Heropanti

Heropanti
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sabbir Khan
Produced by	Sajid Nadiadwala
Written by	Sanjeev Dutta
Story by	Bhaskar
Based on	Parugu
Starring	Tiger Shroff Kriti Sanon Prakash Raj
Music by	Sajid-Wajid Manj Musik Mustafa Zahid Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar
Cinematography	Hari Vedantam
Edited by	John Carnochan
Production company	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Release dates	23 May 2014 (2014-05-23)
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	210 million (US$3.3 million)
Box office	650 million (US$10 million)(worldwide Collection)[1]

Heropanti is a Bollywood romantic action film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. Actors Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon make their Hindi film debut with the film, alongside Prakash Raj as the main antagonist. A remake of the Telugu film Parugu, Heropanti released on 23 May 2014. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but managed to become a box office hit.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Plot

Chowdary (Prakash Raj) is a very well known and respected man in his village. He is a very strict patriarch of the Jat family consisting of four brothers – Chowdary himself, Bhuppi (Samar Jai Singh), Pappi (K. C. Shankar) and Sukhi (Prashant Singh). On the night of her marriage, Renu (Sandeepa Dhar), the elder daughter of Chowdary, elopes with her boyfriend, Rakesh. Chowdary decides to find them at any cost.

Chowdary and his men manage to locate two of Rakesh's friends from different places and beat them up. Chowdary and his men bring them over to his place and one of them reveals Bablu's (Tiger Shroff) name and that he might have an idea where Renu and Rakesh are. At first when Bhuppu, Pappi, Sukhi & the gang confront Bablu and attack him to find Rakesh, Bablu single-handedly beats up all of them but is hit in the head and loses consciousness.

Chowdhary holds Bablu and the other two friends captive till they tell of the couple's whereabouts. They tell him that they don't know anything, but no one believes them. Meanwhile, Bablu tells his friends that he is in love with a girl he doesn't know and he only has her earring which she dropped. The friends decide to flee one day, but Bablu gets a glimpse of the girl and stops in his tracks to look at her and the boys are caught because of him.

Back at Chowdary's household where the friends are held captive, Chowdary's younger daughter and Renu's sister, Dimpy (Kriti Sanon) tries to ask them where her sister is, but they won't tell her. Dimpy finds Renu's love letters in her room one of which reaches her uncle. Dimpy manages to clean up everything before her uncle reaches her room. When Shalu is about to burn those letters, Dimpy's uncle asks one of his men to check it. Without thinking much she drops those letters where these boys are held captive. With the help of these letters Bablu and his friends blackmail her. However, Bablu makes a deal with her that in exchange for her sister's whereabouts, Dimpy find the girl he fell in love with. Dimpy does not agree, but later when circumstances force her, she agrees. That night, Bablu escapes and enters the house after the light fuse burns out. He drinks from the glass of Rajjo (who later turns out to be the suitor of Dimpy) and becomes drunk. Dimpy finds Bablu and he gives her the earring he found that belongs to the girl he fell in love with. To Dimpy's shock, it turns out that it was none other than Dimpy that Bablu saw that day. But Dimpy stays silent.

Bablu and his friends go with Chowdhary's men to town one day to search for Renu and Rakesh, where Bablu helps them to board a bus to Shimla. Dimpy's uncle, Pappi, comes to know that Bablu had helped them to flee when he accidentally overhears Dimpy. The entire group is beaten badly. When they threaten to kill one of his friends, Bablu tells them that Renu and Rakesh are in Delhi.

Bablu and his friends as well as Dimpy accompany her father to Delhi to find the couple. At this juncture, Dimpy is kidnapped by some local goons, who attempt to molest her. Bablu manages to locate her in time and beats up the goons, winning the trust of Dimpy's father.

That night Dimpy and Bablu go to a night club. In the morning, while Dimpy is confessing her love to Bablu, Chowdary spots Renu and Rakesh on a bus and chases after them with Bablu and Chowdary's men following close behind. They manage to stop the bus but when Renu talks back to her father, Chowdary is heartbroken. When Renu and Rakesh are about to be killed as punishment, Renu confesses that she is pregnant. Chowdary decides to spare their lives, saying to Renu, "You are now dead to me."

The group returns home and Chowdary arranges Dimpy's marriage with Rajjo. He plans on conducting the marriage with pomp. Bablu realises that he misses Dimpy too much. He and his friends come back with the intention to get Dimpy to elope with Bablu. Chowdary, however, is frightened when Bablu returns, fearing that he will elope with Dimpy. He keeps a close eye on Bablu and Dimpy. When Chowdary takes Bablu outside, Bablu tells him that he understands how Chowdary felt when Renu ran way from home and promises him that he will not elope with Dimpy.

