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| director      = [[Siddharth Anand]]
| director      = [[Siddharth Anand]]
| producer      = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| producer      = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| writer        = '''Adapted Story:'''<br>Siddharth Anand<br>'''Dialogues:'''<br>[[Abbas Tyrewala]]
| writer        = [[Abbas Tyrewala]] (dialogues)
| screenplay    = [[Sujoy Ghosh]]<br>Suresh Nair
| screenplay    = '''Adapted:'''<br>[[Sujoy Ghosh]]<br>Suresh Nair
| story          = Patrick O'Neill
| story          = Patrick O'Neill (original)<br> Siddharth Anand (adapted)
| based_on      = ''[[Knight and Day]]''<br>by [[James Mangold]]
| based_on      = ''[[Knight and Day]]''<br>by [[James Mangold]]
| starring      = [[Hrithik Roshan]]<br>[[Katrina Kaif]]
| starring      = [[Hrithik Roshan]]<br>[[Katrina Kaif]]
| music          = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Vishal-Shekhar]]<br>'''Score:'''<br>[[Salim–Sulaiman]]
| music          = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Vishal–Shekhar]]<br>'''Score:'''<br>[[Salim–Sulaiman]]
| cinematography = Sunil Patel
| cinematography = Sunil Patel
| editing        = [[Akiv Ali]]
| editing        = [[Akiv Ali]]
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| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = [[Hindi]]
| language      = [[Hindi]]
| budget        = 160 crores
| budget        = {{INR}}140 crore<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Bang Bang is one of the costliest Bollywood films |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/why-bang-bang-is-one-of-the-costliest-bollywood-films/photostory/43895417.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INRConvert|332|c}}<ref name="BOI">{{cite web | url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2319 |website=boxofficeindia.com |title=Bang Bang |access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref>
| gross          = {{Estimation}} {{INR|332 crore}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bang Bang! Box Office |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bang-bang/box-office/ |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Bang Bang!''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Hindi]]-language action comedy film directed by [[Siddharth Anand]] and written by [[Abbas Tyrewala]], [[Sujoy Ghosh]] and Suresh Nair.<ref name="Overview">{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/594271|title=Bang Bang!|work=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> Produced by [[Fox Star Studios]], it is a remake of the 2010 American film ''[[Knight and Day]]'' and stars [[Hrithik Roshan]] and [[Katrina Kaif]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-international-productions-head-talks-630418|title=Fox International Productions Head Talks Hollywood Adaptations for India|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 September 2013}}</ref> while co-starring [[Javed Jaffrey]] and [[Danny Denzongpa]], with [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] in a special appearance. The film's premise follows a mysterious international criminal on the run, whose encounter with an unassuming bank receptionist sets off a chain of events resulting in a series of escapades.
'''''Bang Bang!''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[Siddharth Anand]] and written by [[Abbas Tyrewala]], [[Sujoy Ghosh]] and Suresh Nair.<ref name="Overview">{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/594271|title=Bang Bang!|work=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> Produced by [[Fox Star Studios]], it is an official remake of the 2010 American film ''[[Knight and Day]]'' and stars [[Hrithik Roshan]] and [[Katrina Kaif]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-international-productions-head-talks-630418|title=Fox International Productions Head Talks Hollywood Adaptations for India|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 September 2013}}</ref> while co-starring [[Javed Jaffrey]] and [[Danny Denzongpa]], with [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] in a special appearance. The film follows a mysterious thief on the run, whose encounter with an unassuming bank receptionist sets off a chain of events resulting in a series of escapades.


Made on a budget of {{INRConvert|90|c}}, ''Bang Bang!'' was released in conventional and [[IMAX]] theatres on 2 October 2014, coinciding with [[Gandhi Jayanti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imax.com/content/bollywood-remake-bang-bang-ignite-imax%C2%AE-theatres-india-and-select-global-markets-starting|title=BOLLYWOOD REMAKE BANG BANG! TO IGNITE IMAX® THEATRES IN INDIA AND SELECT GLOBAL MARKETS STARTING OCT. 2|website=IMAX.com|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> Also released simultaneously in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages, the film was praised for its action sequences and grossed {{INRConvert|332|c}}–{{INRConvert|340|c}} in its worldwide cinema run. The film emerged as a huge box office success, becoming the [[List of Bollywood films of 2014 #Highest-grossing films|fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2014]] and [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time]].
Made on a budget of {{INRConvert|140|c}}, ''Bang Bang!'' was released in conventional and [[IMAX]] theatres on 2 October 2014, coinciding with [[Gandhi Jayanti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imax.com/content/bollywood-remake-bang-bang-ignite-imax%C2%AE-theatres-india-and-select-global-markets-starting|title=BOLLYWOOD REMAKE BANG BANG! TO IGNITE IMAX® THEATRES IN INDIA AND SELECT GLOBAL MARKETS STARTING OCT. 2|website=IMAX.com|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> Also released with dubbed versions on the same date simultaneously in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]], the film attracted praise towards its action sequences and grossed {{INRConvert|332|c}} globally to become the one of the [[List of Bollywood films of 2014#Highest-grossing films|top grossing Bollywood films of 2014]] and the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|38th highest grossing Indian film of all time.]]


==Plot==
==Plot==
After a treaty between India and the United Kingdom to expedite [[extradition]] of terrorist Omar Zafar ([[Danny Denzongpa]]) to India is passed, [[Colonel (India)|Col]]. Viren Nanda ([[Jimmy Shergill]]) is murdered and burnt alive by Omar in [[London]]. Omar, who is escorted by his trusted lieutenant Hamid Gul ([[Javed Jaffrey]]), declares a $5&nbsp;million reward for an Indian thief to steal the [[Koh-i-Noor]] diamond, so as to hold up the treaty. Later, a mysterious man named Rajveer Nanda ([[Hrithik Roshan]]) steals it, and demands $20&nbsp;million as Zafar and Gul aim to retrieve it. After a subsequent brawl with Gul's men at a local restaurant in Shimla, Rajveer visits a restaurant where he meets an ambitious but unassuming bank receptionist, Harleen Sahni ([[Katrina Kaif]]), who is waiting for her blind internet date, "Vickie Kapoor", to show up. Rajveer assumes the date, and the pair fall in love, but he is forced to abandon her after being found by Gul's surviving men. Harleen leaves upon learning the truth, but on her way back home, bumps again into Rajveer, who seeks her help to remove a bullet. Before leaving, he drugs her and informs her of scare tactics that some law enforcement officials will use to try and coerce her into working against him.
After a treaty between [[India]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] to expedite [[extradition]] of terrorist Omar Zafar to India is passed, [[Colonel]] Viren Nanda is murdered and burnt alive by Omar in [[London]], during his escape from prison. Omar, who is escorted by his trusted lieutenant Hamid Gul, declares {{USD}}50 million reward for an Indian thief to steal the [[Koh-i-Noor]] diamond, so as to uphold the treaty.


The next day, indeed as Rajveer had foretold, government agent Zorawar Kalra ([[Pawan Malhotra]]) and his informer, Inspector Bhola (Pradeep Kabra), implore Harleen to travel with them to the Police Station, but instead head for a "safe place" ; taking note of Rajveer's instructions, she finds a pistol and holds them at gunpoint. Rajveer soon appears and the pair escape, but meet Harleen's manager, Karan Saxena, who Rajveer shoots in the leg. Harleen, preturbed, demands that she return home, having made a huge mistake by trusting him, which leads to an argument over their loyalties, but she eventually decides to stay upon realizing that he lierally intends to protect her, and proceeds to accompany him. Rajveer later reveals during a visit to a [[Pizza Hut]] outlet that he stole the Koh-i-Noor, much to Harleen's surprise, and the pair are immediately confronted by Zorawar and his team, who had been following the duo. Rajveer shoots Harleen with a tranquilizer dart and they escape, with Harleen later waking up at a beach shack after an unknown period on the run. After she takes Rajveer's phone to call her grandmother, which allows government officials and subsequently Gul's men, led by his lieutenant Robert (Partha Akerkar), to track them, a shootout ensues, which forces the duo to escape again after eliminating the officials and Robert's henchmen.
Later, a mysterious person named Rajveer alias Raj steals it, and demands {{USD}}20 million as Zafar and Gul aim to retrieve it. After a subsequent brawl with Gul's men at a local restaurant in [[Shimla]], Raj visits a restaurant where he meets an ambitious but unassuming [[receptionist|bank receptionist]], Harleen Sahni , who is waiting for her blind internet date, ''Vickie Kapoor'', to show up. Raj assumes the date and the pair fall for each other, but he is forced to abandon her after being found by Gul's surviving men. Harleen leaves upon learning the truth, but on her way back home, bumps again into Raj, who seeks her help to remove a bullet. Before leaving, he drugs her with a sedative water and informs her of scare tactics that some [[law enforcement]] officials will try and coerce her into working against him.


Harleen wakes up the following morning in [[Prague]]; recognizing Rajveer's efforts in leading the escape, she regains her faith in him. Later, they track Gul down to a casino, and after a ploy involving her, Rajveer ultimately kills Gul. Harleen is taken to the Indian Embassy, where she meets Zorawar and his commandant, Internal Secret Services chief Narayanan ([[Vikram Gokhale]]), as he gives her a tracking device to pinpoint Rajveer's location and retrieve the Koh-i-Noor. After another argument on a bridge as they try to escape, Rajveer activates the tracking device himself, gives the Koh-i-Noor to Harleen and gets shot while jumping off the bridge.  
As predicted, The government agents Zorawar Kalra  and his informer, [[Inspector]] Bhola (Pradeep Kabra) implore Harleen to travel with them to the [[police station]], but instead head for a ''safe place'', taking note of Raj's instructions, she finds a pistol and holds them at gunpoint. Raj arrives and the pair escape, but meet Harleen's manager Karan Saxena, who is shot in the leg by Raj. Harleen, perturbed, demands that she return home, having made a huge mistake by trusting him, which leads to an argument over their loyalties, but she eventually decides to stay upon realizing that he truly intends to protect her, and proceeds to accompany him. Raj later reveals during a visit to a [[Pizza Hut]] outlet that he stole the Koh-i-Noor, much to Harleen's surprise, and the pair are immediately confronted by Zorawar and his team, who had been following the duo.  


