Singham Returns

Singham Returns

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Rohit Shetty
Produced by
Written by Sajid-Farhad
(Dialogue)
Screenplay by Yunus Sajawal
Story by Rohit Shetty
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Dudley
Edited by Steven Bernard
Production
company
  • Ajay Devgn Films
  • Rohit Shetty Productions
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Release dates
  • 15 August 2014
Running time
 145 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Marathi[2]
Budget INR115 crore (US$18 million) [3]
Box office INR156.87 crore (US$25 million) 3 weeks[4]

Singham Returns is a 2014 Indian action thriller film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment.[1] A sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgan reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead.[5] The film was released worldwide on 15 August 2014.[6]

Plot

Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgan) gets transferred to Mumbai and he discovers that one of his team members (Mahesh) is found dead with large bags of money. Bajirao decides to unearth the truth behind it and in this process, he collides with a powerful Baba Ji, Satyaraj Chandar (Amole Gupte) who has high profile connections with politicians.

During this period, Guruji (Anupam Kher), is killed by Baba ji, even though Singham was present at the scene. He vows revenge. Because of this, he has to pretend that he has resigned in front of his family. Due to this his father asks him and his childhood friend, Avni (Kareena Kapoor Khan), to come to their home town, Shivgargh. After some comic scenes, Singham and Avni, fall in love with each other. However, we are then revealed to the fact that, Singham hasn't resigned and came to Shivgargh on a mission to get some proof against Baba Ji.

When they get back to Mumbai, Baba Ji starts threatening Singham's family. He also harms all of Guruji's candidates, including Avni, because her brother is one of the candidates. Singham manages to save everyone but before they resign, a worker of Baba Ji wakes up from coma and testifies against him. Singham arrests Baba Ji and his worker, Prakash Rao. However, some party workers attack outside the court, killing the witness. This causes Baba Ji and Prakash Rao to get a bail.But after Baba Ji gets released Singham goes to his house without police uniform and shoots at his bums and Prakash Rao and Baba tell all the truth.

A few weeks later Guruji's party wins the elections.While going to jail Prakash Rao and Baba threaten Singham.But the van in which Prakash Rao and Baba were going stopped for some time. And a water tanker crashes the van and both of them die.Inspector Phadnis (Vineet Sharma)tells media that there was a breakfail so it is an accident.

The films ends with Singham,Daya and Phadnis walking away.

Cast

Production

Filming

Director Rohit Shetty announced his thoughts on making a sequel to one of his finest movies Singham (2011). After filming Chennai Express with Shahrukh Khan, Shetty reportedly has begun filming for Singham 2 with the lead star Ajay Devgn.[7] Filming was expected to go on floors by December 2013 after Shetty's last directorial venture, Chennai Express (2013) released with Shetty starting the work of Singham 2's pre-production along with that of his another film which incidentally is a sequel too, Golmaal 4.[8][9] However Ajay Devgn the lead of the film canned 20 days of photography for his another film Action Jackson, directed by Prabhudeva and start another leg of the shoot from 10 November 2013.[10] After several delays owing to Devgn's shooting his other film Action Jackson concurrently the principal photography for a 15-day schedule of the film started from 15 May 2014 in Goa.[11] The shoot was held in few places like streets of Siolim, a village at located at a distance of about 25 Kilometres from Panaji.[11] The ones which were held in Panaji were mostly indoor ones.[11]

Music

Singham Returns
Soundtrack album by
Released 5 August 2014
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Length 19:59
Label T-Series
Jeet Gannguli chronology

Citylights
(2014)		 Singham Returns
(2014)		 Alone
(2014)
Meet Bros Anjjan chronology
Kick
(2014)		 Singham Returns
(2014)		 Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene
(2014)
Ankit Tiwari chronology
Ek Villain
(2014)		 Singham Returns
(2014)		 PK
(2014)
Yo Yo Honey Singh chronology
Kick
(2014)		 Singham Returns
(2014)		 The Shaukeens
(2014)
Singles from Singham Returns
  1. "Kuch Toh Hua Hai"
    Released: 25 July 2014[12]
  2. "Aata Majhi Satakli"
    Released: 1 August 2014[13]

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit Tiwari and Yo Yo Honey Singh. All the composers composed one song each. The soundtrack album contains four songs and one remix.

