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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Simhadri<br />
| image = Simhadri 2003 DVD Cover art.jpg<br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| story = [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]]<br />
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]]<br>[[Bhumika Chawla]]<br>[[Ankitha]]<br>[[Mukesh Rishi]]<br />
| director = [[S. S. Rajamouli]]<br />
| screenplay = S. S. Rajamouli<br /><small>'''Dialogue:'''</small><br>Gangotri Viswanath<br>M. Ratnam<br />
| producer = V. Vijay Kumar Varma<br />[[V. Doraswamy Raju]]<br><small>(presenter)</small><br />
| studio = [[VMC Productions]]<br />
| cinematography = K. Ravindra Babu<br />
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2003|07|9|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 169 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simhadri Telugu Full Length Movie {{!}}{{!}} N. T. Rama Rao Jr. , Bhoomika Chawla , Ankhita - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4t_qjbb2U|access-date=2020-12-26|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| country = India<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
| budget = {{INR|link=yes|6–8.5 [[crore]]}}<ref name="idlebrain.com"/><ref name="sakshi">{{Cite web|date=2017-05-05|title=భళి భళి భళిరా భళి రాజమౌళి|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/family/special-story-to-ssrajamouli-473713|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Sakshi|language=te}}</ref><br />
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|46 crore}}<ref name="sakshi" /><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Simhadri''''' is a 2003 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by [[S. S. Rajamouli]] from a story written by [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]]. The film stars [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]], [[Bhumika Chawla]], and [[Ankitha]] with [[Mukesh Rishi]], [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], and [[Rahul Dev]] playing supporting roles. The film has music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]] while the cinematography and editing are done by Ravindra Babu and [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]] respectively. The film was a blockbuster.<ref name="sakshi" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s Massive Net Worth as 'Young Tiger' rings in his 37th birthday; read here|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/jr-ntr-net-worth-2020-details-are-here|access-date=2020-06-01|website=Republic World}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
An orphan and good-hearted lad Simhadri ([[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]]) is 'adopted' and grows up under Ram Bhupal Varma's ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]) family care in [[Visakhapatnam]]. The bond they share is like father and son. Kasturi ([[Ankitha]]) is Varma's granddaughter, and she likes Simhadri a lot. Once a week, Simhadri visits a mentally challenged girl called Indu ([[Bhumika Chawla]]). He entertains her and provides money to her caretakers ([[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]] and Ragini).<br />
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When Varma and his wife ([[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]]) discover Kasturi's wish to marry Simhadri, Varma decides to get them married. He makes a formal announcement to officially adopt Simhadri. At this time, it is revealed that Simhadri is very close to Indu. The alliance breaks off when Simhadri refuses to leave Indu (who is suspected to be his mistress).<br />
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Meanwhile, two separate groups are in search of Simhadri. They find him at the banks of [[Godavari River]] along with Indu. In the ensuing confrontation between one group of gangsters and Simhadri, Varma and his family are surprised to see that Simhadri, who used to be calm and composed, is ruthlessly killing many rowdies without mercy. Meanwhile, Indu gets injured as revenge. Simhadri is helped by the second group, who call him 'Singamalai Anna' (Brother Singamalai). When Indu comes back to her senses, she remembers her past and the first thing she does is stabbed Simhadri with an iron pole. Simhadri is hospitalized in critical condition. Then we see many buses carrying hoards of people demanding to see 'Singamalai Anna'. The leader of the second group, who was searching for help each other Simhadri, explains the 'Singamalai Anna' story in a flashback.<br />
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In the flashback, it is revealed that Varma's oldest daughter Saraswati ([[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]]) elopes with her lover, a [[Malayalee|Keralite]] named Aravind ([[Bhanu Chander]]). After some harsh words and saddened over Varma's rejection over her choice to marry her love, they both settle in [[Kerala]]. Learning of the sadness surrounding Varma and his wife, Simhadri takes up the job of uniting the family and visits [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. He joins the medical and spiritual therapy [[spa]] operated by Saraswati and her family under the disguise of a patient.<br />
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He finds that Indu is Varma's first granddaughter. He convinces the separated family to reunite and ask for forgiveness. During this time, Saraswati is killed by a local goon Bala Nair ([[Rahul Dev]]). A don named Bhai Saab ([[Mukesh Rishi]]) controls the mafia of Kerala. Bala and Bhai belong to the same mafia. Enraged by the death, Simhadri takes the law Bala into his hands and eradicates Bala and his small gang in Kerala. The local Kerala people start calling him 'Singamalai'. In the ensuing scenes, Simhadri finds himself developing into "Singamalai," eradicating Bhai Saab's network and illegal activities. Indu finds herself alone and constantly worrying about him. She proposes to her father that they should return to [[Andhra Pradesh]], because she rich man Indu who cannot stand their home without her mother, and Simhadri ignores her now.<br />
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Indu and Aravind decide to wounded returns to Visakhapatnam. However, Simhadri receives a call that Indu's father is carrying a bomb blasts in his briefcase. Aravind is seen rushing to catch a moving train, and Indu was about to lend him a hand. Unable to warn him, an honest destination, Simhadri has two choices: to let Indu's father die so people on the train can live, or let the bomb kill everyone on board, including Indu and her father.<br />
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Simhadri chooses the first option. As soon as Aravind catches the train bar handle, who become anger Simhadri shoots him in the back. Surprised at Simhadri's action, Indu jumps off the train to catch her falling father, and she gets fighting against to hit her head against a pole, causing her amnesia and becoming mentally challenged. After the flashback ends, people are seen and heard chanting ''Singamalai Singamalai'' outside the hospital. Bhai and his henchman arrive at the hospital to finish off Simhadri. But Simhadri has gained consciousness, and with the help of his friends, police and family (now reunited), he takes down Bhai and his army.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]] as Simhadri / Singamalai<br />
* [[Bhumika Chawla]] as Indira "Indu"<br />
* [[Ankitha]] as Kasturi<br />
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] as Bhai Saab<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Ram Bhupal Varma<br />
* [[Rahul Dev]] as Bala Nair<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Talupulu<br />
* [[Sharat Saxena]] as ACP Shaukat Ali, Simhadri's mentor<br />
* [[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Varma's wife<br />
* [[Bhanu Chander]] as Aravind<br />
* [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Saraswathi<br />
* [[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]] as Indu's caretaker<br />
* [[Chatrapathi Sekhar|Sekhar]] as Bala's aide<br />
* Ragini as Indu's caretaker<br />
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Iyer<br />
* [[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]]<br />
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]<br />
* [[Chalapathi Rao]]<br />
* [[Sivannarayana Naripeddi]]<br />
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Thief<br />
* [[Hema (actress)|Hema]]<br />
* [[Ravi Babu]]<br />
* [[G. V. Sudhakar Naidu]]<br />
* [[Mahendran (actor)|Master Mahendra]]<br />
* [[Sameer Hasan|Sameer]] as Doctor<br />
