NH10 : Hindi Film Review, Song, Music & Trailer :
NH10 is a 2015 Bollywood thriller film directer is Navdeep Singh. This film star cast are Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in main roles, and This film is also known for first time Anushka also as a Producer. The film is co-producer Phantom Films and Eros International.
The film was conceived by Navdeep Singh and written by Sudip Sharma, who were inspired by some real-life honour killing murder cases. The music album composer is Sanjeev-Darshan, Bann Chakraborty, Abhiruchi Chand, Ayush Shrestha, Savera Mehta and Samira Koppikar. Arbind Kannabiran served as the film’s cinematographer and Jabeen Merchant was its editor.
NH10 was originally scheduled for release on 6 March 2015, but was postponed because it had not been cleared by the Indian Central Board of Film Certification. It was released theatrically on 13 March 2015 to positive critical acclaim. The film went on to become a sleeper hit, earning over 32 crore rs. at the box office. As of June 2018 it was being remade in Tamil as Garjanai.
Directer : Navdeep Singh
Producer : Vikramaditya Motwane,Anurag Kashyap,Vikas Bahl,Anushka Sharma,Sunil Lulla,Karnesh Sharma
Writer : Sudip Sharma
Starring : Anushka Sharma,Neil Bhoopalam,Darshan Kumar,Deepti Naval
Music : Anirban Chakraborty,Sanjeev–Darshan,Ayush Shrestha,Savera Mehta,Samira Koppikar
Production company : Phantom Films,Clean Slate Films
Distributor : Eros International
Release date : 13 March 2015
Running time : 107 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi
NH 10 Film Trailer :
Story of the film :
Meera(Anushka Sharma) and Arjun(Neil Bhoopalam) have corporate jobs in Gurgaon. One night, they are enjoying a party when Meera receives a telephone call from her office. She leaves for her office but is attacked by thugs who smash her car’s window. Meera escapes but is shaken by the incident; Arjun buys Meera a gun. Arjun suggests a road trip for Meera’s upcoming birthday; the couple start their journey the next day. While stopping at a roadside dhaba for lunch, a young woman called Pinky arrives and pleads for help; Pinky tells the couple she and her husband are about to be murdered. Meera and Arjun see a gang of men round up Pinky and a young man, beat them and drag them into their vehicle.
Arjun intervenes but Gang leader-Satbir, slaps him and tells him Pinky is his own sister. Arjun drives after the gang; he and Meera witness the ongoing honour killing: Pinky and the young man are beaten and Pinky poisoned by Satbir. Arjun and Meera escape but the gang finds them. As the gang dig a grave for their victims, Satbir uses Meera and Arjun’s gun to shoot Pinky and the man in front of them. A fight ensues and Arjun shoots a gang member named Chhote, and runs away with Meera.
At one night, one of the gang members injures Arjun; Meera shoots the gangster dead. At a railway bridge, Meera leaves Arjun to get help. She finds a police station and asks the officer to help but he rejects her when she says she has witnessed an honour killing. Outside, she meets an Inspector in his SUV and they drive back to find Arjun. Meera then realises the Inspector is connected with the attackers; she kills the inspector and drives off in his car, chased by the gang. Meera overturns the SUV and finds a hut. The hut’s occupants hide Meera from a gang member who comes asking about her; they advise Meera seek help from the sarpanch (chief) of a nearby village.
Meera tells the village’s chief Ammaji her story; after telling her of the honour killing, Meera sees a pillow cover with the word Pinky stitched on it on Ammaji’s lap and a photograph of Pinky in the room. Ammaji locks Meera in the room, calls the gang and hands Meera over to them. They drag her out and beat her. Meera escapes with the gang’s SUV and rushes to the railway bridge where she finds Arjun has been murdered.
Distress, Meera returns to the village to avenge Arjun’s death; she drives the SUV at the gang members and kills them. Ammaji arrives, finds the dead men; she tells Meera Pinky was her daughter who broke rules and needed to be punished. Meera leaves the village as dawn breaks.
Star cast of the film :
- Anushka Sharma as Meera
- Neil Bhoopalam as Arjun
- Darshan Kumar as Satbir
- Deepti Naval as Ammaji
- Kanchan Sharma as Pinky
- Ravi Jhankal as Fauji
- Sushil Tyagi as Police Inspector
- Ravi Beniwal as Chhote
Review of the film :
This film review are mostly positive from critics and Also Box office successful movie.
