Rocky Handsome

Rocky Handsome

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nishikant Kamat
Produced by John Abraham
Sunir Khetrapal
Written by Ritesh Shahh
Based on The Man from Nowhere 
by Lee Jeong-beom
Starring John Abraham
Diya Chalwad
Shruti Haasan
Nishikant Kamat
Sharad Kelkar
Music by Sunny Bawra
Inder Bawra
Cinematography Shanker Raman
Edited by Aarif Shaikh
Production
company
J.A Entertainment
Azure Entertainment
Distributed by T-Series
Release dates
  • March 25, 2016 (2016-03-25)
Running time
 126 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Rocky Handsome is a 2016 Indian action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It features John Abraham and child artist Diya Chalwad in the lead roles while Shruti Haasan, Nishikant Kamat and Sharad Kelkar appear in crucial supporting roles. It is an official adaptation of the 2010 Korean film The Man from Nowhere.[1] Co-produced by Abraham under his home banner John Abraham Entertainment in association with Sunir Khetrapal’s Azure Entertainment, the film’s story revolves around a man who sets out to take vengeance against drug mafia after they take away an eight-year-old girl, with whom he shares a special bond.[2]

The theatrical trailer was released on 4 March 2016, and the film released on March 25, 2016.[3]

Plot

The movie plots in the midst of Goa town where Kabir "Rocky" Ahlawat (John Abraham) lives a sound life by running a pawn shop. His next door neighbour is Anna (Nathalia Kaur) whose little daughter is Naomi (Diya Chalwad) who is into stealing profession since her mother is a drug addict and a bar dancer. She develops a sound feeling of care with Rocky and calls him "Handsome" affectionately. Rocky too gets emotional towards Naomi and she frequently eats dinner with Rocky despite her mother's disapproval. Meanwhile ACP Dilip from Anti Narcotics department wants to clear the drug businesses out of Goa and asks for inputs where he discovers that the main drug kingpin is Mantoo who is the supreme drug lord and runs the entire Heroine business in Goa. He is supported by two powerful brothers Kevin and Luke who not only deal with drugs but with mass racquet of organ harvesting and they have a professional assassin named Attila who carries the same at Luke/Kevin's command.

One night Anna and her accomplice plan to steal drugs from a consignment which is to be handled by Mantoo's henchmen Bigshow and his local peddler. They succeed in doing so and Anna hides the drugs in a camera and pawns her to Rocky. The loss of consignment enrages Mantoo and he summons Kevin at his place and humiliates him badly and gives him three days to recover the sample consignment. A humiliated Kevin walk backs and calls his brother Luke to enlist the stolen drugs. Luke and Attila finds the truth and reach Anna's place where Luke torture Anna and finds she had pawned the camera to Rocky. Luke sends Attila to recover the camera wherein he finds that Bigshow and peddler were already fighting with Rocky for the possession of the camera unsuccessfully. Rocky injures Bigshow but obliged to handover the camera to Luke when he tells both Naomi and her mother are his captive. Before Leaving Attila shoots Bigshow dead to frame Rocky guilty and leaves a cellphone indicating that he will receive a call shortly from his bosses. Rocky gets a call from Kevin to make a delivery to Mantoo in return he will set Anna and Naomi free. Rocky goes to deliver the drugs to Mantoo where he finds that police had already raided Mantoo's haven with a tip-off from Kevin. Kevin calls Mantoo and tells that Mantoo is doomed and Kevin is the new drug lord of Goa. Mantoo runs away from his hideout and Rocky chases him in that chase he was arrested by police wherein they were shocked to see Anna's body with all her organs harvested in Rocky's car. Meanwhile Kevin finds out Mantoo and brutally murders him taking all his organs harvested.

During interrogation Rocky runs away from police station beating all guards out. The police were bewildered by the combat technique of Rocky and finds out that he was a former RAW agent/Special forces (Black ops) soldier with numerous commendations, but he retired after he was wounded and his pregnant wife Rukshida(Shruti Haasan) was murdered by an assassin. Rocky reaches a nightclub after his investigation and beat peddler's bodyguard stabs peddler dead and fights with Attila. In that combat he was shot by Attila and he gets Critically wounded ,He reaches a medicine shop and breaks the lock and performs an impromptu surgery. Rocky then acquires a gun and continues on his journey

Rocky finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant, in the process killing off the younger of the brothers, Luke with a gas cylinder blast. He tracks down the elder brother, Kevin, at the gang's condo, where a dozen gang members and Attila are also waiting. Kevin says that he has had Naomi killed and shows a container that has what he says are her eyes. He demands to know what happened to his younger brother, and, in a rage, Rocky kills the gang members brutally, including Attila and Kevin run away in his bullet-proof car but Rocky stops the same and smashes the windscreen with multiple bullets and in the procedure shoots down Kevin and finally shoot a bullet onto the leaking oil from the bullet-proof car.

