Kaabil

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Kaabil

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Hindi ककककक

Directed by Sanjay Gupta

Produced by Rakesh Roshan

Written by Sanjay Masoom

Screenplay by Vijay Kumar Mishra

Story by Vijay Kumar Mishra

Starring Hrithik Roshan

Yami Gautam
 Ronit Roy
Rohit Roy

Music by Original songs :

Rajesh Roshan
Background Score :
Salim-Sulaiman

Cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee

Ayananka Bose

Edited by Akiv Ali

Production Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd

company

Distributed by Filmkraft Productions Pvt. Ltd

B4U Motion Pictures

Release date  25 January 2017[1]

Running time 139 minutes

Country India

Language Hindi

Budget ₹500 million[2][3]

Box office ₹1.76 billion[4][5][6]

Kaabil (English: Capable) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film[7][8] directed
by Sanjay Gupta, written by Vijay Kumar Mishra, produced by Rakesh Roshan under his banner
FilmKraft Productions.[9] It features a love affair between two blind people, played by Hrithik
Roshan and Yami Gautam.[10][11] Music is composed by Rajesh Roshan. Principal photography of
the film began on 30 March 2016.[12] The film was released on 25 January 2017. Kaabil was
released in Tamil and Telugu under the title Balam(Strength)[13][14] Roshan received the
Nomination of Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance at the 63rd Filmfare Awards.

Contents
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 1Plot
 2Cast
 3Production
o 3.1Development
 o 3.2Filming
 4Release
 5Box office
 6Critical reception
 7Soundtrack
 8Game
 9References
 10External links

Plot
Rohan Bhatnagar (Hrithik Roshan) is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth
and works as a voice-over artist for a living. Through friends, he meets Supriya Sharma (Yami
Gautam), a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two start liking each
other and get married.
One night, on their way back home after dining out, they are interrupted by Amit Shellar (Rohit
Roy), a local goon and younger brother of Madhavrao Shellar (Ronit Roy), a well-known
politician. He and his friend Wasim, drunkenly misbehave with the couple, enraging Rohan, and
they have a heated exchange.
The next morning while Rohan is at work, Amit and Wasim sneak into the house and gang
rape Supriya. A horrified Rohan immediately calls the police; Officer Chaubey advises him to get
his wife medically examined in 24 hours to prove the assault. While Rohan and Supriya are on
their way to the clinic, they are kidnapped by Shellar's men and held captive for 36 hours. After
being set free, Rohan and Supriya are criticised by police for the delay in getting Supriya
clinically examined, and both are accused of being liars. Heartbroken, they return home. Supriya
attempts to live normally but Rohan becomes silent and introspective, which hurts her.
One morning, Rohan returns early from work to apologise to Supriya for not being as supportive
as he should have, only to find her corpse, hanging from the ceiling fan. Madhavrao visits Rohan
and reveals that his brother Amit raped Supriya not once but twice. Rohan finds
Supriya's braille note, which ascertains that Amit had raped her a second time; this second
assault led to her suicide. Shattered, Rohan changes. He implies to Officer Chaubey that he will
avenge his wife's death, challenging that Chaubey will know who did it but will be able to do
nothing about it, just like he did nothing about Supriya's rape.
Rohan uses his voice modulating skills to lure the culprits to places that Rohan knows well. First,
he tricks Wasim and hangs him, leaving Amit's handkerchief behind to frame Amit. He then lures
Amit to the warehouse where he and Supriya were held captive for 36 hours. He finds Amit by
scent, tying him down to be burned alive in an explosion.
Officer Chaubey suspects Rohan for Amit and Wasim's murders after remembering his
challenge, and puts him under house arrest. It is revealed that Chaubey knew Amit raped
Supriya but did nothing after Madhavrao bribed him. Rohan gets past police with the help of his
friend, and calls Madhavrao to a building under construction that was to be Rohan and Supriya's
new home. There, Rohan kills him and makes it look like a suicide. Rohan later relates the story
to Chaubey: he made it look as if Amit killed Wasim, then Madhavrao committed suicide due to
the pain of Amit's death. With no evidence against Rohan, a blind man, Chaubey stands
helpless. Rohan, his revenge complete, scatters Supriya's ashes at sea.

Cast
 Hrithik Roshan as Rohan Bhatnagar
 Yami Gautam as Su/Supriya Sharma/Supriya Bhatnagar
 Ronit Roy as Madhavrao Shellar
 Rohit Roy as Amit Shellar
 Narendra Jha as Inspector Amol Chaube
 Suresh Menon as Zafar (Rohan's Friend)
 Sahidur Rahman as Wasim
 Akhilendra Mishra as Wasim's father
 Girish Kulkarni as Sub-Inspector Pravin Nalavde[15]
 Urvashi Rautela (special appearance in song)[16]

Production
Development
Sanjay Gupta announced the film officially in January 2016 with Hrithik Roshan portraying the
lead role, Rakesh Roshan producing the project and Rajesh Roshan composing the film
score. Yami Gautam was confirmed to play the lead heroine while brothers Ronit Roy and Rohit
Roy have played negative role in the film.[17][18][19]
The film is produced by Rakesh Roshan under his production house under FilmKraft Productions
Pvt. Ltd. Rajesh Roshan will compose the music and Salim–Sulaiman giving background music
to the film and Resul Pookutty for the film's sound design. The film's cinematography was
performed by Sudeep Chatterjee and Ayananka Bose.
Filming
The principal photography commenced in Mumbai in March 2016. The entire shooting is
scheduled to be completed by July 2016. The movie is slated to release on 25 January
2017.[20] Filming for the first schedule wrapped on 19 June 2016.[21] Film shooting was completed
in 77 days.[22]

