Zanjeer movie -2013 : Indian Hindi – Telugu Film

Zanjeer movie is a 2013 Indian bilingual action-drama film directer is Apoorva Lakhia, while Producer are Puneet Prakash Mehra and Sumeet Prakash Mehra under banner of Prakash Mehra Productions,Flying Turtle Films. This film shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. It is a remake of the 1973 Hindi classic film of the same name featuring Amitabh Bachchan in lead role. The Telugu version of the film is named Thoofan.

This film leading star cast are Ram Charan Teja,Priyanka Chopra,Sanjay Dutt,Prakash Raj, releasing on 6th September, 2013 with mostly negative critics reviews and also Box office wise unsuccessful film. Ram Charan Teja is debut in Bollywood as a First Hindi film and also Highest paying debut actor of Bollywood with fee is around 12 crore INR.

• Directer : Apoorva Lakhia
• Producer : Reliance Entertainment ,Puneet Prakash Mehra,Sumeet Prakash Mehra, Flying Turtle Films
• Writer : Chintan Gandhi
• Screenplay : Suresh Nair,Apoorva Lakhia
• Story : Salim-Javed,Apoorva Lakhia
• Starring : Ram Charan Teja,Priyanka Chopra,Sanjay Dutt,Prakash Raj
• Music/Songs : Meet Bros Anjjan,Anand Raj Anand,Chirantan Bhatt
• Background Score : Amar Mohile
• Cinematography : Gururaj R. Jois
• Editor : Chintu Singh
• Production company : Prakash Mehra Productions,Flying Turtle Films
• Distributor : Reliance Entertainment
• Genres : Action, Drama
• Release date : 6 September 2013
• Running time : 138 minutes
• Country : India

Zanjeer movie trailer :

Star cast of the film :

• Ram Charan as a Inspector Vijay Khanna
• Priyanka Chopra as a Mala
• Sanjay Dutt as a Sher Khan
• Prakash Raj as a Teja
• Atul Kulkarni as a Jaidev
• Mahie Gill as a Mona Darling
• Aditya Lakhia
• Daya Shankar Pandey
• Bikramjeet Singh
• Ankur Bhatia as a Bosco
• Navdeep Tomar as a Salve
• Chetan Pandit
• Naushaad Abbas
• Taran Bajaj as a Singh
• Kavita Kaushik as a Shakila Bano
• Mangala Kenkre as a Jaidev’s Mother
• Elisha Kriis as a Shital
• Sanjay Sharma as a Reddy
• Charanpreet Singh as a Vilas
• Jeetu Verma
• Apoorva Lakhia as a Captain on ship

Zanjeer full movie watch online :

Pre-post Production :

Casting :

Director Apoorva Lakhia signed up Telugu star Ram Charan and Priyanka Chopra for the lead roles. Prakash Raj was casted in to play the character of Teja.There were reports that Sonu Sood and Arjun Rampal were being considered for the role of Sher Khan. It was also reported that Sanjay Dutt was cast for the role.

In September 2012, The Times of India reported that both Arjun Rampal and Sanjay Dutt opted out showing date issues and the makers had finalised Sonu Sood for the role. Later Sanjay Dutt was chosen to play the character in the Hindi version, while Srihari portrayed the same character in the Telugu version.

Bindu’s iconic ‘Mona Darling’ act was taken over by Mahi Gill, after talks with actresses Jacqueline Fernandez, Mallika Sherawat and Malaika Arora Khan fell through. Atul Kulkarni was seen in a new role in this film. After Sonu Sood was injured in the CCL match playing for Mumbai Heroes, he was replaced with Srihari for the Sher Khan role in Thoofan. Popular TV artist Kavitha Kaushik was casted in for a special song in the movie.Zanjeer’s script cost 6 crore INR and was re-bought by Apoorva Lakhia.

Film Shooting :

The Telugu version of the film is named Thoofan. Priyanka Chopra took an acting fee of 9 crore INR while Ram charan Teja was paid as highest debut hero with an acting fee of 12 crore INR including Toofan. The director planned for a 25-day schedule in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh from 14 November to 5 December 2012.

This film music Directors are Meet Bros Anjjan, Anand Raj Anand and Chirantan Bhatt while Background score composer is Amar Mohile and All songs lyrics are writer are Manoj Yadav and Shabbir Ahmed.

Hindi Music album have 7 songs inclunding one club mix while Telugu album have 5 songs listed as per below with name of Playback singers.