* [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Kerala Chief Minister (guest appearance)<br />
* [[Ramya Krishnan]] as [[Item number]] in the song "Chinnadamme Cheekulu"<br />
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==Production==<br />
After the success of ''[[Student No.1]]'' (2001), Rajamouli was initially supposed to direct a fantasy film with [[Prakash Kovelamudi|Kovelamudi Surya Prakash]] however the project was shelved due to high budget and lead actor's debut film ''[[Neetho]]'' (2002) became a failure.<ref name="raj">{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/ssrajamouli.html |title=SS Raja Mouli - Telugu Cinema interview |publisher=Idlebrain |access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> Rajamouli narrated the subject of ''Simhadri'' to VMC Combines who agreed to produce the film. The film was supposed to be made with the pair of B. Gopal and Balakrishna, which was dropped.<ref name="raj"/><br />
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Writer [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]] stated that he got the idea to write the story of this film while watching ''[[Moondram Pirai|Vasantha kokila]]'' (1982).<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2017 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Vijayendra Prasad explains how 'Simhadri' was conceived |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/exclusive-vijayendra-prasad-explains-how-simhadri-was-conceived-telugu-news-191672 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731062355/http://www.indiaglitz.com/exclusive-vijayendra-prasad-explains-how-simhadri-was-conceived-telugu-news-191672 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |access-date=13 July 2021 |website=IndiaGlitz}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Simhadri<br />
| type = soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = 9 July 2003<br />
| recorded = 2003<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 33:16<br />
| label = [[Aditya Music]]<br />
| producer = [[M. M. Keeravani]]<br />
| prev_title = Tappu Chesi Pappu Kudu<br />
| prev_year = 2002<br />
| next_title = [[Okariki Okaru]]<br />
| next_year = 2003<br />
}}<br />
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Soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani. He revealed that Rajamouli mostly selected tunes which are already used and left unused. The song "Ammaina Nannaina" was originally used for the film ''Kishkinda Kanda'' (1994) and the song "Chinnadamme" for the film ''Samarpana'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/keeravani-simhadri.html | title=Keeravani on Simhadri songs | publisher=Idlebrain | accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Simhadri - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/simhadri/kLr8wPQ0bak_ |website=Saavn |date=9 July 2003}}</ref><br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track-List<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 33:16<br />
| title1 = Singamalai | extra1 = [[Kalyani Malik]] | lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] | length1 = 4:34 | note1 = Lyrics are penned in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]<br />
| title2 = Cheema Cheema | extra2 = [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Ganga Sitharasu|Ganga]], [[Brahmanandam]]| lyrics2 = [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]] | length2 = 4:31<br />
| title3 = Ammaina Naannaina | extra3 = Kalyani Malik| lyrics3 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]| length3 = 5:10<br />
| title4 = Chiraaku Anuko | extra4 = S. P. B. Charan, [[K. S. Chithra]] | lyrics4 = Chandrabose | length4 = 4:21<br />
| title5 = Nannedo Seyamaku | extra5 = [[M. M. Keeravani]], [[Sunitha Upadrashta]]| lyrics5 = Chandrabose | length5 = 5:02<br />
| title6 = Chinnadamme Cheekulu | extra6 =[[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]] | lyrics6 = [[Vennelakanti]] | length6 = 5:03<br />
| title7 = Nuvvu Whistlesthe | extra7 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], K. S. Chithra| lyrics7 = Chandrabose | length7 = 4:35<br />
}}<br />
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==Release and reception==<br />
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===Distribution===<br />
Simhardri distribution rights were sold for {{INRConvert|12.5|c}}.<ref name="idlebrain.com">[http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html "Chatrapati – Post mortem – Telugu cinema – SS Rajamouli – Prabhas, Shriya"]. ''idlebrain.com''.</ref> It was made with a budget of {{INRConvert|8.5|c}} of production cost.<ref name="idlebrain.com"/><br />
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===Critical reception===<br />
Jeevi of [[Idlebrain.com|''Idlebrain'']] gave a positive review for the film, citing that the story is "pretty strong" and praised N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s performance stating that the "character offered him the chance to use all his histrionic capability to impress the crowds and he utilized every frame of it to make a deep impact on the hearts of the viewers."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-simhadri.html | title=Telugu cinema review - Simhadri - SS Rajamouli | publisher=Idlebrain | accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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===Box-office===<br />
''Simhadri'' had a theatrical run of over 100 days and collected a distributor share of {{INR|24 [[crore]]}}.<ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/magadheera-s-box-office-figures-were-inflated-ss-rajamouli-reveals/story-rR5cT7usgrFnBTWPwadtlO.html</ref><ref name="idlebrain interview with SSR">[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/recordcenters.html]</ref><br />
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==Remakes and dubbed versions==<br />
After the success, the film was subsequently remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Gajendra (film)|Gajendra]]'' (2004) with [[Vijayakanth]] by Suresh Krissna.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402430301.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121171241/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402430301.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 November 2004 | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Entertainment / Film review : Gajendra | accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref> The film was also remade in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Kanteerava]]'' (2012) with [[Duniya Vijay]].The film was also remade in [[Bangladesh]] as '' [[Durdorsho]]'' (2005) with [[Shakib Khan]].<br />
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''Simhadri'' was dubbed in [[Malayalam]] with the same name, in [[Hindi]] as ''Yamraaj Ek Faulad'', and in [[Bhojpuri]] as ''Paap Ke Ant'',<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0375066|Simhadri}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Zanjeer<br />
| image = Zanjeer poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| producer = [[Reliance Entertainment]]<br />Puneet Prakash Mehra <br />Sumeet Prakash Mehra <br /> Flying Turtle Films<br />
| story = [[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| screenplay = Suresh Nair<br />[[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' |[[Salim–Javed]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Ram Charan]]<br />[[Priyanka Chopra]]<br />
| music = Gaurang Soni<br />
| cinematography = Gururaj R. Jois<br />
| editing = Chin2 Singh<br />
| studio = Prakash Mehra Productions<br />Flying Turtle Films<br />Rampage Motion Pictures<br />
| distributor = [[Reliance Entertainment]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2013|09|06|India}}<br />
| runtime = 138 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
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'''''Zanjeer''''' ({{translation|Shackles}}) is a 2013 Indian [[action crime film]] directed by [[Apoorva Lakhia]]. The film is shot simultaneously in [[Hindi]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages, the latter titled '''''Thoofan''''' ({{translation|Typhoon}}). A remake of the 1973 Hindi film [[Zanjeer (1973 film)|of the same name]], it stars [[Ram Charan]] (in his Hindi film debut) and [[Priyanka Chopra]] (in her Telugu film debut) with [[Sanjay Dutt]] in a pivotal role in the Hindi version who is replaced by [[Srihari]] in Telugu. [[Prakash Raj]], [[Atul Kulkarni]], and [[Mahie Gill]] play supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-04/news-interviews/31119757_1_deepika-padukone-film-abhishek-bachchan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823231247/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-04/news-interviews/31119757_1_deepika-padukone-film-abhishek-bachchan |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2012 |title=Will it be Ram Charan instead of Abhishek? |date=4 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=14 May 2012}}</ref> <br />
