Tees Maar Khan (Hindi: तीस मार ख़ान) is an 2010 Hindi action comedy film directed by Farah Khan, starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna in the lead roles.[4] Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor make special appearances in the film.[5][6] The film was released on 24 December 2010.[7] The theatrical trailer and title song of the film were released on UTV Motion Pictures YouTube channel on 4 November 2010 for promotional purposes. The trailer was premiered in theaters with Vipul Shah's Action Replayy and Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 on 5 November 2010.[8] The film is an official remake of the 1966 Italian film After the Fox.[9]
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Tees Maar Khan revolves around a conman named Tabrez Mirza Khan (Akshay Kumar) who has been a criminal since he was born. He was caught in France and was deported back to India. Two police officers Chatterjee (Aman Verma) and Mukherjee (Murli Sharma) took him but he escaped. He is in love with the struggling actress Anya (Katrina Kaif). He takes a job from the Johri Brothers to rob a non-stop train loaded with precious antiques. He cons the people of Dhulia village into helping him by saying that he will make a historical film about their village. He approaches the greedy but popular actor Aatish Kapoor (Akshaye Khanna), who was eager to get the Oscar award and fools him into working in his film. The robbery goes well but all the villagers and Tabrez Mirza Khan get arrested. He claims they are innocent but he gets arrested anyway. The movie is completed and at the movie's premiere, Aatish, Anya, TMK's mother, Dollar, Soda, Burger and all the villagers walk the Red Carpet along with Tees Maar Khan and the police. After the film, Tees Maar Khan escapes. Later, at his private jet, the Johri brothers enjoy what they got until Tees Maar Khan and his gang throw both of them out of the plane. The film ends with TMK and his mother becoming rich, Aatish receiving Oscar awards from actor Anil Kapoor, Anya becoming an actress and the whole Dhulia village opening their own saloons, party halls and the village inspector opening a poster signing stall to all the people from America. The crew of the film are seen receiving the Oscar awards in the song "Happy Ending".
Priyanka Chopra was earlier rumored to play the part of Anya,[10] but that rumor was later dropped after Katrina Kaif was chosen to play the female lead.[11]
The script is penned by director Farah Khan's husband Shirish Kunder. Sanjay Dutt was confirmed to play the role of Sutradhaar (narrator) for the film.[12] Farah stated in an interview that she wanted someone with a voice which people can even recognize in their sleep.[13]
An entire train was made and 500m track laid for Rs. 75 lacs to shoot the climax scenes.[14]
Tees Maar Khan premiered in the UK on 21 December, in Fiji on 22 December and in Canada on 23 December 2010.
Tees Maar Khan received mostly negative reviews from critics. Anupama Chopra of NDTV wrote, "Tees Maar Khan, adapted from After the Fox, by writers Shrish and Ashmit Kunder, is disappointingly limp and insistently low IQ. The film has little of the effervescence and flair of a typical Farah Khan film" giving it 2/5 stars.[15] Aseem Chhabra of Rediff.com, who rated the film 1.5/5, stated, "Even at two hours, the film feels like one long and tedious exercise in bad humour. Some people laughed during the screening I attended in New York City. However, most sat with glum faces, in a sense of disbelief ..... How could a talented(..?) person like Khan make such an unfunny film?"[16] Behindwoods review board gave the film a two out of five star rating and quoted "So is Tees Maar Khan watchable? Good Question. Very good question. The answer is 'Yes' if you are in the mood to celebrate. But watch it in theatres as the fun is only when there is a crowd laughing along with you. The second half can have you in splits."[17] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave a modest rating of 3/5 in his review and said, "Farah Khan's brand new outing Tees Maar Khan will make the most absurd, bizarre and wacky cinema of yore pale in comparison. Not just your cell phone, even your brain needs to be put on 'switched off' mode at the commencement of this film."[18] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India awarded 2.5/5 stars while commenting, "Sadly, Tees Maar Khan begins as a spoof and remains a spoof, till the very end. All the characters end up as mere caricatures and completely fail to build up an emotional quotient in the film."[19] Yahoo! Movies gave the film 1.5/5 stars.[20] Komal Nahta of Koimoi.com gave it a rating of 2/5 and stated, "Too much of farcical comedy; lack of emotions; over-the-top characters; unbelievable script ..... Tees Maar Khan is definitely a disappointment; but it will bring back the invested money and a bit more."[21] Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis gave the film 2 stars and remarked, "Even Sheila can’t make Tees Maar Khan watchable ... Though the story is interesting (Neil Simon of After The Fox should ideally get the credit), the writing is so pedestrian and Farah Khan’s presentation so lacklustre that you wonder how the film was greenlighted at all."[22] Gaurav Malani of The Economic Times gave 2 stars saying, "To sum up in Tees Maar Khan’s trademark style of dialogue delivery, Akshay Kumar se zara hatke comedy expect karna aur Akshaye Khanna se kuch bhi expect karna bekaar hain. Tees Maar Khan doesn’t even guarantee thirty good laughs in its three hour runtime."[23] Kaveree Bamzai of India Today rated it 2½/5 saying, "It's an oddly half-hearted film from a woman [Farah Khan] who is never known to do anything in half measure."[24] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN rated the movie 2/5 suggesting, "If you’re outraged by such low-brow humor, 'Tees Maar Khan' is going to be a long, hard slog for you."[25]
