Nayak (2001-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Nayak Movie Details :

Nayak : The Real Hero is a 2001 Indian Bollywood political thriller film directer by S. Shankar and starring Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and Johnny Lever in the lead roles.The film is a remake of S. Shankar’s successful Tamil film Mudhalvan 1999. The film’s score and soundtrack, composed by A. R. Rahman, were reused from Mudhalvan with Hindi lyrics. It was critically acclaimed and has since developed a mass cult following among audience. It did poor box office, primarily because of poor marketing.

It was one of the most expensive films to be completely shot in India. Over the years it has emerged as a cult film due to its strong fan following. At the same time this film was remade in Bangladesh named “Minister” directed by Kazi Hayat starring Manna, Moushumi, Dildar and Kazi Hayat

• Directer : S. Shankar
• Producer : A. M. Rathnam
• Writter : Anurag Kashyap
• Screenplay : S. Shankar
• Story : S. Shankar,R. Madhesh
• Based : Mudhalvan, S. Shankar
• Starring : Anil Kapoor,Rani Mukerji,Amrish Puri,Paresh Rawal,Johnny Lever
• Music : A. R. Rahman
• Cinematography : K. V. Anand
• Edited : B. Lenin,V. T. Vijayan
• Art Direction : Thotta Tharani
• Makeup Department : Deepak Chauhan
• Production Management : Aqeel Qureshi,R. Udhayakumar
• Visual Effects : Zameer Hussain,Vee Jay,Ramesh Karthikeyan,Thirumurugan Krishnan
• Special Effects : Pentamedia Graphics Ltd.
• Action Director : Shyamsundar Kalani,Kanal Kannan
• Production Company : NH Studioz,Sri Surya Movies
• Distributors : NH Studioz
• Genres : Action,Drama,Thriller
• Release date : September 7, 2001
• Running time : 182 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Production :

The protagonist’s character name “Shivaji Rao” was specially named after Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth’s real name. This was because the lead role was initially written with Rajinikanth in mind for the original Tamil version, however, his refusal led to Shankar later signing on Arjun and he had retained the character’s name in the Hindi version. Originally the first choice for the role of Manjari was Manisha Koirala who was going to reprise her role from Mudhalvan, but was busy with multi-starrer films like Grahan and Lajja so refused. Later on the role was played by Rani Mukerji after Karisma Kapoor, Tabu, Raveena Tandon and Preity Zinta all had date issues. The inaugural shot of Nayak was done on 15 July 2000 by Rakesh Roshan.

Film Shoting :

Film Shoting Started on 18 December in Mumbai.

Star Cast of The Film :

• Anil Kapoor — camera man turned journalist Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, who later becomes the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, He is the lover of Manjari
• Rani Mukerji — Manjari : Shivaji’s Lover
• Amrish Puri — Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan, depicted as a corrupt politician
• Paresh Rawal — Bansal, CM’s PA
• Saurabh Shukla — Pandurang
• Neena Kulkarni — Daksha Rao Gaekwad, Shivaji’s mother
• Shivaji Satam — Manjari’s father
• Kitty — Bhim Rao Gaekwad (Voice dubbed by Vikram Gokhale), Shivaji’s father and a cartoonist
• Johnny Lever — Topi, Shivaji’s friend
• Pooja Batra — Laila
• Surya — CM Security Officer Manohar
• Razak Khan — Topi’s prospective father-in-law (cameo)
• Omakuchi Narasimhan — Game show contestant who answers “Machar”
• Ponnambalam — Ranga (Voice dubbed by Manoj Pandey)
• Rana Jung Bahadur — Vishal Kumar, Balraj Chauhan’s support – 1
• Anupam Shyam — Hemant Mishra, Balraj Chauhan’s support – 2
• Shah Rukh Khan — (Cameo Appearance)
• Sushmita Sen in item number “Shakalaka Baby”

Story of The Film :

Employed as a camera-man at a popular television station QTV; Shivaji Rao Gaekwad work his way up and is eventually promoted as a reporter. One of his job involve interviewing the Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. During the course of the interview he brings to light the true facts of Chauhan to the general public. Agrivated at this Chauhan decides that he will challenge him to become the Chief Minister for a day which he accepts. During his tenure Shivaji attempts to make the wrong right by punishing dishonest people while at the same time ensure that the masses get what they aspire for. But when his life return to normal he will find that nothing is the same anymore as he and his loved ones are made targets by Chauhan’s goons this pushes Shivaji to enter politics and eventually elect as the Chief Minister – a Chief Minister who wants to continue the remaining of his day’s work.

Nayak Movie Songs / Music :

The soundtrack for the film was composed by A.R.Rahman. He reused all the songs except “Mudhalvane” song, from the original film Mudhalvan. A new track “Saiyyan” was added. The track “Shakalaka Baby” was reused in the musical Bombay Dreams also. The lyrics for the songs were written by veteran poet Anand Bakshi and this was one of his last films before he died in 2002.

The audio rights were bought by T-Series for 6 crore and released on 4 July 2001. Comparing with the Tamil version which was a massive success, the album did only an average business. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film’s soundtrack album was the year’s fourteenth highest-selling.

All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi; all music is composed by A.R.Rahman.

• “Chalo Chale Mitwa” – Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha
• “Saiyyan” – Sunidhi Chauhan, Hans Raj Hans
• “Chalo Chale Purva” – Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan
• “Ruki Sukhi Roti” – Shankar Mahadevan, Alka Yagnik
• “Shakalaka Baby” – Vasundhara Das, Pravin Mani, Shiraz Uppal
• “Tu Accha Lagta Hain” – Kavita Krishnamurthy, Hariharan
• “Chidiya Tu Hoti Toh” – Abhijeet, Sanjivani Bhelande

“Saiyyan” Full Video Song :

• Song – Saiyyan
• Singer – Sunidhi Chauhan
• Lyricist – Anand Bakshi
• Music Director – A.R. Rahman

“Ruki Sukhi Roti” Full Video Song :

• Song : Ruki Sukhi Roti
• Singer : Shankar Mahadevan, Alka Yagnik
• Music Director : A.R. Rahman
• Lyricst : Anand Bakshi
• Music Label : T-Series

Nayak Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.8 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 14036.

This film is the best ive ever seen sooo far. the music is wicked. the acting that anil kapoor did was really good. i personally think this film should win an award. rani acted brilliantly as well. i think its about time she and anil kapoor got an award. i love watching indian films. but this one is the best.

so who ever reads this please watch this film you do not know what you are missing.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bolywood Hungama give 1 star out of 5 Star.

Nayak Movie Box Office Collection :

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