Dabangg


           Dabangg (Hindi: दबंग, Urdu: دبنگ, English: Fearless) is a 2010 Hindi action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan.[3] It is the first film released under the newly launched Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz's elder brother, Salman Khanand Sonakshi Sinha, daughter of Shatrughan Sinha. The film marks the debut of Sonakshi as an actor, Arbaaz as a producer[4] and Abhinav Kashyap, brother of acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap, as a director.[5] It also features Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher,Mahesh Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, and Mahie Gill in supporting roles while Sonu Sood plays the main antagonist.[6] Malaika Arora appears in an item number.[7] The theatrical trailer of the film was released on 23 July 2010.[8] Dabangg was released on Eid, 10 September 2010 across nearly 1,800 screens in India and abroad.
The film broke many records at the box office within the first week of its release. It went on to become the highest opening day grosser[9] as well as the highest weekend grossing[10] Bollywood film of all time at the Indian box office, breaking the records earlier held by 3 Idiots. The film set another box office record, grossing Indian rupee 80.87 crore (US$18.2 million) in its first week, thus becoming the highest opening week grossing Bollywood film, overtaking the previous record of 3 Idiots.[11] It was declared an all-time blockbuster in only the second week of its release[12] and is currently the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2010.

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[edit]Plot

Dabanng opens with a fight in a warehouse. Chulbul(Salman Khan) takes on a gang of about a dozen criminals by himself, using only a firehose as a weapon. There are a few instances of Matrix-inspired special effects, but they are outshone by the intricate fight choreography, as Chulbul is surrounded by attackers.
The rest of the police force arrives while Chulbul exits the warehouse with a bag of pilfered cash. Asked what they should tell the higher-ups about the fight, Chulbul shoots a deputy in the arm, so that the officer can claim he was wounded in action and earn a promotion. Everyone is happy, and Chulbul walks away with the money.
The scene is immediately followed by a dance number to a tune about what a badass Chulbul is: “Hud Hud Dabanng.”
Dabanng‘s plot is formulaic, with the requisite love story and predictable double-crosses. Chulbul falls in love with a woman, Rajjo (Sonakshi Sinha), who encourages him to reconcile with his estranged stepbrother, Makhi (Arbaaz Khan), and his step-father. Little does Chulbul know that Makhi is secretly working for Cheddi Singh (Sonu Sood), the corrupt politician from whom Chulbul stole in the opening sequence.
Dabanng is well-paced and doesn’t linger over Chulbul’s emotional development. He grows as a character, but the majority of his time is spent fighting, engaging in political intrigue, and dancing.

[edit]Cast

[edit]Production

[edit]Casting

In April 2009, it was revealed that Sonakshi Sinha, the daughter of Shatrughan Sinha, had been signed for her debut role and would be playing the lead alongside Salman Khan.[13] Sonu Sood was cast as the lead antagonist.[14] According to reports, Sinha went on a special diet and trained for two years in order to get into shape for her role of a village girl.[15] Salman Khan also went on a special diet to enact his character of an Uttar Pradeshi police officer.[16]

[edit]Filming

The film's shooting commenced in September 2009.[17] Most of the scenes were shot in the town of Wai in Maharashtra, while a song and some primary portions were shot in the United Arab Emirates.[18] Sonu Sood, one of the members of the supporting cast, fractured his nose while shooting.[19] Some parts of the film were also shot in the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi and theDubai Metro.[18] For his role of a police officer, Salman Khan sported a moustache for the second time in his career.[20] The cinematography was performed by Mahesh Limaye. The film have numerous action sequences choreographed by S. Vijayan, the stunt director of Wanted.[21] According to Arbaaz Khan, the film contains five action sequences, shot over a duration of 60 days;[22] "We shot the action scenes for 60 days which is the time spent shooting an average full-length feature film", he explained.[23] The film's songs were choreographed by Raju Khan and Shabina Khan,[24] while Farah Khan choreographed the item number, Munni Badnaam.[25] The shooting completed in early June 2010, and the film went into post-production.[26]

[edit]Marketing

The film's theatrical trailer was released in cinemas on 23 July 2010, alongside Priyadarshan’s Khatta Meetha.[27] The two and a half minute trailer was an instant hit.[28] Few industry veterans such asTaran Adarsh, Anupam Kher, Ritesh Deshmukh claimed it to be best trailer of year, with Adarsh describing it as, "Rocking!, Salman Khan like never before, expect a hurricane like start at the box office”.[28] Box office India described it as the most anticipated film of the year.[29] Several short dialogue promos and trailers featuring the film songs were subsequently released.

