Fukrey

Fukrey

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
Produced by Farhan Akhtar
Ritesh Sidhwani
Screenplay by Vipul Vig
Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
Story by Vipul Vig
Starring Pulkit Samrat
Ali Fazal
Manjot Singh
Varun Sharma
Richa Chadda
Priya Anand
Vishakha Singh
Music by Ram Sampath
Cinematography K.U. Mohanan
Edited by Anand Subaya
Production
company
Release dates
  • 14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)
Running time
 139 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹50 million (US$740,000)
Box office ₹360 million (US$5.3 million)
(Lifetime domestic nett.)[2]

Fukrey (meaning 'slacker' or 'worthless' in Hindi/Punjabi) is a 2013 Hindi coming of age comedy film directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and starring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh, Richa Chadda, Vishakha Singh, and Priya Anand in the lead roles.[3][4] The story and dialogues are written by Vipul Vig and the screenplay was written by Vig and Lamba. Produced under the Excel Entertainment banner, the film was released on 14 June 2013.[5] Despite a poor opening, the film has gone on to become a sleeper hit.[6][7]

Plot

The film is set in Delhi, where four "Fukrey" (a colloquial Punjabi term for slackers) boys,[8] come together to make easy money.

The group includes two school backbenchers, Hunny (Pulkit Samrat) and Choocha (Varun Sharma), who are perpetually dreaming of making it big. They want to get into the local college but don't have the grades. The college guard Pandit (Pankaj Tripathi) tells them that he can leak to them the class XII papers at a rate of ₹ 50,000 per subject. Through Pandit (Pankaj Tripathi) they meet Zafar (Ali Fazal), a former student of the college and a struggling musician. The fourth character is Lali (Manjot Singh), whose father runs a sweet shop. Lali is currently pursuing his degree through correspondence and like Hunny and Choocha also wants to get into the same college but doesn't have the marks. Pandit tells Lali to donate ₹ 250,000 in the college development fund to get a seat in return. Zafar's girlfriend, Neetu (Vishakha Singh), has broken up with him and his father is critically ill and needs money for his treatment.

The four meet up at Pandit's office where Hunny explains his scheme. Each night Choocha has a dream, which Hunny later interprets as a lottery number, which they buy and win. And for every rupee invested, they get ten rupees (basically ten times) back. However since now they all together need a lot of money, they need someone to invest lakhs. So, on Zafar's insistence, Pandit takes them to meet a local gangster, Bholi Punjaban (Richa Chadda) where Hunny tells them their scheme. Bholi is ready to invest and Lali also gives his shop papers as mortgage. Bholi tells them to come the next day with the number. However, the same night everyone except Choocha falls asleep.

The next morning, Choocha narrates a fake dream which Hunny interprets and gets a number. They go to Bholi and tell the number. But it backfires and Bholi loses her money. Now to recover her money, she gives them a packet containing drug pills which Zafar, Hunny and Lali have to sell at a rave party the same night. She keeps Choocha as security with her. At the party, Police and Narcotics teams conduct a raid and Lali escapes with packet with the police chasing him. Lali manages to fool the police and reaches Neetu's place. He also sees Zafar there. Neetu throws the drugs down the drain just as the police are about to search her home. The police leave her place warning Lali. Zafar in the meanwhile tells the whole story to Neetu. Lali also calls Choocha telling him to run from Bholi's house which he succeeds in doing.

The next morning, all the five land up at Bholi's place. She gives them 24 hours to pay all the money due otherwise she would take the money by selling Lali's shop. The four are fighting at Zafar's place where Choocha tells them the truth about not seeing the dream. However, he tells them that he slept last night and he saw a dream. Zafar is not interested while Lali, Hunny and Neetu are. Hunny interprets the dream but they are short of cash even after Neetu is ready to give her savings. However, next morning Lali is able to borrow cash from a homeless man who used to remove parts from Lali's motorbike. They invest and win a huge amount. Meanwhile Zafar, in fear, meets the Narcotics Team telling them the truth and also calls Neetu, Lali, Choocha and Hunny where they confess to the police.

They go to Bholi's house and give her the money. Then Hunny tells Bholi that he wants to sell those drug pills again and gives her an advance. Impressed Bholi goes inside and returns with the pills only to be caught red handed by the police and Narcotics who have raided her home. In a flashback, it is shown that while Hunny, Choocha, Lali and Neetu were investing the money, Zafar met the Narcotics division and made a plan to catch Bholi. Now with Bholi behind bars, the police pardon the four and they are free.

Three months later, it is shown that Hunny and Choocha are entering the same college on horses as they had planned in the beginning of the film while Pandit is shocked and Lali, Zafar and Neetu are having a good laugh.

Cast

Production

Filming

The film was shot extensively in Delhi at various locations, including Miranda House, where most of the college sequences and opening song was shot.[9]

Re-release

The film was rereleased in theatres due to public demand and popularity. The PVR Cinemas showed FUKREY along with other movies in September 2013.[10][11]

The sequel of the film has been hinted for public demand as said by Ali Fazal at the success party. [12] [13]

The movie was well-received and the audience completely enjoyed the film. Also the characters had become memorable. Thus keeping in mind all these factors, the makers feel it will be worth it to have another script like this in place.[14]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Fukrey, released by T-Series on 14 April 2013, featured music composed by Ram Sampath.