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Reliance BIG Entertainment bought worldwide distribution rights for {{INRConvert|105|c}}. Upon release the film got mostly negative reviews.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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ACP Vijay Khanna is a brutally honest police officer who has been transferred yet again by the system for chasing the corrupt underworld goons. He is continuously disturbed by the killing of his parents years back. He keeps remembering a man in a black raincoat on his birthday.<br />
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Vijay is in charge of a case where the district collector has been murdered and burned to death. The key eyewitness, Mala ([[Priyanka Chopra]]), has seen the murder by Teja's ([[Prakash Raj]]) gang and refuses to cooperate. Teja is the head of an oil mafia operation and does not want Mala alive. Vijay manages to convince Mala to give a statement which makes her perpetrators come after her. He gives her shelter in his house to protect her, and she starts to like him, while Vijay does not reciprocate the same. This includes her giving him a potato and egg for lunch at his office and then annoying him by celebrating his birthday. He shouts at her, and she begins to cry. Vijay tells her that he did not want to celebrate because his parents were killed on the very day and reveal his past to her. He finally reciprocates her love as he realized that Mala is slowly becoming an important part of his life.<br />
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Vijay also encounters Sher Khan, who is into buying and selling of illegal cars. Seeing Vijay's honesty and determination, Sher Khan turns over a new leaf and mends his ways to transform into a person who now only goes by the book. He has made Vijay a friend for life and will do anything to help him out. Vijay also encounters Jaydev a.k.a. JD, a reporter who had written bad comments about Vijay in the newspaper. Seeing Vijay's honesty and integrity, Jaydev becomes an admirer of Vijay and begins to give him all the information he has regarding the oil mafia.<br />
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Meanwhile, Kataria the man who murdered the collector, has been caught by Vijay. Kataria is revealed to be Teja's man, and he reveals that they steal petrol and oil from container trucks, add kerosene in them, and smuggle them around and outside the country. Vijay uses this information and puts Kataria in custody, but the next day, he is found murdered in custody. In the middle of this, Vijay also finds about a man named Prashant Khanna, who was killed years back by Teja. Due to certain incidents that gave Vijay wrong information about the oil mafia that Teja is handling, Vijay is suspended until the investigation is done with. Now, Vijay warns Teja that there are no seniors or rules that bind him, and now, Vijay will finish Teja in his own style. Slowly, Vijay begins to destroy almost all of Teja's oil refineries, but Mala says that all these activities that Vijay is doing can have dangerous consequences.<br />
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One night, Vijay and Mala go to a restaurant for dinner, where Vijay gets attacked by two of Teja's men in the bathroom. Vijay kills both the men and calls Teja and warns him that even if he sends the rest of his 248 men (it was earlier mentioned by Teja that he has 250 workers under him), nothing will happen to Vijay. A few days later, Sher Khan invites Vijay and Mala to a party. Later on, when they are returning home, they are attacked once again by 10 of Teja's men. Vijay manages to lock Mala in a small room there and gets badly injured fighting them. He is almost killed, but just in time, Sher Khan comes there, handles the rest of the goons, and along with Mala, and takes Vijay to the hospital.<br />
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The next day, Teja comes there and criticizes Vijay, saying that he is one who can only talk and does not have the guts to face Teja. After he leaves, Mala finally tells Vijay, to finish off Teja once and for all. That night, Teja's henchmen, along with Teja's trusted man Bosco, kill Jaydev, and the whole city begins to panic. Meanwhile, two sub-inspectors who work under Vijay give Sher Khan information that on the night when Kataria was murdered, Inspector Saalwe had arrested a man for a petty case, but Saalwe did not record the case, and so they suspect that Saalwe and the man he arrested had killed Kataria. So, using some of his informers, Sher Khan finds Saalwe and Bosco, who was hiding himself and Saalwe in a colony. Then, he puts them in front of the commissioner, and they agree that they had killed Kataria by breaking his neck, and they had done it on Teja's saying, as he feared that Kataria might leak all the information about his gang. The commissioner realizes Vijay's innocence and claims Teja as a wanted criminal.<br />
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Out of fear, Teja runs away into an old mine with Mona, but Vijay manages to track him down. Teja manages to get Vijay at gunpoint and pulls his coat's sleeve back. Then, Vijay notices a tattoo on Teja's arm and realizes that he is the one who killed his parents. Tragically, Vijay says that Prashant, who Teja killed years back, was Vijay's father. Teja is shocked and reveals that Prashant had filed a case against him, and power soon, Teja had to kill Prashant. Enraged by against the henchmen, Vijay begins to beat Teja badly. Vijay then breaks Teja's arm, kicks him into fights a bundle of petroleum barrels, and then shoots the barrels, causing Teja to die in the blast. The government announces all the wealth to be given to Mona, who was also said to be in all of Teja's nefarious activities. The film ends with Sher Khan and Mala coming to visit Vijay at the station, Mala finally being able to cook some food for him, and Vijay smiling at Sher Khan when he sees a drug mafia case coming on TV journalist help news.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"<br />
! Actor (Hindi) !! Actor (Telugu) !! Role <br />
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Ram Charan Teja]] || [[Assistant Commissioner Of Police|A.C.P]] Vijay Khanna <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Priyanka Chopra]] || Mala<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sanjay Dutt]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Srihari]] || Sher Khan<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Prakash Raj]] || Rudra Pratap Teja<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Elisha Kriis]] || Shital<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Mahie Gill]] || Mona Darling<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Atul Kulkarni]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Tanikella Bharani]] || Jayadev<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Ankur Bhatia]] || Bosco <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] || Kataria<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] || Inspector Prem<br />
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Charanpreet Singh]]|| Vilas (Informer)<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Chetan Pandit]] || Police Commissioner <br />
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Apoorva Lakhia]] || Ship Captain (uncredited)<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Taran Bajaj]] || style="text-align:center;"| – || Singh<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Kavita Kaushik]] || [[item number]] "Shakila Banoo" / "Shakila Scentu"<br />
|}<br />
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==Marketing==<br />
The first look and theatrical trailer of ''Zanjeer'' (Hindi version) were released on 4 July 2013. The dubbing process started from 26 March 2013, where [[Sanjay Dutt]] plays the role played by [[Srihari]]. Sanjay Dutt finished ''Zanjeer'' filming − with only a few days left at his disposal before returning to jail. One of India's leading male voice artist Viraj Adhav dubbed the voice of Ramcharan. Zanjeer in US by BlueSky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/usschedules/zanjeer.html|title=Zanjeer in USA|publisher=idlebrain.com |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> The first look and official theatrical trailer of ''Thoofan'' (Telugu version) were launched by [[Reliance Entertainment]] on its YouTube Official Channel on 25 March 2013 featuring [[Ram Charan]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Prakash Raj]] and [[Srihari]]. ''Zanjeer''{{'}}s worldwide distribution rights were bought by Reliance BIG Entertainment for {{INRConvert|105|c}}. The Telugu version was then dubbed and released in Tamil during January 2017 as ''Super Police''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filminfo.ticketgreen.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615183109/http://filminfo.ticketgreen.com/|archive-date=2019-06-15|title=ticket green}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
