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{{Short description|2013 film by Remo D'Souza}}
{{About||the 2005 Tamil film|ABCD (film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = ABCD: Any Body Can Dance
| image = Anybody-can-dance.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Remo D'Souza]]
| producer = [[Ronnie Screwvala]] [[Siddharth Roy Kapur]]
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' [[Tushar Hiranandani]] '''Dialogues:''' Amit Aryan
| story = Remo D'Souza
| starring = [[Prabhu Deva]] [[Ganesh Acharya]] [[Kay Kay Menon]] [[Lauren Gottlieb]] [[Punit Pathak]] [[Dharmesh Yelande]] [[Salman Yusuff Khan]]
| music = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| cinematography = Vijay Kumar Arora
| editing = Manan Sagar
| studio = [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV Spotboy]]
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2013|2|8|df=y}}
| runtime = 143 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}12–42 [[crore]]<ref name="budget"/><ref name="toibudget"/>
}}

'''''ABCD: Anybody Can Dance''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[dance film|dance]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed and choreographed by choreographer [[Remo D'Souza]] and produced by [[Ronnie Screwvala]] and [[Siddharth Roy Kapur]] under [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV Spotboy]] Motion Pictures.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/remo-s-dream-comes-true-anybody-can-dance-goes-on-the-floor_107166.htm Remo's dream comes true, AnyBody Can Dance goes on the floor] zeenews.india.com</ref> The film stars [[Prabhu Deva]], [[Ganesh Acharya]] and [[Kay Kay Menon]] in lead roles. The participants of ''[[Dance India Dance]]'' appear in supporting roles.<ref>[http://danceindiadance.in/news/2012/abcd-anybody-can-dance-by-remo-dsouza/ ABCD – AnyBody can Dance by Remo D'souza] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415040616/http://danceindiadance.in/news/2012/abcd-anybody-can-dance-by-remo-dsouza/ |date=15 April 2012 }} DanceIndiaDance.in</ref> Along with the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] dubbed versions titled ''Aadalam Boys Chinnatha Dance'' and ''ABCD'' respectively, the film, made at a budget of between Rs 120 million and 420  million,<ref name="budget">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/prabhudeva-to-hike-his-price-post-abcd-success-6497.html|title=Prabhudeva to hike his price post 'ABCD' success|first=India TV News|last=Desk|date=10 February 2013|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref><ref name="toibudget" /> was released worldwide in [[3D film|3D]] on 8 February 2013 to mostly positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/didn-t-want-to-release-i-abcd-i-with-akshay-s-i-special-chabbis-i-prabhu-deva-327787 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212101314/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/didn-t-want-to-release-i-abcd-i-with-akshay-s-i-special-chabbis-i-prabhu-deva-327787 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 February 2013 |title=Didn't want to release ABCD with Akshay's Special Chabbis: Prabhu Deva | NDTV Movies.com |publisher=Movies.ndtv.com |date=7 February 2013 |access-date=17 February 2013 }}</ref>

A [[sequel]], ''[[ABCD 2|Disney's ABCD 2]]'', based on the real-life story of Suresh Mukund and Vernon Monteiro of the 'Fictitious Dance Crew' that became [[Kings United|Kings United India]], was released on 19 June 2015.

==Plot==
{{Plot|film|date=February 2018}} 
After having a bitter disagreement with his friend and manager Jehangir Khan ([[Kay Kay Menon]]) about the latter's blatant abuse of power and influence to win a dance competition called "Dance Dil Se" for his team JDC (Jehangir Dance Company), the [[choreographer]] of the dance company, Vishnu ([[Prabhu Deva]]), quits his job. At first he wants to return home to [[Chennai]], but his friend Gopi ([[Ganesh Acharya]]) asks him to stay in [[Mumbai]] with him. Vishnu observes several young men using [[parkour]] to evade the police. They turn out to be proteges of Gopi, but despite their obvious raw talent, they lack the discipline required to become serious artists; they demonstrate this disastrously at a local event for a politician, wherein they set the stage on fire. After witnessing the youngsters showing their dancing abilities at [[Ganpati]] Chaturthi against their equally talented rival neighborhood, Vishnu decides to start his own dance group with them ultimately preparing them to compete in "Dance Dil Se". However, the lack of discipline among the dancers and rivalry between the two factions in the group led by D ([[Dharmesh Yelande]]) and Rocky ([[Salman Yusuff Khan]]) leads to multiple creative and emotional blocks. Initially, only Rocky and his gang are willing to attend the free classes, but soon D and his friends gravitate towards the studio.