Harleen returns home to reunite with her grandmother but begins to miss Rajveer; in a moment of epiphany, she locates his house, where she meets Rajveer's father, Pankaj ([[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]]), and his mother Shikha ([[Deepti Naval]]), posing as a delivery runner for Pankaj's book order. A tense moment results in Harleen trying to leave suddenly, when she soon bumps into photographs of Rajveer, who is revealed by Shikha to be Jaiwant "Jai" Nanda, Viren's brother; while Viren's murder is confirmed, Pankaj refuses to accept the army's version of the story behind Jai's death, as he pinpoints to a swimming championship trophy he had won in his young days, being the only person who was able to cross the lake in just one breath. Immediately outside her home as she tries to enter after returning, Harleen is kidnapped and, opening her eyes to the interior of a desert castle, meets Zafar, who reveals that the surrendered diamond is a fake, while Zorawar, who reveals himself, turns out to be Zafar's informer; he gives Harleen a [[truth serum]] in an attempt to find the location of the real diamond, but she then deduces that Rajveer is alive and is coming soon to kill Zafar and finish off his men. At the same time, Rajveer, who was assumed dead, plants time bombs and silently eliminates Zafar's henchmen who have been posted outside the castle.
Raj [[tranquilizer dart|tranquilizes]] Harleen and they escape with Harleen later waking up at a beach after an unknown period on the run. After she takes Raj's phone to call her grandmother, which allows government officials and subsequently Gul's men, led by his lieutenant Robert, to track them, a shootout ensues, which forces the duo to escape again after eliminating the officials and Robert's henchmen. Harleen wakes up the following morning in [[Prague]]; recognizing Raj's efforts in leading the escape, she regains her faith in him. Later, they track Gul down to a casino, and after a plot involving her, Raj ultimately kills Gul. Harleen is taken to the Indian Embassy, where she meets Zorawar and his boss, [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] Chief Narayanan as he gives her a tracking device to pinpoint Raj's location and retrieve the Koh-i-Noor.  


Once inside the castle, Rajveer confronts Zafar, revealing that the Koh-i-Noor was not stolen at all, and that it was a joint operation between the [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] and the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] to apprehend Zafar; in the conversation that follows, Rajveer admits his relationship with Viren. As the time bombs destroy the castle after going off, Zafar escapes with his remaining men while Rajveer gets out with Harleen, saving her all along; however, Zafar later blocks the duo, taking Harleen hostage and leaving with her on a [[Seaplane|seaplane]]; Rajveer eventually catches up, shooting down the seaplane to the ground and ultimately Zorawar in the process; following an intense confrontation, he kills Zafar after pushing Harleen out of the burning aircraft. Once he jumps out of the seaplane, which explodes seconds after Zafar's death, Rajveer loses consciousness and starts to drown, but is saved by Harleen as army officers airlift the duo.
After another argument on a bridge as they try to escape, Raj activates the tracking device himself, gives the Koh-i-Noor to Harleen and gets shot while jumping off the bridge. Harleen returns home to reunite with her grandmother but begins to miss Raj; in a moment of epiphany, she locates his house where she meets Raj's father, Pankaj and his mother Shikha, posing as a [[Package delivery|delivery runner]] for Pankaj's book order. A tense moment results in Harleen trying to leave suddenly, when she soon bumps into photographs of Raj, who is revealed by Shikha to be Jai Nanda, Viren's brother; while Viren's murder is confirmed, Pankaj refuses to accept the army's version of the story behind Jai's death, as he pinpoints to a [[Swimming (sport)|swimming championship]] trophy he had won in his young days, being the only person who was able to cross the lake in just one breath.  


Rajveer wakes up in a hospital, where he is informed by Narayanan, revealed to be his real commandant, that he will not be allowed to see Harleen or his own family again. Harleen, posing as a nurse, then administers a sedative knocking him out and the pair escape. After an unknown period on the run, Rajveer is eventually reunited with Pankaj and Shikha, as he finally introduces Harleen to them.
Immediately outside her home, Harleen is kidnapped and taken to the interior of a [[desert castle]], meets Zafar, who reveals that the surrendered diamond is a fake, while Zorawar turns out to be Zafar's informer; he gives Harleen a [[truth serum]] in an attempt to find the location of the real diamond, but she then deduces that Raj (Jai) is alive and is coming soon to kill Zafar and finish off his men. At the same time, Jai, who was assumed dead, plants time bombs and silently eliminates Zafar's henchmen who have been posted outside the castle. Inside the castle, Jai confronts Zafar, revealing that the Koh-i-Noor was not stolen at all and that it was a joint operation between the [[Secret Intelligence Service|British Intelligence]] and the [[Research and Analysis Wing|Indian RAW]] agencies to apprehend Zafar; in the conversation that follows, Jai intends to avenge Viren's death by killing Zafar.
 
As the time bombs destroying the castle start going off, Zafar escapes with his remaining men while Jai escapes with Harleen, saving her all along; however, Zafar later blocks the duo, taking Harleen hostage and leaving with her on a [[seaplane]]; Jai eventually catches up, shooting down the seaplane to the ground and ultimately Zorawar in the process; following an intense confrontation, he kills Zafar after pushing Harleen out of the burning aircraft. Once he jumps out of the seaplane, which explodes seconds after Zafar's death, Jai loses consciousness and starts to drown, but is saved by Harleen as the army officers airlift the duo. Jai wakes up in a hospital, where he is informed by Narayanan, revealed to be his real boss, that he will not be allowed to see Harleen or his own family again. Harleen, posing as a nurse, then administers a [[sedative]] knocking him out and the pair escape.
 
In the [[mid-credits scene]], after an unknown period on the run, Jai is eventually reunited with Pankaj and Shikha, as he finally introduces Harleen to them.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Hrithik Roshan]] as Rajveer Nanda / Jaiwant “Jai” Nanda
* [[Hrithik Roshan]] as Rajveer Nanda/Jai Nanda  
* [[Katrina Kaif]] as Harleen Sahni  
* [[Katrina Kaif]] as Harleen Sahni  
* [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] as Pankaj Nanda  
* [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] as Pankaj Nanda  
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* [[Javed Jaffrey]] as Hamid Gul
* [[Javed Jaffrey]] as Hamid Gul
* [[Pawan Malhotra]] as Zorawar Kalra
* [[Pawan Malhotra]] as Zorawar Kalra
* [[Vikram Gokhale]] as Narayanan
* [[Vikram Gokhale]] as Narayanan, [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] Chief
*Pradeep Kabra as Inspector Bhola
* Pradeep Kabra as Inspector Bhola
*Partha Akerkar as Robert
* Partha Akerkar as Robert Pandey
*Arsha Aghdasi as Goon
* Arsha Aghdasi as Goon
*[[Frank M. Ahearn]] as Bok Choy
* Frank M. Ahearn as Bok Choy
*Amir Badri as Bad Man
* Amir Badri as Bad Man
*[[Steven Clarke]] as Henchman
* Steven Clarke as Henchman
*Jawed El Berni as The Chain Fighter
* Jawed El Berni as The Chain Fighter
*Tina Grimm as Raver
* Tina Grimm as Raver
*Damian Mavis as Gangster
* Damian Mavis as Gangster
*Bill O'Leary as Boat Goon Driver
* Bill O'Leary as Boat Goon Driver
*[[Desmond O'Neill]] as Henchman
* Desmond O'Neill as Henchman
*John Pasley as Henchman / Police Officer
* John Pasley as Henchman / Police Officer
*Aditya Prakash as Receptionist at Pizza Hut
* Aditya Prakash as Receptionist at Pizza Hut
*Anteo Quintavalle as Henchman
* Anteo Quintavalle as Henchman
*[[Ron Smoorenburg]] as Henchman
* [[Ron Smoorenburg]] as Henchman
*[[Ankur Vikal]] as Shoaib
* [[Ankur Vikal]] as Shoaib


==Production==
==Production==
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===Casting===
===Casting===


Earlier reports had suggested that [[Siddharth Anand]], who had made ''[[Salaam Namaste]]'', ''[[Ta Ra Rum Pum]]'', ''[[Bachna Ae Haseeno]]'' and ''[[Anjaana Anjaani]]'' in the past, planned to make his next film with [[Shahid Kapoor]], but Kapoor wanted to avoid comparisons with Hollywood star [[Tom Cruise]] and also had no dates for the film as he had opted ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]'' already. [[Bipasha Basu]] rumouredly was also on board but turned down. Soon news came that Anand was planning a film with [[Hrithik Roshan]]. In September 2012, Roshan was confirmed to play the lead role, with [[Katrina Kaif]] confirmed to play the female lead in the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif to star in remake of Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz's Knight And Day? |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-tom-cruise-cameron-diaz-knight-and-day/1/221840.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif in Siddarth Anand film: Confirmed |url=http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-in-siddarth-anand-film-confirmed/ |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 September 2012}}</ref> Roshan started working on the film immediately after wrapping up [[Krrish 3]], and charged a {{INR|300 million|link=yes}} fee for his performance in the film, which until then was the most any actor in Bollywood had charged up front.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik charges Rs 30 crore for 'Bang Bang', becomes highest paid actor |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-charges-rs-30-crore-for-bang-bang-becomes-highest-paid-actor-64350.html |work=The Times of India |date=4 March 2013}}</ref> The film was soon revealed to be the official [[Bollywood]] remake of ''[[Knight and Day]]'', starring Cruise and [[Cameron Diaz]].
Earlier reports had suggested that [[Siddharth Anand]], who had made ''[[Salaam Namaste]]'', ''[[Ta Ra Rum Pum]]'', ''[[Bachna Ae Haseeno]]'' and ''[[Anjaana Anjaani]]'' in the past, planned to make his next film with [[Shahid Kapoor]], but Kapoor wanted to avoid comparisons with [[Tom Cruise]] and did not have availability of his dates for the film, as he had signed onto ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]''. [[Bipasha Basu]] rumouredly was also on-board, but she eventually turned down the film. Soon news came that Anand was planning a film with [[Hrithik Roshan]]. In September 2012, Roshan was confirmed to play the lead role, with [[Katrina Kaif]] playing the female lead in the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif to star in remake of Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz's Knight And Day? |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-tom-cruise-cameron-diaz-knight-and-day/1/221840.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif in Siddarth Anand film: Confirmed |url=http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-in-siddarth-anand-film-confirmed/ |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 September 2012}}</ref> Roshan started working on the film immediately after wrapping up ''[[Krrish 3]]'', and charged a {{INR|300 million|link=yes}} fee for his performance in the film, which until then was the most any actor in Bollywood had charged up front.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik charges Rs 30 crore for 'Bang Bang', becomes highest paid actor |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-charges-rs-30-crore-for-bang-bang-becomes-highest-paid-actor-64350.html |work=The Times of India |date=4 March 2013}}</ref> The film was soon revealed to be the official [[Bollywood]] remake of ''[[Knight and Day]]'', starring [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Cameron Diaz]].
 