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===Casting===<br />
Director [[Apoorva Lakhia]] signed up Telugu star [[Ram Charan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teja-to-debut-in-bollywood-with-zanjeer-remake/217389-8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503061844/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teja-to-debut-in-bollywood-with-zanjeer-remake/217389-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2012 |title=Ram Charan to debut in Bollywood with 'Zanjeer' remake |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> and [[Priyanka Chopra]] for the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-maker-seeks-blessings-from-salimjaved/242768-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329005332/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-maker-seeks-blessings-from-salimjaved/242768-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2012 |title=Priyanka to play female lead in 'Zanjeer' remake |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Priyanka-becomes-highest-paid-actress/Article1-840519.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414224342/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Priyanka-becomes-highest-paid-actress/Article1-840519.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2012 |title=Priyanka becomes highest paid Indian Actress |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=17 April 2012}}</ref> [[Prakash Raj]] was roped in to play the character of Teja.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news-interviews/31229295_1_prakash-raj-actor-priyanka-chopra |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330000208/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news-interviews/31229295_1_prakash-raj-actor-priyanka-chopra |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Prakash Raj in Zanjeer remake |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> There were reports that [[Sonu Sood]] and [[Arjun Rampal]] were being considered for the role of Sher Khan. It was also reported that [[Sanjay Dutt]] was cast for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-11/news-interviews/31324102_1_sanjay-dutt-zanjeer-mission-istanbul |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104054033/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-11/news-interviews/31324102_1_sanjay-dutt-zanjeer-mission-istanbul |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Prakash Raj to play Sher Khan in Zanjeer remake |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, ''The Times of India'' reported that both Arjun Rampal and Sanjay Dutt opted out citing date issues and the makers had finalised Sonu Sood for the role. Later Sanjay Dutt was chosen to play the character in the Hindi version, while [[Srihari]] portrayed the same character in the Telugu version.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma|first=Garima|title=Sonu replaces Dutt, Rampal in Zanjeer Remake|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-03/news-interviews/33549274_1_sonu-sood-zanjeer-sher-khan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423132629/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-03/news-interviews/33549274_1_sonu-sood-zanjeer-sher-khan|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2013|date=3 September 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref> [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]'s iconic 'Mona Darling' act was taken over by [[Mahi Gill]], after talks with actresses [[Jacqueline Fernandez]], [[Mallika Sherawat]] and [[Malaika Arora Khan]] fell through.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-remake-mahie-gill-plays-mona-darling/247160-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410031041/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-remake-mahie-gill-plays-mona-darling/247160-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2012 |title='Zanjeer' remake: Mahie Gill plays Mona Darling |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]] was seen in a new role in this film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atul Kulkarni joins Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt in Zanjeer remake |url=http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/atul-kulkarni-joins-priyanka-chopra-and-sanjay-dutt-in-zanjeer-remake-527645.html |publisher=Firstpost |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> After Sonu Sood was injured in the CCL match playing for Mumbai Heroes, he was replaced with [[Srihari]] for the Sher Khan role in ''Thoofan''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinesiren.com/sonu-sood-leg-fracture-srihari-in-zanjeer/ | title=Srihari to replace injured Sonu Soon in Zanjeer Telugu Version | publisher=cinesiren | access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> Popular TV artist Kavitha Kaushik was roped in for a special song in the movie.<ref name="The Times of India 2013">{{cite web | title=Zanjeer filming song on Kavitha Kaushik | website=The Times of India | date=26 February 2013 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Zanjeer-filming-song-on-Kavitha-Kaushik/articleshow/18693108.cms | access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> ''Zanjeer''{{'}}s script cost {{INRConvert|6|c}} and was re-bought by Apoorva Lakhia.<ref name="daily.bhaskar.com">[http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-himmatwala-and-zanjeerremakes-the-weakest-contendors-of-2013-4133182-NOR.html 'Himmatwala' and 'Zanjeer'remakes, the weakest contendors of 2013]. daily.bhaskar.com (1 January 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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===Filming===<br />
The Telugu version of the film is titled ''Thoofan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/news/today/thoofan-postproductionwork.html|title=Thoofan in Post Production |publisher=idlebrain.com|access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref> Priyanka Chopra took an acting fee of {{INRConvert|9|c}} while Ram charan was paid as highest debut hero with an acting fee of {{INRConvert|12|c}} including Toofan. The director planned for a 25-day schedule in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], Andhra Pradesh from 14 November to 5 December 2012.<br />
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=== Post-production ===<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Zanjeer<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Anand Raj Anand]]|[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]|Chirantan Bhatt}}<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|12}}<br />
| recorded = 2013<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 32:28<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]<br />
| producer = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| prev_title =<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
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| headline = Hindi Sound-Track<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 32:28<br />
| all_lyrics = Manoj Yadav and [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]<br />
| title1 = Mumbai Ke Hero<br />
| music1 = [[Chirantan Bhatt]]<br />
| extra1 = [[Mika Singh]], Talia Bentson<br />
| length1 = 4:40<br />
| title2 = Pinky<br />
| music2 = [[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />
| extra2 = [[Mamta Sharma]], Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length2 = 4:11<br />
| title3 = Lamha Tera Mera<br />
| music3 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra3 = Wajhi Farooki, [[Palak Muchhal]]<br />
| length3 = 5:03<br />
| title4 = Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali)<br />
| music4 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra4 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shabab Sabri]], Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length4 = 6:15<br />
| title5 = Kaatilana<br />
| music5 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra5 = [[Shweta Pandit]]<br />
| length5 = 5:03<br />
