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Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A.R. Murugadoss
Written by	A.R. Murugadoss
Produced by	Aruna Bhatia ; Twinkle Khanna ; Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring	Akshay Kumar; Sonakshi Sinha; Govinda ; Sumeet Raghavan
Cinematography	Natarajan Subramaniam
Edited by	Amitabh Shukla
Music by	Pritam; Kaushik Dutta
Production; companies	Hari Om Entertainment; Sunshine Pictures
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment
Release date	6 June 2014;
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹112.45 crore (US$13 million)

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Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty is a 2014 Indian action thriller film written and directed by A.R. Murugadoss, and produced by Vipul Shah. It features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles, along with Govinda, Freddy Daruwala and Sumeet Raghavan in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki which was also directed by A. R. Murugadoss.^[2] The film released on 6 June 2014,^[3] becoming the biggest nett grosser of the first half of 2014.^[4]

Plot

Virat Bakshi (Akshay Kumar), Captain in D.I.A., a wing of Indian Army, returns to his home in Mumbai on a holiday. On his arrival, his parents rush him to see Saiba Thapar (Sonakshi Sinha), who they wanted him to marry. But Virat rejects her with an excuse that she is old fashioned and not his type. On the contrary, Saiba is a professional boxer, and is completely modern in her outlook. Virat notices her in a boxing match and falls for her instantly.

One day, while traveling in a bus with his friend sub-inspector Mukund "Makhiya" Deshmukh (Sumeet Raghavan), Virat witnesses a bomb explosion killing innocent people. Virat manages to capture the man who planted the bomb but he escapes from the hospital with the help of a police officer. Virat kidnaps the terrorist again and also forces corrupt police officer Ashok Gaikwad (Gireesh Sahedev) to commit suicide. He later discovers that a terrorist group has planned, serial blasts in Mumbai in a couple of days with the help of 12 sleeper agents. Along with his fellow Army officers and Mukund, Virat manages to track these bombers and kills them before they could trigger the bombs.

When the leader of these sleeper cells (Freddy Daruwala) finds out about the team of officers involved in the failure of the terrorist attack, he begins to target their families by kidnapping someone close to them. When Virat realizes the plan, he substitutes one of the girl to be kidnapped, with his younger sister Priti. Using his pet dog Rocky and his sister's dupatta, he manages to reach the terrorist's hideout. He eliminates all the terrorists and rescues all the victims including his sister, who was about to be killed after Virat's bluff was exposed. Virat also captures Asif Ali (Dipendra Sharma), who was the leader of the group but later kills him on realizing that Asif is just the second-in-command of the sleeper cell.

When this attack fails, the terrorist leader decides to target Virat himself. He kills Kapil, one of the army officers and forces Virat to surrender. Virat decides to sacrifice his life and plans a suicide attack by instructing Mukund and his fellow officers to follow him via a tracking chip inserted in his arm and plant a bomb at the terrorist's hideout. Virat then drives to a port in various cars, as told by the leader and ends up on a ship full of terrorists. To his surprise, Virat finds out that the cars he was asked to drive had bombs in them, which will frame him and his team as terrorists and also boost their plans to recruit sleeper cells in Indian Army with the help of Joint Defense Secretary of India — Mr. Alvin D'souza (Zakir Hussain), who is also amember of this terrorist group. Virat had a one on one fight with the leader and escapes on a boat before the ship explodes, also later killing the leader. The film ends with Virat forcing Alvin D'souza to commit suicide and later returning to border along with his team.

Cast

Akshay Kumar as Virat, Captain in D.I.A., a wing of Indian Army.^[5]
Sonakshi Sinha as Saiba Thapar, a boxer.^[6]
Sumeet Raghavan as Mukund Deshmukh, Virat's friend also an Sub Inspector, Mumbai Police.
Freddy Daruwala as Ali, the leader of the sleeper cells.^[7]
Govinda as Pratap, Virat Bakshi's Senior Commanding Officer (Cameo Appearance).
Zakir Hussain as Alvin D'souza.
Gireesh Sahedev^[5] as ACP Ashok Gaikwad (cameo)
Dipendra Sharma as Asif Ali
Maroof Raza in special appearance.

