Knock Out (2010 film)

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{{short description|2010 film by Mani Shankar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Knock Out
| image = knockout_movie.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Mani Shankar]]
| producer = Sohail Maklai
| writer = Mani Shankar
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Irfan Khan (actor)|Irfan Khan]] [[Kangana Ranaut]] [[Gulshan Grover]] Rukhsar Rehman [[Sushant Singh]] Abdullah Jaidi
| music = Gourov Dasgupta [[Vishal Dadlani]] (lyrics) Panchhi Jalonvi (lyrics) Shellee (lyrics)
| cinematography = [[Natarajan Subramaniam]]
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Sohail Maklai Entertainment Pvt Ltd Aap Entertainment Limited
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|10|15}}
| runtime = 117 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| gross = {{INRConvert|622|m}}
}}
'''''Knock Out''''' is an Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]]-language [[action film|action]]-[[thriller film]] directed by [[Mani Shankar]]. Released on 15 October 2010, the film stars [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Irrfan Khan (actor)|Irrfan Khan]] and [[Kangana Ranaut]]. ''Knock Out'' is an unauthorized remake of ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]''. In October 2010, the [[Bombay High Court]] ordered the film's producers to pay a portion of their revenues to [[20th Century Fox]], who own the rights to ''Phone Booth''. The film was a hit at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/lovebolly |title=BBC Asian Network – Love Bollywood – Downloads |work=BBC}}</ref>

==Plot==
Bachubhai ([[Irrfan Khan]]) has come to a phone booth to make a call. He is interrupted by a man who interrupts him again. Bachubhai tells him to stop interrupting. While moving out of the phone booth after the call, the phone rings. Bachubhai picks up the call only to get surprised by an unknown caller who ensures that Bachubhai does not leave the phone booth until his motive of calling is achieved. Another man interrupts who is shot dead by that unknown person from a far away building. As seeing the incident, police, public, and news reporter Nidhi Srivastav [[Kangana Ranaut]] arrive. Everyone is seeing everything as Bachubhai has been told to do what the person on the phone call says or he will shoot him. Later, Police officer [[Sushant Singh]] is transferred, and another encounter specialist has been called. Meanwhile, Bachubhai, who is working for a corrupt politician who has 320 billion black money, has been told to transfer the money on a government account to give back the money to the public. Bachubhai does everything as the phone caller says. At the end of the movie, the money has been transferred to the public account, and it is revealed that Veer Vijay Singh ([[Sanjay Dutt]]) is a Chief of Investigation Bureau. Bachubhai, after transferring the money, nothing happens to him.

==Cast==
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Veer Vijay Singh, Chief of Ops, IB/Colonel Gill
*[[Irrfan Khan (actor)|Irrfan Khan]] as Bachchoo Bhai/ Tony Khosla
*[[Kangana Ranaut]] as Nidhi Srivastava, India TV reporter
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Bapuji
*[[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Lakshmi, Tony's wife
*[[Sushant Singh]] as Inspector Vikram
*[[Asif Basra]] as Raghav
*[[Bikramjeet Kanwarpal]] as editor, Nidhi's boss
*[[Kurush Deboo]] as Sandwichwala
*[[Abhay Shukla]] as Prithvi
*[[Shankar Sachdeva]] as Mishra
*[[Shriya Sharma]] as Sweety, Tony's daughter
*[[Naseer Abdullah]] as Bhalla
*[[Namrata Thapa]] as Roshni
*[[Apoorva Lakhia]] as Ranvir Singh
*[[Ashraful Haque (actor)|Ashraful Haque]] as Junkie
*[[Shreya Narayan]] as Jesse
*Aparna as Bharti
*Silvio Simac as fighter on terrace
*[[Rajendra Jadhav]] as Gundurao
*[[Vinay Verma]] as Commissioner
*[[M D Pasha]] as Suvarna
*[[Hussain Shaikh]] as Party President
*[[Gary Warren D'souza]] as Swiss Bank Manager
*[[Randheer Nahar]] as Pandey
*[[Shivraj (2000s actor)|Shivraj]] as RBI Officer

==Reception==
''Knock Out'' received mixed reviews by critics. Nikhat Kazmi of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knock Out |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Knock-Out/movie-review/6748211.cms |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=17 October 2010}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The film's music was given by Gourov Dasgupta, with a background score by Atul Raninga and Sanjay Wandrekar. The soundtrack has five original tunes, one remix, and an alternate version of one song.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knock Out Music Review and online listening link |url=http://www.musicaloud.com/2010/09/30/knock-out-music-review/ |publisher=Music Aloud |accessdate=30 September 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Music Director
|-
| 1. || "Knock Out" Title track || [[Vishal Dadlani]] || rowspan="4" | Panchhi Jalonvi || rowspan="6" | Gourav Dasgupta
|-
| 2. || "Khushnuma Sa" || [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]]
|-
| 3. || "Hungama" || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|-
| 4. || "Maula" || [[Krishnakumar Kunnath|KK]]
|-
| 5. || "Khushnuma Sa Woh" || [[Krishna Beura]] || [[Shelle]]
|-
| 6. || "Hungama" (Remix) || Sunidhi Chauhan || Panchhi Jalonvi
|-
| 7. || "Gangubai Pe Aai Jawani" || Sumitra Iyer, [[Sanjeev-Darshan]] || [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] || Sanjeev-Darshan
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1558578|Knock Out}}

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[[Category:2010 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2010 crime action films]]
[[Category:2010 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:2010 psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about snipers]]
[[Category:Films about solitude]]
[[Category:Films about psychopaths]]
[[Category:Telephony in popular culture]]

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