===Makeup===
In June 2014, the [[Bollywood]] group known as the Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers' Association (CCMAA) authorized an official protest on the movie set of ''Bang Bang!'' in protest of foreign make-up artist [[Daniel Bauer (make-up artist)|Daniel Bauer]] working on the movie for its lead actress, [[Katrina Kaif]]. The CCMAA and 15 of its members protested on the movie set as Daniel Bauer was not registered with the Union, despite the Union banning foreign artists working in Bollywood. The issue was resolved with the CCMAA granting Daniel Bauer full membership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/salman-khan-comes-to-katrina-kaif-s-rescue/story-GMCYL9HKR55xcJU3pXZB7O.html|title=Salman Khan comes to Katrina Kaif's rescue|date=28 June 2014|website=hindustantimes.com|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>


===Filming===
===Filming===
In December 2012, it was confirmed that the official remake of ''Knight and Day'' would be titled ''Bang Bang''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif to go Bang Bang in Kashmir!|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/hrithik-roshan-and-katrina-kaif-to-go-bang-bang-in-kashmir/|publisher=bollywoodlife.com|date=26 December 2012}}</ref> In March 2013, the film's Kashmir schedule was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|title=Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan starrer Bang Bang's shoot cancelled in Kashmir |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/katrina-kaif-hrithik-roshan-starrer-bang-bang-s-shoot-cancelled-in-kashmir/article1-1027824.aspx|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=17 March 2013}}</ref> Shooting for the film began on 1 May 2013, with the film scheduled for release on 1 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif to begin shooting Bang Bang|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-to-begin-shooting-bang-bang-355373|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Unique water action sequences were shot in [[Thailand]] and [[Greece]]. In an interview with [[Mumbai Mirror]], Roshan spoke about the action sequences in the film stating, "I have pushed myself to the extreme for this stunt. This sequence called for mental and physical tenacity. The rush that I experienced while training and executing the sequence was out of the world. I was hooked to a sea plane while I did the stunt. I had trained non-stop to even attempt the sequence". Roshan refused to use any body double to perform the stunts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hrithik refuses to use body double, to perform Bang Bang stunts himself |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/hrithik-refuses-to-use-body-double-to-perform-bang-bang-stunts-himself-1398425.html |work=[[Firstpost]]|date=19 February 2013}}</ref>
In December 2012, it was confirmed that the official remake of ''Knight and Day'' would be titled ''Bang Bang''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif to go Bang Bang in Kashmir!|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/hrithik-roshan-and-katrina-kaif-to-go-bang-bang-in-kashmir/|publisher=bollywoodlife.com|date=26 December 2012}}</ref> In March 2013, the film's Kashmir schedule was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|title=Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan starrer Bang Bang's shoot cancelled in Kashmir|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/katrina-kaif-hrithik-roshan-starrer-bang-bang-s-shoot-cancelled-in-kashmir/article1-1027824.aspx|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=17 March 2013|access-date=6 September 2014|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908184242/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/katrina-kaif-hrithik-roshan-starrer-bang-bang-s-shoot-cancelled-in-kashmir/article1-1027824.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shooting for the film began on 1 May 2013, with the film scheduled for release on 1 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif to begin shooting Bang Bang|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-to-begin-shooting-bang-bang-355373|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Unique water action sequences were shot in [[Thailand]] and [[Greece]]. In an interview with [[Mumbai Mirror]], Roshan spoke about the action sequences in the film stating, "I have pushed myself to the extreme for this stunt. This sequence called for mental and physical tenacity. The rush that I experienced while training and executing the sequence was out of the world. I was hooked to a sea plane while I did the stunt. I had trained non-stop to even attempt the sequence". Roshan refused to use any body double to perform the stunts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hrithik refuses to use body double, to perform Bang Bang stunts himself |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/hrithik-refuses-to-use-body-double-to-perform-bang-bang-stunts-himself-1398425.html |work=[[Firstpost]]|date=19 February 2013}}</ref>


Talking about another water action sequences, the film's director [[Siddharth Anand]] revealed, "We can control the action we shoot on land, but while shooting at sea, you're at the mercy of the tide. Three days before the shoot, Hrithik started practicing the stunts for five-six hours daily. It took us eight days to shoot the sequences in water. For another water action sequence, Hrithik trained for four days, before the shooting. He learnt to jetski with a speed boat pulling him along first. Then, an antiquated plane was brought in with an experienced pilot at the controls, so that it could be slowed down and speeded up at will."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Out-of-the-blue/articleshow/42214055.cms |title=Out of the blue |date=11 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bang-bang-hrithik-does-never-before-seen-death-defying-stunts-608939 |title='Bang Bang': Hrithik Does Never-Before-Seen Death Defying Stunts |date=12 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/5-fab-facts-about-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-163382.html |title=5 Fab Facts About Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang |date=5 August 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>
Talking about another water action sequences, the film's director [[Siddharth Anand]] revealed, "We can control the action we shoot on land, but while shooting at sea, you're at the mercy of the tide. Three days before the shoot, Hrithik started practicing the stunts for five-six hours daily. It took us eight days to shoot the sequences in water. For another water action sequence, Hrithik trained for four days, before the shooting. He learnt to jetski with a speed boat pulling him along first. Then, an antiquated plane was brought in with an experienced pilot at the controls, so that it could be slowed down and speeded up at will."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Out-of-the-blue/articleshow/42214055.cms |title=Out of the blue |date=11 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bang-bang-hrithik-does-never-before-seen-death-defying-stunts-608939 |title='Bang Bang': Hrithik Does Never-Before-Seen Death Defying Stunts |website=[[International Business Times]] |date=12 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/5-fab-facts-about-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-163382.html |title=5 Fab Facts About Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang |date=5 August 2014|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref>


In July 2013, one of the songs of the film, "Meherbaan" was shot in the city of [[Santorini]] in Greece and choreographed by [[Ahmed Khan (choreographer)|Ahmed Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-and-katrina-spotted-shooting-for-bang-bang-in-greece/1/279515.html |title=Hrithik and Katrina go Bang Bang in Greece |work=[[India Today]] |date=1 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Look: Bang Bang – This One Looks Like Dhoom 2|url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/first-look-bang-bang-one-looks-like-dhoom-2/157142|publisher=Business of Cinema|date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://elinepa.org/bang-bang-2014-hindi-film/ Bang Bang!] (2014 Hindi Film), ELINEPA</ref> In [[Phuket]], Roshan performed a stunt where he had to use a water jetpack called a [[Flyboard]] and go 45 feet high in the sky and then dive down in the water. Roshan thus became the first actor in Hollywood or Bollywood to do a flyboarding stunt in a film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan Shows-off His Action Chops in Daring Act From Bang Bang|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-shows-off-his-action-chops-in-daring-act-from-bang-bang-657442|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="FlyboardStunt">{{cite news|title=Hrithik beats Hollywood heroes in doing daring stunts|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hrithik-beats-hollywood-heroes-in-doing-daring-stunts-2005005|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|date=25 July 2014}}</ref> He was injured during this schedule and subsequently had to undergo a brain surgery for removal of a [[Subdural haematoma|blood clot from his brain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hrithik got head injury during 'Bang Bang' shoot: Rakesh Roshan|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hrithik-got-head-injury-during-bang-bang-shoot-rakesh-roshan-1858735|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]]|date=8 July 2013}}</ref> Also, the Kashmir schedule of the film was delayed because of unrest in the valley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bang Bang: Lesser known facts of the Hrithik-Katrina starrer|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Bang-Bang-Lesser-known-facts-of-the-Hrithik-Katrina-starrer/photostory/38973339.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
In July 2013, one of the songs of the film, "Meherbaan" was shot in the city of [[Santorini]] in Greece and choreographed by [[Ahmed Khan (choreographer)|Ahmed Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-and-katrina-spotted-shooting-for-bang-bang-in-greece/1/279515.html |title=Hrithik and Katrina go Bang Bang in Greece |work=[[India Today]] |date=1 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Look: Bang Bang – This One Looks Like Dhoom 2|url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/first-look-bang-bang-one-looks-like-dhoom-2/157142|publisher=Business of Cinema|date=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://elinepa.org/bang-bang-2014-hindi-film/ Bang Bang!] (2014 Hindi Film), ELINEPA</ref> In [[Phuket]], Roshan performed a stunt where he had to use a water jetpack called a [[Flyboard]] and go 45 feet high in the sky and then dive down in the water. Roshan thus became the first actor in Hollywood or Bollywood to do a flyboarding stunt in a film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan Shows-off His Action Chops in Daring Act From Bang Bang|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-shows-off-his-action-chops-in-daring-act-from-bang-bang-657442|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="FlyboardStunt">{{cite news|title=Hrithik beats Hollywood heroes in doing daring stunts|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hrithik-beats-hollywood-heroes-in-doing-daring-stunts-2005005|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|date=25 July 2014}}</ref> He was injured during this schedule and subsequently had to undergo a brain surgery for removal of a [[Subdural haematoma|blood clot from his brain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hrithik got head injury during 'Bang Bang' shoot: Rakesh Roshan|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hrithik-got-head-injury-during-bang-bang-shoot-rakesh-roshan-1858735|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]]|date=8 July 2013}}</ref> Also, the Kashmir schedule of the film was delayed because of unrest in the valley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bang Bang: Lesser known facts of the Hrithik-Katrina starrer|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Bang-Bang-Lesser-known-facts-of-the-Hrithik-Katrina-starrer/photostory/38973339.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>


