Ra.One (2011-movie) : Bollywood Hindi Film

Ra.One Movie Details :

Ra One Movie is a 2011 Indian Bollywood superhero film directer is Anubhav Sinha and starring are Shah Rukh Khan, Armaan Verma, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Shahana Goswami and Tom Wu in pivotal roles.

The script writter are Anubhav Sinha and Kanika Dhillon, originated as an idea that Anubhav Sinha got when he saw a television commercial and which he subsequently expanded.

The film story revolving around Shekhar Subramanium (Shah Rukh Khan), a game designer who creates a motion sensor-based game in which the antagonist (Ra.One) is more powerful than the protagonist (G.One). The former escapes from the game’s virtual world and enters the real world; his aim is to kill Lucifer, the game ID of Shekhar’s son and the only player to have challenged Ra.One’s power. Relentlessly pursued, the family is forced to bring out G.One from the virtual world to defeat Ra.One and protect them.

Film Shooting Started in March 2010 and took place in India and the United Kingdom and was overseen by an international crew. The post-production involved 3-D conversion and the application of visual effects, the latter being recognised as a technological breakthrough among Indian films. With a budget of ?150 crore (equivalent to ?249 crore or US$35 million in 2019), inclusive of publicity costs, Ra.One was the most expensive Indian film at the time of release surpassing the ?132 crore (equivalent to ?238 crore or US$33 million in 2019) budget of Enthiran.

The producers spent ?130 crore (equivalent to ?216 crore or US$30 million in 2019) out of a ?52 crore (equivalent to ?86 crore or US$12 million in 2019) marketing budget, which involved a nine-month publicity campaign, brand tie-ups, merchandise, video games and viral marketing.

The film faced controversies involving plagiarism, content leaks and copyright challenges. Consequently, Ra.One was theatrically released on 26 October 2011, the beginning of the five-day Diwali weekend, in 2D, 3D and dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu languages, with three international premieres being held between 24 & 26 October 2011. The film witnessed the largest international theatrical release for an Indian film as of 2011, and was preceded by high audience and commercial expectations.

After release, Ra.One received mixed to positive reviews, with critics praising the visual effects, action sequences, music, and the performances of Khan and Rampal, but criticizing the script, direction, and screenplay.

Commercially, the film became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011 domestically, the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011 worldwide, and broke a number of opening box office records. As the film earned more than ?207 crores, it was considered a “Hit”. The film subsequently won a number of awards for its technical aspects, notably one National Film Award, one Filmfare Award and four International Indian Film Academy Awards.

• Directer : Anubhav Sinha
• Producer : Gauri Khan
• Writter : Anubhav Sinha,Kanika Dhillon
• Screenplay : Anubhav Sinha,Kanika Dhillon,Mushtaq Shiekh,David Benullo
• Story : Anubhav Sinha
• Starring : Shah Rukh Khan,Arjun Rampal,Kareena Kapoor,Armaan Verma
• Music : Vishal-Shekhar
• Cinematography : Nicola Pecorini,V. Manikandan
• Editer : Sanjay Sharma,Martin Walsh
• Casting : Harish Dinkar,Prasun Mukherjee,Jeremy Zimmermann
• Production Design : Amy Danger,Marcus Wookey
• Art Direction : Sabu Cyril,Nick Dent,Santosh Kotkar
• Set Decoration : Marshall Aver
• Costume Design : Robert Lever,Manish Malhotra,Naresh Rohira,Anaita Shroff
• Makeup Department : Christine Allsopp,Brian Demski,Andrea Finch,Pompy Hans,Ritesh Naik
• Special Effects : Paul Dunn,Colin Foster,Paul Gorrie,David Greathouse,Beki Ingram
• Visual Effects : Savlaram Adhav,Prasad Adkar,Ritesh Aggarwal,Prashant Agrawal,Kauser Ahmed
• Action Directer : Firaz Boss,Stephanie Carey,Doug Coleman,Matthew Duggan,Richard Epper,Debbie Evans
• Animation Department : Anita.Dabas,Farooq Azam,Kamal Azhar,Pratik Chakraborty,Manab Deori
• Production company : Red Chillies Entertainment
• Distributer : Eros International Ltd.,Red Chillies Entertainment
• Genres : Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi
• Release Date : 26 October 2011
• Running time : 156 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Ra One Movie Trailer :

Ra One Movie Star Cast :

