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| caption        = Promotional poster depicting the film's main antagonists.
| caption        = Promotional poster depicting the film's main antagonists.
| director      = [[Vikram Chopra]]
| director      = [[Vikram Chopra]]
| producer      = [[Sohail Khan]]<br>[[Ravi Walia]]
| writer        = [[Mayur Puri]] (Additional Dialogues)
| writer        = [[Mayur Puri]] (Additional Dialogues)
| screenplay    = [[Sohail Khan]]<br>[[Vikram Chopra]]
| screenplay    = [[Sohail Khan]]<br>Vikram Chopra
| story          = [[Sohail Khan]]
| story          = Sohail Khan
| producer      = Sohail Khan<br>[[Ravi Walia]]
| starring      = [[Sunil Shetty]]<br>[[Sohail Khan]]<br>[[Zayed Khan]]<br>[[Dino Morea]]<br>[[Ritesh Deshmukh]]<br>[[Aashish Chaudhary]]<br>[[Rahul Dev]]<br>[[Dia Mirza]]<br>[[Amrita Arora]]
| narrator      =
| narrator      =
| starring      = [[Sunil Shetty]]<br>[[Sohail Khan]]<br>[[Zayed Khan]]<br>[[Dino Morea]]<br>[[Ritesh Deshmukh]]<br>[[Aashish Chaudhary]]<br>[[Aseem Agarwal]]<br>[[Rahul Dev]]
| music          = [[Pritam]]
| cinematography = [[Sudeep Chatterjee]]<br>[[Sanu John Varghese]]
| cinematography = [[Sudeep Chatterjee]]<br>[[Sanu John Varghese]]
| editing        = Rameshwar S. Bhagat
| editing        = Rameshwar S. Bhagat
| studio        =
| music          = <small>'''Songs'''</small><br>[[Pritam]]<br><small>'''Background score'''</small><br>[[Salim Sulaiman]]
| studio        =  
| distributor    = [[Sohail Khan Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Sohail Khan Productions]]
| released      = {{film date|df=y|2006|2|17}}
| released      = {{film date|df=y|2006|2|17}}
| runtime        = 145 mins
| runtime        = 145 mins
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        =
| budget        = {{INR}}8,25 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=298|title=Fight Club – Members Only – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INR}}8,88 crore<ref name="auto"/>
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'''''Fight Club: Members Only''''' is a 2006 Indian [[action film]] directed by [[Vikram Chopra]] and produced by [[Ravi Walia]] and [[Sohail Khan]]. The film stars [[Zayed Khan]], [[Sohail Khan]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Ritesh Deshmukh]], [[Aashish Chaudhary]], [[Rahul Dev]], [[Dia Mirza]], [[Amrita Arora]] and [[Suniel Shetty]] in the lead roles while [[Ashmit Patel]], [[Yash Tonk]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] and [[Neha Dhupia]] are featured in crucial roles. While the film notably copies the title and logo of the 1999 American film ''[[Fight Club]]'', the plot has few parallels or allusions to the American film or the [[Fight Club (novel)|novel on which it is based]].
'''''Fight Club: Members Only''''' is a 2006 Indian [[action film]] directed by [[Vikram Chopra]] and produced by [[Ravi Walia]] and [[Sohail Khan]]. The film features an ensemble cast of [[Suniel Shetty]], [[Zayed Khan]], [[Sohail Khan]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Ritesh Deshmukh]], [[Aashish Chaudhary]], [[Rahul Dev]], [[Dia Mirza]] and [[Amrita Arora]] while [[Ashmit Patel]], [[Yash Tonk]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] and [[Neha Dhupia]] are featured in crucial roles. While the film notably copies the title and logo of the 1999 American film ''[[Fight Club]]'', the plot has few parallels or allusions to the American film or the [[Fight Club (novel)|novel on which it is based]].<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kYql5DOPhpsJ:https://www.sify.com/movies/fight-club---members-only-review-bollywood-pclvQccdegbaa.html+&cd=23&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us ''Sify'' review]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/02/17/fight_club_members_only_2006_review.shtml | title=BBC - Movies - review - Fight Club - Members Only }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=070506062505 | title=Fight Club - movie review by Raj Agarwal - Planet Bollywood }}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The story follows four friends, Vicky ([[Zayed Khan]]), Karan ([[Dino Morea]]), Somil ([[Riteish Deshmukh]]) and Diku ([[Aashish Chaudhary]]). The four often attend [[Nightclub|clubs]] and drink alcohol together. One night, they witness a physical brawl, and Vicky comes up with the idea of making a "Fight Club," in which the participants will be allowed to fight physically but with valid reason. The night when the Fight Club is opened, Somil comes to know that his uncle, who brought him up and currently lives in [[Delhi]], has met some troubles. Some local gangsters want to take over the club of Somil's uncle to use it for drugs smuggling. After being firmly rejected, they threatened to kill him. Somil then leaves for Delhi to help his uncle, leaving the other 3 boys running the Fight Club in [[Mumbai]].
The story follows four friends, Vicky, Karan, Somil and Diku. The four often attend [[Nightclub|clubs]] and drink alcohol together. One night, they witness a physical brawl, and Vicky comes up with the idea of making a "Fight Club," in which the participants will be allowed to fight physically but with valid reason. The night when the Fight Club is opened, Somil learns that his uncle, who brought him up and currently lives in Delhi, has met some troubles. Some local gangsters want to take over the club of Somil's uncle to use it for drugs smuggling. After being firmly rejected, they threatened to kill him. Somil then leaves for Delhi to help his uncle, leaving the other three boys running the Fight Club in [[Mumbai]].