Release
The film was released on 25 January 2017 worldwide along with Rahul
Dholakia's Raees starring Shah Rukh Khan. Kaabil opened in 2700 screens
whereas Raees opened in 3500 screens.[23] On 2 February 2017, Kaabil was released
across Pakistan, becoming the first Indian film to be screened in Pakistan, post lifting of ban on
Indian films after the 2016 Uri terror attack and its aftermath.[24]
Following the good performance of the film at the box-office, Kaabil was released on around 200
more screens in India, on 2 February 2017.[25]

Box office
Kaabil grossed approximately ₹176.07 crore[4][5][6]

Critical reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole,
KAABIL is gripping, gut-wrenching and is likely to stay with you for a long time.".[26]
The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and said, "Hrithik does all the heavy lifting and
remains the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie. He still has the moves. What he
needs is a plot."[27]
Meena Iyer of Times of India gave the film a rating of 4/5 stars, noting that the movie seemed to
be inspired by the 1989 movie Blind Fury and the 2014 Korean movie Broken.[28] Iyer praised
Roshan's performance as his "all-time best", and felt that the character Rohan was "vulnerable
as a lover and menacing as a killing-machine".
Sarita A. Tanwar of "Daily News and Analysis" gave the rating of 4/5 stars stating " Kaabil is old-
school, emotional and forceful. And an absolute must for all Hrithik Roshan fans. And if you
aren't his fan, you might feel differently after this film".[29]
Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi gave the film 2 out of 5 and called it a "predictable revenge
and retribution saga that offers nothing new other than the visually impaired protagonists."[30][31]
Rachit Gupta from "Filmfare" wrote "Hrithik carries this film on his capable shoulders. His
perfectly nuanced performance is the reason you’ll enjoy the thrills of Kaabil.” and gave the
movie 3 stars out of 5.[32]
Bollywood Bubble gave the movie a rating of 4 out of 5 and said, "‘Kaabil’ will present you a far
bitter truth. It’ll draw a very uncomfortable, shrewd reality wherein the ones in greater need of
support are the ones often thrown on the edge, laughed at. It’ll show you a world in desperate
need of more compassion, more kindness." ."[33]
Joginder Tuteja of Movie Talkies gave the rating of 4/5 stars and said, "Rakesh Roshan has
ensured that Kaabil turns out to be a commercial film for the audiences that has all the right
ingredients in place and that too in the right proportions. It must have been quite a challenge to
have three creative brains (Sanjay, Hrithik and himself) to blend seamlessly and deliver a product
which is in just the right synch. That happens with Kaabil and that is the right reason why the final
outcome keeps you glued on the screen right till the end." [34]
Business Standard criticized the movie's plot and direction: "I’m not sure what’s more infuriating
about this film – whether it’s regressive or stupid. Or whether it’s regressive and stupid and
joyless and monotonous and silly and pointless. In fact, let’s call Kaabil for what it is: a B-movie
with well-known actors. Worse, it’s exacerbated by shoddy CG, fake earnestness and a needless
item number."[35][36]
Udita Jhunjhunwala from "First Post" gave the rating of 3/5 and wrote, "If you are able to look
past many of these niggles it’s thank to Hrithik Roshan’s committed performance which keeps
you rooting for his Rohan all the way." [37]
Sukanya Varma from Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 on 5, and felt that "Kaabil serves nothing
beyond an unabashed platform to vaunt a seething Hrithik, sentimental Hrithik, snarky Hrithik, sly
Hrithik or spry Hrithik...".[38] Saibal Chaterjee from NDTV gave the movie 2.5 out of 5, calling the
film "...paisa vasool[clarification needed] fare, if not more."[39]
Mike McCahill from The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5, and remarked that "Sanjay Gupta’s
tale of a blind dubbing artist avenging the ghost of his wife is the sort of nonsense the Indian film
industry stopped churning out 20 years ago."[40]

Soundtrack

Kaabil

Soundtrack album by Rajesh Roshan

Released 21 December 2016

Recorded 2016

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 24:37

Language Hindi
 Label T-Series

Director Sanjay Gupta

Producer Rakesh Roshan

Rajesh Roshan chronology

Krrish 3 Kaabil
(2013) (2017)

Complete soundtrack album was released on 21 December 2016 by T-Series.[41][42]

All music composed by Rajesh Roshan.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length

1. "Kaabil Hoon" Nasir Faraaz Jubin Nautiyal, Palak 5:14

Muchhal

2. "Haseeno Ka Deewana" Kumaar, Anjaan Raftaar, Payal Dev 3:49

3. "Kuch Din" Manoj Muntashir Jubin Nautiyal 4:48

4. "Mon Amour" Manoj Muntashir Vishal Dadlani 4:59

5. "Kaabil Hoon" (Sad Version) Nasir Faraaz Jubin Nautiyal 1:37

6. "Kisi Se Pyar Ho Jaye" Kumaar, Anand Bakshi Jubin Nautiyal 4:10

Total length: 24:37

Game
An official game based on this film has been released by Must Play Games, for Android mobile
phone users.[43]

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