Fukrey
Soundtrack album by Ram Sampath
Released
14 April 2013 (India)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 25:24
Label
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Ram Sampath chronology
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
(2012)		 Fukrey
(2013)		 Purani Jeans
(2014)
Tracklist
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Fuk Fuk Fukrey"  Ram Sampath, Yash Divecha, Amjad Bagadwa & Vrashal Chavan 3:26
2. "Beda Paar"  Tarannum Malik, Mika Singh 4:03
3. "Lag Gayi Lottery"  Tarannum Malik, Mimosa Pinto, Neisha Maskarenhas, Clint Cabral, Rana Mazumdar & Ram Sampath 3:18
4. "Karle Jugaad Karle"  Kailash Kher, Pradipta Guha & Keerthi Sagathia 6:01
5. "Rabba"  Ram Sampath, Clinton Cerejo & Keerthi Sagathia 4:23
6. "Ambarsariya"  Sona Mohapatra 4:08

Reception

The music of the film received good music reviews, especially for the song "Ambarsariya", an adaptation of a traditional Punjabi folk song, performed by Sona Mohapatra.[15][16]

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated it 3.5/5 and quoted, FUKREY is a twisted and delectably uproarious take on the shortcuts the youth of today indulge in.[17] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN rated the movie 2.5/5 and noted that, A tighter script and more screen time for the excellent Pankaj Tripathi, as enterprising campus security guard Panditji, might have helped turn this moderately entertaining film into a rollicking good caper.[18] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 3/5 rating.[19]

Boxoffice

The first four-day total of fukrey was around 115.0 million nett .[20] Fukrey grossed nett.₹290 million (US$4.3 million) in 2 weeks domestic[21][21] The business of the film was varied across India. It was a super hit in Delhi/UP and East Punjab, hit in Rajasthan but average to flop in the rest of the country.[22] The film has collected around 20 million nett as per early estimates on its second Friday which is just 20% less than the first day. The second weekend and second week business will be excellent for the film.[23] Fukrey has collected 360 million nett approx in four weeks.[2]

Awards & Nominations

Award Category Result Recipient Ref
Screen Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female) Won Richa Chadda (Bholi Punjaban) [24]
Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male/Female) Nominated Varun Sharma (Choocha)
Best Ensemble Cast Nominated Fukrey
Best Screenplay Nominated Mrigdeep Singh Lamba & Vipul Vig [25]
Big Star Awards BIG Star Most Entertaining Comedy Film Nominated Fukrey [24]
BIG Star Most Entertaining Singer Nominated Sona Mohapatra (Ambarsariya)
Star Guild Awards Best Dialog Nominated Vipul Vig & Mrighdeep Singh Lamba
Best Performance In A Negative Role Nominated Richa Chadda
Most Promising Debut - Male Nominated Varun Sharma
Best Performance In A Comic Role Won Varun Sharma (Choocha) [26]
Best Female Singer Nominated Sona Mohapatra (Ambarsariya)

Sequel

On January 30, 2016, a sequel to the film was announced. The sequel will feature the original cast and will be again directed by Lamba and produced by Excel Entertainment. Filming will begin August 2016 in Delhi.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "FUKREY (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5854&nCat=
  3. ↑ "Priya Anand signed for Fukrey". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Vishakha's part of Fukrey". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bring on the madness". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fukrey Emerges A HIT". Box Office India. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Lootera and Policegiri Make Little Impact Raanjhanaa Strong Second Week". Box Office India. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Rachit Gupta (14 June 2013). "Movie Review: Fukrey". Filmfare. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Scared to approach Delhi girls: Pulkit Samrat". The Times of India. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "'Fukrey' to be re-released on public demand". The Indian Express. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "'Fukrey' to be re-released on public demand". Internet Movie Database. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "'Fukrey 2' being planned?". Internet Movie Database. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Actor Ali hints a 'Fukrey 2'". OneIndiaEntertainment. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Fukrey 2 in the making?". GlamSham. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Fukrey – Times of India Music Review". The Times of India. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "I'm desi all the way, and am proud to be one: Sona Mohapatra". The Times of India. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Fukrey (2013) | Hindi Movie Critic Review By Taran Adarsh – Bollywood Hungama
  18. ↑ 'Fukrey' review: Too many gags, not enough plot spoil the film
  19. ↑ Saibal Chatterjee (13 June 2013). "Fukrey movie review". NDTV movies. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  20. ↑ Boxofficeindia.com
  21. 1 2 Boxofficeindia.com
  22. ↑ Boxofficeindia.com
  23. ↑ Boxofficeindia.com
  24. 1 2 "Winners of 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards 2014". cinebag.com. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  25. ↑ "Life OK 20th Annual Screen awards". apunkachoice.com. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  26. ↑ "'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' wins eight awards at Star Guild". dnaindia.com. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  27. ↑ "Fukrey sequel announced: Pulkit, Varun Sharma, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal will be back". indianexpress.com. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-30.

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