When Mohit ([[Yash Tonk]]), a college youngster, enters the club and takes part in a fight, he ends up beating his opponent severely to critical condition. After being stopped by Vicky, Mohit attacks him, to which response Vicky throws him out of the club. The scene is caught by several police officers, they arrest Mohit and seals the Fight Club, but others manage to escape and select a new place to keep running the Fight Club. After Mohit is released, he arrives with Anna's ([[Sunil Shetty]]) old gangster friends to get revenge, but is rejected by the latter.
When Mohit, a college youngster, enters the club and takes part in a fight, he ends up beating his opponent severely to critical condition. After being stopped by Vicky, Mohit attacks him, to which response Vicky throws him out of the club. The scene is caught by several police officers, they arrest Mohit and seal the Fight Club, but others manage to escape and select a new place to keep running the Fight Club. After Mohit is released, he arrives with Anna's old gangster friends to get revenge, but is rejected by the latter.


Anna, Mohit's older brother is released from prison where he stayed for 8 years and visits Mohit to see if he has changed himself from keeping fighting and working for gangsters, Anna tells Mohit that the reason he quit the gangster group and handed himself to the police was that he wanted to set a good example for Mohit. He then takes Mohit to Delhi for vacation.
Anna, Mohit's older brother is released from prison where he stayed for 8 years and visits Mohit to see if he has changed himself from keeping fighting and working for gangsters, Anna tells Mohit that the reason he quit the gangster group and handed himself to the police was that he wanted to set a good example for Mohit. He then takes Mohit to Delhi for vacation.


Vicky, Karan and Diku keep running the Fight Club. One night, Vicky's past classmate Sameer ([[Sohail Khan]]) shows up in the club to challenge Vicky. Sameer almost beats Vicky, but police arrives in the scene, making all of them escape. The new place is sealed again by police, and the 3 friends decide to give it up and go to Delhi to visit Somil.
Vicky, Karan and Diku keep running the Fight Club. One night, Vicky's past classmate Sameer shows up in the club to challenge Vicky. Sameer almost beats Vicky, but police arrives in the scene, making all of them escape. The new place is sealed again by police, and the three friends decide to give it up and go to Delhi to visit Somil.