The first single track "Kuch Toh Hua Hai" sung by Ankit Tiwari & Tulsi Kumar was released on 25 July 2014.

Another single "Aata Majhi Satakli" sung and composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh was released on 1 August 2014.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s) Length
1. "Sun Le Zara"  Sandeep NathJeet GannguliArijit Singh 04:51
2. "Singham Returns Theme"  Shabbir AhmedMeet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh 04:38
3. "Kuch Toh Hua Hai"  Sandeep Nath, Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari, Tulsi Kumar 05:07
4. "Singham Returns Remix (MBA Swag)"  Shabbir AhmedMeet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh 02:49
5. "Aata Majhi Satakli"  Yo Yo Honey SinghYo Yo Honey SinghYo Yo Honey Singh, Mamta Sharma, Nitu Choudhry 03:14
Total length:
 19:59

Reception

Prior to its release on the eve of Independence Day on 15 August, a right-wing Hindu organisation, HJS wrote to the CBFC asking that the film be banned on grounds of depiction of Hindu saints in a bad light thereby hurting the religious sentiments.[14] Shetty denied the allegation stating that he has never made anything controversial in his career.[15]

Singham Returns received mixed reviews from Indian critics.[16] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4 stars and said "The film is a complete mass entertainer with power-packed drama, hi-intensity dialogue and towering performances as its aces. The brand value attached to it coupled with a long weekend will help the film reap a harvest and rule the box office in days to come."[17] Rohit Khilnani of India Today gave 3 stars and said "Singham Returns is strictly for fans".[18] Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave two stars and said "Watch Singham Returns for the action, not comedy".[19] Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave 2.5 stars and said "Ajay Devgan and the thrills his punches manage to evoke but the wafer thin plotline, hammy acting, predictable narrative and the lack of fun and excitement that drives a Rohit Shetty film".[20] Shubra Gupta of the Indian Express gave 1.5 stars and said "The sequel to ‘Singham’ is chock full of the usual car on jeep action. Explosions go off at regular intervals. Shootouts – one really well shot – occur frequently."[21] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2.5 stars and said "The predictable story tires you out eventually".[22]

Three weeks after release, Bollywoodhungama.com estimated a INR156.77 crore (US$25 million) box office collection.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Singham Returns". Bollywood Hungama.
  2. ↑ Marathi actors rule Singham Returns. Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Singham Returns is 2014's biggest opener, earns Rs. 30 crore on day one". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 16 Aug 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Worldwide Collections of Singham Returns". bollywoodhungama.com. 17 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kareena Kapoor transforms into Maharashtrian mulgi". indianexpress.com. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Singham Returns. Boxofficeindia.com (2014-08-15). Retrieved on 2015-04-21.
  7. ↑ "Hurry up with Singham 2". Deccan Chronicle. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ajay’s Singham 2 To Go On Floors In December". Koimoi.com. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Rohit Shetty’s Singham 2, Golmaal 4 To Go On Floors This Year". Koimoi. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Ajay Devgn, Prabhu Dheva to resume Action Jackson shoot next week | the trailer set be release on 11th july. Latest Movie Features". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Ajay Devgn’s ‘Singham 2′ to return to Goa". PTI. Indian Express. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "First Singles of Singham Returns". MixRadio. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Second Single of Singham Returns". MixRadio. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "'Singham Returns' in controversy". Patrika Group (28 July 2014). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "Singham Returns controversy: Rohit says there`s nothing controversial in the film". Patrika Group. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "'Singham Returns' Movie Reviews: Typical Rohit Shetty's Film". 15 August 2014. International Business Times.
  17. ↑ Adarsh, Taran (15 August 2014). "Singham Returns". Bollywood Hungamam. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Rohit, Khilnani (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". India today. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  19. ↑ Shweta, Kaushal (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". Hindustan times. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  20. ↑ Mohar, Basu (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". koimoi. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  21. ↑ shubra,gupta (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". Indian express. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  22. ↑ Rajeev, Masand (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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