The delays caused the film's release date to be postponed to 2 October 2014.<ref name="RelD">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/global-showbiz-briefs-first-trailer-for-foxs-indian-knight-and-day-remake-bang-bang-will-ferrell-getting-deauville-fest-tribute-more-808781/|title=Global Showbiz Briefs: 'Knight And Day' copy 'Bang Bang'; Will Ferrell Getting Deauville Fest Tribute; More|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=17 July 2014}}</ref> There were reports that the film had overshot its budget to {{INR|1.3 billion}} from a planned budget of around 80–90 crore.<ref name="ShootingBudget">{{cite news|title=Why Bang Bang is one of the costliest Bollywood films?|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Why-Bang-Bang-is-one-of-the-costliest-Bollywood-films/photostory/43895417.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Anand denied such reports, saying "It's funny! Yes, ''Bang Bang!'' is a big-ticket film but its budget is as per the scale of the film. There's no question of exceeding it."<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan's Bang Bang goes over budget|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/hrithik-roshans-bang-bang-goes-over-budget/ |date=25 June 2014}}</ref> The shooting resumed in January 2014, in [[Shimla]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Goyal|first=Divya|title=Hrithik Roshan shoots for 'Bang Bang' in Shimla|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-shoots-for-bang-bang-in-shimla/|access-date=16 April 2014|date=3 February 2014}}</ref> [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]], [[Mumbai]], [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]], [[Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-is-back-in-action-resumes-bang-bang-shoot/ |title=Hrithik Roshan, Hrithik Roshan Bang Bang, Hrithik Roshan starts shooting, Hrithik Roshan Katrina Kaif, Katrina Kaif bang bang |work=The Indian Express |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> and [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140713/entertainment-bollywood/article/katrina-and-hrithik-shoot-last-leg-%E2%80%98bang-bang%E2%80%99-prague |title=Katrina and Hrithik shoot for the last leg of 'Bang Bang' in Prague |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=13 July 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> The shooting schedule in Shimla went on for straight six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-bang-bang-shimla/1/342828.html |title=Spotted: Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif shoot for Bang Bang in Shimla |work=[[India Today]] |date=10 February 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> The Manali bridge where the majority of scenes were shot, has become a grand tourist attraction and it was renamed as ''Bang Bang Point''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/14/aug/06-news-manali-bridge-renamed-after-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-081411.asp |title=Manali bridge renamed after Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif's BANG BANG |publisher=glamsham.com |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/a-bridge-renamed-after-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-in-manali/ |title=A bridge renamed after Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang in Manali! |publisher=bollywoodlife.com |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref> Just before the Abu Dhabi segment of the film, a song shoot was completed at an open-cafeteria in [[Film City]], [[Mumbai]] on 19 April 2014. Shimla was created in Film City, Mumbai to shoot a song and few action sequences for the film. The film was shot for 20 days in Film City with the lead pair . After wrapping up the Mumbai schedule, the filming team left for Abu Dhabi.<ref name="F1Cars1">{{cite web|title=Bang Bang's Shimla is actually Mumbai's Film City |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/bang-bangs-shimla-is-actually-mumbais-film-city-638820 |publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=22 April 2014}}</ref>
The delays caused the film's release date to be postponed to 2 October 2014.<ref name="RelD">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/global-showbiz-briefs-first-trailer-for-foxs-indian-knight-and-day-remake-bang-bang-will-ferrell-getting-deauville-fest-tribute-more-808781/|title=Global Showbiz Briefs: 'Knight And Day' copy 'Bang Bang'; Will Ferrell Getting Deauville Fest Tribute; More|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=17 July 2014}}</ref> There were reports that the film had overshot its budget to {{INR|1.3 billion}} from a planned budget of around 80–90 crore.<ref name="ShootingBudget">{{cite news|title=Why Bang Bang is one of the costliest Bollywood films?|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Why-Bang-Bang-is-one-of-the-costliest-Bollywood-films/photostory/43895417.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Anand denied such reports, saying "It's funny! Yes, ''Bang Bang!'' is a big-ticket film but its budget is as per the scale of the film. There's no question of exceeding it."<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan's Bang Bang goes over budget|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/hrithik-roshans-bang-bang-goes-over-budget/ |date=25 June 2014}}</ref> The shooting resumed in January 2014, in [[Shimla]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Goyal|first=Divya|title=Hrithik Roshan shoots for 'Bang Bang' in Shimla|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-shoots-for-bang-bang-in-shimla/|access-date=16 April 2014|date=3 February 2014}}</ref> [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]], [[Mumbai]], [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]], [[Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-is-back-in-action-resumes-bang-bang-shoot/ |title=Hrithik Roshan, Hrithik Roshan Bang Bang, Hrithik Roshan starts shooting, Hrithik Roshan Katrina Kaif, Katrina Kaif bang bang |work=The Indian Express |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> and [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140713/entertainment-bollywood/article/katrina-and-hrithik-shoot-last-leg-%E2%80%98bang-bang%E2%80%99-prague |title=Katrina and Hrithik shoot for the last leg of 'Bang Bang' in Prague |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=13 July 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> The shooting schedule in Shimla went on for straight six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-bang-bang-shimla/1/342828.html |title=Spotted: Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif shoot for Bang Bang in Shimla |work=[[India Today]] |date=10 February 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> The Manali bridge where the majority of scenes were shot, has become a grand tourist attraction and it was renamed as ''Bang Bang Point''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/14/aug/06-news-manali-bridge-renamed-after-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-081411.asp |title=Manali bridge renamed after Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif's BANG BANG |publisher=glamsham.com |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/a-bridge-renamed-after-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-in-manali/ |title=A bridge renamed after Hrithik Roshan-Katrina Kaif's Bang Bang in Manali! |publisher=bollywoodlife.com |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref> Just before the Abu Dhabi segment of the film, a song shoot was completed at an open-cafeteria in [[Film City, Mumbai|Film City]], [[Mumbai]] on 19 April 2014. Shimla was created in Film City, Mumbai to shoot a song and few action sequences for the film. The film was shot for 20 days in Film City with the lead pair . After wrapping up the Mumbai schedule, the filming team left for Abu Dhabi.<ref name="F1Cars1">{{cite web|title=Bang Bang's Shimla is actually Mumbai's Film City |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/bang-bangs-shimla-is-actually-mumbais-film-city-638820 |publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=22 April 2014}}</ref>


The [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]] schedule of shooting was intense and action-packed. In Abu Dhabi, filming started early May, and took place at various locations in Abu Dhabi including the Corniche, Liwa oasis, Hyatt Capital Gate Hotel, Qasr al Sarab, Emirates Palace and Yas Island. In one of the chase sequences in the film, 120 cars were involved. The film also had used [[Formula 1]] cars.<ref name="F1Cars_1">{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan drives F1 car out of the circuit |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshan-drives-F1-car-out-of-the-circuit/articleshow/41404643.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="F1Cars_2">{{cite web|title=Get ready for F1 ride with Hrithik Roshan's 'Bang Bang'|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-formula-one-ride-in-bang-bang--16780.html|publisher=IndiaTVNews|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> Even after the brain surgery, all the stunts were performed by Roshan himself. The stunts were designed by Andy Armstrong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-will-do-his-own-stunts-in-bang-bang-485564 |title=Hrithik Roshan will do his own stunts in Bang Bang|publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/After-injury-Hrithik-Roshan-to-perform-stunts-himself-for-Bang-Bang/articleshow/30670281.cms |title=After injury, Hrithik Roshan to perform stunts himself for 'Bang Bang'|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-to-perform-stunts-himself-for-bang-bang_150979.html |title=Hrithik Roshan to perform stunts himself for 'Bang Bang'|publisher=[[ZeeNews]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> and shot in Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/news/bang-hrithik-roshan-starrer-bang-bang/141503|title=More Bang! In Hrithik Roshan Starrer Bang Bang |publisher=Business of Cinema |date=19 April 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> The Abu Dhabi segment of shooting was completed on 20 May in collaboration with ''twofour54''.<ref name=ShootingInDubai>{{cite web|last=Nagraj|first=Aarti|title=Bollywood Film Bang Bang Completes Abu Dhabi Shoot|url=http://gulfbusiness.com/2014/05/bollywood-film-bang-bang-completes-abu-dhabi-shoot/|publisher=gulfbusiness.com|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.twofour54.com/en/news/news/bang-bang-wraps-successful-shoot-in-abu-dhabi-with-support-of-twofour54.html|title=Bang Bang wraps successful shoot in Abu Dhabi with support of twofour54|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526070147/http://media.twofour54.com/en/news/news/bang-bang-wraps-successful-shoot-in-abu-dhabi-with-support-of-twofour54.html|archive-date=26 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the first Bollywood film to be shot and co-produced in Abu Dhabi.<ref name="ShootingInDubai" /> The last leg of the film was scheduled in [[Prague]]. One stunt in which Roshan is on water skis while being pulled along by a sky plane was shot in a lake in Prague. He trained for four days to shoot this scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/in-bang-bang-hrithik-roshan-bang-bang-stunts-siddharth-anand-katrina-kaif-andy-armstrong/1/382103.html |title=Hrithik Roshan pushed his limits for Bang Bang |work=[[India Today]] |date=11 September 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> Shooting wrapped on 15 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/bang-bang-shoot-in-prague/ |title=Bang Bang shoot in Prague |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Out-of-the-blue/articleshow/42214055.cms |title=Out of the blue |newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=11 July 2014 |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref>
The [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]] schedule of shooting was intense and action-packed. In Abu Dhabi, filming started early May, and took place at various locations in Abu Dhabi including the Corniche, Liwa oasis, Hyatt Capital Gate Hotel, Qasr al Sarab, Emirates Palace and Yas Island. In one of the chase sequences in the film, 120 cars were involved. The film also had used [[Formula 1]] cars.<ref name="F1Cars_1">{{cite web|title=Hrithik Roshan drives F1 car out of the circuit |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshan-drives-F1-car-out-of-the-circuit/articleshow/41404643.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="F1Cars_2">{{cite web|title=Get ready for F1 ride with Hrithik Roshan's 'Bang Bang'|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-formula-one-ride-in-bang-bang--16780.html|publisher=IndiaTVNews|date=3 September 2014}}</ref> Even after the brain surgery, all the stunts were performed by Roshan himself. The stunts were designed by Andy Armstrong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-will-do-his-own-stunts-in-bang-bang-485564 |title=Hrithik Roshan will do his own stunts in Bang Bang|publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/After-injury-Hrithik-Roshan-to-perform-stunts-himself-for-Bang-Bang/articleshow/30670281.cms |title=After injury, Hrithik Roshan to perform stunts himself for 'Bang Bang'|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-to-perform-stunts-himself-for-bang-bang_150979.html |title=Hrithik Roshan to perform stunts himself for 'Bang Bang'|publisher=[[ZeeNews]] |date=19 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> and shot in Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/news/bang-hrithik-roshan-starrer-bang-bang/141503|title=More Bang! In Hrithik Roshan Starrer Bang Bang |publisher=Business of Cinema |date=19 April 2014 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> The Abu Dhabi segment of shooting was completed on 20 May in collaboration with ''twofour54''.<ref name=ShootingInDubai>{{cite web|last=Nagraj|first=Aarti|title=Bollywood Film Bang Bang Completes Abu Dhabi Shoot|url=http://gulfbusiness.com/2014/05/bollywood-film-bang-bang-completes-abu-dhabi-shoot/|publisher=gulfbusiness.com|access-date=31 May 2014|date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.twofour54.com/en/news/news/bang-bang-wraps-successful-shoot-in-abu-dhabi-with-support-of-twofour54.html|title=Bang Bang wraps successful shoot in Abu Dhabi with support of twofour54|access-date=26 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526070147/http://media.twofour54.com/en/news/news/bang-bang-wraps-successful-shoot-in-abu-dhabi-with-support-of-twofour54.html|archive-date=26 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the first Bollywood film to be shot and co-produced in Abu Dhabi.<ref name="ShootingInDubai" /> The last leg of the film was scheduled in [[Prague]]. One stunt in which Roshan is on water skis while being pulled along by a sky plane was shot in a lake in Prague. He trained for four days to shoot this scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/in-bang-bang-hrithik-roshan-bang-bang-stunts-siddharth-anand-katrina-kaif-andy-armstrong/1/382103.html |title=Hrithik Roshan pushed his limits for Bang Bang |work=[[India Today]] |date=11 September 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref> Shooting wrapped on 15 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/bang-bang-shoot-in-prague/ |title=Bang Bang shoot in Prague |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Out-of-the-blue/articleshow/42214055.cms |title=Out of the blue |newspaper=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=11 July 2014 |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref>