Production

The film's production commenced in 2013 with the working title of Pistol under the banner of Hari Om Entertainment and Sunshine Pictures. The soundtrack is composed by Pritam Chakraborty and the stunt coordinator of the film is Greg Powell.^[8]

The production budget of Holiday is around ₹30 crore (US$3.6 million) without Akshay Kumar remuneration, print and advertising costs.^[9] According to director A. R. Murugadoss, Akshay's role is that of an Army officer for which Akshay lost some weight to fit in the role and to look 12 years younger from his real biological age. Kumar also sported a crew-cut hairstyle for his role.^[10] Whilst Sonakshi will play a role of boxer and Virat (Kumar's) love interest Saiba.^[6] Model and debutant Freddy Daruwala will play the main antagonist pitted against Kumar.^[7]

The film was originally scheduled for a release in early May 2014, which would have clashed with the release of Action Jackson.^[11] Both films later announced release dates of 6 June.^[12]^[13]

Music

The soundtrack was composed by Pritam and both versions of Palang Tod Naina were composed by Kaushik Dutta. Pritam collaborated with A. R. Murugadoss for the soundtrack of the film. The lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil and Sukumar Dutta.

Track listings

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shaayraana"	Irshad Kamil	Arijit Singh	4:25
2.	"Tu Hi Toh Hai (Film Version)"	Irshad Kamil	Kunal Ganjawala	3:55
3.	"Ashq Na Ho"	Irshad Kamil	Arijit Singh	5:53
4.	"Blame The Night"	Irshad Kamil	Arijit Singh, Aditi Singh Sharma, Piyush Kapoor	4:39
5.	"Palang Tod Naina" (Music by: Kaushik Dutta)	Sukumar Dutta	Mika Singh, Ritu Pathak	3:47
6.	"Tu Hi Toh Hai"	Irshad Kamil	Benny Dayal	4:15
7.	"Palang Tod Naina (Version 2)" (Music by: Kaushik Dutta)	Sukumar Dutta	Mika Singh, Ritu Pathak	4:10
Total length:				29:42

Critical reception

Critic Subhash K. Jha gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and states that It has all the trappings of a superlative masala entertainer, plus a thought provoking message on the uneasy relationship between the army and civilians.^[14] Taran Adarsh gave 4 stars out of 5 and states that it is a slick action-thriller that keeps you engrossed, enthralled and captivated all through, thanks to its fascinating premise and a watertight, razor-sharp screenplay.^[15]
However critic Shubhra Gupta in Indian Express has rated the film 1.5 out of 5. "... those looking for logic in this haystack of a plot are just spoil-sports. When there is ‘masala’, why bother with mind and matter, especially in a film that revels in its comic-book silliness?" ^[16] Film critic Rajeev Masand writes in his blog "... I’m going with two out of five for Holiday. Akshay Kumar livens up the proceedings now and then, but a lot of it is just 'thookpatti' (balderdash) in this Thuppaki remake." ^[17]

References

^ "Bollywood Top Grossers 2014". bollywoodhungama.com.
^ "Akshay Kumar excited about sleeper cell-based movie Holiday – NDTV Movies.com". movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty". Box Office India. Retrieved 22 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Top Hits in first half of 2014". Box Office India. Retrieved 22 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Holiday – A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Cast and Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Sonakshi Sinha dons boxing gloves to play Boxer Saiba in 'Holiday'". IBNLive.com. IBN News. 7 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career". Joginder Tuteja. GlamSham.com. 15 February 2014.
^ "Skyfall action director roped in Akshay's Thuppakki remake". Subhash K Jha. Rediff.com. 25 May 2013.
^ Holiday In A Similar Boat To Jai Ho. boxofficeindia.com. 12 June 2014
^ "Akshay Kumar to lose weight for 'Thuppakki' remake". Subhash K Jha. The Times Of India. 7 December 2012.
^ "Akshay's Thupakki Remake To Clash With Ajay's Action Jackson; Sonakshi Suffers!". Koimoi. Koimoi.com. 3 December 2013.
^ Akshay Kumar and I want to avoid clash at box office: Ajay Devgn. The Indian Express (9 February 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.
^ Ajay's Action Jackson, Akshay's Holiday to release the same day? : Bollywood, News – India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (21 January 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.
^ "Movie Review". skjbollywoodnews.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ "Movie Review". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^ "Akshay Kumar's 'Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' film review". Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ "Army fatigue". Retrieved 15 August 2014.

External links

Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty at IMDb

[r1-1] "Bollywood Top Grossers 2014". bollywoodhungama.com.

[ndtv-2] "Akshay Kumar excited about sleeper cell-based movie Holiday – NDTV Movies.com". movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[Box_Office_Hit-3] "Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty". Box Office India. Retrieved 22 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[Top_Hits-4] "Top Hits in first half of 2014". Box Office India. Retrieved 22 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[Gun-5] "Holiday – A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Cast and Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

[Boxer-6] "Sonakshi Sinha dons boxing gloves to play Boxer Saiba in 'Holiday'". IBNLive.com. IBN News. 7 April 2014.