Critics Review :
Public Review : First Day First Show :
Pre-post Production of the film :
Pre-production :
Director Navdeep Singh made his first movie Manorama Six Feet Under in 2007 as a Director. After that, he read several scripts for his next project and started work on the zombie film Rock the Shaadi and the spy thriller Basra, but both films were post-poned. Navdeep Singh said that he wanted to attempt genres that were rarely attempted in Indian cinema. He then chose to work on NH10, a “trip gone wrong” film as it would be “fairly cheap” to make. He said the idea of the film was to “show the stark contrast between two Indias, something that has been creating a lot of economic and social problems”. He chose a female character for the role of sarpanch to show the “role of women in the upholding and dissemination of patriarchy “, and stated that the film’s main theme is gender.
Some of the scenarios in NH10 depicted such real-life events as honour killing cases; the scene in which a couple are murdered by their own families was inspired by a real-life case that Sharma and Singh came across while researching for the story. Singh drew likenesses between NH10’s love story and the story of Savitri and Satyavan, where the wife fights to save her husband.Singh avoided scenes depicting sexual assault, which he thought could become “voyeuristic” or inadvertently “titillating”.His production team had “self-censored” from showing blood in the film because he thought the mainstream Indian audience does not have an “appetite for gore”. The title of the film refers to National Highway 10, which connects Delhi with the town of Fazilka, Punjab.
In 2013, it was announced that Navdeep would be making NH10 with Freida Pinto and Rajkummar Rao. The script was first offered to Anushka but she declined because of busy schedule with other films at that time. It was then offered to several other actors. While she was film shooting for Bombay Velvet, its director Anurag Kashyap told Anushka that Navdeep was trying to make NH10. She read the script again and agreed to join the project, which was at that time without a producer. Sharma then decided to co-produce it. NH10 was Anushka’s first film as a producer; it was made under her label Clean Slate Films. She agreed to film because the story felt real to her and its story could happen to anyone; she said, “when bad people attack you, they don’t see . I liked that about the story.” Anushka called the personal struggle “very relatable”, as she felt this could happen to anyone. Neil Bhoopalam said he agreed to appear in the film because he liked Singh’s earlier film Manorama Six Feet Under. To prepare for the role, Anushka underwent interval training for around three months to physically suit the character. With Bhoopalam, she also took acting workshops conducted by Navdeep and Atul Mongia for the characters.
Production stage/Film shooting details :
Film shooting begun on 17 January 2014. The film was shot in Gurgaon, Haryana and in the interior of Rajasthan in its second schedule. Singh said he chose Haryana as the backdrop because several incidents similar to those depicted in the film had happened there. A sandstorm occurred during the shoot, causing a halt. It was extensively filmed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, for a month in its second schedule. Most of the night scenes were shot in Rajasthan because of several problems, including crowd control, fog and a sandstorm. While film shootig in Haryana, some local actors were hired after auditions from Hisar and Rohtak because budget constraints prevented the hiring of a language coach; the producers also thought that casting locals would make the characters more realistic.
Anushka performed all the stunts herself. She suffered some bruises and back pain while shooting, and was later hospitalised. While film shooting a night scene, a moon box light weighing around 900 kilograms (2,000 lb) attached to a crane was swaying in high winds; Anushka noticed the skimmer holding the box was torn and could fall, so the team evacuated the area. Darshan Kumar did not interact with Sharma on the sets because he wanted to be in-character for the film. Anushka said hearing Darshan talk while film shooting the scene in which they confront each other made her fear him. To further prepare for his role, Darshan listened to Haryanvi songs and interacted with locals around National Highway 10 to observe how they behaved. He also participated in workshops to learn the local body language and dialect.
NH10 was film schedule over the course of 44 days. On one occasion, around 2,000 peole had gathered at a film shooting location on the outskirts of Gurgaon; Singh said the crowd had gathered out of curiosity but turned hostile after they were told to stay away from the set. Some people in the crowd started performing bicycle stunts and firing bullets. The shoot was eventually cancelled.
Anushka said this incident “instilled some fear and anxiety” into her, which she channelled into the film. NH10 was jointly produced by Phantom Films, Eros International and Clean Slate Films and was distributed by Eros International. Anushka did not take a fee for the film; she “instead put it into the film”. The film’s director of photography was Arbind Kannabiran, while Jabeen Merchant served as the editor. The prosthetics in the film were made by French makeup artist Romy Angevin.
Post-production / Marketing and release :
NH10 was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival. India’s Central Board of Film Certification removed some scenes and dialogues in the film; Navdeep expressed his disappointment over the censorship and said, “words can be violent and deleting them reduced that impact besides diluting the flavour”. The film’s original release date was 6 March but its release was postponed to 13 March because it had not been cleared by the censor board. It was cleared with an “A (adult only)” certificate and had nine cuts. The first look of the film, which showed Anushka bruised and holding a rod, was released on 4 February 2015 on Anushka’s twitter account. It was followed by a motion poster.