While filming in Thailand, Roshan suffered a head injury from a stunt accident and underwent [[Neurosurgery|brain surgery]] at  the [[Hinduja Hospital]], done by [[B. K. Misra| Dr. B. K. Misra]] to relieve [[subdural hematoma| subacute-subdural hematoma]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshans-brain-surgery-is-successful-says-father/articleshow/20954002.cms |title=Hrithik Roshan's brain surgery is successful, says father |last=Dubey, Bharati |date=7 July 2013 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112001826/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshans-brain-surgery-is-successful-says-father/articleshow/20954002.cms |archive-date=12 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://india.nydailynews.com/entertainmentarticle/40404f6546cc964076e917ff3402e1a0/hrithik-roshans-surgery-successful-dad-says-nothing-to-worry |title=Hrithik Roshan's surgery successful, dad says nothing to worry |date=7 July 2013 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102173811/http://india.nydailynews.com/entertainmentarticle/40404f6546cc964076e917ff3402e1a0/hrithik-roshans-surgery-successful-dad-says-nothing-to-worry |archive-date=2 November 2013 |publisher=[[HT Media]]}}</ref>
While filming in Thailand, Roshan suffered a head injury from a stunt accident and underwent [[Neurosurgery|brain surgery]] at  the [[Hinduja Hospital]], done by [[B. K. Misra|Dr. B. K. Misra]] to relieve [[subdural hematoma|subacute-subdural hematoma]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshans-brain-surgery-is-successful-says-father/articleshow/20954002.cms |title=Hrithik Roshan's brain surgery is successful, says father |last=Dubey, Bharati |date=7 July 2013 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112001826/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Hrithik-Roshans-brain-surgery-is-successful-says-father/articleshow/20954002.cms |archive-date=12 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://india.nydailynews.com/entertainmentarticle/40404f6546cc964076e917ff3402e1a0/hrithik-roshans-surgery-successful-dad-says-nothing-to-worry |title=Hrithik Roshan's surgery successful, dad says nothing to worry |date=7 July 2013 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102173811/http://india.nydailynews.com/entertainmentarticle/40404f6546cc964076e917ff3402e1a0/hrithik-roshans-surgery-successful-dad-says-nothing-to-worry |archive-date=2 November 2013 |publisher=[[HT Media]]}}</ref>


===Marketing===
===Marketing===


On the lines of the popular [[Ice Bucket Challenge]] – one of the biggest trends of the year, the dare on social media, Roshan came up with the dare-to-do game to Bollywood co-stars [[Aamir Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Nargis Fakhri]], [[Sonam Kapoor]], [[Ranveer Singh]], [[Farhan Akhtar]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Uday Chopra]] and [[Dabboo Ratnani]] on Twitter asking them to post videos of themselves doing a particular task and adding the hashtag #bangbangdare to it. Roshan even dared the smokers asking them not to smoke for 3 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshans-bang-bang-dares-for-bollywood-668559 |title=Hrithik Roshan's Bang Bang Dare For Bollywood |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Bollywood-stars-new-promotional-tactics/photostory/43228249.cms |title=Bollywood stars' new promotional tactics |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/the-hardsellers-bollywood-actors-who-are-masters-of-story-selling/15641199 |title=The hardsellers: Bollywood actors who are masters of story selling |publisher=[[mid-day]] |date=29 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-throws-bang-bang-dare-at-b-town-buddies/1/384061.html |title=Hrithik Roshan throws Bang Bang dare at B-Town buddies, smokers |work=[[India Today]] |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Stars-who-took-Hrithik-Roshans-BangBangDare/photostory/43805674.cms |title=Stars who took Hrithik Roshan's BangBangDare |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/when-aamir-khan-took-on-the-bang-bang-dare-and-took-off-the-transistor-673717 |title=When Aamir Khan Took on the Bang Bang Dare and Took Off The Transistor |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> One of the companies challenged Roshan himself, where he was asked to buy bed sheets from their store and if he did, ₹500,000 would be donated to city hospitals. He took up the dare sportingly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2014/bang-bang-dare-hrithik-roshan-160566.html |title=Hrithik Roshan Has Got A Bang Bang Dare! Will He Do It? |publisher=FilmiBeat |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> While most stars take to television shows to generate buzz about their films, Roshan refrained from promoting his movie through reality TV shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/television/hrithik-roshan-wont-promote-bang-bang-on-tv-shows-667704 |title=Hrithik Roshan Won't Promote Bang Bang on TV shows |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-inspires-hrithik-roshan-no-bang-bang-promotions-on-tv/article1-1265563.aspx |title=No Bang Bang promotions on TV |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref>
On the lines of the popular [[Ice Bucket Challenge]] – one of the biggest trends of the year, the dare on social media, Roshan came up with the dare-to-do game to Bollywood co-stars [[Aamir Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Nargis Fakhri]], [[Sonam Kapoor]], [[Ranveer Singh]], [[Farhan Akhtar]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Uday Chopra]] and [[Dabboo Ratnani]] on Twitter asking them to post videos of themselves doing a particular task and adding the hashtag #bangbangdare to it. Roshan even dared the smokers asking them not to smoke for 3 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshans-bang-bang-dares-for-bollywood-668559 |title=Hrithik Roshan's Bang Bang Dare For Bollywood |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Bollywood-stars-new-promotional-tactics/photostory/43228249.cms |title=Bollywood stars' new promotional tactics |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/the-hardsellers-bollywood-actors-who-are-masters-of-story-selling/15641199 |title=The hardsellers: Bollywood actors who are masters of story selling |publisher=[[mid-day]] |date=29 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-throws-bang-bang-dare-at-b-town-buddies/1/384061.html |title=Hrithik Roshan throws Bang Bang dare at B-Town buddies, smokers |work=[[India Today]] |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Stars-who-took-Hrithik-Roshans-BangBangDare/photostory/43805674.cms |title=Stars who took Hrithik Roshan's BangBangDare |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/when-aamir-khan-took-on-the-bang-bang-dare-and-took-off-the-transistor-673717 |title=When Aamir Khan Took on the Bang Bang Dare and Took Off The Transistor |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref> One of the companies challenged Roshan himself, where he was asked to buy bed sheets from their store and if he did, ₹500,000 would be donated to city hospitals. He took up the dare sportingly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2014/bang-bang-dare-hrithik-roshan-160566.html |title=Hrithik Roshan Has Got A Bang Bang Dare! Will He Do It? |publisher=FilmiBeat |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> While most stars take to television shows to generate buzz about their films, Roshan refrained from promoting his movie through reality TV shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/television/hrithik-roshan-wont-promote-bang-bang-on-tv-shows-667704 |title=Hrithik Roshan Won't Promote Bang Bang on TV shows |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-inspires-hrithik-roshan-no-bang-bang-promotions-on-tv/article1-1265563.aspx |title=No Bang Bang promotions on TV |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919002923/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/aamir-khan-inspires-hrithik-roshan-no-bang-bang-promotions-on-tv/article1-1265563.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>


To protect the film from piracy, the makers of the film approached the Court of Piracy with the plea that the film should not be viewed on any device or broadcast on any platform through the Internet without their permission and submitted a list of 90 websites. The Court responded positively on that and restrained them all from making the film available on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/planning-to-watch-bang-bang-online-hc-says-no/article1-1270264.aspx |title=Planning to watch Bang Bang online? HC says no |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=30 September 2014|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref>
To protect the film from piracy, the makers of the film approached the Court of Piracy with the plea that the film should not be viewed on any device or broadcast on any platform through the Internet without their permission and submitted a list of 90 websites. The Court responded positively on that and restrained them all from making the film available on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/planning-to-watch-bang-bang-online-hc-says-no/article1-1270264.aspx |title=Planning to watch Bang Bang online? HC says no |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-date=30 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930170722/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/planning-to-watch-bang-bang-online-hc-says-no/article1-1270264.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name       = Bang Bang!
| name         = Bang Bang!
| type       = Soundtrack
| type         = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| artist       = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| cover     = Meherbann from 'Bang Bang!' coverart.jpg
| cover       =  
| alt       =  
| alt         =  
| released   = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|09|16}}
| released     = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|09|16}}
| recorded   = Vishal & Shekhar Studio<br>2013–2014
| recorded     = Vishal & Shekhar Studio<br>2013–2014
| venue     =  
| venue       =  
| studio     =  
| studio       =  
| genre     = [[Film Soundtrack|Feature Film Soundtrack]]
| genre       = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length     = 22:17
| length       = 22:17
| label     = [[Zee Music Company]]
| label       = [[Zee Music Company]]
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The songs of the film were composed by [[Vishal-Shekhar]], while the background score has been composed by [[Salim–Sulaiman]].<ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg7XO1zgJHA|title=Swedish House Mafia – One (Original Mix)|date=26 April 2010|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> The digital album rights of the film were acquired by [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises|Zee Music Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Music-giant-acquires-digital-album-rights-of-Bang-Bang-and-Bombay-Velvet/articleshow/40929076.cms |title=Music giant acquires digital album rights of Bang Bang |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muzicmag.com/2014/07/bang-bang-2014-first-look-cast-crew-hrithik-katrina-release.html |title=Bang Bang (2014) – First Look, Cast Crew, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif |publisher=muzicmag.com |date=2 August 2014|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>


