Knock Out (2010 film)
| Knock Out | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Mani Shankar |
| Written by | Mani Shankar |
| Produced by | Sohail Maklai |
| Starring | Sanjay Dutt Kangana Ranaut Irfan Khan Gulshan Grover Rukhsar Rehman Sushant Singh Abdullah Jaidi |
| Cinematography | Natarajan Subramaniam |
| Music by | Gourov Dasgupta Vishal Dadlani (lyrics) Panchhi Jalonvi (lyrics) Shellee (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Sohail Maklai Entertainment Pvt Ltd Aap Entertainment Limited |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹4.3 million (US$52,000) |
Knock Out is a Bollywood film directed by Mani Shankar. Released on 15 October 2010, the film stars Sanjay Dutt, Irfan Khan and Kangana Ranaut. Knock Out is an unauthorized remake of Phone Booth. In October 2010, the Bombay High Court ordered the film's producers to pay a portion of their revenues to 20th Century Fox who own the rights to Phone Booth. The film was a disaster at the Indian boxoffice.[1]
Cast
- Sanjay Dutt as Veer Vijay Singh, Chief of Ops, IB
- Kangana Ranaut as Nidhi Srivastav, India TV reporter
- Irfan Khan as Bachchoo/ Tony Khosla
- Gulshan Grover as Bapuji
- Rukhsaar Ahmed Shaikh as Lakshmi, Tony's wife
- Apoorva Lakhia as Ranvir Singh
- Sushant Singh as Inspector Vikram
- Asif Basra as Raghav
- Silvio Simac as fighter on terrace
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Nidhi's boss
- Kurush Deboo as Sandwichwala
- Shankar Sachdeva as Mishra
- Shreya as Sweety, Tony's daughter
- Naseer Abdullah as Bhalla
- Namrata Thappa as Roshni
- Ashraful Haq as Junkie
- Shreya Narayan as Jesse
- Aparna as Bharti
- Rajendra Jadhav as Gundurao
- Vinay Verma as Commissioner
- M D Pasha as Suvarna
- Hussain Shaikh as Party President
- Gary Warren D'souza as Swiss Bank Manager
- Randheer Nahar as Pandey
- Shivraj as RBI Officer
Reception
Knock Out was poorly received by critics. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5 stars.[2]
Soundtrack
The film's music is given by Gourov Dasgupta with background score by Atul Raninga and Sanjay Wandrekar. The soundtrack has five original tunes, one remix and an alternate version of one song.[3]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics | Music Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. "Knock Out" Title track | Vishal Dadlani | Panchhi Jalonvi | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 2. "Khushnuma Sa" | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Panchhi Jalonvi | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 3. "Hungama" | Sunidhi Chauhan | Panchhi Jalonvi | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 4. "Maula" | KK | Panchhi Jalonvi | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 5. "Khushnuma Sa Woh" | Krishna Beura | Shelle | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 6. "Hungama (Remix)" | Sunidhi Chauhan | Panchhi Jalonvi | Gourav Dasgupta |
| 7. "Gangubai Pe Aai Jawani" | Sumitra Iyer, Sanjeev-Darshan | Sameer | Sanjeev-Darshan |
References
- ^ "BBC Asian Network - Love Bollywood - Downloads". BBC.
- ^ "Knock Out". Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ "Knock Out Music Review and online listening link". Music Aloud. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
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