[cell-7] "Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career". Joginder Tuteja. GlamSham.com. 15 February 2014.

[8] "Skyfall action director roped in Akshay's Thuppakki remake". Subhash K Jha. Rediff.com. 25 May 2013.

[9] Holiday In A Similar Boat To Jai Ho. boxofficeindia.com. 12 June 2014

[10] "Akshay Kumar to lose weight for 'Thuppakki' remake". Subhash K Jha. The Times Of India. 7 December 2012.

[11] "Akshay's Thupakki Remake To Clash With Ajay's Action Jackson; Sonakshi Suffers!". Koimoi. Koimoi.com. 3 December 2013.

[12] Akshay Kumar and I want to avoid clash at box office: Ajay Devgn. The Indian Express (9 February 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.

[13] Ajay's Action Jackson, Akshay's Holiday to release the same day? : Bollywood, News – India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (21 January 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.

[14] "Movie Review". skjbollywoodnews.com. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[15] "Movie Review". Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[16] "Akshay Kumar's 'Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' film review". Retrieved 15 August 2014.

[17] "Army fatigue". Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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+'''''Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Action thriller|action thriller film]] written and directed by [[A.R. Murugadoss]], and produced by [[Vipul Shah]]. It features [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]] in the lead roles, along with [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], [[Freddy Daruwala]] and [[Sumeet Raghavan]] in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 2012 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Thuppakki]]''  which was also directed by [[A. R. Murugadoss]].<ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/akshay-kumar-excited-about-sleeper-cell-based-movie-holiday-423934|title=Akshay Kumar excited about sleeper cell-based movie Holiday – NDTV Movies.com|publisher=movies.ndtv.com|accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref> The film released on 6 June 2014,<ref name="Box Office Hit">{{cite web|title=Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/holiday__a_soldier_is_never_off_duty#.U85epuOSxJk|publisher=''Box Office India''|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref> becoming the biggest nett grosser of the first half of 2014.<ref name="Top Hits">{{cite web|title=Top Hits in first half of 2014|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/tophitsinfirsthalfof2014#.U8nxlfmSwe4|publisher=''Box Office India''|accessdate=22 July 2014}}</ref>
+== Plot ==
+Virat Bakshi ([[Akshay Kumar]]), [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] in [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|D.I.A.]], a wing of [[Indian Army]], returns to his home in Mumbai on a holiday. On his arrival, his parents rush him to see Saiba Thapar ([[Sonakshi Sinha]]), who they wanted him to marry. But Virat rejects her with an excuse that she is old fashioned and not his type. On the contrary, Saiba is a professional boxer, and is completely modern in her outlook. Virat notices her in a boxing match and falls for her instantly.
+One day, while traveling in a bus with his friend sub-inspector Mukund "Makhiya" Deshmukh ([[Sumeet Raghavan]]), Virat witnesses a bomb  explosion killing innocent people. Virat manages to capture the man who planted the bomb but he escapes from the  hospital with the help of a police officer. Virat kidnaps the terrorist again and also forces corrupt police officer Ashok Gaikwad ([[Gireesh Sahedev]]) to commit suicide. He later discovers that a terrorist group has planned, serial blasts in [[Mumbai]] in a couple of days with the help of 12 [[sleeper agents]]. Along with his fellow Army officers and Mukund, Virat manages to track these bombers and kills them before they could trigger the bombs.
+When the leader of these [[sleeper agent|sleeper cells]] ([[Freddy Daruwala]]) finds out about the team of officers involved in the failure of the terrorist attack, he begins to target their families by kidnapping someone close to them. When Virat realizes the plan, he substitutes one of the girl to be kidnapped, with his younger sister Priti. Using his pet dog Rocky and his sister's ''[[dupatta]]'', he manages to reach the terrorist's hideout. He eliminates all the terrorists and rescues all the victims including his sister, who was about to be killed after Virat's bluff was exposed. Virat also captures Asif Ali (Dipendra Sharma), who was the leader of the group but later kills him on realizing that Asif is just the second-in-command of the sleeper cell.
