Mumbai Saga

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{{short description|2021 Indian action film directed by Sanjay Gupta}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mumbai Saga
| image = Mumbai Saga poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' [[Robin Bhatt]] [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]<ref name="cast&crew">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mumbai-saga/cast|title=Mumbai Saga Cast & Crew|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=25 February 2021|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> '''Dialogues:''' [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] Vaibhav Vishal
| producer = [[Bhushan Kumar]] [[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]] Anuradha Gupta Sangeeta Ahir
| story = Sanjay Gupta
| based_on =
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[John Abraham]]
*[[Emraan Hashmi]]
*[[Kajal Aggarwal]]
*[[Rohit Roy]]
*[[Anjana Sukhani]]
*[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]
*[[Prateik Babbar]]
*[[Samir Soni]]
*[[Amole Gupte]]
*[[Gulshan Grover]]}}
| narrator =
| music = '''Score:''' [[Amar Mohile]] '''Songs:''' [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] [[Payal Dev]] [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| cinematography = Shikhar Bhatnagar<ref name="cast&crew" />
| editing = Bunty Nagi<ref name="cast&crew" />
| studio = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] White Feather Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|3|19|ref1=<ref name="release date" />}}
| runtime = 128 minutes
| distributor = [[AA Films]]<ref name="cast&crew" />
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|50 crore}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mumbai Saga: Box Office Budget, Cast And Crew, Hit Or Flop, Posters, Story And Wiki|url=https://www.dailymovieupdates.com/2020/04/mumbai-saga-box-office-budget-cast-and-crew-hit-or-flop-posters-story-and-wiki.html|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Daily Movie Updates}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|22.29 crore}}<ref name="bo">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mumbai-saga/box-office|title=Mumbai Saga Box Office|website=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>
}}

'''''Mumbai Saga''''' is a 2021 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film|action]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] and produced by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/mumbai-saga/movieshow/69786862.cms|title=Mumbai Saga|website=Times of India |date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> It features an [[ensemble cast]] of [[John Abraham]], [[Emraan Hashmi]], [[Kajal Aggarwal]], [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Rohit Roy]], [[Anjana Sukhani]], [[Prateik Babbar]], [[Samir Soni]], [[Amole Gupte]] and [[Gulshan Grover]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-nervous-to-shoot-for-mumbai-saga/articleshow/70854273.cms|title=Sanjay Gupta nervous to shoot for 'Mumbai Saga'|website=Times of India |date=27 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> Set in the '80s and '90s, ''Mumbai Saga'' shows changing phases of [[Mumbai]] by closing [[Factory|mills]] to make [[Shopping mall|malls]] and high-rise buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/john-abraham-emraan-hashmi-starrer-mumbai-saga-to-go-on-floors-tomorrow/articleshow/70842066.cms|title=SANJAY GUPTA'S MUMBAI SAGA SET TO GO ON FLOORS|website=Times of India |date=26 August 2019|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bollywoodtown.in/film_review/166/mumbai-saga.html|title=Mumbai Saga | Bollywood Town| Latest News|website=bollywoodtown.in}}</ref>

The film was released theatrically on 19 March 2021.<ref name="release date">{{cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE: John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi starrer Mumbai Saga set for theatrical release on March 19, 2021|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-john-abraham-and-emraan-hashmi-starrer-mumbai-saga-set-for-theatrical-release-on-march-19-2021|date=21 February 2021|website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref> It underperformed commercially as collections were affected by the resurgence in [[COVID-19 pandemic]] cases which had led to a night curfew and lockdown imposition in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Mumbai Saga Box Office: Fails To Enter John Abraham's Top 15 Openers|url=https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/mumbai-saga-box-office-fails-to-enter-john-abrahams-top-15-openers/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Koimoi|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/box-office-collection/mumbai-saga-box-office-collection-day-6-john-abraham-film-hit-by-covid-19-surge-7246238/|title=Mumbai Saga box office collection Day 7: John Abraham film collects Rs 13.43 crore|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=27 March 2021|access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> Later, it was digitally premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 27, 2021.

== Plot ==
Amartya Rao ( [[John Abraham]]) belongs to a lower middle class family & his father sells vegetables at a railway overbridge. All the vendors there are forced to pay protection money to gangster Gaitonde ([[Amole Gupte]]). One day, some of the dreaded Gaitonde's henchmen assault Amartya's teenage brother Arjun. Enraged, Amartya trashes the entire gang. He is arrested by the police and subjected to further abuse by Gaitonde's henchmen. He is able to fight them all and earns the respect of criminal Nari Khan ([[Gulshan Grover]]), who warns Gaitonde of any further action.

