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HIT: The First Case
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySailesh Kolanu
Screenplay bySailesh Kolanu
Story bySailesh Kolanu
Based onHIT: The First Case (Telugu)
by Sailesh Kolanu
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Dil Raju
Kuldeep Rathore
StarringRajkummar Rao
Sanya Malhotra
CinematographyS. Manikandan
Edited byGarry BH
Music byJohn Stewart Eduri
Production
companies
Distributed byPVR Pictures
Release date
  • 15 July 2022 (2022-07-15)
Running time
133 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹30 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹11.78 crore[3]

HIT: The First Case is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action suspense-thriller film written and directed by Sailesh Kolanu, being a remake of his 2020 Telugu film of the same name.[4][5] The film is produced by Dil Raju Production and T-Series.[6] It stars Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra.[7][8] It was released on 15 July 2022.[9]

Plot

Vikram Jaisingh aka Vicky is a cop who works in the Homicide Intervention Team HIT, and is sharp person, who solves crucial cases with his ability to capture even the smallest of details, thus earning the trust of his senior Ajit. He is in love with Neha Mehta, his colleague and a forensic official.

Rohit is Vikram's close friend and his colleague, who accompanies him in most of his cases. Vikram is constantly in an argument with Akshay, another officer, who crosses lines with Vikram. Vikram occasionally suffers from PTSD due to his past experience and refuses to take pills as he believes it slows down his abilities.

Meanwhile, a girl named Preeti is driving on the highway, and her car stops to the side because it suffers a malfunction. Officer Ibrahim Sheikh, stops to help her, and she calls her father since she forgot her phone at her home. When her father comes to pick her up, he sees that she has gone missing and Ibrahim says that she got into a blue car and he thought it was his car.

When Preeti's parents approach Ibrahim demandingly, he remains firm and insults them. Being a good friend of Preeti’ parents, Ajit decides to suspend Ibrahim because of how he acted and since he does not believe him. Vikram decides to take a six-month break to relieve his PTSD attacks. After two months, Vikram gets a call that Neha goes missing. He decides to go back to Ajit and ask for the case file for Neha going missing, but he says Akshay is dealing with the case, and he cannot give it to him.

Vikram decides to ask Saxena, who is Neha's colleague, about the cases Neha has dealt with the past two months. Vikram and Rohit connect Preeti's and Neha's missing case and deduce that the same person is involved in both cases. Vikram decides to investigate, and he asks Srinivas for Preethi's case, and he takes over the case.

Meanwhile, Akshay has suspicions that Vikram was the one who kidnapped Neha. Vikram decides to go to Preeti's college, and he asks Ajay and Sandya about what happened the previous night, and they say the same response how they were at a pub. Vikram and Rohit ask both Preeti's parents, and they say that her parents died in a plane crash and she was living with them and Preeti's neighbor Sheela about her.

Vikram and Rohit start deducing the case, and they come to a conclusion that Sheela kidnapped Preeti after they see Sheela's blue car and a note forged by Sheela indicating the whereabouts of Preeti's corpse. Ibrahim then sees the car and says that Sheela was not the one who kidnapped Preeti. Vikram and his team dig up the body behind the house and find that it is unnoticeable and it has a few DNA samples on it.

Vikram suspects Ajay because he said that Preeti was his girlfriend. While searching for the evidences Vikram gets a call from a stranger named Eesha who is stalked by a man in a car telling her to stop so that he can talk, but she drives fast and reaches the outskirts and contacted Vikram. Vikram begins his investigation in the toll booth in the highway. Vikram using the toll gate security cameras he deduces that the man who kidnapped was Fahad. After Vikram, Akshay, and Ibrahim find Fahad, Ibrahim is shot dead by Fahad while Vikram and Akshay capture him. Fahad takes them to the house where he received the money to kidnap Preeti. Vikram finds out that it was Rohit's house, and before Rohit shoots him, he shoots him dead.

Akshay goes upstairs and gets Neha. During the funeral of Rohit Sapna explains how Preeti and Sapna belonged to the same orphanage. Sapna had started developing feelings for Preeti since the age of 14. Saraswati Ma'am from the orphanage had tried to separate them. A couple came to adopt a child and were interested in both of them. But in the end they choose one and Preeti gets selected and adopted. Saraswati Ma'am asked her to suppress her feelings.

Sapna explains how she saw Preeti at a club and suddenly all the pent up feelings came out. Sapna tries to tell Preeti but Preeti rebukes Sapna. To express her feelings to Preeti, Sapna kidnaps Preeti with the help of Fahad and then Preeti dies in a scuffle. Rohit tries to protect Sapna by burrying her and planting the DNA evidences. Sapna explains the whole story and Sapna gets arrested. Vikram attends the funeral of Both Preeti and Ibrahim. the Unidentified DNA on Preeti was of Rohit . He knew he would be caught and wanted to die at the hands of Vikram.

When Neha and Vikram are talking, Vikram almost gets shot, hinting at a sequel.

Cast

  • Rajkummar Rao as Inspector Vikram Jaisingh (Vicky), Neha's love interest
  • Sanya Malhotra as Dr. Neha Mehta, Vikram's love interest
  • Akhil Iyer as Rohit Shukla, Vikram's colleague
  • Shilpa Shukla as Sheela
  • Dalip Tahil as Ajit Singh Shekhawat, Vikram's senior officer
  • Sanjay Narvekar as Shrikant Saxena
  • Milind Gunaji as SI Ibrahim Sheikh
  • Jatin Goswami as Akshay
  • Rose Khan as Preeti Mathur
  • Raviraj as Fahaad
  • Madhur Arora as Anirudh
  • Dishita Sehgal as Young Preeti
  • Nuveksha as Sapna, Rohit's wife & Preeti's obsessed lover
  • Kirti Kapoor as Geetha
  • Karan Mehta as Shiva
  • Noyrika Bhatheja as Dr Ritika

Production

Principal photography commenced on 12 September 2021 and wrapped up on 18 April 2022.[10][11]

Soundtrack

Hit - The First Case
Soundtrack album by
Mithoon and Manan Bhardwaj
Released26 July 2022[12]
Recorded2021-2022
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length11:39
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series
Official audio
Hit - The First Case - Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Mithoon and Manan Bhardwaj while the lyrics are written by Sayeed Quadri and Manan Bhardwaj.[12] The film score is composed by John Stewart Eduri. The first single was released on 29 June 2022.[13]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Kitni Haseen Hogi"Sayeed QuadriMithoonArijit Singh5:30
2."Tinka"Manan BharadwajManan BharadwajJubin Nautiyal3:18
3."Kahani Baaki Hai"Manan BharadwajManan BharadwajDivya Kumar2:51
Total length:11:39

Reception

Box office

HIT: The First Case earned ₹1.35 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day and ₹5.59 crore on opening weekend.[3]

As of 18 July 2022, the film grossed ₹11.06 crore (US$1.3 million) in India and ₹0.72 crore (US$86,000) overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹11.78 crore (US$1.4 million).[3]

Critical response

HIT: The First Case received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise towards the performance of Rao and Malhotra, pacing and direction.[14][15] Chirag Sehgal of News 18 rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao shines bright in the movie. The film also looks very similar to Kunal Kemmu's web series Abhay".[16] A critic for Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT THE FIRST CASE is a decent watch thanks to a superlative performance, whodunit element and a story".[17] Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao needs his glory back where the entire movie somehow complimented his talent and hardwork. This is not it but is not entirely bad either".[18] Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "If you are looking for a solid performance from Rajkummar Rao, then HIT won't disappoint. It is gripping in parts but we hoped the writers had put in more efforts to go beyond just remaking another south film".[19] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkummar Rao lends gravitas to the dawdling crime mystery. He has the ability to elevate a scrambled script and he does that here as well. He ensures you are on his team despite the misfires. HIT is more of a hit-and-miss"[20] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT: The First Case hits the jackpot with Rajkummar Rao. Nothing escapes his discerning eye. Nothing comes in our way of admiring it".[21] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Rajkumar Rao is the best thing about the film and keeps you invested in the project through sheer dint of effort".[22] A critic for Pinkvilla rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "HIT: The First Case hits the bulls eye in the first half, but falls flat in the second. It's an honest attempt to bring the thriller for the Hindi audience".[23]

Home media

The film started streaming on Netflix from 28 August 2022.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Hit - The First Case". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Hit: The First Case Day 1 Collection: Rajkummar's film opens less than 'Badhaai Do', hints at 9th flop?". Asianet News. Retrieved 17 July 2022. Hit: The First Case', was made on a budget of around Rs 30 crore
  3. ^ a b c "Hit – The First Case Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Rajkummar Rao is fighting demons of his past in HIT The First Case. Watch video". The Indian Express. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "HIT The First Case teaser out: Fierce cop Rajkummar Rao is on a mission in this high-intensity crime thriller". India Today. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "HIT: The First case releases the first look of Vikram; Have a look". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra share new poster of 'HIT: The First Case', announce trailer release date". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Rajkumar Rao: थिएटर से पहले यूट्यूब पर देखिए हिट द फर्स्ट केस, रीमेक और सीक्वल चक्रव्यूह में फंसे राजकुमार राव". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra's HIT - The First Case release postponed, film to hit screens on July 15". India Today. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra starrer Hit-The First Case begins with a mahurat pooja ceremony". Bollywood Hungama. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  11. ^ "It's a wrap for Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra starrer HIT-The First Case". Bollywood Hungama. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Hit - The First Case – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 26 July 2022.
  13. ^ "HIT The First Case song Kitni Haseen Hogi: Rajkummar Rao-Sanya Malhotra's soulful track is the new love ballad". Pinkvilla. 29 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Hit - The First Case Box Office: Rajkummar Rao's Film Starts Slow, Earns Rs 1.35 Cr On Day 1". News 18. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022. While the film gained mixed reviews from both, the audience and the critics.
  15. ^ "HIT The First Case box office day 2 collection: Rajkummar Rao film sees near 50% growth, earns ₹2 crore". The Hindustan Times. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022. the film received favourable reviews, with most critics praising the performances of Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra, as well as, the film's pacing and direction.
  16. ^ "HIT The First Case Review: The Film Is An Absolute Treat For Rajkummar Rao's Fans". News 18. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Hit – The First Case Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Hit: The First Case Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao Leads An Engaging Whodunnit That Deserved A Much More Nuanced Climax". Koimoi. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ^ "HIT: The First Case Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao delivers a stellar performance". India Today. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Hit: The First Case Movie Review : Rajkummar Rao lends gravitas to this dawdling crime mystery". The Times Of India. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  21. ^ "HIT: The First Case Review". Rediff.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  22. ^ "HIT The First Case Movie Review". Filmfare. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  23. ^ "HIT: The First Case Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao starrer is gripping but hits the roadblock in the climax". Pinkvilla. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  24. ^ "HIT: The First Case starring Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra to premiere on Netflix on August 28". Bollywood Hungama . 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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