They are soon joined by Chandu ([[Punit Pathak]]), a troubled but extraordinarily talented man suffering from a drug addiction, Shaina ([[google:Noorin+Shah&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIN880IN880&oq=noorin+sha&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l7.2081j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8|Noorin Sha]]), a "bar dancer", and Rhea ([[Lauren Gottlieb]]), a Westerner who was JDC's star dancer until Jehangir tried to sexually assault her during a "private instruction". Rhea immediately becomes the new star of the company. Though the students are initially skeptical of Shaina because of her profession. Chandu demonstrates a great deal of respect for Shaina and defends her in front of the class despite teasing from his peers. The pair quickly fall for one another, leaving quite a few of the boys heartbroken.

Despite repeated pleas for peace in the studio, the two main gangs continue to clash, driving Vishnu to his wit's end. However, the students seem to improve and as a reward, he gives them money to buy new speakers, but they nearly lose it all when Rhea takes them to an elite dance club where they challenge the resident champions, a professional dance crew called "Fictitious Crew". Vishnu arrives at the last minute and wins back the money, but while his students gain new respect for him he is furious with them. After some hard apologizing, he forgives them and they return to class with greater discipline and drive, only to suddenly be thrown out on the street after D's father calls the cops. During all of this Rocky and Rhea start to fall for each other whilst D burns with jealousy. The community complains that their children should not be mixing in such a way and only through an impromptu dance performance are the youth able to convince their families of the importance of their talent. Only D's conservative and orthodox father refused to accept that his son desires to be a dancer.

The crew head to Dance Dil Se and audition, but when Rocky and D fight onstage for Rhea, their chances of appearing on the show in the first place seems bleak. Jehangir, in a bid to humiliate Vishnu publicly, persuades the judges to take the "Dhongri Dance Revolution" crew on as a "comedy act". Faced with ridicule and the idea that they are a joke and not true dancers, Vishnu asks Rocky and D to do a step that requires a great deal of trust from both, but they cannot muster the trust to manage it. Vishnu has them choose the people they would trust to perform the step with, but then tricks both dancers by blindfolding them and having them attempt it again; this time, they are successful. Vishnu then states that unless the two manage to do the step without blindfolds none of the dancers would be allowed to go home for the night. Several abortive and unsuccessful attempts later D and Rocky take a break and Chandu talks to D and tells him about Bhavana's secret love for D. Bhavana and D get together, D completes the move successfully with Rocky, and the two factions begin to trust each other and work together.

Before the semifinals, Chandu prepares to propose to Shaina, but he meets his old drug dealer on the street. Now completely free from the hold of drugs he refuses to fall back into that world, but the dealer, irritated, tosses the ring intended for Shaina at him and it falls into the street. As he retrieves it, Chandu is hit by a truck and killed, leaving the team devastated. Shaina, though barely able to stand from grief, becomes the centerpiece of the team's semifinal routine, in which they express the loss of their friend, bringing audience members to tears. The team and the community come together to cremate Chandu, and DDR resolves to continue in the competition in Chandu's memory. At the finals, Jehangir pulls a dirty trick: his informant Mayur (a performer in DDR but, tempted by Jehangir's offer of a main lead role in JDC began to feed information to the opposition) leads JDC's dancers to copy DDR's choreography and performance concept. Faced with losing, DDR crafts a new routine on the spot, based around Lord [[Ganesha]]. Their heartfelt and spontaneous performance reminds the cold-hearted Jehangir why he and Vishnu started JDC in the first place and he is humbled. The DDR crew are rewarded with thunderous applause and victory in the competition.