• Shah Rukh Khan as a Shekhar / G.One
• Arjun Rampal as a Ra.One
• Kareena Kapoor as a Sonia S. Subramanium
• Shahana Goswami as a Jenny Nayar
• Atul Sharma as a Airport Security Guard
• Priyanka Chopra as a The Desi Girl / Damsel in Distress
• Satish Shah as a Iyer
• Armaan Verma as a Prateek / Shekhar’s Son
• Dalip Tahil as a Barron
• Suresh Menon as a Taxi-Driver
• Sanjay Dutt as a Khalnayak
• Rajinikanth as a Chitti
• Joe Egan as a The Daddy
• Ben Hawkey as a Billy
• Alex Moore as a Dad
• Mark Barrows as a Airline Pilot
• Paul Lowe as a Mugger
• Logan as a ET
• Muhith Hakim as a Ensemble
• Walles Hamonde as a Dude in airport
• Kiyani Aziz as a Gay Airpot Officer
• James Helder as a Construction Worker
• Mark Miller as a Construction worker
• Ben Morris as a Football Player
• Mike Parish as a Australia Tourist
• Gino Picciano as a Businessman
• Baz Salam as a Footballer
• Tom Wu as a Akaashi
• Shola Adewusi as a Airport Cop
• Peter Agnelli as a Businessman
• Deepshikha Arora as a Brides Maid
• Raj Awasti as a Commuter
• Dilyana Bouklieva as a Pedestrian
• Georgia Curtis as a Backing Dancer
• Lauranza Harvey as a British business woman at a conference
• Sharan Hunjan as a Commuter
• Delnaaz Irani as a Teacher (as Delnaaz Paul)
• Phoenix James as a Football Player
• Ravi Pandey as a Lord Ram
• Shree Rammy Pandey as a Copy of RaOne
• Charanpreet Singh as a Airport Goon
• Mick Slaney as a Businessman
• Govi Tyler as a CGI Member
• Chris Wilson as a Airline passenger
• Bex Wood as a Key Girl
• Rodrig Andrisan as a Passer-By / Guy at Cafe Table / Scared Man in the Bus
• Martin John King as a Dad & Office worker
• Tom Swacha as a Activist
• Jon Wennington as a Airport Security Guard

Story of The Film :

Following his son’s suggestion, Shekhar designs an action game where the antagonist is more powerful than the protagonist. The player has to fight in the first two levels to reach the third one where whoever fires the bullet first wins. The game is well-received on its opening night, but things go wrong when Prateek stops playing and quits the game in between, only to invite the wrath of Ra.One, the game’s villain who uses an advanced technology to take on physical form. He wants to destroy Prateek, something only the game’s protagonist, G.One, can prevent from happening.

Production :

Casting :

Shahrukh Khan was the first actor to be cast in the film. Three other actors had initially been considered for the lead female role; Kareena was ultimately chosen because she insisted on playing the part.

Arjun accepted the role of Ra.One after Anubhav Sinha expressed a strong desire to cast him in the film. Wu was contracted to the film in July 2010, and Goswami was cast one month later. Bachchan agreed to be a part of the film after being requested by Khan and Sinha.

Several other cast members prepared extensively for their roles; Rampal and Kareena followed special diets to lose weight, and Verma learnt capoeira. Khan and Verma performed their own stunts, and Kapoor subsequently did so as well despite initial reluctance.

However, the cast did encounter problems during production. Khan faced difficulties with his superhero suit and prosthetic makeup, and injured his left knee. The decision to cast Arjun was met with skepticism due to “questionable acting abilities,” a statement Sinha criticized.

Arjun also face back problems (which were treated by the time production started), gives speculation of a possible replacement by Vivek Oberoi. Jackie Chan had initially been approached for the role of Aakaashi, but he declined the offer.

Rajnikanth suffered from health problems which caused a delay in the film shooting of his Guest appearance. Sanjay Dutt faced a scheduling conflict with Agneepath (2012), which was later resolved.

Development :

“Ra.One is the modern, new age technology version of our mythological “Raavan,” who was a mixture of ten different evil characters. I am essaying the role of G.One or better say “Jeevan,” a superhero who saves the mankind from Ra.One’s torment. Through this film, I want to prove that Indian superheroes can also be as cool as the international ones.” Said By Anubhav Sinha.