[edit]Release

The special screening of the film took place at Film City on 6 September 2010, which was attended by prominent figures from Bollywood.[30] The film's premier was held in Mumbai on 9 September 2010.[31] The film opened on 10 September 2010 to high box office expectations.[32] It was released worldwide, across 1,584 screens in India and around 300 screens overseas.[33] The film was also screened in Norway at an international film festival.[34]

[edit]Reception

[edit]Critical response

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 7.5/10 based on 6 reviews.[35] Most of the critics praised the performance ofSalman Khan. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave a highly favorable rating of 4.5/5 in his review and said, "On the whole, Dabangg is a full on entertainer with three aces - Salman Khan like never before, stylish action and super music. Sure to fetch an earth-shattering opening, the film will create a pandemonium at the box-office, cementing the status of Salman Khan as the darling of the masses and making the distributors laugh all the way to the bank. It has Blockbuster written all over it!".[36] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India awarded 4 stars while commenting, "For anybody who wants to know what is the on-screen definition of Bollywood, Dabangg is truly text book fare. It's loud, crazy, zany, exaggerated, larger-than-life, almost nonsensical, totally make-believe, comic book like, complete kitsch, generously peppered with the mandatory desi tadka (garnishing) of songs and dances that keep popping out of nowhere and is literally oozing with star charisma".[37] Komal Nahta of Koi Moi gave it a rating of 4/5 and stated, "Dabangg may be a routine subject but its other plus points will ensure that it proves a big hit from North to South and East to West. It will be loved by the masses and classes, the young and the old, the girls and the boys, the men and the women. Business in single-screen cinemas will be historic, of course, but collections in multiplexes will also be outstanding."[38]
Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis rated it 4/5 saying, "In spite of the film's ‘dated’ appeal, first-timer Kashyap gives Dabangg a novel treatment, which lends it zing. He plays to the gallery brazenly, but ensures the film is held together by a strong premise – that of a dysfunctional family that comes together in crisis. Dabangg is slightly mad, and terribly entertaining".[39] Abhishek Mande of Rediff gave 3/5 while stating, "Dabangg is not a movie for non-Salman fans. But for those who worship him it's a film you simply cannot afford to miss."[40] Anupama Chopra of NDTV also rated it 3/5 stating, "It's the role of a lifetime and Salman Khan bites into it like a starving man devours a feast. He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even, spoofing himself."[41] Mathures Paul of The Statesman gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Dabangg aligns itself with viewers frustrated by the nonexistence of uncomplicated heroism on screen."[42] Sukanya Venkatgarhavan of Filmfare rated it 3/5 stating, "Dabangg rides totally on Salman Khan's magic.Had director Abhinav Kashyap cast a less popular actor, it’s doubtful the film would have the chutzpah that Khan has lent to it."[43] The movie wasn't without detractors. Rajeev Masand rated the movie 2½/5 saying, "Dabangg' is ordinary, at best average...Blame it on the disjointed screenplay if Dabangg works not so much as a coherent, consistent film, but as a string of set-pieces. As a result it feels way longer than its two-hours-and-five-minutes running time, and the climatic action scene that takes place outside the villain's den seems never-ending".[44] Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes Movies rated the movie 3/5, saying that "As much as the film doesn’t care a damn for coming up with any innovative storyline. Like the intrepid Chulbul Pandey who tries to intermittently hide his soggy eyes behind his sunglasses, the film tries to camouflage its deficiency of substance with an abundance of Salman’s splendid style....Try to find a novel storyline and there is none in Dabangg. Try to find Salman Khan and there is nothing else".[45]