| title6 = Shakila Banoo<br />
| music6 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />
| extra6 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />
| length6 = 3:43<br />
| title7 = Kaatilana<br />
| note7 = Club Mix<br />
| music7 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra7 = Shweta Pandit, Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length7 = 3:33<br />
}}<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Thoofan<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Anand Raj Anand]]|[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]|Chirantan Bhatt}}<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDEiTb_LPY |title=Ram Charan's Thoofan Audio Launch LIVE |publisher=YouTube |date=27 August 2013}}</ref><br />
| recorded = 2013<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 21:17<br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| label = T-Series<br />
| producer = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title =<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
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| headline = Telugu Sound-Track<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 21:17<br />
| all_lyrics = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] <br />
| title1 = Mumbai Ke Hero<br />
| music1 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra1 = [[Ram Charan]], [[Jaspreet Jasz]], Roshni Baptist, <br />
| length1 = 4:38<br />
| title2 = Pinkie<br />
| music2 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra2 = Mamta Sharma<br />
| length2 = 4:10<br />
| title3 = Preminchaa..<br />
| music3 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra3 = [[Mynampati Sreerama Chandra]], [[Shalmali Kholgade]]<br />
| length3 = 3:43<br />
| title4 = Vechchanaina<br />
| music4 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra4 = Shweta Pandit<br />
| length4 = 5:03<br />
| title5 = Shakila Scentu<br />
| music5 = Anand Raj Anand<br />
| extra5 = Shreya Ghoshal<br />
| length5 = 3:43<br />
}}<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
The film received mixed to negative reviews from the critics. <br />
[[Taran Adarsh]] rated 3/5 telling "The new Zanjeer borrows from the original, but it is more of an updated avatar of that film. On the whole, Zanjeer is a triumph for Ram Charan, who gets abundant opportunity to exhibit his talent and scores exceedingly well. However, the film comes across as a regular masala fare that caters to the single screen spectator mainly and also for enthusiasts of typical Bollywood entertainers."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121223133716/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/550707 Zanjeer Review]. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved on 27 January 2016.</ref> Meena Iyer of ''The Times of India'' rates 3/5 telling "Yet, this film should be judged as a stand-alone offering because attempts to compare the two versions will find the current one falling short, especially in the dialogue and music departments. Ram Charan, as the brooding policeman, excels in action. His dark eyes with long lashes adeptly convey anger. Sanjay Dutt is competent and lovable."<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/zanjeer-movie-review/movie-review/22325856.cms Zanjeer Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (5 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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Its affiliation newspaper ''Mumbai Mirror'' gave a 1.5 star rating and the reviewer [[Karan Anshuman]] said "If Salim-Javed do watch this film, one wouldn't be surprised if they decided to give the money and 'core story' credit back and disassociate themselves from this embarrassment of a "remake".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Film-review-Zanjeer/articleshow/22369133.cms |title=Mumbai Mirror's Zanjeer review |publisher=Mumbaimirror.com |date=6 September 2013}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] termed the movie 'a ramshackle remake' and wrote, "This remake is wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to begin. This isn't a film. It's sacrilege."<ref name="Anupama Chopra's review">Chopra, Anupama (7 September 2013) [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Zanjeer-a-ramshackle-remake/Article1-1118686.aspx Anupama Chopra's review: Zanjeer, a ramshackle remake] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908011026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Zanjeer-a-ramshackle-remake/Article1-1118686.aspx |date=8 September 2013 }}. ''Hindustan Times'', Mumbai</ref><br />
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Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave a zero rating and said it was an unforgivably bad remake.<ref name="Zanjeer Rediff review">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-zanjeer-is-an-unforgivably-bad-remake/20130906.htm Review: Zanjeer is an unforgivably bad remake&nbsp;– Rediff.com Movies]. Rediff.com (6 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref> Shubra Gupta of ''The Indian Express'' said "It's neither faithful remake nor campy, knowing tribute. It's just a poor copy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/zanjeer-review-why-remake-an-iconic-film/1165541/ |title=Zanjeer review, The Indian Express |work=The Indian Express |date=7 September 2013}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of IBN-live gave 0/5 saying "The new 'Zanjeer' isn't just a bad film, it's a shameless exercise in laziness."<ref name="Masand Verdict: Zanjeer">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130908132055/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-review-the-film-is-a-shameless-exercise-in-laziness/420143-47-84.html 'Zanjeer' review: The film is a shameless exercise in laziness:IBNLive Videos]. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 27 January 2016.</ref><br />
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''India Today''&nbsp;– "Zanjeer makes it to the list of the worst films ever made".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-zanjeer/1/308977.html |title=India Today Zanjeer |work=India Today |date=9 September 2013}}</ref> ''Times of Oman''&nbsp;– "It would be a sin to compare this lazy attempt to the original. Even as a standalone film, it fails miserably".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-22256.aspx |title=TOO Zanjeer review |publisher=Timesofoman.com |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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MSN India&nbsp;– "Thoofan is like paying money to dig your own grave."<ref>{{cite web |author=Ians |url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/review-thoofan |title=MSN Thoofan |publisher=MSN |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011114337/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/review-thoofan |archive-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Sunday Guardian''&nbsp;– "Two and a half hours of uninterrupted idiocy".<ref>[http://www.sunday-guardian.com/masala-art/replete-with-cliches Replete with clichés]. Sunday-guardian.com (7 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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==Box office==<br />
''Zanjeer''/''Toofan'' was released in 2,085 theatres in India and about 3550 theatres worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|author= Shekhar |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2013/zanjeer-3-days-1-weekend-collection-indian-box-office-119388.html |title=Zanjeer 1st Weekend Collection at Box Office |work=OneIndia |date=9 September 2013 }}</ref> <br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Zanjeer<br />
| image = Zanjeer poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| producer = [[Reliance Entertainment]]<br />Puneet Prakash Mehra <br />Sumeet Prakash Mehra <br /> Flying Turtle Films<br />
| story = [[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| screenplay = Suresh Nair<br />[[Apoorva Lakhia]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' |[[Salim–Javed]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Ram Charan]]<br />[[Priyanka Chopra]]<br />
| music = Gaurang Soni<br />
| cinematography = Gururaj R. Jois<br />
| editing = Chin2 Singh<br />
| studio = Prakash Mehra Productions<br />Flying Turtle Films<br />Rampage Motion Pictures<br />
| distributor = [[Reliance Entertainment]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2013|09|06|India}}<br />
| runtime = 138 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
