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{{short description|2012 Bollywood crime thriller film by Vishal Mahadkar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Blood Money
| image = Blood_Money_Poster_2.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vishal Mahadkar]]
| producer = [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| story = Photocopier
| starring = [[Kunal Khemu]] [[Amrita Puri]] [[Teeshay Shah]] [[Puja Gupta]]
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]] [[Pranay Rijia]] [[Sangeet Haldipur]]-[[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| cinematography = Nigam Bomzan
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|3|30}}
| runtime = 109 minutes
| distributor = [[Vishesh Films]] [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|90|m}}
| gross = {{INRConvert|120|m}}
}}

'''''Blood Money''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Vishal Mahadkar]] and produced by [[Mahesh Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year=2012 |isbn=978-1908215017 |page=141}}|accessdate=30 March 2012|Blood Diamond]]'' (2006), ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), ''[[The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm]]'' (1993) and to Bhatt's earlier directorial film ''[[Naam (1986 film)|Naam]]'' (1986)</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20120195573&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=181054&cp |title=Blood Money not similar to Blood Diamond,Naam : Bhatt |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711062555/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20120195573&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood&nid=181054&cp |archivedate=11 July 2012}}</ref> It's plot is copied from John Grisham's novel The Firm.

==Plot==
The story is about Kunal ([[Kunal Khemu]]), who believes he can do anything by trying his hardest. He receives a job offer through his friend Shawn (Teeshay) and his wife Nandini ([[Puja Gupta (actress)|Puja Gupta]]) in [[Cape Town]] and moves there with his wife Aarzoo ([[Amrita Puri]]). They live a happy life together, until Kunal becomes extremely workaholic. Kunal's nature irritates Aarzoo, which leads to frequent outbursts and quarrels. Kunal becomes the most trusted employee of his boss Dharmesh Zaveri ([[Manish Chaudhary]]). This thing angers Dinesh Zaveri, Dharmesh Zaveri's younger brother. Kunal advances in his job. Soon Dharmesh is revealed to be an underworld gangster. The company Kunal works in deals with exporting diamonds; Kunal has no idea that it happens illegally. His boss, Mr. Zakaria, sends his hot colleague Rosa to charm Kunal and take him away from his wife. Following the day when Kunal gets drunk in a party, Rosa takes advantage and manages to make love with him. Kunal reaches his house and finds Aarzoo sleeping and accidentally wakes her up, after which they both pick up a quarrel. Soon enough, Kunal realises the crime he is a part of and decides to leave Cape Town. However, Zakaria knows that Kunal is aware of the illegal business, and the only way to keep him silent is to kill him.

Kunal one day tells Aarzoo that Rosa took advantage of him when he was drunk, which leaves Aarzoo shattered, and she returns him the diamond pendant given to her by him, writing that she can't live with him anymore and has gone to stay at Shawn's house. Shawn tries to console Kunal, and in the process, it's revealed that even Shawn knows about Zakaria's evil plans but can't do anything in front of him. He advises Kunal not to oppose him; otherwise, he might end up losing his life. Kunal then gets a call from his boss, who sends him to a place where he unknowingly gives a gun and other weapons in exchange for the diamonds, to a terrorist who kills an innocent man in front of him. Kunal feels bad and returns to find that Shawn has been killed.

Then, he reveals about what wrong had been happening with him and how he wanted to leave this, to Aarzoo, who later understands and joins him. Kunal tries to get help from a police officer Bobby Kapadia. He asks Kunal to get into Zakaria's cabin and get his computer's hard disk and a diary in which he keeps all his records. Kunal manages to get them, but as he is about to go, he is chased by some guards. He gets stabbed by Dinesh Zaveri but beats him and survives. He fights against all the guards and reaches the plane area, where he gets to know that Bobby Kapadia was actually working with Zakaria, whose plan was to make Kunal reach the plane area where he would kill him. Then Kunal reveals to Zakaria that it was his plan to make him come to the plane area, and that he knew about his identity and thus was playing a game with him. As Zakaria gets up to hit Kunal, he throws the gun and beats him, till the Interpol arrives. Zakaria is then arrested, and Kunal is taken to safety. Later, it is shown at the end that Kunal and Aarzoo move back to Madh island, and Kunal is shown reading Hansel and Gretel to little kids, and the movie ends with a song.

==Cast==
* [[Kunal Khemu]] as Kunal Kadam
* [[Amrita Puri]] as Aarzoo Kadam, Kunal's wife
* [[Manish Choudhary (actor)|Manish Choudhary]] as Dharmesh Zaveri / Rajan Zakaria
* [[Mia Uyeda]] a.k.a. [[Mia Evonne Uyeda]] as Rosa
* [[Karan Veer Mehra]] as Inspector Bobby Kapadia{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
* [[Sandeep Sikand]] as Dinesh Zaveri
* [[Shekhar Shukla]] as Paresh
* [[Teeshay Shah]] as Kunal's colleague and k9

==Development==
The film was earlier titled ''Kalyug 2'' and was to be a sequel to 2005's ''[[Kalyug (2005 film)|Kalyug]]''. Director Vishal Mahadkar did not appreciate the title and changed it to ''Jannat 2'', making it a sequel to the 2008 hit ''[[Jannat (2008 film)|Jannat]]''. When the public's feedback to this title turned out to be even more negative, it was finally renamed to ''Blood Money''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahesh Bhatt turns 'Jannat 2' into 'Blood Money' |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/68811.html |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=19 July 2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mahesh Bhatt's 'Blood Money': A sequel to 'Kalyug'? |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhatts-blood-money-a-sequel-to-kalyug-/239105-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316231028/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhatts-blood-money-a-sequel-to-kalyug-/239105-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2012 |publisher=[[IBN Live]] |date=14 March 2012 |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[File:Promotions of Blood Money at R City Mall (2).jpg|thumb|Promotions of ''Blood Money'' at [[R City Mall]], [[Ghatkopar]], [[Mumbai]]]]