[edit]Box office performance

[edit]India

In India, the film opened to an overwhelming response at the box office and packed cinema halls with single screens reporting 100% occupancy, while multiplexes reported 80-100% occupancy.[46] Box Office India described the film's opening as "earth shattering" saying, "despite bad weather in the North, the response was simply mindboggling".[47] The film went on to break the opening day collection record of 3 Idiots netting Indian rupee 14.5 crore (US$3.26 million) on its first day of business, thus becoming the highest opener of all time across India.[48] It netted Indian rupee 16.5 crore (US$3.71 million) on the second day of release, again breaking the all time second-day collection record set by 3 Idiots.[49] The film continued its record breaking run at the box office, netting Indian rupee 18.5 crore (US$4.16 million)on the third day of release, bringing the total nett collections to Indian rupee 49.5 crore (US$11.14 million) at the end of its first weekend, the highest ever first weekend collections in the Indian box office history, overtaking the Indian rupee 38 crore (US$8.55 million) net record of 3 Idiots.[50][51] The film netted Indian rupee 10.6 crore (US$2.38 million) on Monday[52] Indian rupee 8.6 crore (US$1.93 million) crore on Tuesday,[53] Indian rupee 7 crore (US$1.58 million) on Wednesday[54] and about Indian rupee 6 crore (US$1.35 million) on Thursday to take the total nett collections to around Indian rupee 81.5 crore (US$18.34 million) in its first week of release.[55] It subsequently became the highest opening week net grosser in the box office history, again surpassing the previous record of 3 Idiots.[55] The first week distributors share of the film amounted to Indian rupee 50.15 crore (US$11.28 million).[56]
The film continued its successful run at the box office during the second week of its release. It netted Indian rupee 6.2 crore (US$1.4 million) on the second Friday,[57] Indian rupee 7.5 crore (US$1.69 million) on Saturday and Indian rupee 10.5 crore (US$2.36 million) on Sunday, for a Indian rupee 23.75 crore (US$5.34 million) second weekend, a drop of around 50 per cent from the opening weekend.[58] The film netted Indian rupee 36 crore (US$8.1 million) in the second week, the second highest second week collections ever after 3 Idiots, taking the total nett collections to Indian rupee 116 crore (US$26.1 million) in just two weeks. The film thus surpassed the lifetime record collections of the 2008 Aamir Khan-starrer Ghajini and became the second highest grossing film of all time within just two weeks.[59]
The film collected Indian rupee 16 crore (US$3.6 million) during the third week[60] and Indian rupee 6 crore (US$1.35 million) in its fourth week, taking the total domestic net collections to Indian rupee 140 crore (US$31.5 million).[61]

[edit]Overseas

The film opened to a positive response in the overseas markets as well. It grossed a total of US$ 4.20 million in the international markets at the end of its second weekend.[62] In the United States, the film opened at No. 23, collecting US$ 628,137 from 62 screens in its opening weekend[63] and $1,068,589 at the end of its second weekend.[64] In the United Arab Emirates, the film collected 3.2 million Dirhams (US$ 970,000) in the opening weekend,[63] and $1,550,000 at the end of the second weekend.[62] In the United Kingdom, the film opened at No. 12 collecting £332,673 from 41 screens in its opening weekend.[63] and £570,566 by the end of its second weekend.[62] In Australia, the film collected AUS$126,000 from 14 screens in the opening weekend,[63] and AUS$272,909 at the end of its second weekend.[62] In Mauritius and South Africa, the film collected US$25,000 each in its opening weekend.[63] In Fiji, the film collected US$20,000 in the opening weekend.[63] In other territories of Europe and Africa, the film collected $100,000 in its opening weekend.[63]

[edit]Satellite rights

The Satellite telecast rights of the film were pre-sold for a nominal Rs. 10 crore.[65]


Dabangg

Theatrical poster
Directed byAbhinav Kashyap
Produced byArbaaz Khan
Malaika Arora Khan
Dhillin Mehta
Written byDileep Shukla
Abhinav Kashyap
StarringSalman Khan
Arbaaz Khan
Sonakshi Sinha
Sonu Sood
Vinod Khanna
Dimple Kapadia
Music bySajid-Wajid
CinematographyMahesh Limaye
Editing byPranav V Dhiwar
StudioMehboob Studio
Filmcity
Distributed byArbaaz Khan Productions
Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd
Release date(s)10 September 2010
Running time130 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
BudgetIndian rupee 42 crore (US$9.45 million)[2]
Gross revenueIndian rupee 140 crore (US$31.5 million)(28-day domestic nett)
Followed byDabangg 2
[edit]Soundtrack