==Cast==
{{Div col}}
* [[Prabhu Deva]] as Vishnu
* [[Ganesh Acharya]] as Gopi
* [[Kay Kay Menon]] as Jehangir Khan
* [[Salman Yusuff Khan]] as Rocky
* [[Dharmesh Yelande]] as "D"
* [[Lauren Gottlieb]] as Rhea
* [[Punit Pathak]] as Chandu
* Noorin Shah as Shaina
* Vrushali Chavan as Vrushali
* Bhavana Khanduja as Bhavana
* Paulson Thomas as Pauli
* Prince R Gupta as Biscuit
* Mayuresh Wadkar as Mayur
* [[Tushar Kalia]] as a dancer in JDC
* Rahul Shetty as Rahul
* [[Sushant Pujari]] as Sushi
* Milind Wagh as Qureshi
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Vardha Bhai
* Mario Fernando Aguilera as Chris
* Saajan Singh
* [[Mohena Singh]] as Competitions dancer in the beginning of the film
* Kishore Aman Shetty
* [[Karishma chavan]]
* Jayant Gadekar as Policeman
* [[Saroj Khan]] in "Psycho Re" (Special Appearance)
* [[Remo D'Souza]] in "Psycho Re" (Special Appearance)
* [[Manish Paul]] as host of Dance Dil Se (Special Appearance)
* Prayas Choudhary as Ghungroo boys
* Sanjay Gurbaxani as Channel Head
{{div col end}}

==Release==
The film was released on total of 750 screens which included 400 3D screens and 350 2D screens in India.<ref name="oneindia.in">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2013/special-26-abcd-7-days-first-week-collection-box-office-103487.html |title=ABCD first week collection at Box Office |publisher=oneindia.in |date=15 February 2013 |access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> The film's budget (cost of production) is estimated to be between Rs 120–420 million.<ref name="budget"/><ref name="toibudget">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Initial-reports-on-Special-26-and-ABCD-positive/articleshow/18464103.cms|title=Initial reports on Special 26 and ABCD positive - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Reception==
Lisa Tsering praised the film on [[The Hollywood Reporter]] as "exuberant, upbeat and overflowing with music".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/abcd-any-body-can-dance-421402 |title=ABCD: Any Body Can Dance: Film Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=13 February 2013 |access-date=22 June 2013}}</ref> Prasanna D Zore for [[Rediff.com]] has given 4/5 stars and says ''ABCD Any Body Can Dance'' is a must watch not only for dance lovers but also for those who like good cinema.<ref name="ABCD Any Body Can Dance Review">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-abcd-is-the-dabangg-of-dance/20130208.htm| title=Review: ABCD is the Dabangg of dance! | author=Prasanna D Zore | work=Rediff.com | access-date=8 February 2013}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Taran Adarsh from bollywoodhungama rated the film ABCD 3/5 stars saying, "ABCD's biggest strength lies in the variety of dances that Remo presents to the spectators. On the whole, ABCD has some incredible, eye-popping dances as its soul. While the template may be conventional – the triumph of the underdog – the film has its share of moments that stay with you, especially the concluding portions of the film. Decent watch!"<ref>{{cite web|title=ABCD Review |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/550542 |publisher=bollywoodhungama.com |access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref> Shivesh Kumar of ''[[IndiaWeekly]]'' awarded the movie 3 out of 5 stars.<ref name=iw>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.415005523401.193372.180643728401|title=IndiaWeekly's Movie Ratings |publisher= [[IndiaWeekly]] |access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
The soundtrack received highly positive reviews from critics. Shresht Poddar of ''Score Magazine'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "Sachin-Jigar have delivered a multi-genre winning album. They have wonderfully demonstrated their versatility and deserve to be heard more. Despite having a couple of situational tracks, the album gets a thumbs up because of its uniqueness.".<ref>{{cite web|last=Poddar |first=Shresht |title=Review Of ABCD – Any Body Can Dance |url=http://www.highonscore.com/music-review-abcd-any-body-can-dance |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124015740/http://www.highonscore.com/music-review-abcd-any-body-can-dance |archive-date=24 January 2013 }}</ref> Giving the album 4 out of 5 stars, Rumnique Nannar of ''Bollyspice'' wrote, "''ABCD'' is one of the best albums of 2013, simply because you can feel Sachin and Jigar in their element and creating lasting songs that complement the film’s core theme."<ref>{{cite web|title=Music review (Bollyspice)|url=http://bollyspice.com/54421/abcd-any-body-can-dance-music-review|access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref> ''Indibeats'' also gave it 4 out of 5 stars and commented, "''ABCD'' is definitely out-of-the-box, crossing all expectations still delivering a package so brilliantly done. In a situation where we expected some hard hitting techno-rock tracks, Sachin-Jigar amazes us by the sheer choice of unconventional arrangements which mesmerizes in a great deal!"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indicritic.blogspot.in/2013/01/abcd-any-body-can-dance-music-review.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218082036/http://indicritic.blogspot.in/2013/01/abcd-any-body-can-dance-music-review.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 February 2013 | title=Music review (Indibeats) | access-date=14 July 2013 }}</ref> ''Bollywoodlife'' critic Suparna Thombare said, "With nine powerful tracks, ''ABCD'' is definitely Sachin-Jigar’s best work till date as their experiments have created some fresh new age sounds. But their success really lies in being able to balance western and Indian influences to create something that’s young, fresh and urban, yet Indian at its core. It would not be wrong to say that ''ABCD'' is India’s first step into the urban dance genre. Sachin-Jigar have arrived!". She also gave it 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/any-body-can-dance-music-review-urban-dance-music-at-its-best/ | title=Music review (Bollywoodlife) | access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref> ''[[CNN-IBN|IBNLive]]'' gave it 3 out of 5 stars and noted, "The duo of Sachin-Jigar has delivered an album that has its moments. 'ABCD' is a versatile album though it falls short of creating an album with viral tracks."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anybody-can-dance-music-review-the-album-is-versatile-but-lacks-viral-tracks/370670-8-66.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207034452/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anybody-can-dance-music-review-the-album-is-versatile-but-lacks-viral-tracks/370670-8-66.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 February 2013 | title=Music review (IBNLive) | access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref>