+When this attack fails, the terrorist leader decides to target Virat himself. He kills Kapil, one of the army officers and forces Virat to surrender. Virat decides to sacrifice his life and plans a suicide attack by instructing Mukund and his fellow  officers to follow him via a tracking chip inserted in his arm and plant a bomb at the terrorist's hideout. Virat then drives to a port in various cars, as told by the leader and ends up on a ship full of terrorists. To his surprise, Virat finds out that the cars he was asked to drive had bombs in them, which will frame him and his team as terrorists and also boost their plans to recruit sleeper cells in Indian Army with the help of Joint Defense Secretary of India — Mr. Alvin D'souza ([[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]]), who is also amember of this terrorist group. Virat had a one on one fight with the leader and escapes on a boat before the ship explodes, also later killing the leader. The film ends with Virat forcing Alvin D'souza to commit suicide and later returning to border along with his team.
+==Cast==
+* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Virat, [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] in [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|D.I.A.]], a wing of [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Gun">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/597508|title=Holiday – A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Cast and Crew|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=7 May 2014}}</ref>
+* [[Sonakshi Sinha]] as Saiba Thapar, a [[boxer]].<ref name="Boxer">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/snapshot-sonakshi-sinha-dons-boxing-gloves-to-play-boxer-saiba-in-holiday/463169-8-66.html|title=Sonakshi Sinha dons boxing gloves to play Boxer Saiba in 'Holiday'|publisher=IBN News|work=IBNLive.com|date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
+* [[Sumeet Raghavan]] as Mukund Deshmukh, Virat's friend also an [[Sub Inspector]], [[Mumbai Police]].
+* [[Freddy Daruwala]] as Ali, the leader of the [[sleeper cell]]s.<ref name="cell">{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/14/feb/15-news-akshay-introduces-new-villain-freddy-in-vipul-shahs-holiday-021409.asp|title=Freddy Daruwala – the new villain in Akshay Kumar's career|publisher=GlamSham.com|work=Joginder Tuteja|date=15 February 2014}}</ref>
+* [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] as Pratap, Virat Bakshi's Senior Commanding Officer (Cameo Appearance).
+* [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as  Alvin D'souza.
+* [[Gireesh Sahedev]]<ref name="Gun" /> as ACP Ashok Gaikwad (cameo)
+* Dipendra Sharma as Asif Ali
+* [[Maroof Raza]] in special appearance.
+==Production==
+The film's production commenced in 2013 with the working title of ''Pistol'' under the banner of [[Hari Om Entertainment]] and Sunshine Pictures. The soundtrack is composed by [[Pritam Chakraborty]] and the stunt coordinator of the film is [[Greg Powell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/skyfall-action-director-roped-in-akshays-thuppakki-remake/20130525.htm|title=Skyfall action director roped in Akshay's Thuppakki remake|publisher=Rediff.com|work=Subhash K Jha|date=25 May 2013}}</ref>
+The production budget of Holiday is around {{INRConvert|30|c}} without Akshay Kumar remuneration, print and advertising costs.<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Details/art_detail/holidayinasimilarboattojaiho#.U5lOAJRw8t4 Holiday In A Similar Boat To Jai Ho]. boxofficeindia.com. 12 June 2014</ref>
+According to director [[A. R. Murugadoss]], Akshay's role is that of an [[Officer (armed forces)|Army officer]] for which Akshay lost some weight to fit in the role and to look 12&nbsp;years younger from his real biological age. Kumar also sported a [[Crew cut|crew-cut hairstyle]] for his role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Akshay-Kumar-to-lose-weight-for-Thuppakki-remake/articleshow/17504511.cms|title=Akshay Kumar to lose weight for 'Thuppakki' remake|publisher=[[The Times Of India]]|work=Subhash K Jha|date=7 December 2012}}</ref>
+Whilst Sonakshi will play a role of boxer and Virat (Kumar's) love interest Saiba.<ref name="Boxer"/>
+Model and debutant Freddy Daruwala will play the main antagonist pitted against Kumar.<ref name="cell"/>
+The film was originally scheduled for a release in early May 2014, which would have clashed with the release of ''[[Action Jackson (2014 film)|Action Jackson]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-popular/akshay-s-thupakki-to-clash-with-ajay-s-action-jackson-sonakshi-suffers|title=Akshay’s Thupakki Remake To Clash With Ajay’s Action Jackson; Sonakshi Suffers!|publisher=Koimoi.com|work=Koimoi|date=3 December 2013}}</ref> Both films later announced release dates of 6 June.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/akshay-kumar-and-i-want-to-avoid-clash-at-box-office-ajay-devgn/ Akshay Kumar and I want to avoid clash at box office: Ajay Devgn]. The Indian Express (9 February 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref><ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ajay-devgn-action-jackson-akshay-kumar-holiday-aamir-khan-peekay/1/338955.html Ajay's Action Jackson, Akshay's Holiday to release the same day? : Bollywood, News – India Today]. Indiatoday.intoday.in (21 January 2014). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>