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'''''Zanjeer''''' ({{translation|Shackles}}) is a 2013 Indian [[action crime film]] directed by [[Apoorva Lakhia]]. The film is shot simultaneously in [[Hindi]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages, the latter titled '''''Thoofan''''' ({{translation|Typhoon}}). A remake of the 1973 Hindi film [[Zanjeer (1973 film)|of the same name]], it stars [[Ram Charan]] (in his Hindi film debut) and [[Priyanka Chopra]] (in her Telugu film debut) with [[Sanjay Dutt]] in a pivotal role in the Hindi version who is replaced by [[Srihari]] in Telugu. [[Prakash Raj]], [[Atul Kulkarni]], and [[Mahie Gill]] play supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-04/news-interviews/31119757_1_deepika-padukone-film-abhishek-bachchan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823231247/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-04/news-interviews/31119757_1_deepika-padukone-film-abhishek-bachchan |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2012 |title=Will it be Ram Charan instead of Abhishek? |date=4 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=14 May 2012}}</ref> <br />
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Reliance BIG Entertainment bought worldwide distribution rights for {{INRConvert|105|c}}. Upon release the film got mostly negative reviews.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
{{long plot|date=May 2020}} <!--per [[WP:FILMPLOT]], plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words--> <br />
ACP Vijay Khanna is a brutally honest police officer who has been transferred yet again by the system for chasing the corrupt underworld goons. He is continuously disturbed by the killing of his parents years back. He keeps remembering a man in a black raincoat on his birthday.<br />
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Vijay is in charge of a case where the district collector has been murdered and burned to death. The key eyewitness, Mala ([[Priyanka Chopra]]), has seen the murder by Teja's ([[Prakash Raj]]) gang and refuses to cooperate. Teja is the head of an oil mafia operation and does not want Mala alive. Vijay manages to convince Mala to give a statement which makes her perpetrators come after her. He gives her shelter in his house to protect her, and she starts to like him, while Vijay does not reciprocate the same. This includes her giving him a potato and egg for lunch at his office and then annoying him by celebrating his birthday. He shouts at her, and she begins to cry. Vijay tells her that he did not want to celebrate because his parents were killed on the very day and reveal his past to her. He finally reciprocates her love as he realized that Mala is slowly becoming an important part of his life.<br />
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Vijay also encounters Sher Khan, who is into buying and selling of illegal cars. Seeing Vijay's honesty and determination, Sher Khan turns over a new leaf and mends his ways to transform into a person who now only goes by the book. He has made Vijay a friend for life and will do anything to help him out. Vijay also encounters Jaydev a.k.a. JD, a reporter who had written bad comments about Vijay in the newspaper. Seeing Vijay's honesty and integrity, Jaydev becomes an admirer of Vijay and begins to give him all the information he has regarding the oil mafia.<br />
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Meanwhile, Kataria the man who murdered the collector, has been caught by Vijay. Kataria is revealed to be Teja's man, and he reveals that they steal petrol and oil from container trucks, add kerosene in them, and smuggle them around and outside the country. Vijay uses this information and puts Kataria in custody, but the next day, he is found murdered in custody. In the middle of this, Vijay also finds about a man named Prashant Khanna, who was killed years back by Teja. Due to certain incidents that gave Vijay wrong information about the oil mafia that Teja is handling, Vijay is suspended until the investigation is done with. Now, Vijay warns Teja that there are no seniors or rules that bind him, and now, Vijay will finish Teja in his own style. Slowly, Vijay begins to destroy almost all of Teja's oil refineries, but Mala says that all these activities that Vijay is doing can have dangerous consequences.<br />
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One night, Vijay and Mala go to a restaurant for dinner, where Vijay gets attacked by two of Teja's men in the bathroom. Vijay kills both the men and calls Teja and warns him that even if he sends the rest of his 248 men (it was earlier mentioned by Teja that he has 250 workers under him), nothing will happen to Vijay. A few days later, Sher Khan invites Vijay and Mala to a party. Later on, when they are returning home, they are attacked once again by 10 of Teja's men. Vijay manages to lock Mala in a small room there and gets badly injured fighting them. He is almost killed, but just in time, Sher Khan comes there, handles the rest of the goons, and along with Mala, and takes Vijay to the hospital.<br />
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The next day, Teja comes there and criticizes Vijay, saying that he is one who can only talk and does not have the guts to face Teja. After he leaves, Mala finally tells Vijay, to finish off Teja once and for all. That night, Teja's henchmen, along with Teja's trusted man Bosco, kill Jaydev, and the whole city begins to panic. Meanwhile, two sub-inspectors who work under Vijay give Sher Khan information that on the night when Kataria was murdered, Inspector Saalwe had arrested a man for a petty case, but Saalwe did not record the case, and so they suspect that Saalwe and the man he arrested had killed Kataria. So, using some of his informers, Sher Khan finds Saalwe and Bosco, who was hiding himself and Saalwe in a colony. Then, he puts them in front of the commissioner, and they agree that they had killed Kataria by breaking his neck, and they had done it on Teja's saying, as he feared that Kataria might leak all the information about his gang. The commissioner realizes Vijay's innocence and claims Teja as a wanted criminal.<br />
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Out of fear, Teja runs away into an old mine with Mona, but Vijay manages to track him down. Teja manages to get Vijay at gunpoint and pulls his coat's sleeve back. Then, Vijay notices a tattoo on Teja's arm and realizes that he is the one who killed his parents. Tragically, Vijay says that Prashant, who Teja killed years back, was Vijay's father. Teja is shocked and reveals that Prashant had filed a case against him, and so, Teja had to kill Prashant. Enraged by against the henchmen, Vijay begins to beat Teja badly. Vijay then breaks Teja's arm, kicks him into fights a bundle of petroleum barrels, and then shoots the barrels, causing Teja to die in the blast. The government announces all the wealth to be given to Mona, who was also said to be in all of Teja's nefarious activities. The film ends with Sher Khan and Mala coming to visit Vijay at the station, Mala finally being able to cook some food for him, and Vijay smiling at Sher Khan when he sees a drug mafia case coming on TV journalist help news.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"<br />
! Actor (Hindi) !! Actor (Telugu) !! Role <br />
|- <br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Ram Charan Teja]] || [[Assistant Commissioner Of Police|A.C.P]] Vijay Khanna <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Priyanka Chopra]] || Mala<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sanjay Dutt]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Srihari]] || Sher Khan<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Prakash Raj]] || Rudra Pratap Teja<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Elisha Kriis]] || Shital<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Mahie Gill]] || Mona Darling<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Atul Kulkarni]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Tanikella Bharani]] || Jayadev<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Ankur Bhatia]] || Bosco <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] || Kataria<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] || Inspector Prem<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Charanpreet Singh]]|| Vilas (Informer)<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Chetan Pandit]] || Police Commissioner <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Apoorva Lakhia]] || Ship Captain (uncredited)<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Taran Bajaj]] || style="text-align:center;"| – || Singh<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Kavita Kaushik]] || [[item number]] "Shakila Banoo" / "Shakila Scentu"<br />