Somil's uncle was killed by gangsters before the 3 arrive. The 4 then take over Somil's Uncle's club Crossroads to reopen it, but the gangsters almost destroy it again in the first night after its reopening. The 4 then decide to hire a bouncer to protect their club from being destroyed again, and Vicky comes up with the idea of hiring Sameer. Sameer rejects at first, but later shows up when the 4 are fighting with the gangster group and saves them and joined them in running the club.
Somil's uncle was killed by gangsters before the three arrive. The four then take over Somil's uncle's club Crossroads to reopen it, but the gangsters almost destroy it again in the first night after its reopening. The four then decide to hire a bouncer to protect their club from being destroyed again, and Vicky comes up with the idea of hiring Sameer. Sameer rejects at first, but later shows up when the four are fighting with the gangster group and saves them and joined them in running the club.


While staying in Delhi, Mohit cheats Anna by telling him that he will go back to Mumbai to attend college but instead going to meet his old gangster friends Sandy ([[Rahul Dev]]) and Dinesh ([[Ashmit Patel]]), who killed Somil's uncle. Anna coincidentally meets Sandy and Dinesh, the two then invite Anna to come back to their gangster group again but are rejected by Anna. Dinesh comes up with idea to get Anna back.
While staying in Delhi, Mohit cheats Anna by telling him that he will go back to Mumbai to attend college but instead going to meet his old gangster friends Sandy and Dinesh, who killed Somil's uncle. Anna coincidentally meets Sandy and Dinesh, the two then invite Anna to come back to their gangster group again but are rejected by Anna. Dinesh comes up with idea to get Anna back.


Mohit meets Diku, making him aware that the 4 of them are also in Delhi. Dinesh takes Mohit to Crossroads to revenge, but lets Mohit get in alone. When Mohit is beaten by the 5 of them, Dinesh doesn't help or even show up, Moreover, he kills Mohit soon after he's beaten , making Vicky and his friends naturally blamed, The 5 of them are all arrested with murder charge but are soon bailed by Vicky's father, in exchange, Vicky agrees with his father to go back to Mumbai with him, Soon enough, Anna finds out about this incident, and plans to avenge Mohit with his whole crew.
Mohit meets Diku, making him aware that the four of them are also in Delhi. Dinesh takes Mohit to Crossroads to revenge, but lets Mohit enter alone. When Mohit is beaten by the five of them, Dinesh doesn't help or even show up, Moreover, he kills Mohit soon after he's beaten, making Vicky and his friends naturally blamed, and the five of them are arrested for murder but are soon bailed by Vicky's father, in exchange, Vicky agrees with his father to return to Mumbai with him, Soon enough, Anna finds out about this incident, and plans to avenge Mohit with his whole crew.