The official trailer of NH10 was released on 5 February 2015 at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai in the presence of the cast and producers. It accrued a million views in 48 hours on its YouTube channel. Before the film’s release, several film distributors and exhibitors predicted it would recover its production costs, depending on the content. NH10 received its theatrical release on 13 March 2015. The film was premiered at television on 31 October 2015 on & Pictures. It was released on DVD on 25 April 2015 and is also available on ZEE5 mobile App.
Music / song of the film :
The Music album of NH10 composer are Sanjeev-Darshan, Bann Chakraborty, Abhiruchi Chand, Ayush Shrestha, Savera Mehta and Samira Koppikar. It was released on 17 February 2015 under Banner Eros International. The Music album has nine songs, while singer are artists including Kanika Kapoor, Dipanshu Pandit, Mohit Chauhan, Neeti Mohan and Shilpa Rao.The lyricist is Kumaar, Chakraborty, Manoj Tapadia, Neeraj Rajawat and Varun Grover.
- The music album received mostly positive reviews.
- Rucha Sharma of Daily News and Analysis called it a “brilliant album” and “one of the best so far for the year 2015”.
- Joginder Tuteja wrote that the album has “consistently good music” and is “worth a listen”, but felt that it lacked a commercial appeal.
- T. Sukesh of CNN-News18 called it “dark and gloomy” and said it complements the film’s story.
- Surabhi Redkar of Koimoi wrote in her review the film’s “gloom is captured well in the music”.
- A review in The Financial Express said the music fits the “overall modest expectations”.
- “Chhil Gaye Naina”…………………………………………………………Kanika Kapoor, Dipanshu Pandit
- “Le Chal Mujhe (Male Version)”……………………………………..Mohit Chauhan
- “Main Jo”……………………………………………………………………….Nayantara Bhatkal, Savera Mehta
- “Khoney De”…………………………………………………………………..Mohit Chauhan, Neeti Mohan
- “Maati Ka Palang”…………………………………………………………….Samira Koppikar
- “Le Chal Mujhe (Female Version)”………………………………….Shilpa Rao.
- “Kya Karein”…………………………………………………………………..Rachel Varghese
- “Le Chal Mujhe (Reprise Version)”…………………………………Arijit Singh, Mohit Chauhan
- “Khoney De”……………………………………………………………………Instrumental Version
Maati Ka Palang : Full Video Song :
- Singer : Samira Koppikar
- Music : Samira Koppikar
- Lyrics : Neeraj Rajawat
Awards won by this film :
International Indian Film Academy Awards :
Best Performance in a Negative Role………Darshan Kumar…….Won
Remake / Sequel of the movie :
After the film’s critical and commercial success, the producers of NH10 confirmed they would be making a sequel named NH12, which will explore a similar theme. As of June 2018, NH10 was being remake in the Tamil language with the title Garjanai and starring Trisha in the main role.
Box office collection :
NH10 was made on a production budget of 8 crore with 5 crore spent on prints and advertising, totalling13 crore . It earned 3.35 crore on its first friday day, followed by a collection of 4.50 crore on the second day, making 7.85 crore over two days. The film earned 13 crore on its opening weekend. It had earned 28.35 crore at the end of second week. NH10 earned 74 lakh on the Saturday and 89 lakh on the Sunday of its third weekend, making a domestic total of 30.62 crore.The film collected 33 crore lifetime collection, become as a sleeper hit.
Day wise collection :
- Day 1-Friday……………….. 3.30 Cr
- Day 2-Saturday…………….4.60 Cr
- Day 3- Sunday…………….. 5.50 Cr
- Day 4 -Monday……………. 2.15 Cr
- Day 5 -Tuesday……………1.85 Cr
- Day 6–Wednesday……… 1.80 Cr
- Day 7 – Thursday………….1.50 Cr
- Week 1 Collection………. 20.70 Cr
- Day 8 – Friday………………..1.20 Cr
- Day 9-Saturday……………..1.80 Cr
- Day 10-Sunday……………..2.15 Cr
- Week 2 Collection……….. 7.55 Cr
- Week 3 Collection…………3.70 Cr
- Week 4 Collection………..0.20 Cr
- Week 5 Collection…………0.03 Cr
- Total Net Collection………….32.18 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross…………..43.90 Cr
- Overseas Collection…………………..0.46 Cr
- India Gross Collection……………………43.44 Cr
- NH10 Budget :…………………15.00 Cr
- NH10 Verdict : HIT
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