|}<br />
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==Marketing==<br />
The first look and theatrical trailer of ''Zanjeer'' (Hindi version) were released on 4 July 2013. The dubbing process started from 26 March 2013, where [[Sanjay Dutt]] plays the role played by [[Srihari]]. Sanjay Dutt finished ''Zanjeer'' filming − with only a few days left at his disposal before returning to jail. One of India's leading male voice artist Viraj Adhav dubbed the voice of Ramcharan. Zanjeer in US by BlueSky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/usschedules/zanjeer.html|title=Zanjeer in USA|publisher=idlebrain.com |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> The first look and official theatrical trailer of ''Thoofan'' (Telugu version) were launched by [[Reliance Entertainment]] on its YouTube Official Channel on 25 March 2013 featuring [[Ram Charan]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Prakash Raj]] and [[Srihari]]. ''Zanjeer''{{'}}s worldwide distribution rights were bought by Reliance BIG Entertainment for {{INRConvert|105|c}}. The Telugu version was then dubbed and released in Tamil during January 2017 as ''Super Police''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filminfo.ticketgreen.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615183109/http://filminfo.ticketgreen.com/|archive-date=2019-06-15|title=ticket green}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
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===Casting===<br />
Director [[Apoorva Lakhia]] signed up Telugu star [[Ram Charan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teja-to-debut-in-bollywood-with-zanjeer-remake/217389-8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503061844/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/teja-to-debut-in-bollywood-with-zanjeer-remake/217389-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2012 |title=Ram Charan to debut in Bollywood with 'Zanjeer' remake |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> and [[Priyanka Chopra]] for the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-maker-seeks-blessings-from-salimjaved/242768-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329005332/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-maker-seeks-blessings-from-salimjaved/242768-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2012 |title=Priyanka to play female lead in 'Zanjeer' remake |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Priyanka-becomes-highest-paid-actress/Article1-840519.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414224342/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Priyanka-becomes-highest-paid-actress/Article1-840519.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2012 |title=Priyanka becomes highest paid Indian Actress |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=17 April 2012}}</ref> [[Prakash Raj]] was roped in to play the character of Teja.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news-interviews/31229295_1_prakash-raj-actor-priyanka-chopra |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330000208/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-23/news-interviews/31229295_1_prakash-raj-actor-priyanka-chopra |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Prakash Raj in Zanjeer remake |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> There were reports that [[Sonu Sood]] and [[Arjun Rampal]] were being considered for the role of Sher Khan. It was also reported that [[Sanjay Dutt]] was cast for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-11/news-interviews/31324102_1_sanjay-dutt-zanjeer-mission-istanbul |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104054033/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-11/news-interviews/31324102_1_sanjay-dutt-zanjeer-mission-istanbul |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Prakash Raj to play Sher Khan in Zanjeer remake |access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, ''The Times of India'' reported that both Arjun Rampal and Sanjay Dutt opted out citing date issues and the makers had finalised Sonu Sood for the role. Later Sanjay Dutt was chosen to play the character in the Hindi version, while [[Srihari]] portrayed the same character in the Telugu version.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma|first=Garima|title=Sonu replaces Dutt, Rampal in Zanjeer Remake|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-03/news-interviews/33549274_1_sonu-sood-zanjeer-sher-khan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423132629/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-03/news-interviews/33549274_1_sonu-sood-zanjeer-sher-khan|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2013|date=3 September 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 September 2012}}</ref> [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]'s iconic 'Mona Darling' act was taken over by [[Mahi Gill]], after talks with actresses [[Jacqueline Fernandez]], [[Mallika Sherawat]] and [[Malaika Arora Khan]] fell through.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-remake-mahie-gill-plays-mona-darling/247160-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410031041/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-remake-mahie-gill-plays-mona-darling/247160-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2012 |title='Zanjeer' remake: Mahie Gill plays Mona Darling |publisher=IBNLive |access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]] was seen in a new role in this film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atul Kulkarni joins Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt in Zanjeer remake |url=http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/atul-kulkarni-joins-priyanka-chopra-and-sanjay-dutt-in-zanjeer-remake-527645.html |publisher=Firstpost |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> After Sonu Sood was injured in the CCL match playing for Mumbai Heroes, he was replaced with [[Srihari]] for the Sher Khan role in ''Thoofan''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinesiren.com/sonu-sood-leg-fracture-srihari-in-zanjeer/ | title=Srihari to replace injured Sonu Soon in Zanjeer Telugu Version | publisher=cinesiren | access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> Popular TV artist Kavitha Kaushik was roped in for a special song in the movie.<ref name="The Times of India 2013">{{cite web | title=Zanjeer filming song on Kavitha Kaushik | website=The Times of India | date=26 February 2013 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Zanjeer-filming-song-on-Kavitha-Kaushik/articleshow/18693108.cms | access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> ''Zanjeer''{{'}}s script cost {{INRConvert|6|c}} and was re-bought by Apoorva Lakhia.<ref name="daily.bhaskar.com">[http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/ENT-himmatwala-and-zanjeerremakes-the-weakest-contendors-of-2013-4133182-NOR.html 'Himmatwala' and 'Zanjeer'remakes, the weakest contendors of 2013]. daily.bhaskar.com (1 January 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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===Filming===<br />
The Telugu version of the film is titled ''Thoofan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/news/today/thoofan-postproductionwork.html|title=Thoofan in Post Production |publisher=idlebrain.com|access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref> Priyanka Chopra took an acting fee of {{INRConvert|9|c}} while Ram charan was paid as highest debut hero with an acting fee of {{INRConvert|12|c}} including Toofan. The director planned for a 25-day schedule in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], Andhra Pradesh from 14 November to 5 December 2012.<br />
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=== Post-production ===<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Zanjeer<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Anand Raj Anand]]|[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]|Chirantan Bhatt}}<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|12}}<br />
| recorded = 2013<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 32:28<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]<br />
| producer = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title =<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| collapsed =<br />
| headline = Hindi Sound-Track<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 32:28<br />
| all_lyrics = Manoj Yadav and [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]<br />
| title1 = Mumbai Ke Hero<br />
| music1 = [[Chirantan Bhatt]]<br />