As Rocky prepares to commit suicide out of grief, a scared and dirty Naomi emerges from the darkness. She had been saved by Attila, who took pity on her because she had been kind to him. It is then revealed that the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon, who had been killed off-camera by Attila. The police allow Rocky and Naomi to ride together after they arrest him, and, while she sleeps, Rocky asks if they can be dropped off at a small convenience store. Rocky buys a backpack along with other school supplies. He tells her that she's going to be on her own now, as the police have to take him away. Before he goes, he asks her for a hug and breaks down in tears as they embrace.

Cast

Production

Shruti Haasan has been cast as John Abraham’s wife, while a seven-year-old child actress named Diya(who was first seen in the movie Kick) plays an important character.[5] Nathalia Kaur, who was seen in the item number Dan dan cheeni in Ram Gopal Varma’s Department, plays the mother of the child. But the theme of our film is the action. We are getting action directors from abroad—Eastern Asia—for the stunts," said Kheterpal. According to Sunir Kheterpal, the shooting in Hyderabad was for about 45–50 days. While the second schedule was filmed in Goa, the third was in Mumbai.[6]

Release

The film earned ₹7 crore (US$1.0 million) in one day including paid previews in India.[7] The film went down on day two with collections of ₹4.25 crore (US$630,000) crore nett.[8] The film earned ₹3.50 crore (US$520,000) on third day and the film had a very low weekend of ₹18.75 crore (US$2.8 million) crore nett with ₹1.98 crore (US$290,000) crore nett on paid previews.[9] The collections on Monday were low at around ₹2 crore (US$300,000) nett.[10] The film grossed ₹21 crore (US$3.1 million) in its first week[11] and ₹25.13 crore (US$3.7 million) by the end of its theatrical run.[12]

Soundtrack

Rocky Handsome
Soundtrack album by Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers
Released 22 February 2016 (2016-02-22)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 32:46
Language Hindi
Label T-Series

The music for Rocky Handsome has been composed by Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers while the lyrics are penned by Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sachin Pathak, Sagar Lahauri and Shekhar Astitwa. The music rights have been acquired by T-Series. The album contains total 7 tracks. The first song "Rock Tha Party" was released on 15 February 2016.[13] The full music album was released on 22 February 2016 which included 6 songs. Later an unplugged version of Alfazon Ki Tarah was released on March 22, 2016 voiced by Shreya Ghoshal, John Abraham and Ankit Tiwari.[14]

No. TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s) Length
1. "Rock Tha Party"  KumaarBombay RockersBombay Rockers 03:31
2. "Rehnuma"  Manoj Muntashir, Sagar LahauriSunny Bawra, Inder BawraShreya Ghoshal, Inder Bawra 04:21
3. "Alfazon Ki Tarah"  Abhnendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari 06:21
4. "Aye Khuda"  Sachin Pathak, Shekhar AstitwaSunny Bawra, Inder BawraRahat Fateh Ali Khan 06:15
5. "Titliyan"  Sagar LahauriSunny Bawra, Inder BawraSunidhi Chauhan 06:02
6. "Aye Khuda (Duet Version)"  Sachin Pathak, Shekhar AstitwaSunny Bawra, Inder BawraRahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal 06:15
7. "Alfazon Ki Tarah (Unplugged)"  Abhnendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariShreya Ghoshal, John Abraham, Ankit Tiwari 06:21
Total length:
 32:46

Critical Reception

Subhash K. Jha rated the film 4/5, writing " It would have to be a toss-up between ShoojitSircar's excellent political thriller Madras Café and now Nishikant Kamat's Rocky Handsome."[15] Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5/5, writing "On the whole, ROCKY HANDSOME is for people who like action films. Despite the film having a simple plot, it has been garnished with engrossing drama and action stunningly. One can find the right mix of tension, action, emotion under one roof. A well-made action thriller."[16]

References

  1. ↑ Tanwar, Sarita (25 March 2016). "'Rocky Handsome' review: This John Abraham outing is meant for hard-core action fans". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nathalia Kaur excited to be in John Abraham’s ‘Rocky Handsome’". Indian Express. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Film Rocky Handsome First Look Released" (inextlive.jagran.com). Inext. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Satish Sundaresan. "Exclusive: Nishikant Kamat to play the villain in Rocky Handsome". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "We will take action to another level in Rocky Handsome". Rediff. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "John to go the Won Bin way for Rocky Handsome". Indian Express. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Rocky Handsome Day One Business". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rocky Handsome Goes Down Badly On Day Two". Box Office India. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rocky Handsome Very Poor Weekend Kapoor & Sons Holds Well". Box Office India. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Rocky Handsome And Batman v Superman Monday Business". Box Office India. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Rocky Handsome Flop - Batman v Superman Average". Box Office India. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Rocky Handsome - Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Check Out : Logo Of John Abraham Starrer Rocky Handsome". Koimoi.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rocky Handsome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Ankit Tiwari, Bombay Rockers, Sunny Bawra & Inder Bawra on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Rocky Handsome Review: John Abraham’s Pain-Lashed Performance! By Subhash K Jha
  16. ↑ Rocky Handsome Review by Bollywood Hungama News Network

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