David movie is a 2013 Indian Hindi/Tamil action crime-thriller film directer is Bejoy Nambiar while Producer are Bejoy Nambiar,Sharada Trilok under banner of Getaway Films and story writer are Bejoy Nambiar,Sharada Trilok. An altered version with the same name David starring a slightly different cast was simultaneously shot in Tamil.
This film multi-starrer cast are Vikram, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Monica Dogra, Lara Dutta and Isha Sharvani. Director Bejoy Nambiar opted for live sound sync for many scenes to maintain realism.
David movie story revolving around the life of three different men with same name David, who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever. Both the Hindi and Tamil versions were released on 1 February 2013.
- Directer : Bejoy Nambiar
- Producer : Bejoy Nambiar,Sharada Trilok
- Writer : Bejoy Nambiar,Natasha Sahgal
- Starring : Vikram,Neil Nitin Mukesh,Vinay Virmani,Tabu,Monica Dogra,Lara Dutta,Isha Sharvani
- Music : Mikey McCleary,Remo Fernandes,Anirudh Ravichander,Prashant Pillai,Modern Mafia
- Cinematography : R. Rathnavelu,P. S. Vinod,Sanu Varghese
- Editor : A. Sreekar Prasad
- Production company : Getaway Films
- Distributor : Reliance Entertainment
- Genres : Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Release date : 1 February 2013
- Running time : 160 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
David movie trailer :
David movie Star cast :
- Vikram as a David (as ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram)
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as a David
- Vinay Virmani as a David
- Tabu as a Frenny
- Isha Sharvani as a Roma
- Lara Dutta as a Gayathri / Neelam
- Sheetal Menon as a Sussanah
- Nishan as a Peter
- Prahlad Kakkar as a Priest
- Remo Fernandes as a Singer In Bar
- Nassar as a Father Noyal
- Rubi Chakravarthy as a David’s Mother
- Monica Dogra as a Noor
- Milind Soman as a Gangster
- Rohini Hattangadi as a Malati Tai
- John Vijay as a Ranade Bhau
- Saurabh Shukla as a David’s Father
- Shweta Pandit as a Alice
- Satish Kaushik as a Neighbour Sharma
- Akash Khurana
- Manish Jha
- Anupama Kumar
- Sai Gundewar as a Rafiq
- Bharat Jha as a Police Inspector
- Priyesh Kaushik as a Boss
- Ajinkya Deo
- Sarika as a Special Appearance
- Astha Arora as a Press Reporter 1
- Arshad as a Assistant Guitarist
- Neil Bhoopalam as a Jahanzeb
- Chanchanas as a Marble Boy Mother
- Uday Chandra as a Old Man
- Chandrashekhar as a Dwarf
- Manoj Cherian as a Frenny’s Husband
- Olivia Cheriar as a Frenny’s Daughter
- Dafnal Concessao as a Peter’s Friend
- Diya Das as a Bald Girl
- Vedant Desai as a Young Boy
- Probir Dutt as a Rok
- Vinny Fernandes as a Lady In Bar
- C. Gerald as a Poilce Inspector
- Sanjay Ghosh as a Mathan
- Jiiva as a David
- Sapna Kashyap as a Lady in the burka
- Akarsh Khurana as a Iqbal Ghani
- Tushar Kunder as a Kumar
- Lavita as a Nurse
- Manoj as a Doctor
- Corey Millar as a Concert goer
- Pramod Mylar as a Bartender
- Francis Olivera as a Roma’s Father
- Krish Parekh as a Neelam’s Son
- R. Pichai as a Lawyer
- Prakash as a Assistant Guitarist
- Sunder Ramu
- Suhaib Rao as a Priest Assistant
- Nisha Shankar as a Real Estate Agent Wife
- Anjum Sharma as a Shakeel
- Girish Sharma as a Malti Tai Assistant
- Sanjeev Sharma as a Imam zaidi
- Arun Singh as a Malti Tai Assistant
- Priyanka Sinha as a Press Reporter 2
- G. Subalakshmi as a Malti Tai Assistant
- Prakash Sudarshan as a Real Estate Agent
- Tintu as a Roma’s Friend
- Brijmohan Vyas as a Neelam’s Father In Law
- Zachary Coffin as a Bodyguard / Gambler
Pre-post Production :
Pre-production / Casting :
Film Director Bejoy Nambiar announced the film in December 2011 that he would make a Hindi film named David, a gangster-comedy, and signed on Vikram to play a protagonist in the film. They both had earlier worked together in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and Raavanan, in which Nambiar had been an assistant director.