The first look of the song "Tu Meri" was revealed on 20 August 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-says-tu-meri-but-to-whom-find-out-651016 |title=Hrithik Roshan Says Tu Meri, But to Whom? Find Out | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=20 August 2014|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref> On 21 August 2014, its official music video was released. The song was written and sung by [[Vishal Dadlani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-returns-to-the-dance-floor-with-a-bang-bang-in-tu-meri-652286 |title=Hrithik Roshan Returns to The Dance Floor With a Bang Bang in Tu Meri |publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=21 August 2014|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://lyricstune.com/bang-bang-lyrics-title-song-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif.html|title = BANG BANG LYRICS (Title Song) – Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif|date = 31 July 2014|access-date = 31 July 2014}}</ref> The second song of the film "Meherbaan" featuring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif was released on 3 September 2014. This song was written by [[Anvita Dutt Guptan]] and sung by [[Ash King]], [[Shilpa Rao]] and Shekhar Ravjiani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-sizzle-in-meherbaan-658447 |title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif Sizzle in Meherbaan  |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=3 August 2014|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/meherbaan-the-perfect-romantic-song-from-bang-bang/article1-1259396.aspx#sthash.zoeGrDL7.rvJhRWO2.dpuf |title=Hrithik-Katrina's sizzling romance in Meherbaan |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111223/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/meherbaan-the-perfect-romantic-song-from-bang-bang/article1-1259396.aspx |archive-date=3 September 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The teaser of the title song was released on 16 September 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bang-bang-first-look-title-track-released-hrithik-katrina-share-romantic-moment-609254 |title='Bang Bang': First Look of Title Track Released; Hrithik-Katrina Share Romantic Moment | work=[[International Business Times]] | date=16 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> On 17 September 2014, the official music video of the song was released. The track was written by Dadlani, who also performed backing vocals on it, and sung by [[Benny Dayal]] and [[Neeti Mohan]]. It was choreographed by [[Bosco-Caesar]]. The song experience was "fun" for Roshan, who said, "It's my ode to the inspiration he [Michael Jackson] has been", while Kaif described her experience as "the biggest challenge. His flexibility is incredible. It is at a different level altogether. You have to be really good to match up to his energy. He has natural energy when he dances. It comes to him so effortlessly".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/watch-hrithik-roshans-tribute-to-michael-jackson-in-bang-bang-teaser/1/383387.html |title=Hrithik Roshan's tribute to Michael Jackson in Bang Bang title track | work=[[India Today]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/katrina-kaif-says-dancing-with-hrithik-was-the-biggest-challenge-667737 |title=Katrina Kaif Says Dancing With Hrithik Was the Biggest Challenge | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-title-track-is-out-isn-t-hrithik-the-best-dancer-in-bollywood/article1-1265286.aspx |title=Bang Bang title track is out: Isn't Hrithik the best dancer in Bollywood? | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-3-reasons-why-bang-bang-title-track-is-unmissable-2019552 |title=B3 Reasons why 'Bang Bang' title track is unmissable | newspaper=[[DNA India]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> All the songs were well received by audiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-song-tu-meri-goes-viral-16579.html |title=Bang Bang song #TuMeri goes viral, garners 2.4&nbsp;million views in 3 days |publisher=[[India News]] |date=26 August 2014|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-meherbaan-song-goes-viral-16876.html |title=Bang Bang #Meherbaan goes viral, garners 3.5&nbsp;million views in 6 days  |publisher=[[India News]] |date=8 September 2014|access-date=8 September 2014}}</ref>
The songs of the film were composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], while the background score has been composed by [[Salim–Sulaiman]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg7XO1zgJHA|title=Swedish House Mafia – One (Original Mix)|date=26 April 2010|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> The digital album rights of the film were acquired by [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises|Zee Music Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Music-giant-acquires-digital-album-rights-of-Bang-Bang-and-Bombay-Velvet/articleshow/40929076.cms |title=Music giant acquires digital album rights of Bang Bang |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muzicmag.com/2014/07/bang-bang-2014-first-look-cast-crew-hrithik-katrina-release.html |title=Bang Bang (2014) – First Look, Cast Crew, Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif |publisher=muzicmag.com |date=2 August 2014|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
 
The first look of the song "Tu Meri" was revealed on 20 August 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-says-tu-meri-but-to-whom-find-out-651016 |title=Hrithik Roshan Says Tu Meri, But to Whom? Find Out | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=20 August 2014|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref> On 21 August 2014, its official music video was released. The song was written and sung by [[Vishal Dadlani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-returns-to-the-dance-floor-with-a-bang-bang-in-tu-meri-652286 |title=Hrithik Roshan Returns to The Dance Floor With a Bang Bang in Tu Meri |publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=21 August 2014|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://lyricstune.com/bang-bang-lyrics-title-song-hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif.html|title = BANG BANG LYRICS (Title Song) – Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif|date = 31 July 2014|access-date = 31 July 2014}}</ref> The second song of the film "Meherbaan" featuring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif was released on 3 September 2014. This song was written by [[Anvita Dutt Guptan]] and sung by [[Ash King]], [[Shilpa Rao]] and Shekhar Ravjiani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaif-sizzle-in-meherbaan-658447 |title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif Sizzle in Meherbaan  |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=3 August 2014|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/meherbaan-the-perfect-romantic-song-from-bang-bang/article1-1259396.aspx#sthash.zoeGrDL7.rvJhRWO2.dpuf |title=Hrithik-Katrina's sizzling romance in Meherbaan |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903111223/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/meherbaan-the-perfect-romantic-song-from-bang-bang/article1-1259396.aspx |archive-date=3 September 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The teaser of the title song was released on 16 September 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/bang-bang-first-look-title-track-released-hrithik-katrina-share-romantic-moment-609254 |title='Bang Bang': First Look of Title Track Released; Hrithik-Katrina Share Romantic Moment | work=[[International Business Times]] | date=16 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> On 17 September 2014, the official music video of the song was released. The track was written by Dadlani, who also performed backing vocals on it, and sung by [[Benny Dayal]] and [[Neeti Mohan]]. It was choreographed by [[Bosco-Caesar]]. The song experience was "fun" for Roshan, who said, "It's my ode to the inspiration he [Michael Jackson] has been", while Kaif described her experience as "the biggest challenge. His flexibility is incredible. It is at a different level altogether. You have to be really good to match up to his energy. He has natural energy when he dances. It comes to him so effortlessly".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/watch-hrithik-roshans-tribute-to-michael-jackson-in-bang-bang-teaser/1/383387.html |title=Hrithik Roshan's tribute to Michael Jackson in Bang Bang title track | work=[[India Today]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/katrina-kaif-says-dancing-with-hrithik-was-the-biggest-challenge-667737 |title=Katrina Kaif Says Dancing With Hrithik Was the Biggest Challenge | publisher=[[NDTV]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-title-track-is-out-isn-t-hrithik-the-best-dancer-in-bollywood/article1-1265286.aspx |title=Bang Bang title track is out: Isn't Hrithik the best dancer in Bollywood? |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=19 September 2014 |archive-date=19 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919011348/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-title-track-is-out-isn-t-hrithik-the-best-dancer-in-bollywood/article1-1265286.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-3-reasons-why-bang-bang-title-track-is-unmissable-2019552 |title=B3 Reasons why 'Bang Bang' title track is unmissable | newspaper=[[DNA India]] | date=17 September 2014|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> All the songs were well received by audiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-song-tu-meri-goes-viral-16579.html |title=Bang Bang song #TuMeri goes viral, garners 2.4&nbsp;million views in 3 days |publisher=[[India News]] |date=26 August 2014|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/bang-bang-meherbaan-song-goes-viral-16876.html |title=Bang Bang #Meherbaan goes viral, garners 3.5&nbsp;million views in 6 days  |publisher=[[India News]] |date=8 September 2014|access-date=8 September 2014}}</ref>


===Hindi (Original Soundtrack)===
===Hindi (Original Soundtrack)===
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The film released worldwide on 2 October 2014.<ref>{{Citation|title=Bang Bang (2014) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2905838/releaseinfo|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>
The film released worldwide on 2 October 2014.<ref>{{Citation|title=Bang Bang (2014) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2905838/releaseinfo|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>


Domestically, ''Bang Bang!'' received mixed reviews from critics. The film was praised for its action sequences and performances while it was criticised by some for its story and screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bang-bang-review-hrithik-katrina-show-us-lengths-woman-must-go-get-man-1740323.html|title=Bang Bang! review: The remake is even more stupid than the original|work=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bang-bang-review-hrithik-katrina-show-dumb-bollywood-can-1740231.html|title=Bang Bang! review: Hrithik, Katrina show how explosively dumb Bollywood can be|work=Firstpost}}</ref> Nandhini Srinivasan from FilmiBeat gave 3 out of 5 stars and recommended "this total action-packed fun entertainer for the long weekend holiday".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/reviews/2014/bang-bang-movie-review-160680.html|title=Bang Bang Movie Review: Action-Packed Fun With Hrithik And Katrina|publisher=filmibeat.com}}</ref>
Domestically, ''Bang Bang!'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised for its action sequences, humor and performances, but was criticized for its plot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bang-bang-review-hrithik-katrina-show-us-lengths-woman-must-go-get-man-1740323.html|title=Bang Bang! review: The remake is even more stupid than the original|work=Firstpost|date=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/bang-bang-review-hrithik-katrina-show-dumb-bollywood-can-1740231.html|title=Bang Bang! review: Hrithik, Katrina show how explosively dumb Bollywood can be|work=Firstpost|date=2 October 2014}}</ref>  
 
Nandhini Srinivasan from ''[[FilmiBeat]]'' gave 3 out of 5 stars and recommended "this total action-packed fun entertainer for the long weekend holiday".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/reviews/2014/bang-bang-movie-review-160680.html|title=Bang Bang Movie Review: Action-Packed Fun With Hrithik And Katrina|date=2 October 2014|publisher=filmibeat.com}}</ref>


Paloma Sharma from Rediff, giving 2.5/5 rating to the film called it "a pointless official remake of an already bad original",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bang-bang-review-make-it-stop/20141002.htm|title=Bang Bang Review: Make it STOP!|date=2 October 2014|work=Rediff}}</ref> while Raja Sen, again from Rediff, also gave 2/5 stars and wrote that the film is "a stupid, stupid film trying to be slick, a B-grade film made on an A-list budget.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-bang-bang-is-loud-dumb-exhausting/20141002.htm|title=Review: Bang Bang is loud, dumb, exhausting|date=2 October 2014|work=Rediff}}</ref> Rajeev Masand on IBN Live gave the film 2/5 stars, commenting that "the film isn't unwatchable, but at 2 hours and 35 minutes, it certainly tests your patience".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bang-bang-review-the-film-isnt-unwatchable-but-certainly-tests-your-patience/503497-47-84.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004020512/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bang-bang-review-the-film-isnt-unwatchable-but-certainly-tests-your-patience/503497-47-84.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-04|title='Bang Bang' review: The film isn't unwatchable but certainly tests your patience|publisher=CNN-IBN}}</ref>
Paloma Sharma from ''[[Rediff]]'', giving 2.5/5 rating to the film called it "a pointless official remake of an already bad original",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/bang-bang-review-make-it-stop/20141002.htm|title=Bang Bang Review: Make it STOP!|date=2 October 2014|work=Rediff}}</ref> while Raja Sen, again from Rediff, also gave 2/5 stars and wrote that the film is "a stupid, stupid film trying to be slick, a B-grade film made on an A-list budget.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-bang-bang-is-loud-dumb-exhausting/20141002.htm|title=Review: Bang Bang is loud, dumb, exhausting|date=2 October 2014|work=Rediff}}</ref> Rajeev Masand on ''IBN Live'' gave the film 2/5 stars, commenting that "the film isn't unwatchable, but at 2 hours and 35 minutes, it certainly tests your patience".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bang-bang-review-the-film-isnt-unwatchable-but-certainly-tests-your-patience/503497-47-84.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004020512/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bang-bang-review-the-film-isnt-unwatchable-but-certainly-tests-your-patience/503497-47-84.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-10-04|title='Bang Bang' review: The film isn't unwatchable but certainly tests your patience|publisher=CNN-IBN}}</ref>


The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, calling Roshan "the eye candy of the film"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/bang-bang-movie-review/|title='Bang Bang' review: Hrithik Roshan is the film's eye candy, Katrina Kaif is more giggle than sizzle|date=2 October 2014|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>
''[[The Indian Express]]'' rated it 1.5/5, calling Roshan "the eye candy of the film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/bang-bang-movie-review/|title='Bang Bang' review: Hrithik Roshan is the film's eye candy, Katrina Kaif is more giggle than sizzle|date=2 October 2014|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>


==Box office==
==Box office==
Worldwide, ''Bang Bang'' grossed {{INR|332–340 [[crore]]}}<ref name="BollywoodHungama">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bang-bang/box-office/|title=Bang Bang! Box Office Collection till Now |website=[[Box Office India]]|date=20 November 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722203215/http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/themusicofpkdoesnotseemifthefirsttwosongsarethebestofthelotsocanitstillbeattherecordsasitisexpectedtodo|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="IBT 340">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/box-office-collection-bang-bang-earns-340-cr-worldwide-super-nani-dull-roar-steady-612875|title=Bang Bang - Movie - Worldwide Gross|website=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|3500|IND|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}}), becoming one of the highest-grossing [[List of Bollywood films of 2014|Bollywood films of 2014]].
Worldwide, ''Bang Bang'' grossed {{INR| 350 [[crore]]}}<ref name="BollywoodHungama">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bang-bang/box-office/|title=Bang Bang! Box Office Collection till Now |website=[[Box Office India]]|date=20 November 2014|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722203215/http://boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/themusicofpkdoesnotseemifthefirsttwosongsarethebestofthelotsocanitstillbeattherecordsasitisexpectedtodo|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="IBT 340">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/box-office-collection-bang-bang-earns-340-cr-worldwide-super-nani-dull-roar-steady-612875|title=Bang Bang - Movie - Worldwide Gross|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=2 November 2014|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> ({{US$|{{To USD|3500|IND|year=2014|round=yes}} million|long=no}}), becoming one of the highest-grossing [[List of Bollywood films of 2014|Bollywood films of 2014]].