Vicky develops a romantic relationship with Anu ([[Dia Mirza]]), Karan's younger sister, and Karan falls in love with his neighbour Sonali ([[Amrita Arora]]). As the friends get a phone call they realize that Anna has captured Somil and Dikku. Karan and Sameer rush to save them, but beaten in a fight with Sandy and Dinesh. Vicky then arrives to help his friends and also gets knocked down. Somil then realizes that Dinesh was the one who killed Mohit with a small screwdriver when Dinesh tries to kill Somil with the same weapon, but Anna saves Somil and kills Dinesh. Sandy is left devastated as Anna, Vicky, Sameer, Somil, Karan and Dikku go back to the bar. Ultimately, Anna befriends the five and the Crossroads club is converted into a regular nightclub.
Vicky develops a romantic relationship with Anu, Karan's younger sister, and Karan falls in love with his neighbour Sonali. As the friends get a phone call they realize that Anna has captured Somil and Dikku. Karan and Sameer rush to save them, but beaten in a fight with Sandy and Dinesh. Vicky then arrives to help his friends and is knocked down. Somil then realizes that Dinesh was the one who killed Mohit with a small screwdriver when Dinesh tries to kill Somil with the same weapon, but Anna saves Somil and kills Dinesh. Sandy is left devastated as Anna, Vicky, Sameer, Somil, Karan and Dikku return to the bar. Ultimately, Anna befriends the five and the Crossroads club is converted into a regular nightclub.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Suniel Shetty]] as Anna Shetty
*[[Suniel Shetty]] as Anna Shetty
*[[Sohail Khan]] as Sameer Kapoor
*[[Sohail Khan]] as Sameer
*[[Zayed Khan]] as Vicky Khanna
*[[Zayed Khan]] as Vicky Khanna
*[[Dino Morea]] as Karan Chopra
*[[Dino Morea]] as Karan Chopra
*[[Ritesh Deshmukh]] as Somil Sharma
*[[Ritesh Deshmukh]] as Somil  
* [[Aashish Chaudhary]] as Dikku
*[[Aashish Chaudhary]] as Dikku
*[[Ashmit Patel]] as Dinesh
*[[Rahul Dev]] as Sandy
*[[Yash Tonk]] as Mohit Shetty
*[[Dia Mirza]] as Anu Chopra
*[[Dia Mirza]] as Anu Chopra
*[[Amrita Arora]] as Sonali Malhotra
*[[Amrita Arora]] as Sonali Malhotra
*[[Rahul Dev]] as Sandy
*[[Neha Dhupia]] as Dr. Komal (friendly appearance)
*[[Ashmit Patel]] as Dinesh
*[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Suhas (guest appearance)
*[[Yash Tonk]] as Mohit Shetty
*[[Puneet Vashisht]] as Sapru
* [[Neha Dhupia]] as Komal
*[[Murali Sharma]] as Police Inspector
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Suhas Sharma
*[[Kamal Chopra]] as Mr.Khanna
*[[Aseem Agrawal]] as Blondy Singh
*[[Vikrant Anand]] as Fighter
* Kamal Chopra as Mr. Khanna
* Puneet Vasishtha as Sapru
* [[Murli Sharma]] as Police Inspector
* Vikrant Anand As Fighter
* [[Vivek V. Mashru]] cameo appearance


==Music==
==Music==
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Fight Club
File:Figt clubb.jpg
Promotional poster depicting the film's main antagonists.
Directed byVikram Chopra
Produced bySohail Khan
Ravi Walia
Written byMayur Puri (Additional Dialogues)
Screenplay bySohail Khan
Vikram Chopra
Story bySohail Khan
StarringSunil Shetty
Sohail Khan
Zayed Khan
Dino Morea
Ritesh Deshmukh
Aashish Chaudhary
Rahul Dev
Dia Mirza
Amrita Arora
Music bySongs
Pritam
Background score
Salim Sulaiman
CinematographySudeep Chatterjee
Sanu John Varghese
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Distributed bySohail Khan Productions
Release date
  • 17 February 2006 (2006-02-17)
Running time
145 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget8,25 crore[1]
Box office8,88 crore[1]

Fight Club: Members Only is a 2006 Indian action film directed by Vikram Chopra and produced by Ravi Walia and Sohail Khan. The film features an ensemble cast of Suniel Shetty, Zayed Khan, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Rahul Dev, Dia Mirza and Amrita Arora while Ashmit Patel, Yash Tonk, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Neha Dhupia are featured in crucial roles. While the film notably copies the title and logo of the 1999 American film Fight Club, the plot has few parallels or allusions to the American film or the novel on which it is based.[2][3][4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The story follows four friends, Vicky, Karan, Somil and Diku. The four often attend clubs and drink alcohol together. One night, they witness a physical brawl, and Vicky comes up with the idea of making a "Fight Club," in which the participants will be allowed to fight physically but with valid reason. The night when the Fight Club is opened, Somil learns that his uncle, who brought him up and currently lives in Delhi, has met some troubles. Some local gangsters want to take over the club of Somil's uncle to use it for drugs smuggling. After being firmly rejected, they threatened to kill him. Somil then leaves for Delhi to help his uncle, leaving the other three boys running the Fight Club in Mumbai.

When Mohit, a college youngster, enters the club and takes part in a fight, he ends up beating his opponent severely to critical condition. After being stopped by Vicky, Mohit attacks him, to which response Vicky throws him out of the club. The scene is caught by several police officers, they arrest Mohit and seal the Fight Club, but others manage to escape and select a new place to keep running the Fight Club. After Mohit is released, he arrives with Anna's old gangster friends to get revenge, but is rejected by the latter.