It was revealed that the film would simultaneously show story of David with – three same name people- David : Vikram’s story takes place in Goa, while the two other stories happen in Mumbai and London and that they occur at different periods. Three cinematographer, R. Rathnavelu, P. S. Vinod and Sanu Varghese were recruited to shoot the respective segments. Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance, the film’s producer, noted that the film had undergone changes and would be made a bilingual in Hindi and Tamil, with a third dubbed version in Telugu.
Vivek Oberoi was also earlier casted to play a titular character in the film. However Vivek leaved of the project after finding out that the film would be a bilingual, and the team considered Farhan Akhtar before replacing him with Neil Nitin Mukesh. Neil Nitin Mukesh was asked to sport a complete retro-gangster look, and grow a hefty moustache for his role in the film. Neil’s portions in the film would be shot in London. Canadian-Indian actor Vinay Virmani would play the third character called David in the film. In January 2012, the producers signed Tabu and Isha Sharvani to play lead female roles in the film, with reports that Isha would be paired with Vikram.
David movie Production – Shooting :
Scenes involving Vikram were filmed first out of the three segments and were canned in locations which were meant to show a Goa backdrop. The team thus shot scenes showing Vikram and Isha Sharvani in Alleppey, Kerala in late February 2012, before moving to Kuttanad. Mangalore beach was designed to replicate the beaches of Goa and a song featuring Remo Fernandes was also shot in February.
Ratnavelu revealed that scenes were also canned in Kapu, Karnataka disguising Goa and that Vikram finished his portions for the film by March 2012. Nishan, a Mumbai-based actor who had appeared in Malayalam language films, was also selected to play a role in the segment, while actress Rubi Chakravarti was also casted to play Vikram’s mother in the film after Bejoy Nambiar approached for a role written with her in mind.
Prahlad Kakkar, a noted ad-maker, was convinced by Nambiar to make his debut in film by appearing in the role of a priest and consequently shot his scenes in Mangalore.
The scenes of the character playing a musician Vinay Virmani, was the second segment to be shot with Sejal Shah casted as cinematographer. Lara Dutta plays an extended cameo role in both versions as a mother, whose child is tutored by Virmani character. Sheetal Menon, who appeared in Shaitan was also recruitedto play a pivotal role in Vinay Virmani’s sequences. Singer Shweta Pandit also shot for the film in both languages making her debut as a musician, while Nassar was recruited to appear in the both version of the film.
Manish Jha, director of the 2003 film Matrubhoomi, was signed on to act in another pivotal role in the third segment with Nambiar noting “he was physically perfect for the part”. Actor-director Satish Kaushik also shot for this portion of the film, portraying one of David’s neighbours.
Nambiar noted that Neil Nitin Mukesh’s scenes were the most problematic to shoot as a result of the actor’s involvement in his other film 3G being shot in Fiji and thus dates were difficult to accommodate Shilpi Shukla did great in the movie to. Akarsh Khurana, a theatre actor, who also helped write portions in the film, was also selected to play a major role and shot for scenes in Neil’s portion.
Monica Dogra was chosen to portray the female lead in this segment, being paired with Neil Nitin Mukesh. Anupama Kumar, who was previously seen in Ishqiya, was one of the few South actors to be recruited to act in the Hindi version; she would play a Pakistani woman of the 1970s which she termed as “very different and exciting”.
The scenes involving Neil’s character would start in Canada and finish in Ooty and completed by the end of 2012. A five-day shooting was held at the City Hall of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in September 2012. The film was enticed to Northern Ireland on the back of a trip to India earlier this year by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster.
In a collaborative effort between Invest Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen, Indian Production company Getaway Films has received £30,000 funding through the Northern Ireland Screen Fund supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
The film was widely supported by the Northern Ireland Screen Initiative. Quoting Richard Williams, CEO, Northern Ireland Screen: “We are delighted to welcome the cast and crew of DAVID toNorthern Ireland. This might be a first for us but we hope not the last. India has a rich history of film-making and Indian cinema is a recognised global industry. In pursuit of our mission to develop the screen industry in Northern Ireland, it makes sense to look east, as well as west, in terms of inward investing films.”
