Tees Maar Khan (2010 film)

For the Punjabi film, see Tees Maar Khan (1963 film).
Tees Maar Khan

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Farah Khan
Produced by Twinkle Khanna
Shirish Kunder
Ronnie Screwvala
Screenplay by Shirish Kunder
Ashmith Kunder
Story by Shrish Kunder
Based on After the Fox 
by Vittorio De Sica
Starring Akshay Kumar
Katrina Kaif
Akshaye Khanna
Arya Babbar
Narrated by Sanjay Dutt
Music by Vishal-Shekhar
Shirish Kunder
Cinematography P. S. Vinod
Edited by Shirish Kunder
Distributed by Hari Om Productions
Three's Company
UTV Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 24 December 2010 (2010-12-24)
Running time
 131 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹280 million (US$4.1 million)[2]
Box office ₹610 million (US$9.0 million)[3]

Tees Maar Khan is a 2010 Indian Hindi heist 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 film is today primarily remembered for Katrina Kaif's dance number, Sheila Ki Jawaani. 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 theatres 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]

Plot

Tees Maar Khan revolves around conman Tabrez Mirza Khan (TMK, Akshay Kumar) who has been a criminal since he was young. 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.

His wife is struggling actress Anya Khan (Katrina Kaif). Tabrez takes a job from the Johri brothers (Raghu Ram and Rajiv Laxman) 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 is eager to get the Oscar award and fools him into working in his "film". After accidentally exposing a child abduction ring and thus helping many villagers find their long-lost children, Tabrez feels guilty about conning the villagers and swears that he will give them a share of the treasure. The robbery goes well but he and all the villagers get arrested while the Johri brothers make off with the treasure. TMK claims that he is innocent, but he gets arrested anyway. However, at the court, he says many funny jokes, and by chance he hears that he will be in the jail for 7 years. but it was that he will be in the jail for 60 years.

The movie is completed and, at the premiere, Aatish, Anya, TMK's mother, Dollar, Soda, Burger and all the villagers walk the red carpet with TMK and the police. After the film, TMK escapes. Later, on their private jet, the Johri brothers enjoy what they got until TMK and his gang throw them out of the plane. The film ends with TMK and his mother becoming rich, Aatish receiving an Oscar from actor Anil Kapoor, Anya becoming a spokesperson for hair removal cream 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".

Cast

Production

Priyanka Chopra was earlier rumoured to play the part of Anya,[10] but that rumour 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 recognise in their sleep.[13]

An entire train was made and 500m track laid for Rs. 7.5 million to shoot the climax scenes.[14] Dharmesh Yelande choreographed in this film.

Release

Tees Maar Khan premiered in the UK on 22 December, in Fiji on 22 December and in Canada on 23 December 2010.

Reception

Critical response

Tees Maar Khan received 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]

Box office

India

Tees Maar Khan took a 100% opening at most multiplexes across India.[26] The film collected ₹130.6 million (US$1.9 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 ₹135 million (US$2.0 million), taking the two-day total to ₹265 million (US$3.9 million) nett.[27] Tees Maar Khan collected about ₹380 million (US$5.6 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 it is not that bad either as it is 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 ₹45 million (US$660,000).[31] The film further suffered a big drop on Tuesday, its fifth day of business, collecting around ₹32.5 million (US$480,000) nett, taking the five-day business to ₹455 million (US$6.7 million) nett.[32] Tees Maar Khan went on to collect ₹490.4 million (US$7.2 million) nett in its first week of release.[33] The film showed an 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 ₹80 million (US$1.2 million) nett, taking the ten days collections to ₹565 million (US$8.3 million) nett.[35] The film collected about ₹105 million (US$1.5 million) nett in second week, taking the total collections in two weeks to ₹595 million (US$8.8 million) nett.[36] The film collected ₹12.5 million (US$180,000) nett in its third week, taking the total domestic collections ₹610 million (US$9.0 million) nett.[37]

Overseas

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 e were: £625,000 from United Kingdom, $1,030,000 from North America, $775,000 from UAE, and $265,000 from Australia.[39]

Awards and nominations

IIFA Awards
Nominated
Zee Cine Awards
Won[40]
Nominated[41]
Filmfare Awards
Won
Star Screen Awards
Won
Nominated
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Won
Stardust Awards
Won
Other Awards
Won

Soundtrack

Tees Maar Khan
Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar
Released November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Length 40:38
Label T-Series
Producer Shirish Kunder
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Break Ke Baad
(2010)		 Tees Maar Khan
(2010)		 Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap
(2011)