Amartya soon receives bail, courtesy 'Bhau' ([[Mahesh Manjrekar]]), the party leader of the local 'Chatrapati Sena' which is known for its violent ways and scouts for muscle men like Amartya. Bhau tells him that, now that he has made Gaitonde his arch nemesis, he has to find a solution to it in a week, and if he does, Bhau can lend his political & legal protection in return. Amartya meets Nari's key aide and gets information on Gaitonde's operations. He then attacks his men and is able to confiscate all his arsenal. Later, he secures a bail for Nari and also threatens Gaitonde to get out of his way. Gaitonde realizes his diminishing strength and resents to his fate. With Bhau's blessings, Amartya gets uninhibited control of the city.

Amartya sends Arjun to a boarding school to keep him away from his path of violence. Years later, he is married to his childhood friend Seema ([[Kajal Aggarwal]]), who arranges now grownup Arjun's ([[Prateik Babbar]]) marriage to his sweetheart Nilam and sends the newlywed couple to London again, intending to keep him away from Amartya's criminal life. Meanwhile, Gaitonde has now struck a deal with Sunil Khaitan, a mill owner, as he plans to oust the mill workers in order to utilize the mill land for a large reality project to take advantage of the newly liberalized economy. Amartya, who is wary of Gaitonde's rapid attempts to rise again, kills Khaitan after he refuses to heed his warnings. Arjun returns to India and is attacked by Gaitonde's men as retribution to Khaitan's murder; on the other hand, Khaitan's wife Sonali announces a bounty of 10 crores to any policeman who kills Amartya.

Inspector Vijay Savarkar ([[Emraan Hashmi]]) leads an investigation into Amartya's case and gets hold of Sadashiv, a weakling of Amartya's gang. Sadashiv rats on his colleagues and Vijay is able to kill 4 of them. Arjun correctly suspects Sadashiv as the rat; to verify this, Amartya asks Sadashiv to meet him at a park. He reaches there disguised as a taxi driver and spots policemen prepared for an ambush. Coincidentally, Vijay hires his taxi for his office and they greet each other as Vijay leaves his taxi. Later, Arjun kills Sadashiv, who was under police protection, bribes the constables, and shoots one of them in the arm to project it as an ambush. Bhau advises Amartya to leave the country since Khaitan's death, coupled with the "ambush" on the police, has put a lot of pressure on the police force to find him and it is not safe for him to stay in the city anymore. Amartya leaves for London and Arjun now runs the gang. Vijay gives a court order to Arjun and warns him against absentia, stating that he would get a 'Shoot at sight' order from the court by default and would be free to kill him even in public place. Arjun is shot by Gaitonde's man when he appears in the court; although he survives the attack, he becomes permanently paralyzed below the waist. Amartya returns to India and rescues Arjun from the police, but is shot down by Vijay. Amartya then pushes Arjun into the plane, but is left behind. He then succumbs to his wounds. Seema then tries to call Amartya, but no response. Seema then realizes that Amartya is dead. It is also revealed that it was Baba who tipped Vijay about Amartya trying to send Arjun away in the plane and he now runs Mumbai with Bhau's support