According to director Anubhav Sinha, the idea of Ra.One originated when he saw an advertisement on television which showed children remotely controlling a human. He was attracted to the concept and wrote a script based on it. Sinha then approached Khan, who liked the story and decided to produce the film under his production company Red Chillies Entertainment. Sinha wasn’t sure about retaining Khan’s support after the former’s previous film Cash (2007) became a commercial failure, but Khan reportedly “remained unchanged”.

Shahrukh Khan felt that the film possessed significant commercial potential, in addition to being a fulfilment of his “childhood dream” to be a superhero and to fly. He said that he wanted to “make a film that gives me the right to deserve the iconic status that I’ve got for 20 years.”

He also said that he wanted to make a film dedicated to father-son relationships, which were, in his opinion, “neglected” in Bollywood. Khan’s idea was to make a simple family drama which expanded into an action film. He declined to make the film in English to increase its appeal for Western audiences, feeling that “cracking Hollywood on their terms” was unnecessary. Both Khan and Sinha credited their children for providing encouragement, and regularly “approving” the film’s execution.

Red Chillies Entertainment continued to work on other projects before finalising the production aspects of Ra.One. After providing the visual effects for My Name Is Khan (2010), the studio focused solely on Ra.One and did not take up any other films. Khan initially approached a number of directors to helm the film, including Aditya Chopra and Karan Johar, but they declined; eventually, Sinha was made the film’s director. To prepare the film’s premises and characterisation, Sinha spent several months viewing video clips, digital art portals and comic books. Sinha and Khan also watched around 200 superhero films from all over the world. The storyboards were designed by Atul Chouthmal, who was contracted after he met Khan at Yash Raj Studios. While the former began work on the storyboards, the producers hired a storyboard artist from Hollywood. Chouthmal revealed that Khan and the other artist differed on their visions of the film, and so he was brought back. Before filming, Khan reportedly took tips from actor Kamal Hassan regarding the production of large-scale films, having been impressed by Hassan’s Dasavathaaram (2008).

“I have always felt this – and even Alfred Hitchcock said that in a movie, which has a larger than life hero, the villain’s role should be very strong. So, I also felt that if the villain looks good, the superhero will also look good.”

The title of the film received significant media attention due to it being the name of the antagonist rather than the protagonist. The move was considered innovative, and noted as a sign of the “rising importance of the villain in Bollywood.”

According to Sinha, the title had not been planned as such, and was ultimately chosen because Ra.One “sounded cooler” than G.One. Khan was advised to name the film after his own character; he declined to do so, citing the inter-dependence between good and evil. He also called Alfred Hitchcock as his inspiration, and pointed out that the antagonists in films like Sholay, Mr. India and Sadak were better remembered than the protagonists.

Film Shooting :

The crew of Ra.One featured both Indian and overseas personnel. Nicola Pecorini served as the director of Cinematography, with V. Manikandan providing assistance. Andy Gill and Spiro Razatos were hired as the stunt supervisors, and Nino Pansini was hired as the stunt cinematographer. Sabu Cyril and Marcus Wookey were responsible for the production design. The film’s producer was Bobby Chawla, but Gauri Khan later stepped in after the former suffered a brain haemorrhage.

Film shooting took place at a number of studios, notably Filmistan Studios, Film City and Yash Raj Studios in India and the Black Hangar Studios in the UK.

Film Shooting was initially set to Started in Miami, but the idea was abandoned due to budget constraints. The first phase of film shooting started in Goa on 21 March 2010 and continued until May. The second and third phases took place in London with the entire cast, beginning in July 2010 and ending in August.

The following phase was split into two schedules; the first schedule commenced at Filmistan Studios in the first week of September 2010, while the second schedule began in December 2010 and took place over a seven-day period. The remaining portions were filmed in July 2011 at Film City. A cameo appearance and a music video were filmed in the weeks leading up to the release, the former at the Whistling Woods Studios in Mumbai.

Ra.One featured three major action sequences, which were filmed in sets and real locations across Mumbai and London. The cinematography borrowed ideas from video games, such as rapid transitions between first-person and third-person perspectives. Procedures such as bullet time were also incorporated into the film. The production design was closely associated with the lighting and cinematography to facilitate smooth filming. However, filming faced a number of difficulties including increasing costs, delays and safety constraints. In addition, differences between Khan and Sinha caused tensions on the sets.

