Himmatwala (2013 film)

Himmatwala
File:Himmatwala(2013).jpeg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sajid Khan
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani Ronnie Screwvala
Written by	Story and Screenplay: Sajid Khan Dialogues: Sajid-Farhad
Based on	Himmatwala by K. Raghavendra Rao
Starring	Ajay Devgn Tamannaah Paresh Rawal Mahesh Manjrekar Leena Jumani Adhyayan Suman Zarina Wahab Anil Dhawan
Music by	Original Compositions: Bappi Lahiri Recreated Compositions and Original Songs: Sajid–Wajid Guest Composers: Sachin-Jigar Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar
Cinematography	Manoj Soni
Edited by	Nitin Madhukar Rokade
Production company	UTV Motion Pictures Pooja Entertainment
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹680 million (US$9.5 million)
Box office	₹657 million (US$9.2 million)

Himmatwala (transl. The brave one) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan and jointly produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani. The film features Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah in the lead roles. Set in 1983, it is an official remake of 1983 film of the same name by K. Raghavendra Rao, which was, in turn, a remake of the 1981 Telugu film Ooruki Monagadu. The film was released on 29 March 2013. The film marks Tamannaah's comeback to Bollywood after she debuted in the 2005 film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra. On release, it was universally panned by critics and audiences alike for its story, dialogues, humor, direction, logic, screenplay, and acting, and has even been cited as one of the worst Bollywood movies ever.

Plot

Set in 1983, the story begins with Ravi (Ajay Devgn) winning a fighting competition at a club. He is known as Himmatwala (courageous man). He then goes to Ramnagar village, where he meets his mother, Savitri (Zarina Wahab), and his younger sister, Padma (Leena Jumani), who are living a miserable life.

Ravi's mother Savitri, tells Ravi that Ravi's father (Anil Dhawan) was an honest and respected man, and he was the priest of the temple. His father was framed by Sher Singh (Mahesh Manjrekar), the tyrant zamindar (landlord), for robbing the temple since the latter saw him commit a murder. Disgusted, Ravi's father committed suicide. In revenge, young Ravi tried to kill Sher Singh, but failed. When Ravi's house is burnt, Savitri tells him to run away as Sher Singh will kill him.

With revenge in his mind, Ravi beats up Narayan Das (Paresh Rawal), Sher Singh's manager and brother-in-law, as well as threatening Sher Singh. The next day, he publicly humiliates Sher Singh's daughter, Rekha (Tamannaah), because she was beating up her innocent driver. In response, Rekha unleashes a tiger on the village in front of Ravi. Her plan was unsuccessful, however, as it backfired. Rekha falls down from the terrace and is about to be attacked by the animal, when Ravi jumps and saves her life. Rekha falls in love with Ravi, and afterwards, saves Ravi's life against her father Sher Singh's plans.

On the other hand, Ravi comes to know that Padma is in love with Shakti (Adhyayan Suman), Narayan Das's son. He has his objections, and so has Narayan. However, Sher Singh tells Narayan Das that marrying Shakti with Padma would give them an upper hand over Ravi as they can ill-treat Padma and keep Ravi in control. Meanwhile, Padma now knows that Ravi, who is living with her, is not the real Ravi (Riteish Deshmukh), and Ravi died in a road accident. Before dying, the real Ravi asked him to take care of his family. Padma is initially upset, but then reconciles after Ravi saves her life.

Shortly after Padma and Shakti get married, both the father and son start ill-treating Padma. In revenge, Ravi uses Rekha against her own father, just like what she advises him. After Rekha tells her father, Sher Singh, that she is pregnant with Ravi's child, Sher Singh begs Ravi to marry Rekha. Eventually, Ravi punished Narayan Das and Shakti by doing all the household chores. He also wins the Sarpanch election, and Sher Singh finally gives all the property documents back to the villagers, which Sher Singh had illegally taken from them before.

However, Shakti overhears Rekha and Ravi's conversation about the fake pregnancy and that he is not the real Ravi. Angered, Sher Singh tries to kill him by bringing 20 fighters from the city, but failed. While they are beating Ravi, the tiger (which Ravi had fought with) comes and saves his life. Ravi then brutally beats Shakti, and is about to kill Sher Singh when his mother stops him.

In the end, Sher Singh, Narayan Das, and Shakti ask for the forgiveness from Ravi, Savitri, Padma, and the rest of the villagers.

Cast

Ajay Devgan with co-star Tamannaah during the trailer launch of their film Himmatwala

• Ajay Devgn as Ravi (II) "Himmatwala" Ravi , Ravi's friend
• Tamannaah as Rekha Singh Bandookwala, Ravi (II)'s love interest
• Paresh Rawal as Narayan Das, Sher Singh's brother-in-law, Shakti's father, and Rekha's uncle
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Sher Singh Bandookwala, Rekha's father
• Adhyayan Suman as Shakti Das, Narayan's son, Rekha's cousin, Padma's husband, and Ravi's brother-in-law
• Zarina Wahab as Savitri Kishan Verma, Kishan's widow, Ravi and Padma's mother, and Shakti's mother-in-law
• Leena Jumani as Padma Verma/Padma Shakti Das, Savitri and Kishan's daughter, Ravi's younger sister, and Shakti's wife
• Anil Dhawan as Kishan Verma, Savitri's dead husband, Ravi and Padma's father, and Shakti's father-in-law

Special appearances

• Riteish Deshmukh as Ravi Verma, Savitri and Kishan's dead son, Padma's older brother, and Ravi (II)'s friend
• Chunky Pandey as Michael Jaikishan
• Surveen Chawla in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
• Amruta Khanvilkar in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
• Sayantani Ghosh in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
• Rinku Ghosh in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
• Mona Thiba in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
• Sonakshi Sinha in the song "Thank God It's Friday"

Promotion

The first look poster of Himmatwala film was released on 8 August 2012, whilst the trailer was released on 24 January 2013.

Soundtrack

Himmatwala
Soundtrack album by Sajid–Wajid
Released	13 February 2013 (13 February 2013)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:10
Label	Saregama, UTV
Producer	Sajid–Wajid
Sajid–Wajid chronology
Dabangg 2 (2012) Himmatwala (2013) Chashme Baddoor (2013)

The soundtrack includes remakes of the songs from the original version of the film, "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna". The song promo of "Naino Mein Sapna" was released on 8 February 2013. The background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar, while the songs are composed by Sajid–Wajid and Sachin - Jigar. Lyricist Indeevar wrote for "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna", alongside Sameer, who wrote for all the songs except a disco-based song, for which lyricist Mayur Puri wrote.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nainon Mein Sapna"	Indeevar	Bappi Lahiri	Amit Kumar, Shreya Ghoshal	4:20
2.	"Taki O Taki"	Indeevar	Bappi Lahiri	Mika Singh, Shreya Ghoshal	4:00
3.	"Dhoka Dhoka"	Sameer	Sajid–Wajid	Bappi Lahiri, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mamta Sharma	4:53
4.	"Bum Pe Laat"	Sameer	Sajid–Wajid	Shaan, Soham Chakraborty & Shubh Mukherjee	2:47
5.	"Thank God It's Friday"	Mayur Puri	Sachin - Jigar	Sunidhi Chauhan	3:12
Total length:					19:05

Box office

According to Box Office India, Himmatwala was a flop.

External links

• Himmatwala on IMDb