===India===
===India===
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===Overseas===
===Overseas===
''Bang Bang!'' earned $4.89&nbsp;million overseas in its opening weekend. The biggest debut came from the UAE ($1.8&nbsp;million), North America ($3.35&nbsp;million), United Kingdom ($922,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/international-box-office-gone-girl-bang-dracula-untold-annabelle-846119/|title=Int'l Box Office Update|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>
''Bang Bang!'' earned $4.89&nbsp;million overseas in its opening weekend. The biggest debut came from the UAE ($1.8&nbsp;million), North America ($3.35&nbsp;million), United Kingdom ($922,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/international-box-office-gone-girl-bang-dracula-untold-annabelle-846119/|title=Int'l Box Office Update|date=6 October 2014|access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>
At the end of its theatrical run overseas, the film earned $13.97&nbsp;million. The highest revenue came from Gulf ($4.46&nbsp;million), US/Canada ($2.62&nbsp;million), UK (£1.165&nbsp;million) and Australia (Aus $457,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/overseascomparisonkickvbangbang|title=Bang Bang! Overseas Business|publisher=Box Office India Trade Network|date=27 November 2014}}</ref>
At the end of its theatrical run overseas, the film earned $13.97&nbsp;million. The highest revenue came from Gulf ($4.46&nbsp;million), US/Canada ($2.62&nbsp;million), UK (£1.165&nbsp;million) and Australia (Aus $457,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/overseascomparisonkickvbangbang|title=Bang Bang! Overseas Business|publisher=Box Office India Trade Network|date=27 November 2014}}</ref>


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For other uses of "Bang Bang", see Bang Bang.

Bang Bang!
File:Bang Bang (2014 Film).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiddharth Anand
Produced byFox Star Studios
Written byAbbas Tyrewala (dialogues)
Screenplay byAdapted:
Sujoy Ghosh
Suresh Nair
Story byPatrick O'Neill (original)
Siddharth Anand (adapted)
Based onKnight and Day
by James Mangold
StarringHrithik Roshan
Katrina Kaif
Music bySongs:
Vishal–Shekhar
Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
CinematographySunil Patel
Edited byAkiv Ali
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 2 October 2014 (2014-10-02)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹140 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹332 crore[2]

Bang Bang! is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Abbas Tyrewala, Sujoy Ghosh and Suresh Nair.[3] Produced by Fox Star Studios, it is an official remake of the 2010 American film Knight and Day and stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif,[4] while co-starring Javed Jaffrey and Danny Denzongpa, with Jimmy Sheirgill in a special appearance. The film follows a mysterious thief on the run, whose encounter with an unassuming bank receptionist sets off a chain of events resulting in a series of escapades.

Made on a budget of ₹140 crore (US$16 million), Bang Bang! was released in conventional and IMAX theatres on 2 October 2014, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti.[5] Also released with dubbed versions on the same date simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, the film attracted praise towards its action sequences and grossed ₹332 crore (US$38 million) globally to become the one of the top grossing Bollywood films of 2014 and the 38th highest grossing Indian film of all time.

Plot[edit]

After a treaty between India and the UK to expedite extradition of terrorist Omar Zafar to India is passed, Colonel Viren Nanda is murdered and burnt alive by Omar in London, during his escape from prison. Omar, who is escorted by his trusted lieutenant Hamid Gul, declares US$50 million reward for an Indian thief to steal the Koh-i-Noor diamond, so as to uphold the treaty.

Later, a mysterious person named Rajveer alias Raj steals it, and demands US$20 million as Zafar and Gul aim to retrieve it. After a subsequent brawl with Gul's men at a local restaurant in Shimla, Raj visits a restaurant where he meets an ambitious but unassuming bank receptionist, Harleen Sahni , who is waiting for her blind internet date, Vickie Kapoor, to show up. Raj assumes the date and the pair fall for each other, but he is forced to abandon her after being found by Gul's surviving men. Harleen leaves upon learning the truth, but on her way back home, bumps again into Raj, who seeks her help to remove a bullet. Before leaving, he drugs her with a sedative water and informs her of scare tactics that some law enforcement officials will try and coerce her into working against him.

As predicted, The government agents Zorawar Kalra and his informer, Inspector Bhola (Pradeep Kabra) implore Harleen to travel with them to the police station, but instead head for a safe place, taking note of Raj's instructions, she finds a pistol and holds them at gunpoint. Raj arrives and the pair escape, but meet Harleen's manager Karan Saxena, who is shot in the leg by Raj. Harleen, perturbed, demands that she return home, having made a huge mistake by trusting him, which leads to an argument over their loyalties, but she eventually decides to stay upon realizing that he truly intends to protect her, and proceeds to accompany him. Raj later reveals during a visit to a Pizza Hut outlet that he stole the Koh-i-Noor, much to Harleen's surprise, and the pair are immediately confronted by Zorawar and his team, who had been following the duo.

Raj tranquilizes Harleen and they escape with Harleen later waking up at a beach after an unknown period on the run. After she takes Raj's phone to call her grandmother, which allows government officials and subsequently Gul's men, led by his lieutenant Robert, to track them, a shootout ensues, which forces the duo to escape again after eliminating the officials and Robert's henchmen. Harleen wakes up the following morning in Prague; recognizing Raj's efforts in leading the escape, she regains her faith in him. Later, they track Gul down to a casino, and after a plot involving her, Raj ultimately kills Gul. Harleen is taken to the Indian Embassy, where she meets Zorawar and his boss, RAW Chief Narayanan as he gives her a tracking device to pinpoint Raj's location and retrieve the Koh-i-Noor.

After another argument on a bridge as they try to escape, Raj activates the tracking device himself, gives the Koh-i-Noor to Harleen and gets shot while jumping off the bridge. Harleen returns home to reunite with her grandmother but begins to miss Raj; in a moment of epiphany, she locates his house where she meets Raj's father, Pankaj and his mother Shikha, posing as a delivery runner for Pankaj's book order. A tense moment results in Harleen trying to leave suddenly, when she soon bumps into photographs of Raj, who is revealed by Shikha to be Jai Nanda, Viren's brother; while Viren's murder is confirmed, Pankaj refuses to accept the army's version of the story behind Jai's death, as he pinpoints to a swimming championship trophy he had won in his young days, being the only person who was able to cross the lake in just one breath.

Immediately outside her home, Harleen is kidnapped and taken to the interior of a desert castle, meets Zafar, who reveals that the surrendered diamond is a fake, while Zorawar turns out to be Zafar's informer; he gives Harleen a truth serum in an attempt to find the location of the real diamond, but she then deduces that Raj (Jai) is alive and is coming soon to kill Zafar and finish off his men. At the same time, Jai, who was assumed dead, plants time bombs and silently eliminates Zafar's henchmen who have been posted outside the castle. Inside the castle, Jai confronts Zafar, revealing that the Koh-i-Noor was not stolen at all and that it was a joint operation between the British Intelligence and the Indian RAW agencies to apprehend Zafar; in the conversation that follows, Jai intends to avenge Viren's death by killing Zafar.

As the time bombs destroying the castle start going off, Zafar escapes with his remaining men while Jai escapes with Harleen, saving her all along; however, Zafar later blocks the duo, taking Harleen hostage and leaving with her on a seaplane; Jai eventually catches up, shooting down the seaplane to the ground and ultimately Zorawar in the process; following an intense confrontation, he kills Zafar after pushing Harleen out of the burning aircraft. Once he jumps out of the seaplane, which explodes seconds after Zafar's death, Jai loses consciousness and starts to drown, but is saved by Harleen as the army officers airlift the duo. Jai wakes up in a hospital, where he is informed by Narayanan, revealed to be his real boss, that he will not be allowed to see Harleen or his own family again. Harleen, posing as a nurse, then administers a sedative knocking him out and the pair escape.

In the mid-credits scene, after an unknown period on the run, Jai is eventually reunited with Pankaj and Shikha, as he finally introduces Harleen to them.

