Rustom (film)
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| Directed by | Tinu Suresh Desai |
| Written by | Vipul K Rawal |
| Produced by | Neeraj Pandey Aruna Bhatia Nittin Keni Akash Chawla Bhaumik Gondaliya Ishwar Kapoor Shital Bhatia |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Ileana D'Cruz Esha Gupta Arjan Bajwa Pavan Malhotra Kumud Mishra Usha Nadkarni |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil |
| Music by | Ankit Tiwari Jeet Ganguly Raghav Sachar Arko Pravo Mukherjee |
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| Distributed by | Zee Studios |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹50 crore[1] |
| Box office | est.₹216.35 crore[2] |
Rustom is a 2016 Indian crime thriller film written by Vipul K. Rawal, directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and produced by Neeraj Pandey. It features Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta in the lead roles.[3]
The film is based on the real life incident of Naval Officer K. M. Nanavati and businessman Prem Ahuja.[4][5]
Principal photography of the film was commenced in February 2016 and it was released on 12 August 2016.[6][7]
Plot
The story dates back to the late 1950s and revolves around an Indian Naval Officer Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar), who is happily married to Cynthia Pavri (Ileana D'Cruz). Their marriage hits the rocks when Rustom discovers about his wife's affair with his friend Vikram Makhija (Arjan Bajwa). After returning early from a trip to the seas, Rustom discovers Vikram's love letters in Cynthia's cupboard. While trying to find her, Rustom sees them together. He returns home and waits for Cynthia to return and then confronts her with the love letters, but walks away before Cynthia can explain. Rustom then gets himself a pistol from the Naval Ship's Armory and makes a Trunk call to Defence HQ, New Delhi. Afterwards, he searches for Vikram, first in his office and then at his home. After Rustom enters Vikram's bedroom, the servant hears three gun shots and rushes to the room, to discover Vikram's body in a pool of blood and Rustom walking away with the pistol in his hand. Rustom immediately surrenders to the police and Inspector Vincent Lobo (Pawan Malhotra) starts the investigation.
Vikram's sister Priti Makhija (Esha Gupta) hires the best lawyer in the city, Lakshman Khangani (Sachin Khedekar) to get Rustom the toughest punishment possible. Truth, a local newspaper, publishes the news adding some spice to it, which creates a stir in the city. On the one side the Navy supports its officer and asks the police to hand over his custody to them while on the other side the Parsi community offers help by hiring a good defense lawyer. Rustom refuses everybody's help and decides to fight the case on his own and prefers police custody. While the Editor in Chief of Truth, Eraj Billimoria (Kumud Mishra), creates a sympathetic image for Rustom in public, Rustom's senior Naval officer Rear Admiral Prashant Kamat (Parmeet Sethi) sends two goons to his house to search for a set of documents, but they fail to find anything. Scared, Cynthia rushes to jail to inform Rustom, who hasn't talked to her ever since he is in custody. Rustom finally meets and listens to Cynthia's story, about how she was lonely and upset when Rustom went away to London for many months. With the connivance of Priti, Vikram took advantage of Cynthia's loneliness and she fell for him. However, on the day of Vikram's murder, Cynthia had already broken-up with him for the sake of her marriage. Vikram cannot bear her spurning him and slaps her hard. She gets injured and walks out of Vikram's house.
On Rustom's instructions, Cynthia blackmails Rear Admiral Prashant Kamat for Rs 5 crore in exchange for the vital documents he needed. In the court hearing, Rustom unexpectedly pleads not guilty in front of the Judge Patel (Anang Desai), which leads to a 9 member jury trial. At the culmination of the trial, Rustom is found not guilty by the jury since he shot Vikram in "self defence" and is freed, much to the joy of the waiting crowd of his supporters outside the Court. Rustom reconciles with Cynthia.