The music of the film is composed by the music duo of Vishal-Shekhar and one song from debutant music composer Shirish Kunder for title track. 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 travelled on a train booked from Mumbai to Lonavala for the music launch.[42] Sonu Nigam has given 54 voices for the title track of the film.[43] The song 'Sheila Ki Jawani' became a chartbuster and fetched Sunidhi Chauhan a Filmfare Award and many other awards.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Tees Maar Khan" (Music by: Shirish Kunder)Shirish KunderSonu Nigam 4:17
2. "Sheila Ki Jawani"  Vishal DadlaniVishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:43
3. "Wallah Re Wallah"  Anvita Dutt GuptanShekhar Ravjiani, Shreya Ghoshal, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan 5:28
4. "Badey Dilwala"  Anvita Dutt GuptanShreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh 4:55
5. "Happy Ending"  Anvita Dutt GuptanHarshit Saxena, Abhijeet Sawant, Debojit Saha, Prajakta Shukre 4:43
6. "Tees Maar Khan - Remix"  Shirish KunderSonu Nigam 4:18
7. "Sheila Ki Jawani - Remix"  Vishal DadlaniVishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:48
8. "Wallah Re Wallah - Remix"  Anvita Dutt GuptanShekhar Ravjiani, Shreya Ghoshal, Raja Hasan, Kamal Khan 4:29
9. "Badey Dilwala - Remix"  Anvita Dutt GuptanShreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh 4:57
Total length:
 40:38

Sequel

Even before the release of the film, the director Farah Khan and her husband Shirish Kunder planned to turn 'Tees Maar Khan! into a franchise by making a sequel to the film.[44] Thus they are currently working on the script and shooting will commence towards the end of 2012 with Akshay Kumar, who has agreed to star in the sequel and will once again play the lead character of the film.[45]

References

  1. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "What Is The Budget of Yamla Pagla Deewana and Tees Maar Khan?". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Top Worldwide Grossers ALL TIME: 37 Films Hit 100 Crore". Box office India. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan: Complete Cast and Crew details". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Salman will do 'item' number for Tees Maar Khan". The Indian Express. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "Anil Kapoor does 'One Two Ka Four' for Farah in Tees Maar Khan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Promo And Music on Diwali". Box Office India. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan trailer out!". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "It's official: Tees Maar Khan is a remake". Rediff. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "Akshay-Priyanka, 2010’s hot new jodi?". The Times of India. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "Katrina Kaif signed opposite Akshay for Tees Maar Khan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  12. ↑ "Sanjay Dutt plays the narrator in Tees Maar Khan". One India. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "Sanjay Dutt turns Sutradhaar for Tees Maar Khan". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "75 lacs worthy train made for Tees Maar Khan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  15. ↑ "Movie Review: Tees Maar Khan". NDTV. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  16. ↑ "Farah Khan fails to impress in Tees Maar Khan". Rediff. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  17. ↑ "TEES MAAR KHAN MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  18. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan: Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  19. ↑ "Movie Review: Tees Maar Khan". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  20. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Review". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  21. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Review By Komal Nahta". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  22. ↑ "Review: Even Sheila can’t make Tees Maar Khan watchable". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  23. ↑ "Review of Tees Maar Khan". The Economic Times. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  24. ↑ "Half hearted film about half a Robin Hood". India Today. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  25. ↑ "Masand: 'Tees Maar Khan' has puerile humour". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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  29. ↑ Tees Maar Khan Takes Huge Opening Reports Negative. Box Office India.
  30. ↑ Huge Negativity For Tees Maar Khan. Box Office India.
  31. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Falls Heavily on Monday". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  32. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Has Heavy Fall on Tuesday". Box Office India. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  33. ↑ Box Office Earnings 24/12/10 - 30/12/10 (Nett Collections in Ind Rs). Box Office India. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  34. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Shows Humungous Drop on 8th Day". Box Office India. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  35. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Has Heavy Drop in Second Weekend". Box Office India. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  36. ↑ Tees Maar Khan Second Week Territorial Breakdown. Box Office India. 3 January 2011.
  37. ↑ "Box Office Earnings 07/01/10 - 13/01/11 (Nett Collections in Ind Rs)". Box Office India. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  38. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan: Overseas Numbers". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  39. ↑ "Tees Maar Khan Disappoints Overseas Heads For $4 million Plus Lifetime Total". Box Office India. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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  41. ↑ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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