Cast[edit]

  • Hrithik Roshan as Rajveer Nanda/Jai Nanda
  • Katrina Kaif as Harleen Sahni
  • Kanwaljit Singh as Pankaj Nanda
  • Deepti Naval as Shikha Nanda
  • Jimmy Sheirgill in a special appearance as Col. Viren Nanda
  • Danny Denzongpa as Omar Zafar
  • Javed Jaffrey as Hamid Gul
  • Pawan Malhotra as Zorawar Kalra
  • Vikram Gokhale as Narayanan, RAW Chief
  • Pradeep Kabra as Inspector Bhola
  • Partha Akerkar as Robert Pandey
  • Arsha Aghdasi as Goon
  • Frank M. Ahearn as Bok Choy
  • Amir Badri as Bad Man
  • Steven Clarke as Henchman
  • Jawed El Berni as The Chain Fighter
  • Tina Grimm as Raver
  • Damian Mavis as Gangster
  • Bill O'Leary as Boat Goon Driver
  • Desmond O'Neill as Henchman
  • John Pasley as Henchman / Police Officer
  • Aditya Prakash as Receptionist at Pizza Hut
  • Anteo Quintavalle as Henchman
  • Ron Smoorenburg as Henchman
  • Ankur Vikal as Shoaib

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

Earlier reports had suggested that Siddharth Anand, who had made Salaam Namaste, Ta Ra Rum Pum, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Anjaana Anjaani in the past, planned to make his next film with Shahid Kapoor, but Kapoor wanted to avoid comparisons with Tom Cruise and did not have availability of his dates for the film, as he had signed onto Haider. Bipasha Basu rumouredly was also on-board, but she eventually turned down the film. Soon news came that Anand was planning a film with Hrithik Roshan. In September 2012, Roshan was confirmed to play the lead role, with Katrina Kaif playing the female lead in the film.[6][7] Roshan started working on the film immediately after wrapping up Krrish 3, and charged a ₹300 million fee for his performance in the film, which until then was the most any actor in Bollywood had charged up front.[8] The film was soon revealed to be the official Bollywood remake of Knight and Day, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

Makeup[edit]

In June 2014, the Bollywood group known as the Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers' Association (CCMAA) authorized an official protest on the movie set of Bang Bang! in protest of foreign make-up artist Daniel Bauer working on the movie for its lead actress, Katrina Kaif. The CCMAA and 15 of its members protested on the movie set as Daniel Bauer was not registered with the Union, despite the Union banning foreign artists working in Bollywood. The issue was resolved with the CCMAA granting Daniel Bauer full membership.[9]

Filming[edit]

In December 2012, it was confirmed that the official remake of Knight and Day would be titled Bang Bang.[10] In March 2013, the film's Kashmir schedule was cancelled.[11] Shooting for the film began on 1 May 2013, with the film scheduled for release on 1 May 2014.[12] Unique water action sequences were shot in Thailand and Greece. In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, Roshan spoke about the action sequences in the film stating, "I have pushed myself to the extreme for this stunt. This sequence called for mental and physical tenacity. The rush that I experienced while training and executing the sequence was out of the world. I was hooked to a sea plane while I did the stunt. I had trained non-stop to even attempt the sequence". Roshan refused to use any body double to perform the stunts.[13]

Talking about another water action sequences, the film's director Siddharth Anand revealed, "We can control the action we shoot on land, but while shooting at sea, you're at the mercy of the tide. Three days before the shoot, Hrithik started practicing the stunts for five-six hours daily. It took us eight days to shoot the sequences in water. For another water action sequence, Hrithik trained for four days, before the shooting. He learnt to jetski with a speed boat pulling him along first. Then, an antiquated plane was brought in with an experienced pilot at the controls, so that it could be slowed down and speeded up at will."[14][15][16]

In July 2013, one of the songs of the film, "Meherbaan" was shot in the city of Santorini in Greece and choreographed by Ahmed Khan.[17][18][19] In Phuket, Roshan performed a stunt where he had to use a water jetpack called a Flyboard and go 45 feet high in the sky and then dive down in the water. Roshan thus became the first actor in Hollywood or Bollywood to do a flyboarding stunt in a film.[20][21] He was injured during this schedule and subsequently had to undergo a brain surgery for removal of a blood clot from his brain.[22] Also, the Kashmir schedule of the film was delayed because of unrest in the valley.[23]

The delays caused the film's release date to be postponed to 2 October 2014.[24] There were reports that the film had overshot its budget to ₹1.3 billion from a planned budget of around 80–90 crore.[25] Anand denied such reports, saying "It's funny! Yes, Bang Bang! is a big-ticket film but its budget is as per the scale of the film. There's no question of exceeding it."[26] The shooting resumed in January 2014, in Shimla,[27] Manali, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Delhi[28] and Prague.[29] The shooting schedule in Shimla went on for straight six weeks.[30] The Manali bridge where the majority of scenes were shot, has become a grand tourist attraction and it was renamed as Bang Bang Point.[31][32] Just before the Abu Dhabi segment of the film, a song shoot was completed at an open-cafeteria in Film City, Mumbai on 19 April 2014. Shimla was created in Film City, Mumbai to shoot a song and few action sequences for the film. The film was shot for 20 days in Film City with the lead pair . After wrapping up the Mumbai schedule, the filming team left for Abu Dhabi.[33]

The Abu Dhabi schedule of shooting was intense and action-packed. In Abu Dhabi, filming started early May, and took place at various locations in Abu Dhabi including the Corniche, Liwa oasis, Hyatt Capital Gate Hotel, Qasr al Sarab, Emirates Palace and Yas Island. In one of the chase sequences in the film, 120 cars were involved. The film also had used Formula 1 cars.[34][35] Even after the brain surgery, all the stunts were performed by Roshan himself. The stunts were designed by Andy Armstrong[36][37][38] and shot in Abu Dhabi.[39] The Abu Dhabi segment of shooting was completed on 20 May in collaboration with twofour54.[40][41] It is the first Bollywood film to be shot and co-produced in Abu Dhabi.[40] The last leg of the film was scheduled in Prague. One stunt in which Roshan is on water skis while being pulled along by a sky plane was shot in a lake in Prague. He trained for four days to shoot this scene.[42] Shooting wrapped on 15 July 2014.[43][44]

While filming in Thailand, Roshan suffered a head injury from a stunt accident and underwent brain surgery at the Hinduja Hospital, done by Dr. B. K. Misra to relieve subacute-subdural hematoma.[45][46]

Marketing[edit]

On the lines of the popular Ice Bucket Challenge – one of the biggest trends of the year, the dare on social media, Roshan came up with the dare-to-do game to Bollywood co-stars Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Dino Morea, Uday Chopra and Dabboo Ratnani on Twitter asking them to post videos of themselves doing a particular task and adding the hashtag #bangbangdare to it. Roshan even dared the smokers asking them not to smoke for 3 days.[47][48][49][50][51][52] One of the companies challenged Roshan himself, where he was asked to buy bed sheets from their store and if he did, ₹500,000 would be donated to city hospitals. He took up the dare sportingly.[53] While most stars take to television shows to generate buzz about their films, Roshan refrained from promoting his movie through reality TV shows.[54][55]

To protect the film from piracy, the makers of the film approached the Court of Piracy with the plea that the film should not be viewed on any device or broadcast on any platform through the Internet without their permission and submitted a list of 90 websites. The Court responded positively on that and restrained them all from making the film available on the Internet.[56]

Soundtrack[edit]

Bang Bang!
Soundtrack album by
Vishal–Shekhar
Released16 September 2014 (2014-09-16)
RecordedVishal & Shekhar Studio
2013–2014
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:17
LabelZee Music Company
ProducerVishal–Shekhar
Vishal–Shekhar chronology
Hasee Toh Phasee
(2014) 		Bang Bang!
(2014) 		Happy New Year
(2014)
External audio
Audio Jukebox at YouTube
Singles from Bang Bang!
  1. "Meherbaan"
    Released: 6 September 2014 (2014-09-06) (Single)
    3 September 2014 (2014-09-03) (Music video)

The songs of the film were composed by Vishal–Shekhar, while the background score has been composed by Salim–Sulaiman.[57] The digital album rights of the film were acquired by Zee Music Company.[58][59]

The first look of the song "Tu Meri" was revealed on 20 August 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.[60] On 21 August 2014, its official music video was released. The song was written and sung by Vishal Dadlani.[61][62] The second song of the film "Meherbaan" featuring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif was released on 3 September 2014. This song was written by Anvita Dutt Guptan and sung by Ash King, Shilpa Rao and Shekhar Ravjiani.[63][64] The teaser of the title song was released on 16 September 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif.[65] On 17 September 2014, the official music video of the song was released. The track was written by Dadlani, who also performed backing vocals on it, and sung by Benny Dayal and Neeti Mohan. It was choreographed by Bosco-Caesar. The song experience was "fun" for Roshan, who said, "It's my ode to the inspiration he [Michael Jackson] has been", while Kaif described her experience as "the biggest challenge. His flexibility is incredible. It is at a different level altogether. You have to be really good to match up to his energy. He has natural energy when he dances. It comes to him so effortlessly".[66][67][68][69] All the songs were well received by audiences.[70][71]

Hindi (Original Soundtrack)[edit]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Tu Meri"Vishal DadlaniVishal Dadlani04:17
2."Meherbaan"Anvita Dutt, KumaarAsh King, Shilpa Rao, Shekhar Ravjiani05:07
3."Uff"Anvita DuttBenny Dayal, Harshdeep Kaur04:32
4."Bang Bang"Vishal DadlaniBenny Dayal, Neeti Mohan05:20
5."Meherbaan" (Reprise version)Anvita Dutt, KumaarShekhar Ravjiani03:01
Total length:22:17

Telugu (Dubbed Version)[edit]

All lyrics are written by Chandrabose.

Bang Bang (Telugu)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ivvaleyee Gaaluloo"Benny Dayal04:17
2."Priyathama"Ash King, Shilpa Rao05:15
3."Uff"Benny Dayal03:16
4."Bang Bang Title Song"Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan04:08
Total length:16:56

Tamil (Dubbed Version)[edit]

All lyrics are written by Madhan Karky.

Bang Bang (Tamil)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."En Kaiyil"Benny Dayal04:17
2."Pavanmaai"Ash King, Shilpa Rao05:15
3."Uff"Benny Dayal03:16
4."Bang Bang Title Song"Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan04:08
Total length:16:56

Critical reception[edit]

The film released worldwide on 2 October 2014.[72]

Domestically, Bang Bang! received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised for its action sequences, humor and performances, but was criticized for its plot.[73][74]

Nandhini Srinivasan from FilmiBeat gave 3 out of 5 stars and recommended "this total action-packed fun entertainer for the long weekend holiday".[75]

Paloma Sharma from Rediff, giving 2.5/5 rating to the film called it "a pointless official remake of an already bad original",[76] while Raja Sen, again from Rediff, also gave 2/5 stars and wrote that the film is "a stupid, stupid film trying to be slick, a B-grade film made on an A-list budget.".[77] Rajeev Masand on IBN Live gave the film 2/5 stars, commenting that "the film isn't unwatchable, but at 2 hours and 35 minutes, it certainly tests your patience".[78]

The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, calling Roshan "the eye candy of the film".[79]

Box office[edit]

Worldwide, Bang Bang grossed ₹350 crore[80][81] ($57 million), becoming one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2014.

India[edit]

Bang Bang! (Hindi) had a theatrical run for 5 weeks with a final domestic nett of around ₹1.81 billion.[82][83] The Tamil and Telugu versions of the film grossed around ₹60 million nett.[84]

Overseas[edit]

Bang Bang! earned $4.89 million overseas in its opening weekend. The biggest debut came from the UAE ($1.8 million), North America ($3.35 million), United Kingdom ($922,000).[85] At the end of its theatrical run overseas, the film earned $13.97 million. The highest revenue came from Gulf ($4.46 million), US/Canada ($2.62 million), UK (£1.165 million) and Australia (Aus $457,000).[86]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Award Category Recipients and nominees Result Ref.
7th Mirchi Music Awards Male Vocalist of The Year Vishal Dadlani - "Tu Meri" Nominated [87][88]
Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) Abhijit Nalani & Zoheb Khan - "Bang Bang"

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