===Critical===
''Blood Money'' received mixed to positive responses, but Kunal Khemu received a positive response from critics. Jeeturaaj of radio mirchi gave it 3.5/5 stars saying "interesting insight into diamond trade and brilliant songs".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/bioscope/view/bollywood/125/blood-money-/ |title=Blood Money Movie Review – Mirchi Bioscope by RJ Jeeturaaj – Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM |publisher=radiomirchi.com}}</ref> Martin D'souza of glamsham.com said "There are a few flaws, but I'd rather not dwell on those because the overall impact is massive" awarding it 3/5 stars.<ref>http://www.top10bollywood.com/2012/03/blood-money-movie-review-ratings.html</ref> Madhureeta Mukherjee of ''Times of India'' rated the film 3/5 and said "Debutant director, (Vishal S Mahadkar), tells the story well".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Blood-Money/movie-review/12441671.cms |work=The Times of India |title=Blood Money}}</ref>

Sukanya Verma of [[Rediff.com]] gave it 1/5 stars and wrote, "Blood Money is exceptionally hollow in its aspirations".<ref name="Blood Money Review">{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-blood-money-is-mindless-and-boring/20120330.htm |title=Review: Blood Money is mindless and boring |author=Sukanya Verma |work=Rediff.com |accessdate=30 March 2012}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref> Writing for FilmiTadka, Janhavi Patel gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and said, "Blood Money starts off decently but goes downhill in the second half with a laughable climax. Spend your money elsewhere".<ref>{{cite news |last=Patel |first=Janhavi |title=Blood Money Movie Review |url=http://www.filmitadka.in/201203301865/movie-reviews/blood-money-movie-review.html |accessdate=30 March 2012 |newspaper=FilmiTadka}}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref> Blessy Chettiar of DNA awarded 2 out of 5 stars and said, "Wait for Blood Money's television premier. Or else, watch the trailer. Why waste 2.5 hours on something you can watch in 2.05 minutes?"<ref>{{cite news |last=Chettiar |first=Blessy |title=Review: Blood Money |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review_review-blood-money_1669240 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |newspaper=DNA}}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film had an average opening at the box office. Usually, [[Vishesh Films]]' collections are a net gross of about Rs. 250 million: ''Blood Money'' collected more than 90 million in its full theatrical run in India, which is a decent amount for the Bhatt's nevertheless it was declared "Average" by Box Office India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/slideshow/index/type/view/id/1092/Hits+and+Misses+of+the+First+Quarter+of+2012 |title=Hits and Misses of the First Quarter of 2012 – Latest bollywood Hindi Movie Features |publisher=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Blood Money
| type = Album
| artist = [[Jeet Ganguly]], Pranay M Rijia & Sangeet-Siddharth
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''Blood Money''{{'}}s soundtrack was released on 19 February 2012. It was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]], [[Pranay]], [[Sangeet Haldipur]], [[Siddharth Haldipur]] ([[Sangeet-Siddharth]]); lyrics were penned by [[Sayeed Quadri]], [[Kumaar]].

===Track list===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chaahat
| extra1 = [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]]
| music1 = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = Gunaah
| extra2 = [[Mustafa Zahid]]
| music2 = Jeet Gannguli
| length2 = 4:49
| title3 = Teri Yaadon Se
| extra3 = Mustafa Zahid
| music3 = [[Pranay]]
| length3 = 4:36
| title4 = Jo Tere Sang
| extra4 = Mustafa Zahid
| music4 = Jeet Gannguli
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Aarzoo
| extra5 = [[Clinton Cerejo]]
| music5 = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Gunaah
| note6 = Unplugged
| extra6 = [[Rana Muzumdar]]
| music6 = Jeet Gannguli
| length6 = 5:38
| title7 = Teri Yaadon Se
| note7 = Remix
| extra7 = Mustafa Zahid
| music7 = Pranay; remixed by [[Kiran Kamath]]
| length7 = 5:14
| title8 = Jo Tere Sang
| note8 = Remix
| extra8 = Mustafa Zahid
| music8 = Jeet Gannguli; remixed by [[Dj Savio]]
| length8 = 6:18}}

===Reception===

The album received positive reviews from critics. Joginder Tuteja from [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the album a 3.5/5 stars picking "Jo Tere Sang", "Gunaah (unplugged)" and "Chaahat" as his favourites. Musicaloud gave the album 3/5 stars picking "Chaahat" and "Gunaah" as their favourites.<ref name="musicaloud">{{citation |url=http://www.musicaloud.com/2012/02/17/blood-money-music-review/ |title=Blood Money – Music Review |publisher=MusicAloud |date=17 February 2012}}</ref> ''[[Times of India]]'' states that "Blood Money, like all previous Bhatt films, has some great music that will help take the movie to a different level altogether".<ref>{{citation |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-12/music-reviews/31152108_1_song-lyrics-blood-money |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518001255/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-12/music-reviews/31152108_1_song-lyrics-blood-money |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2013 |title=Blood Money – Music Review |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Bollywood Hungama]] {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/musiccriticreview/id/547398 |title=Blood Money – Music Review |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
* Musicaloud {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="musicaloud"/>

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|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#d1dbdf; font-size:120%;" | Review Scores
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! Source
! Rating
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| Musicperk.com
| {{Rating|7|10}}
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| Tehelka
| {{Rating|2|5}}
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| colspan="2" align="centr" | {{†}} indicates that the given rating is an [[arithmetic mean|average]] rating of all reviews provided by the source
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|2246595|Blood Money}}

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