== Cast ==
* [[John Abraham]] as Amartya Rao , the main antagonist (based on ''Amar Naik'')<ref name="cast&crew" />
* [[Emraan Hashmi]] as Inspector Vijay Savarkar (based on ''[[Vijay Salaskar]]'')<ref name="cast&crew" />
* [[Kajal Aggarwal]] as Seema Rao (based on ''Anjali Naik'')<ref name="cast&crew" />
* [[Rohit Roy]] as Jaykar "Baba" Shinde (Amartya Rao's henchman)
* [[Anjana Sukhani]] as Sonali Khaitan
* Ashish Narang as then MLA Vishwas Patil, supported by Gaitonde
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Chief Minister Bhau (based on ''[[Bal Thackeray]]'')
* [[Prateik Babbar]] as Arjun Naik, Amartya's brother (based on ''Ashwin Naik'')
* [[Suniel Shetty]] as Sada Anna (Cameo)
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Nari Khan (based on ''[[Haji Mastan]]'')
* [[Amole Gupte]] as Gaitonde, the second antagonist (based on ''[[Arun Gawli]]'')
* [[Akash Khurana]] as Sunil's Dad
* [[Samir Soni]] as Sunil Khaitan (based on ''[[Sunit Khatau]]'')
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as Mr. Naik, Amartya and Arjun Rao's father
* [[Shaad Randhawa]] as Jagannath (Amartya Rao's henchman)
* Vivaan Parashar as Sadashiv (based on ''Santosh Pangarkar'')
* [[Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues|Ivan Rodrigues]] as Journalist Sanjay
* Tithi Raaj as Nilam Rao Naik (Arjun Rao's wife)(based on Nita Naik)
* Rohit KaduDeshmukh as Sameer Bhosale <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jhakaasmovies.com/news/09122020/rohit-kadudeshmukh-shares-his-experience-about-working-in-mumbai-saga-with-big-stars.html |title= Rohit Kadu Deshmukh shares his experience about working in "Mumbai Saga" with big stars|website=Jhakaas Movies|date=9 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>

===Special appearances===
* [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] in the song "Shor Machega"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hungama|first=Bollywood|date=2020-10-05|title=Yo Yo Honey Singh shoots 'Shor Macheygaa' song for John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi starrer Mumbai Saga: Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/yo-yo-honey-singh-shoots-shor-macheygaa-song-for-john-abraham-and-emraan-hashmi-starrer-mumbai-saga/|access-date=2021-02-23|language=en}}</ref>
* Hommie Dilliwala in the song "Shor Machega"<ref>{{Cite web|last=SpotboyE|title=Yo Yo Honey Singh Completes His Next Song 'Shor Machega' Shoot|url=https://www.spotboye.com/pollywood/pollywood-news/yo-yo-honey-singh-completes-his-next-song-shor-machega-shoot/5f856acb03649f7b64697c86|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.spotboye.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Shruti Sinha in the song "Shor Machega"<ref>{{cite web |title=Shor Machega: Yo Yo Honey Singh song from Mumbai Saga fails to pack punch|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shor-machega-yo-yo-honey-singh-song-from-mumbai-saga-fails-to-pack-punch-7208246|date=28 February 2021|website=The Indian Express|access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref>

== Production ==
[[Principal photography]] commenced on 27 August 2019 in [[Mumbai]] and also took place in [[Hyderabad]].<ref name=release>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sanjay-gupta-mumbai-saga-release-date-5911848/|title=Sanjay Gupta's Mumbai Saga to release in June 2020|website =Indian Express |access-date= 27 August 2019|date=27 August 2019}}</ref> The film wrapped up in October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sanjay-gupta-on-resuming-mumbai-saga-shoot-post-lockdown/articleshow/76198936.cms|title=Sanjay Gupta on resuming 'Mumbai Saga' shoot post lockdown – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Mumbai Saga
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], [[Payal Dev]] and [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 24 March 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/mumbai-saga/ZYnXn6MbMdk_ |title=Mumbai Saga – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=Jio Saavn}}</ref>
| recorded = 2020
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 10:19
| language = Hindi
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
}}

The film's music was composed by [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], [[Payal Dev]] and [[Tanishk Bagchi]] while lyrics written by Hommie Dilliwala, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Prashant Ingole and [[Manoj Muntashir]].

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 10:19
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Shor Machega
| extra1 = [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], Hommie Dilliwala
| music1 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
| lyrics1 = Hommie Dilliwala, Yo Yo Honey Singh
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = Danka Baja
| extra2 = [[Dev Negi]]
| music2 = [[Payal Dev]]
| lyrics2 = Prashant Ingole
| length2 = 3:03
| title3 = Lut Gaye
| extra3 = [[Jubin Nautiyal]]
| music3 = [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| lyrics3 = [[Manoj Muntashir]]
| length3 = 3:48
}}

== Box office ==
''Mumbai Saga'' earned {{INR}}2.82 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film had a slight dip as it collected {{INR}}2.40 crore. It recovered on the third day by collecting {{INR}}3.52 crore, taking the total domestic opening weekend collection to {{INR}}8.74 crore.<ref name="bo" />

{{As of|2021|4|2}}, with a gross of {{INR}}19.68 crore in India and {{INR}}2.61 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of {{INR}}22.29 crore.<ref name="bo" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt10483386}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama title|mumbai-saga}}

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