| extra1 = [[Mika Singh]], Talia Bentson<br />
| length1 = 4:40<br />
| title2 = Pinky<br />
| music2 = [[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />
| extra2 = [[Mamta Sharma]], Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length2 = 4:11<br />
| title3 = Lamha Tera Mera<br />
| music3 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra3 = Wajhi Farooki, [[Palak Muchhal]]<br />
| length3 = 5:03<br />
| title4 = Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali)<br />
| music4 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra4 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Shabab Sabri]], Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length4 = 6:15<br />
| title5 = Kaatilana<br />
| music5 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra5 = [[Shweta Pandit]]<br />
| length5 = 5:03<br />
| title6 = Shakila Banoo<br />
| music6 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />
| extra6 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />
| length6 = 3:43<br />
| title7 = Kaatilana<br />
| note7 = Club Mix<br />
| music7 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra7 = Shweta Pandit, Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| length7 = 3:33<br />
}}<br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Thoofan<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Anand Raj Anand]]|[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]|Chirantan Bhatt}}<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|8|27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anDEiTb_LPY |title=Ram Charan's Thoofan Audio Launch LIVE |publisher=YouTube |date=27 August 2013}}</ref><br />
| recorded = 2013<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 21:17<br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| label = T-Series<br />
| producer = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />[[Meet Bros Anjjan]]<br />Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title =<br />
| next_year =<br />
}}<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| collapsed =<br />
| headline = Telugu Sound-Track<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 21:17<br />
| all_lyrics = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] <br />
| title1 = Mumbai Ke Hero<br />
| music1 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra1 = [[Ram Charan]], [[Jaspreet Jasz]], Roshni Baptist, <br />
| length1 = 4:38<br />
| title2 = Pinkie<br />
| music2 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra2 = Mamta Sharma<br />
| length2 = 4:10<br />
| title3 = Preminchaa..<br />
| music3 = Chirantan Bhatt<br />
| extra3 = [[Mynampati Sreerama Chandra]], [[Shalmali Kholgade]]<br />
| length3 = 3:43<br />
| title4 = Vechchanaina<br />
| music4 = Meet Bros Anjjan<br />
| extra4 = Shweta Pandit<br />
| length4 = 5:03<br />
| title5 = Shakila Scentu<br />
| music5 = Anand Raj Anand<br />
| extra5 = Shreya Ghoshal<br />
| length5 = 3:43<br />
}}<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
The film received mixed to negative reviews from the critics. <br />
[[Taran Adarsh]] rated 3/5 telling "The new Zanjeer borrows from the original, but it is more of an updated avatar of that film. On the whole, Zanjeer is a triumph for Ram Charan, who gets abundant opportunity to exhibit his talent and scores exceedingly well. However, the film comes across as a regular masala fare that caters to the single screen spectator mainly and also for enthusiasts of typical Bollywood entertainers."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121223133716/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/550707 Zanjeer Review]. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved on 27 January 2016.</ref> Meena Iyer of ''The Times of India'' rates 3/5 telling "Yet, this film should be judged as a stand-alone offering because attempts to compare the two versions will find the current one falling short, especially in the dialogue and music departments. Ram Charan, as the brooding policeman, excels in action. His dark eyes with long lashes adeptly convey anger. Sanjay Dutt is competent and lovable."<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/zanjeer-movie-review/movie-review/22325856.cms Zanjeer Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (5 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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Its affiliation newspaper ''Mumbai Mirror'' gave a 1.5 star rating and the reviewer [[Karan Anshuman]] said "If Salim-Javed do watch this film, one wouldn't be surprised if they decided to give the money and 'core story' credit back and disassociate themselves from this embarrassment of a "remake".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Film-review-Zanjeer/articleshow/22369133.cms |title=Mumbai Mirror's Zanjeer review |publisher=Mumbaimirror.com |date=6 September 2013}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] termed the movie 'a ramshackle remake' and wrote, "This remake is wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to begin. This isn't a film. It's sacrilege."<ref name="Anupama Chopra's review">Chopra, Anupama (7 September 2013) [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Zanjeer-a-ramshackle-remake/Article1-1118686.aspx Anupama Chopra's review: Zanjeer, a ramshackle remake] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908011026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Reviews/Anupama-Chopra-s-review-Zanjeer-a-ramshackle-remake/Article1-1118686.aspx |date=8 September 2013 }}. ''Hindustan Times'', Mumbai</ref><br />
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Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave a zero rating and said it was an unforgivably bad remake.<ref name="Zanjeer Rediff review">[http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-zanjeer-is-an-unforgivably-bad-remake/20130906.htm Review: Zanjeer is an unforgivably bad remake&nbsp;– Rediff.com Movies]. Rediff.com (6 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref> Shubra Gupta of ''The Indian Express'' said "It's neither faithful remake nor campy, knowing tribute. It's just a poor copy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/zanjeer-review-why-remake-an-iconic-film/1165541/ |title=Zanjeer review, The Indian Express |work=The Indian Express |date=7 September 2013}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of IBN-live gave 0/5 saying "The new 'Zanjeer' isn't just a bad film, it's a shameless exercise in laziness."<ref name="Masand Verdict: Zanjeer">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130908132055/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/zanjeer-review-the-film-is-a-shameless-exercise-in-laziness/420143-47-84.html 'Zanjeer' review: The film is a shameless exercise in laziness:IBNLive Videos]. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved on 27 January 2016.</ref><br />
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''India Today''&nbsp;– "Zanjeer makes it to the list of the worst films ever made".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-zanjeer/1/308977.html |title=India Today Zanjeer |work=India Today |date=9 September 2013}}</ref> ''Times of Oman''&nbsp;– "It would be a sin to compare this lazy attempt to the original. Even as a standalone film, it fails miserably".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-22256.aspx |title=TOO Zanjeer review |publisher=Timesofoman.com |date=9 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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MSN India&nbsp;– "Thoofan is like paying money to dig your own grave."<ref>{{cite web |author=Ians |url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/review-thoofan |title=MSN Thoofan |publisher=MSN |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011114337/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinema/review-thoofan |archive-date=11 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Sunday Guardian''&nbsp;– "Two and a half hours of uninterrupted idiocy".<ref>[http://www.sunday-guardian.com/masala-art/replete-with-cliches Replete with clichés]. Sunday-guardian.com (7 September 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-27.</ref><br />
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==Box office==<br />
''Zanjeer''/''Toofan'' was released in 2,085 theatres in India and about 3550 theatres worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|author= Shekhar |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2013/zanjeer-3-days-1-weekend-collection-indian-box-office-119388.html |title=Zanjeer 1st Weekend Collection at Box Office |work=OneIndia |date=9 September 2013 }}</ref> <br />
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