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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name= John Day | | name = John Day | ||
| image= File:John Day Poster (2013).jpg | | image = File:John Day Poster (2013).jpg | ||
| alt= | | alt = | ||
| caption=Theatrical release poster | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director=Ahishor Solomon | | director = Ahishor Solomon | ||
| producer=Anjum Rizvi | | producer = Anjum Rizvi<br>Aatif Khan<br>K. Asif | ||
| writer=Ahishor Solomon | | writer = Ahishor Solomon<br>Kartik Krishnan (dialogue) | ||
| starring=[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Randeep Hooda]]<br>[[Vipin Sharma]]<br>[[Shernaz Patel]]<br>[[Sharat Saxena]]<br>[[Elena Kazan]] | | starring = [[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br>[[Randeep Hooda]]<br>[[Vipin Sharma]]<br>[[Shernaz Patel]]<br>[[Sharat Saxena]]<br>[[Elena Kazan]] | ||
| music= Kshitij Tarey | | music = [[Sandeep Chowta]]<br>Strings<br>Kshitij Tarey | ||
| cinematography=Prakash Kutty | | cinematography = [[Prakash Kutty]] | ||
| editing= Arindam Ghatak | | editing = Arindam Ghatak | ||
| studio= | | studio = | ||
| distributor= | | distributor = | ||
| released={{Film date|df=yes|2013|9|13}} (India)<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Review: John Day is a muddled affair|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1888397/report-film-review-john-day-is-a-muddled-affair|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=13 September 2013|publisher=DNA|author=Tushar Joshi }}</ref> | | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|9|13}} (India)<ref>{{cite web|title=Film Review: John Day is a muddled affair|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1888397/report-film-review-john-day-is-a-muddled-affair|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=13 September 2013|publisher=DNA|author=Tushar Joshi }}</ref> | ||
| runtime= | | runtime = 138 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/john-day-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mta0nju|title=John Day|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> | ||
| country=India | | country = India | ||
| language=[[Hindi]] | | language = [[Hindi]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''John Day''''' is 2013 Hindi [[thriller film]] directed by Ahishor Solomon | '''''John Day''''' is a 2013 Indian [[Hindi-language]] [[action thriller film]] written and directed by Ahishor Solomon. The film stars [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Randeep Hooda]], [[Elena Kazan]], [[Vipin Sharma]], and [[Shernaz Patel]]. It is an [[plagiarism|unofficial remake]] of the Spanish thriller ''[[Box 507]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Randeep Hooda - Naseeruddin Shah On The Sets Of John Day | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaIqR1chDg| accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-13 |title=John Day review: Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda keep the film afloat |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/john-day-review-naseeruddin-shah-randeep-hooda-keep-the-film-afloat-1107027.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
John Day is a bank manager | John Day is a bank manager at Royal Citizen Co-operative Bank and lives with his wife Maria Day. The couple has recently lost their only daughter Pearl in a forest fire while she was on a trip with her boyfriend Kanishk. Maria is always depressed and never opens up with anyone. One day, when John is away for office work, a courier-boy enters the house and takes Maria as a captive. He then calls up John, informing him about his wife is a hostage, and tells him that a man will visit him at his bank and John has to do his work. It is shown that actually, it was a planned bank heist where the visitor gagged John, opened up the cash locker, and fled. Meanwhile, the kidnapper hammered Maria, causing her serious brain damage, and she got admitted to the hospital in a state of coma. | ||
The news spread | The news spread on all TV channels. An impatient and short tempered Police Officer, Gautam, is shocked and calls his girlfriend Tabassum to collect a very important document stored in a locker of the bank. Inside the bank, the bank authorities, in the presence of the police, are giving away claims to bank customers, when Tabassum approaches and claims her documents which are revealed to be some property papers called "CASABLANCA ESTATES". This surprises John Day, and he follows the duo in his car and observes them depositing the file in a government property office. John bribes the office personnel and procures the original Casablanca files, and investigates. | ||
During his investigation, he learns that police Officer Gautam also seeks the files and wants to sell them to a Mafia-based organization in Dubai. Gautam is under pressure from the Mafia to hand over the original documents of "Casablanca Estates". John vows to take revenge on the people who have injured his wife and actually eliminates all the informants, including the kidnapper, the bank robbers and others involved. He then takes Tabassum as a captive and calls Gautam, and another powerful Mafia Khan Saab at Gautam's place, and there, the truth is revealed. | During his investigation, he learns that police Officer Gautam also seeks the files and wants to sell them to a Mafia-based organization in Dubai. Gautam is under pressure from the Mafia to hand over the original documents of "Casablanca Estates". John vows to take revenge on the people who have injured his wife and actually eliminates all the informants, including the kidnapper, the bank robbers and others involved. He then takes Tabassum as a captive and calls Gautam, and another powerful Mafia Khan Saab at Gautam's place, and there, the truth is revealed. | ||