In response to that Bejoy Nambiar, Director and Producer, DAVID: “Belfast has been a treasure chest of beautiful locations, fabulous people and a very supportive local government. Minister Foster and the Invest NI’s India office have been amazing in their effort to introduce us to Belfast and to coax us to explore Northern Ireland as a film shooting location for Indian Films. And since we have been here, NI Screen and the Belfast Council have extended their sincere warmth and support, so much so that we don’t feel like this is our the first time here. I am surprised that Indian films haven’t been here before and am very thrilled that we are the first Indian production here. This is just the beginning. We are looking forward to being back here next spring.”
Marketing and Release :
Bejoy Nambiar planned an innovative strategy to release the first look of the film on social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube. The trailer of both versions were received very positively all over. Film released worldwide on 1st February, 2013.
David Movie Songs / Music :
This film Music Director are Mikey McCleary,Remo Fernandes,Anirudh Ravichander,Prashant Pillai,Modern Mafia,Bramfatura.Dub Sharma. Anirudh Ravichander (Tamil film composer) of “Why This Kolaveri Di” fame, also contributed one song, making his Bollywood debut.
The song “Yun Hi Re”, which is the Hindi version of “Kanave Kanave” which is composed by Anirudh Ravichander was released as a single on 10 December 2012. A new version of the famous traditional Qawwali number “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar” was released on 17 December 2012.
The music album have 15 songs was released on 31st December 2012, and received positive reviews from critics. The Times of India, gave a 4.5 star from 5 star and then writing that “David’s music has got everything to keep the listener hooked for a long time. The film is set in three different time periods, so the music explores three different eras and is very refreshing. Hard to sum up the verdict on David, it is truly blockbuster material.”
Music Aloud, reviewing for both Tamil and Hindi versions, gave a rating of 8 star from 10 star , and writed that “The Hindi score may not impress as much as Tamil, but there is no doubting Bejoy Nambiar’s exquisite sense of music. To do that with as many as nine different composers is quite a feat! Respect.”
List of Songs as per below with name of Playback singers :
- “Ghum Huye” (The Theme of David)……….Siddharth Basrur
- “Mast Kalandar”………………………………..Rekha Bhardwaj
- “Tore Matware Naina”……………………….Nirali Karthik, Joyshanti
- “Maria Pitache”………………………………Remo Fernandes
- “Tere Mere Pyaar Ki”……………………….Naresh Iyer, Shweta Pandit
- “Bandhay”…………………………………….Modern Mafia
- “Yun Hi Re”………………………Anirudh Ravichander, Shweta Mohan
- “Rab Di”…………………………..Karthik
- “Out of Control”………………..Nikhil D’Souza, Preeti Pillai
- “Ya Husain”………………………Lucky Ali
- “Mast Kalandar” (Vengeance Mix)………..Rekha Bhardwaj
- “Out of Control” (Choir Version)……………Instrumental
- “Three Kills”………………………………Saurabh Roy
- “Light House Symphony”……………….Instrumental
- “Rab Di” (Dub Step Version)……………….Karthik
“Maria Pitache” full video song :
- Singer : Remo Fernandes
- Music Director : Remo Fernandes
- Lyricist : Remo Fernandes, Abhijeet Deshpande
- Music label: T-Series
“Yun Hi Re” song making in studio :
- Singer : Anirudh Ravichander, Shweta Mohan
- Music Director : Anirudh Ravichander
- Lyricist : Turaz
- Music label: T-Series
David movie Review :
This film reviews are mostly mix to positive from critics.
Critics review :
- The Times of India, gave 3 out of 5 stars by writing that “Yes, the Devil’s in the detail. But maybe David needed more ‘D’ of ‘Depth’ in the story to make this more ‘Delightful’.”
- Sukanya Verma for Rediff.com has given 2.5 star from 5 stars and writes that “A shorter, snappier David with a little less rambling and randomness may have led to a better payoff. Still, there’s no denying Nambiar’s promise as an adventurous, aesthetically-sound filmmaker but his weak spot remains the same. His eye for dynamic visuals is yet to find its match in stories that speak.”
- NDTV gave 3 out of 5 stars, stating “With a run time of 155 minutes, David tends to be a tad flabby at times. In other words, its pace is anything but consistent.”
- Shivesh Kumar of IndiaWeekly gave 2 star out of 5 stars.
Online review :
Public Review : First Day First Show :
Box office collection :
- Screens : 575
- First Day-Friday : 67,00,000
- First Weekend : 2,39,00,000
- First Week : 3,73,00,000
- Total Nett Gross : 3,81,45,000
- India Gross : 5,21,00,000
- Overseas Gross : $–
- Worldwide Gross : 5,21,00,000
- David movie Budget : 35,00,00,000
- David movie Verdict : DISASTER
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