+==Music==
+{{Infobox album
+| Name = Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
+| Type = Soundtrack
+| Artist = [[Pritam Chakraborty]] and Kaushik Dutta
+| Cover = Holiday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).jpg
+| Released = {{Start date|2014|05|30}}
+| Length = {{Duration|m=29|s=42}}
+| Genre = [[Film Soundtrack|Feature Film Soundtrack]]
+| Label = [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises|Zee Music Company]]<br />[[Sony Music]]
+| Chronology = [[Pritam Chakraborty]]
+ | Last album = ''[[Shaadi Ke Side Effects]]''<br />(2014)
+ | This album = '''''Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty'''''<br />(2014)
+ | Next album =
+}}
+The soundtrack was composed by [[Pritam]] and both versions of Palang Tod Naina were composed by Kaushik Dutta. Pritam collaborated with [[A. R. Murugadoss]] for the soundtrack of the film. The lyrics were written by [[Irshad Kamil]] and Sukumar Dutta.
+===Track listings===
+{{Track listing
+| extra_column = Singer(s)
+| lyrics_credits = yes
+| total_length = {{Duration|m=29|s=42}}
+| title1 = Shaayraana
+| extra1 = [[Arijit Singh]]
+| lyrics1 = [[Irshad Kamil]]
+| length1 = 4:25
+| title2 = Tu Hi Toh Hai (Film Version)
+| extra2 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
+| lyrics2 = Irshad Kamil
+| length2 = 3:55
+| title3 = Ashq Na Ho
+| extra3 = Arijit Singh
+| lyrics3 = Irshad Kamil
+| length3 = 5:53
+| title4 = Blame The Night
+| extra4 = Arijit Singh, [[Aditi Singh Sharma]], Piyush Kapoor
+| lyrics4 = Irshad Kamil
+| length4 = 4:39
+| title5 = Palang Tod Naina
+| note5 = Music by: Kaushik Dutta
+| extra5 = [[Mika Singh]], Ritu Pathak
+| lyrics5 = Sukumar Dutta
+| length5 = 3:47
+| title6 = Tu Hi Toh Hai
+| extra6 = [[Benny Dayal]]
+| lyrics6 = Irshad Kamil
+| length6 = 4:15
+| title7 = Palang Tod Naina (Version 2)
+| note7 = Music by: Kaushik Dutta
+| extra7 = Mika Singh, Ritu Pathak
+| lyrics7 = Sukumar Dutta
+| length7 = 4:10
+}}
+==Critical reception==
+Critic [[Subhash K. Jha]] gave the film 4.5 stars out of 5 and states that It has all the trappings of a superlative masala entertainer, plus a thought provoking message on the uneasy relationship between the army and civilians.<ref>{{cite web|title=Movie Review |url=http://skjbollywoodnews.com/2014/06/holiday-movie-review/4114297.html|publisher=skjbollywoodnews.com|accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] gave 4 stars out of 5 and states that it is a slick action-thriller that keeps you engrossed, enthralled and captivated all through, thanks to its fascinating premise and a watertight, razor-sharp screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|title=Movie Review |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/597508|accessdate=4 June 2014}}</ref><br>
+However critic Shubhra Gupta in [[Indian Express]] has rated the film 1.5 out of 5. "... those looking for logic in this haystack of a plot are just spoil-sports. When there is ‘masala’, why bother with mind and matter, especially in a film that revels in its comic-book silliness?" <ref>{{cite web|title= Akshay Kumar’s ‘Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty’ film review |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/akshay-kumars-holiday-a-soldier-is-never-off-duty-film-review/ |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref> Film critic [[Rajeev Masand]] writes in his blog "... I’m going with two out of five for Holiday. Akshay Kumar livens up the proceedings now and then, but a lot of it is just 'thookpatti' (balderdash) in this Thuppaki remake." <ref>{{cite web|title= Army fatigue|url= http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/army-fatigue/ |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
+==External links==
+* {{IMDb title|2556308}}
+{{AR Murugadoss}}
+[[Category:2014 films]]
+[[Category:Indian films]]
+[[Category:Indian film remakes]]
+[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
+[[Category:2010s action thriller films]]
+[[Category:Indian war films]]
+[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by A. R. Murugadoss]]

v t e Works of AR Murugadoss
Directed	Dheena (2001) Ramanaa (2002) Ghajini (2005) Stalin (2006) Ghajini (2008) 7 Aum Arivu (2011) Thuppakki (2012) Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014) Kaththi (2014) Akira (2016) Spyder (2017) Sarkar (2018) Darbar (2020) Sikander (2025) SKxARM (TBA)
Produced	Engaeyum Eppothum (2011) Vathikuchi (2013) Raja Rani (2013) 10 Endrathukulla (2015) Rangoon (2017)
Writer only	Maan Karate (2014) Raangi (2022)