Post-production :

As with the filming crew, the post-production crew of the film included both Indian and overseas personnel. Prime Focus carried out the film’s 3-D conversion, with London-based colorist Richard Fearon performing the color grading. Red Chillies VFX partnered with a number of visual effects studios around the world, and undertook the incorporation of the visual effects under the supervision of Jeffrey Kleiser. Nvidia provided the information technology–based software utilised for the effects, while Edwark Quirk supervised over the computer-generated imagery used in the film. Resul Pookutty was responsible for the film’s sound design.

The idea for converting the film to 3-D was put forth during filming, and was implemented in July 2011 due to a revived interest in 3-D films.The process required 2,600 artists to convert 4,400 shots of the film.The sound design involved bridging the real and the virtual world,and the required sound enhancements were achieved by using the Dolby Surround 7.1 system.Incorporating the visual effects start in April 2010,and was preceded by extensive research. 1,200 artists worked for 2½ years to complete the visual effects work.A number of complex procedures were executed, including cubical transformations and the design of the faceless form of Ra.One.

Despite precautions, the post-production faced significant delays owing to the digital inter-mediation, increased work-load due to the 3-D and dubbed versions of the film, and delays in the completion of the visual effects. The post-production also faced budget constraints and witnessed an overuse of CGI according to the cinematographer. The delays left only two days for printing the film and sending it to theatres, generating significant anxiety over a possible delay in the release. Khan subsequently kept strict tabs on the progress of work, and postponed his knee surgery to complete the film on time.

Costumes :

The body suits worn by Khan and Rampal were designed by Robert Kurtzman and Tim Flattery, and made by a team of specialists based in Los Angeles. Sinha spent around three months conceptualising the costumes, watching various superhero films to design a costume not created already. He then wrote a 23-page document with his sketches and details of what he wanted, and gave it to the designers to work upon. To create the suit, Khan was required to enter a small chamber where a warm latex-like liquid was released up to his neck and allowed to solidify, forming the mould which was then peeled off his body. The suit was joined by a concealed zipper and subsequently modified. Computer-generated embellishments such as light beams and electricity were added to the suits after Khan expressed dissatisfaction with the initial rushes of the film. A total of 21 costumes were made for the film, with each suit reportedly costing ?10 million.

Khan’s suit was made of reinforced latex, coloured steel-blue and fitted with micro-computer circuitry. Rampal’s suit was made of three-inch thick solid rubber, and was red in color. Both actors were required to wear additional suits inside their body suits to prevent skin contact. Wearing the suits created a number of difficulties for the actors. It took 20 minutes to put on the suits and 40 minutes to remove them. In addition, the non-porous nature of the suits created intense heat inside, causing excessive perspiration despite the presence of special air conditioning ducts. Khan later felt that the suits’ conception had been a mistake since filming occurred during the day; digital adjustments to the suits brought “all the efforts to naught.”

Manish Malhotra designed the look and the costume of Kareena Kapoor for the song “Chammak Challo”, which received widespread media coverage. Kapoor wore a red sari draped in the style of a dhoti. Since the release of the song, the costume was termed a “fashion rage,” becoming popular in India and some overseas countries. Fashion experts applauded the costume and Kapoor’s ability to carry it off “stunningly,” though certain experts dismissed the naming of the sari color.

Ra One Movie Songs / Music :

The soundtrack of Ra.One was compose r is Vishal-Shekhar, with the lyrics being writter are Atahar Panchi, Vishal Dadlani and Kumaar. A. R. Rahman provided the background score for a single sequence. Sinha announced that R&B singer Akon and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra would be a part of the soundtrack; the former lent his vocals for “Chammak Challo” and “Criminal”, while the latter performed in “Bhare Naina”. The composers obtained the official license to use Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me,” on which they based the song “Dildaara.” The soundtrack contains fifteen tracks, including seven original songs, four remixes, three instrumentals and an international version of “Chammak Challo”.The music rights were bought by T-Series for ?150 million. The Hindi version of the soundtrack was released on 21 September 2011; the Tamil version was released on 5 October 2011 and Telugu version was released on 9 October 2011 respectively, featuring six tracks each.

