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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Theatrical film poster
Directed byRajesh Mapuskar
Written by
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographySudheer Palsane
Edited byDeepa Bhatia
Rajkumar Hirani
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Tapas Relia
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 15 June 2012 (2012-06-15) (India)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹10 crore[1]
Box office₹45.69 crore[2][3]

Ferrari Ki Sawaari (transl. A Ride In The Ferrari) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language sports comedy drama film written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under Vinod Chopra Films. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritvik Sahore, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Seema Bhargava Pahwa, Deepak Shirke, Aakash Dabhade, Vijay Nikam, Nilesh Diwekar, and Bhalchandra Kadam.

Plot

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Rustom Deboo also known as Rusy, is a lower-middle-class Parsi head clerk at the Worli Regional Transport Office in Mumbai. Since his wife died, he resides in a small apartment in the Parsi colony along with his young, school-going son, Kayoze Deboo, also known as Kayo, and his elderly, grumpy father, Behram Deboo. Rusy is a completely honest and upright man who teaches his son to emulate him. Kayo has an extreme obsession with cricket with lots of promises, but his father is unable to purchase him enough cricket clothing and equipment because of his meager income. Kayo's school organises a cricket camp in Lord's Cricket Ground, London, which would provide Kayo a chance to play with his role model, Sachin Tendulkar. Rusy decides that his son will attend this camp in spite of the hefty fee of 1.5 lakh. The hopeless Behram, who is lamenting the tragedy that changed the game of his life, believes that Kayo just wastes his time in playing cricket and unsuccessfully warns Rusy against sending his son to London. Rusy tries every trick in his book to put the money together, but all his efforts go in vain.

In an attempt to fulfill his son's dream, Rusy reluctantly performs his first act of dishonesty by somehow stealing the gleaming red Ferrari car owned by Sachin Tendulkar just for a couple of hours. The only problem is that the naive Rusy does not inform the legendary owner of the car about it. A wild, breathless, bumpy ride begins that leads to a menagerie of amazing characters: a marriage planner who will stop at nothing; a greedy politician and his reckless son; a Laurel-and-Hardyesque pair of loyal attendants; and a mechanic who specialises in stolen cars. As the Ferrari zooms through this chaotic world of street thugs and collective marriages, another saga unfolds – Behram and his secret injuries and an epic rivalry that goes back 38 years. Rusy must dodge bullets and bouncers for one unforgettable night and play the role of a perfect father. Can he do it? Ferrari Ki Sawaari is a fun-filled story of small guys and their big dreams and how these dreams turn into a mad comedy of errors. Fasten your seatbelts. The joy ride awaits.

Cast

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Production

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Rajesh Mapuskar worked as an associate director on films including 3 Idiots (2009) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). The idea for one of his later projects originated during the post-production of Lage Raho Munna Bhai. While working on an advertising assignment in Mumbai, Mapuskar searched for luxury cars and was able to find several, but not a Ferrari. He eventually located one parked in the Pali Hill area, which inspired the question: what would happen if such a car were taken for a day? This premise later evolved into a story concept involving Sachin Tendulkar’s Ferrari. The script was subsequently developed over a period of approximately seven and a half years in collaboration with Vidhu Vinod Chopra.[4]

Music

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Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Soundtrack album by
Released21 May 2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length29:06
LabelT-Series
ProducerVidhu Vinod Chopra
Pritam chronology
Jannat 2
(2012)
Ferrari Ki Sawaari
(2012)
Cocktail
(2012)

The soundtrack is composed by Pritam with a background score by Tapas Relia. The album consists of seven original tracks. The lyrics were penned by Swanand Kirkire, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Guru Thakur and duo Satyanshu and Devanshu Singh.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ferrari Ki Sawaari"Swanand KirkireShaan, Boman Irani, Aayush Phukan3:44
2."Life Yeh Mausambi Si"Amitabh BhattacharyaK. Mohan4:15
3."Aey Mere Mann"Guru ThakurShyamantan Das5:10
4."Mala Jau De"Devanshu SinghUrmila Dhangar4:17
5."Maara Re"Satyanshu SinghSonu Nigam, Aishwarya Nigam, Rana Majmuder, Ashish3:39
6."Good Night"PritamPriyani Vani5:11

Reception

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Subhash K. Jha of IANS gave 3 out 5 stars and said, "The dialogues in Ferrari Ki Sawaari lack the punch of Hirani's Munnabhai films but the heart is still in the right place. Honestly, the film is hard to dislike. It has moments of immense warmth and humour."[5] Rajeev Masand of CNN IBN gave 2.5/5 stars and mentioned that "it would have been a good movie if was kept short." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5 out 5 stars, saying that "This heartwarming, tender and sprightly film should not be missed!".[6] Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5. Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave a rating of 4 stars out of 5. He said,"Ferrari Ki Sawaari is a well constructed film that switches between drama and comedy with ease. Hirani's dialogue is pitch-perfect."[7] Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times of India gave four stars out of five,[8] with Kunal Guha of Yahoo! Movies and Sonia Chopra of Sify giving 1.5 and 3 stars out of five respectively.[9][10]

Box office

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India

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Ferrari Ki Sawaari collected ₹3.04 crore nett approx. on day one.[2] The film showed growth on Saturday and Sunday to around ₹10.87 crore;[2] and made additional ₹7.05 crore by end of the first week for a total of ₹20.96 crore nett.[2] Ferrari Ki Sawaari made a lifetime collection of ₹28.10 crore - ₹30.52 crore nett in India and a worldwide gross of ₹45.69 crore.[2][11]

Overseas

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Ferrari Ki Sawaari collected a gross of around $1.2 million overseas.[2] The gross collections from major markets were: UK - £140,000; North America (Canada & USA) - $435,000; UAE - $385,000; Australia - $53,700.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Sharman's Ferrari Ki Sawari makes profit". HindustanTimes. 18 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ferrari Ki Sawaari Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 29 June 2012.
  3. ^ Box Office Collections of Moviews in 2012 Box Office Day Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Rajesh Mapuskar: 'Only a Parsi came to mind'". Mint. 14 June 2012.
  5. ^ Jha, Subhash K. "Ferrari Ki Sawaari Movie Reviews : 3 out of 5 stars". Worldsnap. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Ferrari Ki Sawaari : Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.StarStarStarHalf star
  7. ^ Rachit Gupta. "Ferrari Ki Sawaari". Filmfare.
  8. ^ Madhureeta Mukherjee. "Ferrari Ki Sawaari". Time of India.
  9. ^ Kunal Guha. "Ferrari Ki Sawaari review". Yahoo! Movies.
  10. ^ Sonia Chopra. "Ferrari Ki Sawaari review: A fun yet bumpy ride". Sify. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Ferrari Ki Sawaari - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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