Waqt is a 2005 Bollywood Hindi comedy-drama film directer is Vipul Shah. This film Leading star cast is Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar and Shefali Shah in main roles. Waqt is full of family drama and comedy. It has its comic element in the form of the bumbling servant Laxman, who misunderstands the most simple requests made of him in a style reminiscent of certain Shakespearian comic relief characters. The drama comes from the conflict between the father Ishwarchand and son Aditya. More comes from knowing critical facts that other characters don’t know which would completely change their perspectives.
The film collected rs. 23 crore and was considered as one of Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan’s biggest hits at that time.
- Directer : Vipul Amrutlal Shah
- Producer : Vipul Amrutlal Shah,Kumar Mangat
- Screenplay : Aatish Kapadia
- Story : Aatish Kapadia
- Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Akshay Kumar,Priyanka Chopra,Shefali Shah,Boman Irani,Rajpal Yadav
- Music : Anu Malik
- Cinematography : Ashok Mehta,Santosh Thundiyil
- Editor : Shirish Kunder
- Distributor : Blockbuster Movie Entertainers,Entertainment One,Eros Entertainment
- Release date : April 22, 2005
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Box office : 33.98 crore
Waqt : The Race Against Time film trailer :
Story of the film :
Ishwarchand Thakur (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra Thakur (Shefali Shah) are a married couple who run a toy factory together. They have a son- Aditya Thakur (Akshay Kumar) who does not have any interest in responsibility or what he wants to do in life. It gets even worse when he marriage with his girlfriend, Pooja (Priyanka Chopra), the daughter of Natu (Boman Irani).
When Pooja gets pregnant, both Ishwar and Sumitra decide to make Aditya realise his responsibilities, as he will have to take care of his wife and child. They take drastic measures and throw Aditya out of the house along with Pooja. As a result, Aditya and Pooja live in a room at the back of the house in the garden. The force becomes so bad that Aditya begins to hate his father and they do not speak to each other for a long time. At the same time, Aditya becomes aware of his role in life.
After that time, Ishwar has done all this for a reason and is hiding something. Ishwar is trying to make sure that his son is secure but because he is suffering from lung cancer and he wants his son to be responsible. Aditya succeeds in becoming a responsible man and also finds out the truth about his father when his father comes for his performance on the stage. He steps on the stage but instead, he asks the audience to pray to god to give a minute of their lives to keep his father alive until his son’s birth. His father is alive until his son is born and he names the baby boy ‘Ishwar’ after himself and he dies.
Aditya welcoming children at his father’s toy factory and playing with an alone, disabled boy like Ishwar did at the start of the film with his family there including his toddler Ishwar. The spirit of Ishwar touches Sumitra’s flowers in her hair and it reminds her of the old times.
Star cast of the film :
- Akshay Kumar as Aditya Ishwarchand Thakur/ Adi
- Amitabh Bachchan as Ishwarchand Thakur
- Priyanka Chopra as Pooja Aditya Thakur
- Shefali Shah as Sumitra Thakur
- Boman Irani as Nattu Bhai, Pooja’s father
- Rajpal Yadav as Laxman, Servant
- Asawari Joshi as Ashalata, Pooja’s mother
- Benjamin Gilani as a Director
- Anu Malik as a DJ in song, “Miraksam” (Guest Appear)
Music / song of the film :
The music composer is Anu Malik. The lyricist is Sameer and Aatish Kapadia.
- “Apne Jahanke”………………………..Adnan Sami, Sonu Nigam
- “Chhup Ja Chuup Ja”……………..Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
- “Do Me A Favor”…………………….Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan
- “Miraksam”……………….Sudesh Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Sunidhi Chauhan
- “Subah Hogee”………………………Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
- “Tandav Music”………………………Instrumental
- “Toot Gayaa”………………………….Kailash Kher
“Subah Hogee” full video song :
- Singer : Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
- Lyricist : Sameer
- Music Director : Anu Malik
- Music On : T-Series
Box office collection of the film :
According Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh- The film verdict declared hit, but box office India differ with shows as above average with a net gross of rs. 20.5 crore and a distributors share of rs.12.75 crore. However internationally the film was a ‘Hit’ and grossed rs. 7 crore in UK, and 4.5 crore in North America, and a total of 14.5 crore.
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