===Box office===
''ABCD'' had opening in India of Rs 45 million nett on the first day. It collected approximately Rs 195 million nett at the domestic box office in the first weekend. By the end of its first week, the film has grossed over 312 million nett.<ref name="oneindia.in"/> The film grossed $425,000 overseas in opening weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5394&nCat= |title=Boxofficeindia.com |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |date=13 February 2013 |access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = ABCD: Any Body Can Dance
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| cover =
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| released = 8 February 2013
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
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| label = [[UTV Software Communications]]
| producer = [[Ronnie Screwvala]]
| prev_title = [[Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum]]
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = [[Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story]]
| next_year = 2013
}}

The film's music was done by the composer-duo [[Sachin - Jigar]]. All songs were written by [[Mayur Puri]] apart from ''Man Basiyo Saanwariyo'' which had lyrics by Priya Panchal.

Although the song "Sun Saathiya" was played in this movie, it was reused in the sequel ([[ABCD 2]]) and officially became part of that soundtrack.
===Track list===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Shambhu Sutaya
| extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Vishal Dadlani]], Abhishek Azaad
| music1 = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| lyrics1 = [[Mayur Puri]]
| length1 = 4:43
| title2 = Bezubaan
| extra2 = [[Mohit Chauhan]], Abhishek Azaad Priya Panchal Rap By: [[Tanvi Shah]], Deane Sequeira
| music2 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics2 = Mayur Puri
| length2 = 4:42
| title3 = Psycho Re
| extra3 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Mika Singh]]
| music3 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics3 = Mayur Puri
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = Chandu Ki Girl Friend
| extra4 = Raman Mahadevan, Jigar Saraiya, Divya Pushkarna, Sagar Kendurkar, Madhav Krishna
| music4 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics4 = Mayur Puri
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = Man Basiyo Sawariyo| extra5 = [[Anushka Manchanda]]
| music5 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics5 = Priya Panchaal
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = Duhaai
| extra6 = Madhav Krishna
| music6 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics6 = Mayur Puri
| length6 = 4:06
| title7 = Sorry Sorry
| extra7 = Jigar Saraiya
| music7 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics7 = Mayur Puri
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Kar Ja Re Ya Mar Ja Re Tu
| extra8 = [[Suraj Jagan]]
| music8 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics8 = Mayur Puri
| length8 = 2:50
| title9 = Sadda Dil Vi Tu (Ga Ga Ga Ganpati)
| extra9 = [[Hard Kaur]]
| music9 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics9 = Mayur Puri
| length9 = 5:27
}}

==Sequel==

The film spawned a sequel titled ''[[ABCD 2]],'' which released on 19 June 2015. And spin-off titled ''[[Street Dancer 3D]]'' was released on 24 January 2020.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2321163}}

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