• “Chammak Challo” – Akon, Hamsika Iyer, Sukhwinder Singh, Blaaze
• “Dildaara” – Shafqat Amanat Ali, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Clinton Cerejo
• “Criminal” – Akon, Vishal Dadlani, Shruti Pathak
• “Bhare Naina” – Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Nandini Srikar
• “Right By Your Side” – Siddharth Coutto
• “Raftaarein” – Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
• “Jiya Mora Ghabraaye” (The Chase) – Sukhwinder Singh, Vishal Dadlani
• “Chammak Challo” (Punjabi Mix) – Akon, Hamsika Iyer
• “Comes The Light” (Theme) – Instrumental
• “I’m On” (Theme) – Instrumental
• “Song of the End” (Theme) – Instrumental
• “Chammak Challo” (Club Mix) – Akon, Hamsika Iyer
• “Criminal” (Club Mix) – Akon, Vishal Dadlani, Shruti Pathak
• “Chammak Challo” (International) – Akon
• “Chammak Challo” (Remix) – Akon, Hamsika Iyer

 “Chammak Challo” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Akon
• Music Director : Vishal-Shekhar
• Music Label : T-Series

 “Raftaarein” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Vishal Dadlani
• Music Director : Vishal-Shekhar
• Music label : T-Series

Release :

In India, the Hindi version of Ra.One was released across more than 4,000 plus screens worldwide- 3,100 screens in 2,100 theatres, breaking the record for the widest Bollywood release previously held by Bodyguard (2011). The Tamil and Telugu versions were released on 275 prints and 125 prints respectively.A week before the release, multiplex owners throughout India decided to allot 95% of the total available screen space to the film.Overseas, Ra.One was released in 904 prints.This including 600 prints in Germany, 344 prints in the US, 200–300 prints in South Korea, 202 prints in the UK, 79 prints in the Middle East, 75 prints in Russia, 51 prints in Australia, 49 prints in Canada and 25 prints in New Zealand and Taiwan.In early October 2011, a partnership deal was being finalised by the distributors to allow the film to be released in China across 1,000 prints.In addition, the film was released in Pakistan and non-traditional territories like Brazil, Spain, Italy, Greece and Hong Kong.The 3D version was released in 550 screens across the world.Ra.One was noted for the extensive use of digital prints, reportedly making up 50–60% of the total release;in India, the film was exhibited in over 1,300 digital theatres, breaking the record previously held by Bodyguard.The wide digital release was implemented to lower distribution costs, make the film accessible to a wider audience and reduce piracy.However, despite the measures taken, pirated versions of Ra.One were available on the Internet within hours of the film’s release.

Marketing :

Ra.One’s poster featuring Arjun Rampal. This look was kept in secrecy throughout the production of the film until release.

The producers of Ra.One spent ?100 million out of a ?520 million marketing budget, ?150 million of this was utilised for internet promotions alone. The film’s first theatrical poster was released in December 2010, and was followed by the release of two teaser trailers during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The first theatrical trailer premiered three months later. Khan and Sinha undertook a multi-city tour during which they unveiled a 3,600 feet-long piece of fan mail to collect audience messages. The official website of Ra.One was launched on 31 May 2011, and an official YouTube channel for the film was subsequently unveiled. On 20 October 2011, Khan held a live chat with fans on Google Plus, the first time an Indian film personality had done so. Rampal’s look in the film, which had been kept secret, was revealed in late October 2011.

The film’s marketing utilised merchandise and games to facilitate the creation of a franchise. Khan marketed merchandise related to the film, which included toys, tablets and apparel. On 14 October 2011, a gaming tournament featuring games like Call of Duty was conducted in Mumbai and telecast live on YouTube. Red Chillies Entertainment partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to create “Ra.One – The Game,” a game for PlayStations which was released on 5 October 2011. The producers further collaborated with UTV Indiagames to design a social game titled Ra.One Genesis, with an independent plot based on G.One, in addition to designing digital comics based on the film’s characters.

Ra One Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Mix to Average from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 4.7 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 38,068.

For good thirty minutes it was okay. Then i started to switch sides every five minutes. Don’t watch the movie. Its the biggest disappointment in history of cinema. If you don’t trust me then waste few bucks and few hours, then you will realize that I was telling the truth. Plus, you will have a change of heart. If you love SRk, you will start to hate him. If you hate him then you will start loving him cause you knew what was expected of him (to sell crappie movie). (you knew that don’t you!!!!!). well thats it from me, and i guess thats it for Srk. He will not survive the new trend of India cinema. Amir and Salman are reigning king of Bollywood. They know what public wants.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh, from Bollywood Hungama give 4.5 star out of 5 Star.

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