Anna, Mohit's older brother is released from prison where he stayed for 8 years and visits Mohit to see if he has changed himself from keeping fighting and working for gangsters, Anna tells Mohit that the reason he quit the gangster group and handed himself to the police was that he wanted to set a good example for Mohit. He then takes Mohit to Delhi for vacation.

Vicky, Karan and Diku keep running the Fight Club. One night, Vicky's past classmate Sameer shows up in the club to challenge Vicky. Sameer almost beats Vicky, but police arrives in the scene, making all of them escape. The new place is sealed again by police, and the three friends decide to give it up and go to Delhi to visit Somil.

Somil's uncle was killed by gangsters before the three arrive. The four then take over Somil's uncle's club Crossroads to reopen it, but the gangsters almost destroy it again in the first night after its reopening. The four then decide to hire a bouncer to protect their club from being destroyed again, and Vicky comes up with the idea of hiring Sameer. Sameer rejects at first, but later shows up when the four are fighting with the gangster group and saves them and joined them in running the club.

While staying in Delhi, Mohit cheats Anna by telling him that he will go back to Mumbai to attend college but instead going to meet his old gangster friends Sandy and Dinesh, who killed Somil's uncle. Anna coincidentally meets Sandy and Dinesh, the two then invite Anna to come back to their gangster group again but are rejected by Anna. Dinesh comes up with idea to get Anna back.

Mohit meets Diku, making him aware that the four of them are also in Delhi. Dinesh takes Mohit to Crossroads to revenge, but lets Mohit enter alone. When Mohit is beaten by the five of them, Dinesh doesn't help or even show up, Moreover, he kills Mohit soon after he's beaten, making Vicky and his friends naturally blamed, and the five of them are arrested for murder but are soon bailed by Vicky's father, in exchange, Vicky agrees with his father to return to Mumbai with him, Soon enough, Anna finds out about this incident, and plans to avenge Mohit with his whole crew.

Vicky develops a romantic relationship with Anu, Karan's younger sister, and Karan falls in love with his neighbour Sonali. As the friends get a phone call they realize that Anna has captured Somil and Dikku. Karan and Sameer rush to save them, but beaten in a fight with Sandy and Dinesh. Vicky then arrives to help his friends and is knocked down. Somil then realizes that Dinesh was the one who killed Mohit with a small screwdriver when Dinesh tries to kill Somil with the same weapon, but Anna saves Somil and kills Dinesh. Sandy is left devastated as Anna, Vicky, Sameer, Somil, Karan and Dikku return to the bar. Ultimately, Anna befriends the five and the Crossroads club is converted into a regular nightclub.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

Fight Club
Soundtrack album by
Released27 December 2005 (2005-12-27) (Digital Release)
17 February 2006 (2006-02-17) (Film)
GenreFeature Film soundtrack
Length33:36
LabelT-Series
ProducerPritam
Pritam chronology
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
(2005)
Fight Club
(2005)
Gangster
(2006)

Track list[edit | edit source]

Songs for Fight Club: Members Only were composed by Pritam, and the lyrics were written by Mayur Puri & Neelesh Misra. Pritam was nominated for the Global Indian Film Awards for Best Music.[citation needed]

All music is composed by Pritam.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yeh Khuda"Mayur PuriK.K5:04
2."Chhore ki baatein"Mayur PuriShweta Pandit & Amit Kumar4:46
3."Joshile Java Ho"Mayur PuriShweta Pandit5:03
4."Bolo Na Tum Zara"Neelesh MisraShaan & Shreya Ghoshal5:17
5."Chhore ki baatein" (Remix)Mayur PuriShweta Pandit & Amit Kumar4:25
6."Yeh Khuda" (Remix)Mayur PuriK.K3:57
7."Bolo Na Tum Zara" (Remix)Neelesh MisraShaan & Shreya Ghoshal5:04
Total length:33:36

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fight Club – Members Only – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. Sify review
  3. "BBC - Movies - review - Fight Club - Members Only".
  4. "Fight Club - movie review by Raj Agarwal - Planet Bollywood".

External links[edit | edit source]