Tees Maar Khan took a 100% opening at most multiplexes across India.[26] The film collected 13.06 crore (US$2.48 million) on its first day of business, becoming the second biggest opening day grosser of all time across India for Hindi movies after Dabangg. On the second day of its release, the film netted 13.5 crore (US$2.57 million), taking the two day total to 26.5 crore (US$5.04 million) nett.[27] Tees Maar Khan collected about 38 crore (US$7.22 million) nett at the end of its first weekend, thus becoming the second biggest opening weekend net grosser of all time across India for Hindi movies.[28] Despite its initial huge run at the box office, there had been many negative reports about the film.[29] Box Office India reported, "Tees Maar Khan has not matched the expectations from the film prior to release but its not that bad either as its not as if the film just collapsed. The opening weekend collections are around 15% lower than sensible expectations."[30] Tees Maar Khan underwent a heavy 65% fall on Monday, its fourth day of business, as it collected 4.5 crore (US$0.86 million).[31] The film further suffered a big drop on Tuesday, its fifth day of business, collecting around 3.25 crore (US$617,500) nett, taking the five day business to 45.5 crore (US$8.65 million) nett.[32] Tees Maar Khan went on to collect 49.04 crore (US$9.32 million) nett in its first week of release.[33] The film showed a 85% decline in the second week, on its eight day of business, as compared to its first day.[34] In its second weekend, the film collected around 7.25 crore (US$1.38 million) nett, taking the ten days collections to 56.5 crore (US$10.74 million) nett.[35] The film collected about 10.5 crore (US$2 million) nett in second weeks, taking the total collections in two weeks to 59.5 crore (US$11.31 million) nett.[36] The film collected 1.25 crore (US$237,500) nett in its third week, taking the total domestic collections 101 crore (US$19.19 million) nett.[37] The worldwide distributors of the film UTV Moton Pictures have reportedly made profits of more than 20 crore (US$3.8 million), and also gave the details of the profits as a reaction against certain segments of the media who called it a Flop/Below Average grosser. Box office India declared the film a Semi-Hit grosser.[3]
In the overseas market, the film grossed around $2.5 million from its extended weekend, which, according to Box Office India, "is below par for a big film". The breakdown included £320,000 from United Kingdom in 5 days, $750,000 from North America in 5 days, $500,000 from United Arab Emirates in 3 days, and $175,000 from Pakistan in 3 days.[38] The nett collections till the end of the second weekend were: £625,000 from United Kingdom, $1,030,000 from North America, $775,000 from UAE, and $265,000 from Australia.[39]
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The music of the film is composed by the music duo of Vishal-Shekhar and debutant music composer Shirish Kunder. Lyrics are penned by Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan and Shirish Kunder. The music was launched on 14 November 2010. The entire cast and crew traveled on a train booked from Mumbai to Lonavala for the music launch.[43] Sonu Nigam has given 54 voices for the title track of the film.[44] The Song 'Sheila Ki Jawani' became a chart Busters and fetched Sunidhi Chauhan a Filmfare Award and many other awards.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Badey Dilwala" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Shreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Happy Ending" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Harshit Saxena, Abhijeet Sawant, Debojit Saha, Prajakta Shukre | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Sheila Ki Jawani" | Vishal Dadlani | Vishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Tees Maar Khan" | Shirish Kunder | Sonu Nigam | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Wallah Re Wallah" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Shekhar Ravjiani, Shreya Ghoshal, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan | 5:28 |
| 6. | "Badey Dilwala - Remix" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Shreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Sheila Ki Jawani - Remix" | Vishal Dadlani | Vishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Tees Maar Khan - Remix" | Shirish Kunder | Sonu Nigam | 4:18- |
| 9. | "Wallah Re Wallah - Remix" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Shekhar Ravjiani, Shreya Ghoshal, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan |