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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''Singham Returns'' received positive reviews from Indian critics.<ref name="Reviews">{{cite web|title='Singham Returns' Movie Reviews: Typical Rohit Shetty's Film|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/singham-returns-movie-reviews-typical-rohit-shettys-film-606899|publisher=''[[International Business Times]]''|work=15 August 2014}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' gave it 4 stars and said "The film is a complete mass entertainer with power-packed drama, hi-intensity dialogue and towering performances as its aces. The brand value attached to it coupled with a long weekend will help the film reap a harvest and rule the box office in days to come."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/673370 | title=Singham Returns | publisher=Bollywood Hungamam | date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Adarsh, Taran}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Rohit Khilnani of ''[[India Today]]'' gave 3 stars and said "Singham Returns is strictly for fans".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/singham-returns-ajay-devgn-kareena-kapoor-khan-rohit-shetty-movie-review/1/377261.html| title=Singham returns | publisher=India today| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=rohit,khilnani }}{{Rating|3|5}}</ref> Shweta Kaushal of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' gave two stars and said "Watch Singham Returns for the action, not comedy".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-watch-singham-returns-for-the-action-not-comedy/article1-1252437.aspx| title=Singham returns | publisher=Hindustan times| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Shweta,kaushal }}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref> Mohar Basu of ''[[Koimoi]]'' gave 2.5 stars and said "Ajay Devgan and the thrills his punches manage to evoke but the wafer thin plotline, hammy acting, predictable narrative and the lack of fun and excitement that drives a Rohit Shetty film".<ref>{{cite web | url=httphttp://www.koimoi.com/reviews/singham-returns-review/| title=Singham returns | publisher=koimoi| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Mohar,Basu }}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref> Shubra Gupta of the ''[[Indian Express]]'' gave 1.5 stars and said "The sequel to ‘Singham’ is chock full of the usual car on jeep action. Explosions go off at regular intervals. Shootouts - one really well shot - occur frequently.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-singham-returns/| title=Singham returns | publisher=Indian express| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=shubra,gupta }}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of ''[[CNN-IBN]]'' gave 2.5 stars and said "The predictable story tires you out eventually".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/singham-returns-review-the-predictable-story-tires-you-out-eventually/492337-47-84.html| title=Singham returns | publisher=CNN-IBN| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Rajeev,Masand }}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref>
''Singham Returns'' received positive reviews from Indian critics.<ref name="Reviews">{{cite web|title='Singham Returns' Movie Reviews: Typical Rohit Shetty's Film|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/singham-returns-movie-reviews-typical-rohit-shettys-film-606899|publisher=''[[International Business Times]]''|work=15 August 2014}}</ref> The Bollywood review aggregator website Sahi Nahi gave it a score of 58% based on 43 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ajay Devgan commands the screen with the successful cop drama|url=http://www.sahinahi.com/movies/Movie/3b17a075-24b3-42a0-9011-38f9a99f76be|website=Sahi Nahi|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' gave it 4 stars and said "The film is a complete mass entertainer with power-packed drama, hi-intensity dialogue and towering performances as its aces. The brand value attached to it coupled with a long weekend will help the film reap a harvest and rule the box office in days to come."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/673370 | title=Singham Returns | publisher=Bollywood Hungamam | date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Adarsh, Taran}}{{Rating|4|5}}</ref> Rohit Khilnani of ''[[India Today]]'' gave 3 stars and said "Singham Returns is strictly for fans".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/singham-returns-ajay-devgn-kareena-kapoor-khan-rohit-shetty-movie-review/1/377261.html| title=Singham returns | publisher=India today| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=rohit,khilnani }}{{Rating|3|5}}</ref> Shweta Kaushal of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' gave two stars and said "Watch Singham Returns for the action, not comedy".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-watch-singham-returns-for-the-action-not-comedy/article1-1252437.aspx| title=Singham returns | publisher=Hindustan times| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Shweta,kaushal }}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref> Mohar Basu of ''[[Koimoi]]'' gave 2.5 stars and said "Ajay Devgan and the thrills his punches manage to evoke but the wafer thin plotline, hammy acting, predictable narrative and the lack of fun and excitement that drives a Rohit Shetty film".<ref>{{cite web | url=httphttp://www.koimoi.com/reviews/singham-returns-review/| title=Singham returns | publisher=koimoi| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Mohar,Basu }}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref> Shubra Gupta of the ''[[Indian Express]]'' gave 1.5 stars and said "The sequel to ‘Singham’ is chock full of the usual car on jeep action. Explosions go off at regular intervals. Shootouts - one really well shot - occur frequently.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-singham-returns/| title=Singham returns | publisher=Indian express| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=shubra,gupta }}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of ''[[CNN-IBN]]'' gave 2.5 stars and said "The predictable story tires you out eventually".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/singham-returns-review-the-predictable-story-tires-you-out-eventually/492337-47-84.html| title=Singham returns | publisher=CNN-IBN| date=August 15, 2014 | accessdate=August 15, 2014 | author=Rajeev,Masand }}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref>


==Box office==
==Box office==

Revision as of 05:12, 8 September 2014

Singham Returns
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRohit Shetty
Written bySajid-Farhad
Screenplay byYunus Sajawal
Story byRohit Shetty
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDudley
Edited bySteven Bernard
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 15 August 2014 (2014-08-15)
Running time
145 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹115 crore (US$14 million)
Box office₹170 crore (US$20 million)3 weeks[2]

Singham Returns is a 2014 Indian Bollywood action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment.[1] The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgan reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead.[3] The film was released worldwide on 15 August 2014.[4][5][6]

Plot

The official lion of the Mumbai police force DCP Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgan) is back with full on action and thrilling.The story begins with giving Singham justice to a old police officer who is enable to catch bikers on duty due to multiple health problems.Then ,into his life enters Avni (Kareena Kapoor Khan) a young, bubbly girl and sister of his one freind as marraige proposal.They slowly start feeling for each other as time passes.When elections are on head,singhams's teacher and politician guruji(Anupam Kher) is killed by corrupt politician baba(Amole Gupte).Then the full-on action begins with comedy and romance .

Cast

Production

Filming

Director Rohit Shetty announced his thoughts on making a sequel to one of his finest movies Singham (2011). After filming Chennai Express with Shahrukh Khan, Shetty reportedly has begun filming for Singham 2 with the lead star Ajay Devgn.[7] Filming was expected to go on floors by December 2013 after Shetty's last directorial venture, Chennai Express (2013) released with Shetty starting the work of Singham 2's pre-production along with that of his another film which incidentally is a sequel too, Golmaal 4.[8][9] However Ajay Devgn the lead of the film canned 20 days of photography for his another film Action Jackson, directed by Prabhudeva and start another leg of the shoot from 10 November 2013.[10] After several delays owing to Devgn's shooting his other film Action Jackson concurrently the principal photography for a 15 day schedule of the film started from 15 May 2014 in Goa.[11] The shoot was held in few places like streets of Siolim, a village at located at a distance of about 25 Kilometres from Panaji.[11] The ones which were held in Panaji were mostly indoor ones.[11]

Release

Prior to its release on the eve of Independence Day on 15 August, a right-wing Hindu organisation, HJS wrote to the CBFC asking that the film be banned on grounds of depiction of Hindu saints in a bad light thereby hurting the religious sentiments.[12] Shetty denied the allegation stating that he has never made anything controversial in his career.[13]

Music

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit Tiwari & Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Sun Le Zara"Sandeep NathJeet GannguliArijit Singh04:51
2."Singham Returns Theme"Shabbir AhmedMeet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh04:38
3."Kuch Toh Hua Hai"Sandeep Nath, Abhendra Kumar UpadhyayAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari, Tulsi Kumar05:07
4."Singham Returns Remix (MBA Swag)"Shabbir AhmedMeet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh02:49
5."Aata Majhi Satakli"Yo Yo Honey SinghYo Yo Honey SinghYo Yo Honey Singh, Mamta Sharma, Nitu Choudhry03:14

Critical reception

Singham Returns received positive reviews from Indian critics.[14] The Bollywood review aggregator website Sahi Nahi gave it a score of 58% based on 43 reviews.[15] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4 stars and said "The film is a complete mass entertainer with power-packed drama, hi-intensity dialogue and towering performances as its aces. The brand value attached to it coupled with a long weekend will help the film reap a harvest and rule the box office in days to come."[16] Rohit Khilnani of India Today gave 3 stars and said "Singham Returns is strictly for fans".[17] Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave two stars and said "Watch Singham Returns for the action, not comedy".[18] Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave 2.5 stars and said "Ajay Devgan and the thrills his punches manage to evoke but the wafer thin plotline, hammy acting, predictable narrative and the lack of fun and excitement that drives a Rohit Shetty film".[19] Shubra Gupta of the Indian Express gave 1.5 stars and said "The sequel to ‘Singham’ is chock full of the usual car on jeep action. Explosions go off at regular intervals. Shootouts - one really well shot - occur frequently.[20] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2.5 stars and said "The predictable story tires you out eventually".[21]

Box office

Singham returns has been a box office hit.

India

The film collected ₹139.64 crore (US$17 million)in 3 weeks.[2]

Overseas

The film collected ₹29.3 crore (US$3.5 million).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Singham Returns". Bollywood Hungama. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Worldwide Collections of Singham Returns". bollywoodhungama.com.
  3. ^ "Kareena Kapoor transforms into Maharashtrian mulgi". indianexpress.com. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Ajay Devgn set to clash with Sylvester Stallone at box office this Independence Day". The Indian Express. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Singham 2 to be co-produced by Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News". BollywoodHungama.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ^ "My daughter is my best critic: Ajay Devgn". Midday.com. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ^ Friday, Oct 25, 2013 (15 October 2013). "Hurry up with Singham 2". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 25 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Ajay's Singham 2 To Go On Floors In December". Koimoi.com. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Rohit Shetty's Singham 2, Golmaal 4 To Go On Floors This Year". Koimoi. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Ajay Devgn, Prabhu Dheva to resume Action Jackson shoot next week | the trailer set be release on 11th july. Latest Movie Features". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  11. ^ a b c "Ajay Devgn's 'Singham 2′ to return to Goa". PTI. Indian Express. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "'Singham Returns' in controversy". Patrika Group. No. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Singham Returns controversy: Rohit says there`s nothing controversial in the film". Patrika Group. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  14. ^ "'Singham Returns' Movie Reviews: Typical Rohit Shetty's Film". 15 August 2014. International Business Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Ajay Devgan commands the screen with the successful cop drama". Sahi Nahi. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  16. ^ Adarsh, Taran (15 August 2014). "Singham Returns". Bollywood Hungamam. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  17. ^ rohit,khilnani (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". India today. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  18. ^ Shweta,kaushal (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". Hindustan times. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  19. ^ Mohar,Basu (15 August 2014). [httphttp://www.koimoi.com/reviews/singham-returns-review/ "Singham returns"]. koimoi. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  20. ^ shubra,gupta (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". Indian express. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  21. ^ Rajeev,Masand (15 August 2014). "Singham returns". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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