Casablanca estate is nothing but 8000 acres of forest land being acquired illegally on papers by Mafia Lord Khan Saab and Dubai based Al Hunain, along with the help of Police Officer Gautam, who works for Khan. They had acquired the land, registered it with the insurance company and then set fire to the jungle in order to get heavy compensation. It was revealed that on that fateful day, when the fire erupted, John Day's daughter Pearl was there for a jungle trip and perished in the same while her boyfriend escaped unhurt. | Casablanca estate is nothing but 8000 acres of forest land being acquired illegally on papers by Mafia Lord Khan Saab and Dubai based Al Hunain, along with the help of Police Officer Gautam, who works for Khan. They had acquired the land, registered it with the insurance company, and then set fire to the jungle in order to get heavy compensation. It was revealed that on that fateful day, when the fire erupted, John Day's daughter Pearl was there for a jungle trip and perished in the same while her boyfriend escaped unhurt. | ||
Meanwhile, Gautam has a plan to sell the papers for | Meanwhile, Gautam has a plan to sell the papers for 50 Crores to the Dubai-based AG group and settle with his girlfriend abroad. When Khan is about to shoot Gautam for his treachery, Tabassum opens fire to save him. An ensuing shootout occurs in the room and results in Tabassum being killed, Khan and his associates, badly wounded and finally, Gautam being shot multiple times by John. John then shoots Khan Saab too. Later he is shown weeping at the graves of his daughter and wife. The film ends with a Biblical quote by Mark "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? (Mark 8:36). | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as John Day | |||
*[[Randeep Hooda]] as Gautam | * [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as John Day | ||
*[[ | * [[Randeep Hooda]] as Gautam | ||
*[[Shernaz Patel]] as Maria | * [[Elena Kazan]] as Tabassum Habibi | ||
*[[Sharat Saxena]] as Sikander Hayat Khan | * [[Shernaz Patel]] as Maria Day | ||
*[[ | * [[Sharat Saxena]] as Sikander Hayat Khan | ||
*[[ | * [[Vipin Sharma]] as Inspector Mangesh Shinde | ||
* | * [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Krishnan | ||
* | * Kenneth Desai as Prakash Nair | ||
* Pramod Pathak as Vikrant Ghosh | |||
* [[Dinesh Lamba]] as Liyaqat | |||
* [[Deepak Shirke]] as Wagle | |||
* [[Anant Mahadevan]] as John Day's friend | |||
* [[Denzil Smith]] as Priest | |||
*[[Dinesh Lamba]] as Liyaqat | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[ | |||
==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
{{Track listing | |||
| extra_column = Singer(s) | |||
| title1 = Charon Taraf | |||
| | | length1 = 4:58 | ||
| lyrics1 = Anwar Maqsood | |||
| | | music1 = Strings | ||
| | | extra1 = Strings | ||
| | | title2 = Kis Lamhe Mein | ||
| | | note2 = Female Version | ||
| | | length2 = 4:26 | ||
| lyrics2 = [[Sayeed Quadri]] | |||
| music2 = Kshitij Karey | |||
| extra2 = [[Aditi Singh Sharma]] | |||
| title3 = Kis Lamhe Mein | |||
| note3 = Male Version | |||
| length3 = 4:26 | |||
| lyrics3 = Sayeed Quadri | |||
| music3 = Kshitij Karey | |||
| extra3 = Kshitij Karey | |||
}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 2 March 2026
| John Day | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ahishor Solomon |
| Produced by | Anjum Rizvi Aatif Khan K. Asif |
| Written by | Ahishor Solomon Kartik Krishnan (dialogue) |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Randeep Hooda Vipin Sharma Shernaz Patel Sharat Saxena Elena Kazan |
| Music by | Sandeep Chowta Strings Kshitij Tarey |
| Cinematography | Prakash Kutty |
| Edited by | Arindam Ghatak |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
John Day is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Ahishor Solomon. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda, Elena Kazan, Vipin Sharma, and Shernaz Patel. It is an unofficial remake of the Spanish thriller Box 507.[3][4]
Plot[edit | edit source]
John Day is a bank manager at Royal Citizen Co-operative Bank and lives with his wife Maria Day. The couple has recently lost their only daughter Pearl in a forest fire while she was on a trip with her boyfriend Kanishk. Maria is always depressed and never opens up with anyone. One day, when John is away for office work, a courier-boy enters the house and takes Maria as a captive. He then calls up John, informing him about his wife is a hostage, and tells him that a man will visit him at his bank and John has to do his work. It is shown that actually, it was a planned bank heist where the visitor gagged John, opened up the cash locker, and fled. Meanwhile, the kidnapper hammered Maria, causing her serious brain damage, and she got admitted to the hospital in a state of coma.
