Akira (2016 Hindi film)
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | AR Murugadoss |
| Written by | Karan Singh Rathore (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | AR Murugadoss (Additional Screenplay) Santha Kumar (Original Screenplay) |
| Story by | Santha Kumar |
| Produced by | AR Murugadoss Fox Star Studios |
| Starring | Sonakshi Sinha Konkona Sen Sharma Anurag Kashyap |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Songs: Vishal–Shekhar[1][2] Background Score: John Stewart Eduri |
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| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹300 million[3] |
| Box office | est. ₹465.2 million[4] |
Akira is a 2016 Indian action drama film co-written, directed, and produced by AR Murugadoss.[5] It is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film Mouna Guru,[6][7] and features Sonakshi Sinha in the titular role.[8]
Principal photography began in March 2015, and the film released worldwide on 2 September 2016.[5][9] The soundtrack composed by Vishal-Shekhar has been released on August 16, 2016.
Plot
Akira Sharma is a little girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she witnesses a crime involving a group of unruly men ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman's face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal, but the accomplices of the criminal swear vengeance. Akira's father realizes the importance of self defense and enrolls her in a self defense class. One day on her way to home, Akira notices gang members who scared her tease another girl. She beats them up, but one of them takes out a bottle of acid to throw acid on Akira. When it backfires on him, Akira is accused of throwing acid on his face and is sent to juvenile jail.
Fourteen years later, Akira has grown into a brave and headstrong young woman, but her father has died. Akira and her mom move in with her brother, who she hates because he left them to marry. Akira joins Holy Cross College and lives in a hostel, as her mom decides to stay back with her brother, while taking care of his child. A couple of students try to bully her but end up learning the hard way to not mess with her. One night, an inspector runs into one of the college professors with his car and beats him up because the professor is upset about the policeman's behaviour. The college students reach out to the commissioner with the aid of a strike. The police brutally beats them up and tries to move all of the students away; only Akira remains. She hands over the signed petition sheet and the information to the commissioner when he arrives.
Couple of days later, the same police man who hit the professor robs and kills a man. When he admits this on the phone at his girlfriend's place, she records his confession and decides to show it to her friends. At the last moment, her camera with all the information is stolen, and someone blackmail the policeman. All this makes the inspector nervous; he kills his girlfriend and begins researching who is behind this. This case is handled by ACP Rabiya because she knows it was a murder and not a suicide.[clarification needed] One day, Akira finds a bag full of stolen items, including the camera, in front of her dorm. The policemen see her and take her away and decide to kill her. She sees three of the policemen kill two other men. The main ACP calls them and tells them they have the wrong girl, but because she saw everything to just shoot her. She escapes, goes to her principal, and tells him everything that has happened. He tells her he would love to help her but can only do so in the morning.
Suddenly, the cops take her away, and, with the help of a doctor, they give her shocks and an injection in order to prove to the world that she is mentally unstable. She flees from the hospital with the help of another patient, Rani. She decides to prove her innocence but can only do so if one of the policemen speaks up. She kidnaps one, but she is caught by ACP himself. They try to kill her, but ACP Rabiya saves her. Rabiya is immediately stopped by the commissionaire because revealing the ACP can cause riots as the man killed by ACP in the car is brother of some strong politician . She has to let the case go and leave but tells Akira that everything will be OK, though she can not save her and she will be compensated for all this later on. Akira kills all of those corrupt inspectors after Rabiya leaves but still goes with the mental hospital to be proven mentally unstable when it occurs. She is released three months later. Akira decides to follow her dads footsteps by helping other kids.
Cast
- Sonakshi Sinha as Akira Sharma
- Konkona Sen Sharma as SP Rabiya
- Anurag Kashyap as ACP
- Ankita Karan Patel as Shilpa Sharma
- Teena Singh[10]
- Amit Sadh as Sidharth
- Urmila Mahanta as Anna
- Atul Kulkarni as Akira's Father
- Lokesh Vijay Gupte as Inspector Manik
- Mishiekka Arora as Younger Akira
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Akira's elder brother
- Raai Laxmi as Maya
- Smita Jaykar as Akira's Mother
Music
| Untitled | |
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All music is composed by Vishal-Shekhar
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Version 1) | Sonakshi Sinha & Vishal Dadlani | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Purza" | Arijit Singh | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Kehkasha Tu Meri" | Shekhar Ravjiani | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Version 2) | Nahid Afrin & Vishal Dadlani | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Baadal" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Rajj Rajj Ke" (Remix) | Nahid Afrin & Vishal Dadlani | 4:19 |
| Total length: | 24:25 | ||
Box office
India
The film collected ₹51.5 million (US$620,000) on its opening day in India. By the end of its first weekend, Akira had grossed ₹166.5 million (US$2.0 million) and its first week collection was approximately ₹366.5 million (US$4.4 million) domestically.[4]
Overseas
Akira collected ₹14.1 million (US$170,000) from North America (America and Canada), ₹28.2 million (US$340,000) from UAE, ₹6.1 million (US$73,000) from UK. The film collected ₹7.8 million (US$93,000) from Pakistan.[4]
References
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- ^ a b c http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/834/
- ^ a b "A.R. Murugadoss' next starring Sonakshi Sinha titled Akira". Bollywood Hungama. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Pathak, Ankur (21 April 2015). "Koko to trade punches with Sona". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "Sonakshi Sinha on sets of her action thriller 'Akira'". Mid Day. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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- ^ "Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Akira’s teaser poster announces new release date September 2"
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- ^ "Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Vishal-Shekhar on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2016.