When Bablu and his friends are about to leave, Rajjo beats up Bablu with the intention of injuring him, however Bablu fights back and defeats Rajjo in a hand-to-hand combat when Rajjo insults him and Dimpy. They are however stopped at the last moment by Chowdhary. He realises that Dimpy will only be happy if she is with Bablu, tells Bablu to take her away. Bablu and Dimpy unite with a hug and the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

• Tiger Shroff as Bablu^[7][8]
• Kriti Sanon as Dimpy^[9]
• Prakash Raj as Chowdhary
• Sandeepa Dhar as Renu^[10]
• Vikram Singh as Rajjo Fauji^[11]
• Shireesh Sharma as Police Commissioner
• Samar Jai Singh as Bhuppi
• K. C. Shankar as Pappi
• Sunil Grover as Driver
• Jatin Suri as Bablu's friend

Production and promotion

Heropanti was shot at many places including Gulmarg in Kashmir Valley.^[12][13] The romantic song Rabba was filmed in Kashmir.^[14]

The trailer was released on 4 April 2014.^[15][16][17]

Critical reception

Film critic Subhash K. Jha gave it 3.5 stars and said that Shroff delivers a rare combination of romantic and action oriented protagonist.^[18] Bollywood critic Taran Adarsh also gave the movie 3.5 stars, calling it an entertainer that hits the right notes.^[19]

CNN-IBN critic Rajeev Masand gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated that "for Heropanti, with its regressive themes, sexist humor, and stock villains wears you out early on during its 2 hours 26-minute running time."^[20] Anupama Chopra also gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars and overall criticised the movie by saying, "the disjointed narrative brims with low-IQ high-testosterone men brandishing weapons. The women are puppets who either simper or scream."^[21]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
Stardust Awards	New Talent Awards Superstar of Tomorrow – Male	Tiger Shroff	Won[22]
	New Talent Awards Superstar of Tomorrow – Female	Kriti Sanon	Won[23]

Character map of remakes

Parugu (2008) (Telugu)	Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo (2010) (Bengali)	Heropanti (2014) (Hindi)
Allu Arjun	Dev (actor)	Tiger Shroff
Sheela (Tamil actress)	Srabanti Chatterjee	Kriti Sanon
Prakash Raj	Tapas Paul	Prakash Raj

Music

Heropanti
Soundtrack album by Sajid-Wajid Manj Musik
Released	21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)
Genre	Bollywood Music
Length	28:33
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
Sajid-Wajid chronology
Main Tera Hero (2014) Heropanti (2014) Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sajid-Wajid, Manj Musik and Mustafa Zahid. The lyrics are written by Kausar Munir, Raftaar and Mustafa Zahid. Mohit Chauhan, Wajid, Manj Musik, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar, Mustafa Zahid, Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh lent their voices for the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on 21 April 2014.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Whistle Baja"	Raftaar	Manj Musik & Laxmikant Pyarelal	Manj, Nindy Kaur, Raftaar	03:13
2.	"Rabba"	Kausar Munir	Sajid-Wajid	Mohit Chauhan	04:53
3.	"Raat Bhar"	Kausar Munir	Sajid-Wajid	Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	05:26
4.	"Tabah"	Kausar Munir	Sajid-Wajid	Mohit Chauhan	05:20
5.	"The Pappi Song"	Raftaar	Manj Musik	Raftaar, Manj	4.00
6.	"Tere Binaa"	Mustafa Zahid	Mustafa Zahid	Mustafa Zahid	03:23
7.	"Tabah (Remix)"	Kausar Munir	Sajid-Wajid	Mohit Chauhan	03:36
Total length:					28:33

Soundtrack reception

Joginder Tuteja from Rediff gave 3.5 star and stated, "With four good songs in a row, Heropanti's music is pretty much a paisa vasool experience already. So, though you may be taken aback by the title of Manju Musik Raftaar's next offering 'The Pappi Song', you would like to hear it.".^[24] Koimoi's Aishwarya gave 3 stars and mentioned, "A sweet stereotypically Bollywood album with nothing much to say about. Love it for the good old pyaar – vyaar and dance – shance or hate it for being yet another pile of numbers tracing the lines of tested compositions.^[25]

Box office

Heropanti collected 540 million (US$8.6 million)(Nett) in Domestic markets and 150 million (US$2.4 million)(Nett) in overseas markets.^[26]

References

External links

• Heropanti on Facebook
• Heropanti at the Internet Movie Database