Rustom reveals to Inspector Lobo the truth. Vikram had influential contacts in the navy. On his recommendation Rustom was sent to London to inspect a plane carrier and prepare a report, on the basis of which the ship would be purchased by the Indian navy. Vikram and the senior navy officers were corrupt and tried to influence Rustom to modify his report in their favour. However, Rustom disagrees to their requests and insults Vikram by slapping him. To avenge the same Vikram flirts with Cynthia and seduces her. Rustom confronts Vikram. Vikram flatly refuses his offer and is immediately shot dead by Rustom.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Commander Rustom Pavri
- Ileana D'Cruz as Cynthia Pavri,Commander Rustom Pavri's wife
- Arjan Bajwa as Vikram Makhija
- Esha Gupta as Preeti Makhija, Vikram's sister
- Pawan Malhotra as Senior Inspector Vincent Lobo
- Usha Nadkarni as Jamnabai, Cdr Pavri's maid servant
- Sachin Khedekar as Public Prosecutor Lakshman Khangani
- Kumud Mishra as Eraj Billimoria
- Anang Desai as Judge Patel
- Parmeet Sethi as Rear Admiral Prashant Kamath
- Indraneel Bhattacharya as Captain C. P. Cherian
- Kanwaljit Singh as Defense Secretary K. G. Bakshi
- Brijendra Kala as head constable Tukaram
- Gireesh Sahadev as Lt Cdr Pujari
- Abhay Kulkarni as Inspector Patil
- Varun Verma as Lt Bisht
- Sammanika Singh as Rosy, receptionist in Vikram's office
- Deepak Gheewala as Bhanabhai, Vikram's house help
- Ishteyak Khan as Chandu
- Naman Jain as Dagdu
- Subhashis Chakraborty as Ranjit Das, hotel waiter
- Vipul K. Rawal as Captain
- Suresh Sippy as Chief saheb
- Rajesh S. Khatri as Damodar
- Samir Shah as Ramesh Shirke
- Haresh Khatri as Dr Asher
- Homi Wadia as Advocate Sohrab Khandwala
- Mohit Satyanand as Jamshedji Jeejabhoy
Production
The Rustom production filmed on location in Kent in April 2016 for the romantic montage where Rustom (Akshay Kumar) and Cynthia (Ileana D'Cruz) visit England including The Chequers Inn pub in Aylesford, Canterbury, Maidstone, Leeds Castle, Dover seafront and South Foreland Lighthouse. The Historic Dockyard Chatham also features for the naval port and ship scenes.[8]
Box office
India
The film was released alongside Mohenjo Daro on 2317 screens across India on August 12, 2016.[9] Rustom collected approximately ₹14.11 crore on its opening day.[9] The film collected ₹50 crore in its opening weekend and ₹90.9 crore in its first week in India.[10]
International
The film also performed well internationally, grossing approximately $3 million in its opening weekend.[11]
Music
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Music for Rustom was composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Raghav Sachar, Ankit Tiwari, and Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir.
The first song from the film's soundtrack album, "Tere Sang Yaara", sung by Atif Aslam and composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee was released on 6 July 2016.[12] The second track of the film, titled "Rustom Vahi" was released on 13 July 2016. All lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir. The full music album was released on 14 July 2016.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tere Sang Yaara" | Manoj Muntashir | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Atif Aslam | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Rustom Vahi" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Sukriti Kakar | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Tay Hai" | Manoj Muntashir | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Dekha Hazaro Dafaa" | Manoj Muntashir | Jeet Gannguli | Arijit Singh, Palak Muchhal | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Dhal Jaun Main" | Manoj Muntashir | Jeet Gannguli | Jubin Nautiyal, Akanksha Sharma | 4:53 |
| 6. | "Jab Tum Hote Ho" | Manoj Muntashir | Ankit Tiwari | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Rustom Vahi Theme" | Raghav Sachar | 1:23 | ||
| 8. | "Rustom Vahi – Marathi" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Jasraj Joshi | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Rustom Vahi – Male" | Manoj Muntashir | Raghav Sachar | Jasraj Joshi | 3:10 |
| 10. | "Tere Bin Yaara (Reprise)" | Manoj Muntashir | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | Arko Pravo Mukherjee | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 32:54 | ||||
References
- ^ "Rustom box office day 4 collection: Akshay Kumar film among highest opening weekend grossers of 2016". indianexpress.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Box Office: Worldwide collections of Akshay Kumar's Rustom". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Akshay Kumar begins 'Rustom' with a strong ensemble cast"
- ^ "Rustom poster: Akshay Kumar playing 'honourable murderer' Nanavati?". 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Rustom: The real story that inspired the Akshay starrer film". 30 June 2016.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (6 February 2016). "Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey's Rustom goes on floor - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "First look of Akshay Kumar's 'Rustom' revealed". The Economic Times. IANS. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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- ^ a b "Rustom box office day 4 collection: Akshay Kumar film among highest opening weekend grossers of 2016". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Rustom box office day 7 collection: Akshay Kumar film to cross Rs 100 crore this weekend". indianexpress.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Koimoi. "Rustom: Opening Weekend Overseas Box Office Collections". Koimoi. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Tere Sang Yaara (Rustom) by Atif Aslam on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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