Hindi Music Songs :

• “Mumbai Ke Hero”…………….Mika Singh, Talia Bentson
• “Pinky”……………………………….Mamta Sharma, Meet Bros Anjjan
• “Lamha Tera Mera”…………………….Wajhi Farooki, Palak Muchhal
• “Khochey Pathan Ki Zubaan (Qawaali)”….Sukhwinder Singh, Shabab Sabri, Meet Bros Anjjan
• “Kaatilana”………………………….Shweta Pandit
• “Shakila Banoo”…………………Shreya Ghoshal
• “Kaatilana” (Club Mix)………….Shweta Pandit, Meet Bros Anjjan

Telugu Songs :

• “Mumbai Ke Hero”…………….Ram Charan, Jaspreet Jasz, Roshni Baptist
• “Pinkie”………………………………Mamta Sharma
• “Preminchaa..”………………Mynampati Sreerama Chandra, Shalmali Kholgade
• “Vechchanaina”………………Shweta Pandit
• “Shakila Scentu”………………Shreya Ghoshal

“Mumbai Ke Hero” full video song :

• Singer : Mika Singh, Talia Bentson
• Music Director : Chirantan Bhatt
• Lyricist : Manoj Yadav
• Music on : T- Series

“Kaatilana” full song :

• Singer : Shweta Pandit
• Music Director : Meet Bros Anjjan
• Lyricist : Shabbir Ahmed
• Music on : T- Series

“Pinky” full video song :

• Singer : Mamta Sharma and Meet Bros Anjjan
• Music Director : Meet Bros Anjjan
• Lyricist : Shabbir Ahmed, Ashraf Ali
• Music on : T- Series

“Shakila Banoo” full video song :

• Singer : Shreya Ghoshal
• Music Composer : Anand Raj Anand
• Lyricist : Manoj Yadav
• Banner : T – Series

Review of the film :

This film reviews are mostly mix to negative from critics and also negative from audience.

Critics review :

• Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave 3 star from 5 star and stated that “The new Zanjeer borrows from the original, but it is more of an updated avatar of that film. On the whole, film is a triumph for Ram Charan, who gets abundant opportunity to exhibit his talent and scores exceedingly well. However, the film comes across as a regular masala fare that caters to the single screen spectator mainly and also for enthusiasts of typical Bollywood entertainers.”
• The Times of India critics Meena Iyer gave 3 star out of 5 star by writing “Yet, this film should be judged as a stand-alone offering because attempts to compare the two versions will find the current one falling short, especially in the dialogue and music departments. Ram Charan, as the brooding policeman, excels in action. His dark eyes with long lashes adeptly convey anger. Sanjay Dutt is competent and lovable.”
• Mumbai Mirror rated a 1.5 star from 5 star and the reviewer Karan Anshuman said “If Salim-Javed do watch this film, one wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to give the money and ‘core story’ credit back and disassociate themselves from this embarrassment of a “remake”.
• Anupama Chopra said the movie ‘a ramshackle remake’ and wrote, “This remake is wrong on so many levels that I don’t know where to begin. This isn’t a film. It’s sacrilege.”
• Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave a 0/5 rating and said it was an unforgivably bad remake.
• Rajeev Masand of IBN-live gave zero rating and stated that “The new ‘Zanjeer’ isn’t just a bad film, it’s a shameless exercise in laziness.”
• India Today critics criticize the film by stating that “Zanjeer film makes it to the list of the worst films ever made”

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Public review :

Box office collection :

• Screens : 2050
• Day 1 – Friday………….3.49 Cr
• Day 2 -Saturday……….2.98 Cr
• Day 3 – Sunday………..3.54 Cr
• Day 4 – Monday……….1.83 Cr
• Day 5 – Tuesday…………..1.20 Cr
• Day 6 – Wednesday……..0.75 Cr
• Day 7 – Thursday………..0.62 Cr
• Week 1 Collection………14.41 Cr
• Week 2 Collection……..0.39 Cr
• Week 3 Collection……..0.18 Cr
• Week 4 Collection………0.03 Cr
• Total Net Collection……15.01 Cr

• India Gross Collection……….20.26 Cr
• Overseas Collection…………………2.28 Cr
• Worldwide Collection Gross……..22.54 Cr INR
• Zanjeer movie Budget :….45.00 Cr INR
• Zanjeer movie Verdict : DISASTER

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