Audio rights of the film were sold for about Rs. 9.5 crore.[68]The soundtrack of the film have been composed by the music director duo of Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit of the famed duo Jatin-Lalit, while the lyrics have been penned by Faiz Anwar, Lalit Pandit and Jalees Sherwani. Lalit Pandit did the song titled Munni Badnaam.[66] The music was launched on 6 August 2010 in Delhi.[67] The album contains five original songs, four remixes and one theme song.[66]
In August 2010, the track "Tere Mast Do Nain", as performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, reached Number 1[69] on the Official Asian Download Chart in the UK based on legal downloads in that country.

[edit]Tracklist

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Tere Mast Mast Do Nain"  Rahat Fateh Ali Khan5:59
2."Munni Badnaam"  Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya Nigam5:07
3."Chori Kiya Re Jiya"  Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal4:48
4."Hud Hud Dabangg"  Sukhwinder Singh, Wajid4:13
5."Humka Peeni Hai"  Wajid, Master Saleem, Shabaab Shabri5:15
6."Tere Mast Do Nain" (Part 2)Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal5:59
7."Munni Badnaam" (Remix)Mamta Sharma, Aishwarya Nigam4:05
8."Tere Mast Do Nain" (Remix)Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Arshikha Loey5:02
9."Humka Peeni Hai" (Remix)Wajid, Master Saleem, Shabaab Shabri4:27
10."Dabangg" (Theme)Salman Khan, Sajid-Wajid2:48

[edit]Reception

Upon release, the film's soundtrack received generally positive reviews from music critics. Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama rated the album 3/5 and said, "Dabangg delivers what it promised. One expected a masala soundtrack and this is what one gets with a couple of item song sequences, a couple of theme tracks and two love songs which are actually the highlight of the film. A soundtrack that has something in store for mass as well as class."[70] Atta Khan of Planet Bollywood gave it 6/10 saying, "Sajid and Wajid’s brand of music appeals to the mass audience because it’s simple, catchy, easy on the ears and fun. Dabangg further showcases their ability to connect with the mass audience".[71] Ruchika Kher of Indo-Asian News Service rated it 3/5 and stated, "On the whole, the soundtrack of the film is entertaining and apt for the film".[72] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare also gave the album a rating of 3/5 and said, "Overall, the soundtrack scores high on energy quotient. But its time Sajid-Wajid gave some thought to melody too".[73] Music Aloud's review rated the album 7/10 saying that "Dabangg is once again the customary Salman Khan soundtrack, but Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit manage to make it more enjoyable than the previous ones in that line."[74] Bolymusicreview at Twitter said "Dabaang's got some awesome songs. The masala quotient on this one is pretty high. Tere mast mast do nain by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the pick" and "Go and get Dabangg...all the songs are rocking from mast nain, munni badnaam, peeni hai, chori kiya re to dabangg theme" [75]

[edit]Chart performance

The music of Dabangg performed well on the charts after its release. The songs, Tere Mast Mast Do Nain and Munni Badnaam became chart busters[76] and entered the list of top 20 most frequently played songs on radio in India. As of 10 September 2010, "Munni Badnaam Hui" was ranked first on the list,[77] while "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" was ranked second.[77]

[edit]Sequel

Producer Arbaaz Khan has stated, "Yes, there's a 110% possibility that we will start Dabangg 2, but when that will happen is yet undecided. See, Salman has several commitments to fulfill, so Dabangg 2 will take some time to start. But it's definitely on the cards."[78]
Arbaaz Khan has announced that Dabangg 2 starring Salman Khan & Sonakshi Sinha will go on floors very soon. [79] The core cast of Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Sonu Sood will remain unchanged. But the plot will now move away from the UP hinterland into a large a city, probably Mumbai. [80]

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