The news spread on all TV channels. An impatient and short tempered Police Officer, Gautam, is shocked and calls his girlfriend Tabassum to collect a very important document stored in a locker of the bank. Inside the bank, the bank authorities, in the presence of the police, are giving away claims to bank customers, when Tabassum approaches and claims her documents which are revealed to be some property papers called "CASABLANCA ESTATES". This surprises John Day, and he follows the duo in his car and observes them depositing the file in a government property office. John bribes the office personnel and procures the original Casablanca files, and investigates.
During his investigation, he learns that police Officer Gautam also seeks the files and wants to sell them to a Mafia-based organization in Dubai. Gautam is under pressure from the Mafia to hand over the original documents of "Casablanca Estates". John vows to take revenge on the people who have injured his wife and actually eliminates all the informants, including the kidnapper, the bank robbers and others involved. He then takes Tabassum as a captive and calls Gautam, and another powerful Mafia Khan Saab at Gautam's place, and there, the truth is revealed.
Casablanca estate is nothing but 8000 acres of forest land being acquired illegally on papers by Mafia Lord Khan Saab and Dubai based Al Hunain, along with the help of Police Officer Gautam, who works for Khan. They had acquired the land, registered it with the insurance company, and then set fire to the jungle in order to get heavy compensation. It was revealed that on that fateful day, when the fire erupted, John Day's daughter Pearl was there for a jungle trip and perished in the same while her boyfriend escaped unhurt.
Meanwhile, Gautam has a plan to sell the papers for 50 Crores to the Dubai-based AG group and settle with his girlfriend abroad. When Khan is about to shoot Gautam for his treachery, Tabassum opens fire to save him. An ensuing shootout occurs in the room and results in Tabassum being killed, Khan and his associates, badly wounded and finally, Gautam being shot multiple times by John. John then shoots Khan Saab too. Later he is shown weeping at the graves of his daughter and wife. The film ends with a Biblical quote by Mark "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? (Mark 8:36).
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Naseeruddin Shah as John Day
- Randeep Hooda as Gautam
- Elena Kazan as Tabassum Habibi
- Shernaz Patel as Maria Day
- Sharat Saxena as Sikander Hayat Khan
- Vipin Sharma as Inspector Mangesh Shinde
- Makarand Deshpande as Krishnan
- Kenneth Desai as Prakash Nair
- Pramod Pathak as Vikrant Ghosh
- Dinesh Lamba as Liyaqat
- Deepak Shirke as Wagle
- Anant Mahadevan as John Day's friend
- Denzil Smith as Priest
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Charon Taraf" | Anwar Maqsood | Strings | Strings | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Kis Lamhe Mein" (Female Version) | Sayeed Quadri | Kshitij Karey | Aditi Singh Sharma | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Kis Lamhe Mein" (Male Version) | Sayeed Quadri | Kshitij Karey | Kshitij Karey | 4:26 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Tushar Joshi (13 September 2013). "Film Review: John Day is a muddled affair". DNA. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ "John Day". British Board of Film Classification.
- ↑ "Randeep Hooda - Naseeruddin Shah On The Sets Of John Day". YouTube. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ↑ "John Day review: Naseeruddin Shah, Randeep Hooda keep the film afloat". Firstpost. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2025.