Rocky Handsome

Rocky Handsome
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nishikant Kamat
Produced by	John Abraham Sunir Khetrapal
Written by	Ritesh Shah
Based on	The Man from Nowhere by Lee Jeong-beom
Starring	John Abraham Diya Chalwad Nishikant Kamat Sharad Kelkar
Music by	Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra
Cinematography	Shanker Raman
Edited by	Aarif Shaikh
Production company	J.A Entertainment Azure Entertainment
Distributed by	T-Series
Release dates	25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹430 million[1]
Box office	₹355.8 million[2]

Rocky Handsome is a 2016 Indian action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It features John Abraham and child artist Diya Chalwad in the lead roles while Nishikant Kamat and Sharad Kelkar appear in crucial supporting roles. It is an official adaptation of the 2010 Korean film The Man from Nowhere.^[3] Co-produced by Abraham under his home banner John Abraham Entertainment in association with Sunir Khetrapal’s Azure Entertainment, the film’s story revolves around a man who sets out to take vengeance against drug mafia after they take away an eight-year-old girl, with whom he shares a special bond.^[4]

The theatrical trailer was released on 4 March 2016, and the film released on 25 March 2016.^[5]

Plot

The movie is set in a city in Goa, where Kabir "Rocky" Ahlawat (John Abraham) lives a quiet life running a pawn shop. His next door neighbor is Anna (Nathalia Kaur), a drug addict and bar dancer. She lives with her little daughter, Naomi, who develops a nurturing relationship with Rocky and affectionately calls him "Handsome." Meanwhile, ACP Dilip from the Anti-Narcotics Department of the police force is after the drug kingpin, Mantoo. Mantoo is supported by two powerful brothers, Kevin and Luke, who not only deal drugs but also control a mass racket in organ harvesting with a professional assassin, Attila.

One night, Anna and her accomplice steal drugs from Mantoo's henchman, Bigshow. Anna hides the drugs in a camera that she pawns to Rocky. The loss of the consignment enrages Mantoo and he gives Kevin three days to recover the stolen drugs. Luke and Attila reach Anna's place, where Luke tortures Anna for the camera. Attila finds Bigshow already fighting with Rocky for it. Rocky is obliged to hand over the camera to Luke when he tells him that both Naomi and her mother are his captives. Rocky gets a call from Kevin to make a delivery to Mantoo, and promises that in return he will set Anna and Naomi free. Rocky goes to deliver the drugs to Mantoo, where he finds that police had already raided Mantoo's haven. Mantoo flees and Rocky chases him, but he is arrested by police. They are shocked to find Anna's naked body with all her organs harvested in Rocky's car. Kevin brutally murders Mantoo, taking all his organs, and becomes the new drug lord.

During interrogation, Rocky escapes from the police station. The police are bewildered by his combat skills and find out that he was a former decorated RAW Agent/Special Forces soldier who retired after his pregnant wife, Rukshida (Shruti Haasan) was murdered. Rocky fights with Attila at a nightclub and is shot, but breaks into a medicine shop and performs an impromptu surgery. He then continues on his journey.

Rocky finds and frees several child slaves in a drug-manufacturing plant, and in the process, kills the younger brother, Luke. He tracks down Kevin, who says that he has had Naomi killed. He shows a container that has what he says are her eyes. In a rage, Rocky kills all the gang members, including Attila and Kevin.

As Rocky prepares to commit suicide out of grief, Naomi emerges. She had been saved by Attila before her eye surgery; he took pity on her because she had been kind to him. The eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon, who had been killed by Attila when he saved Naomi. Rocky is arrested but the police allow Naomi to ride with him. Rocky asks if they can stop at a convenience store, where he buys Naomi a backpack and school supplies. He asks her if she can manage until he returns, to which she nods. He then asks her for a hug before he leaves.

Cast

• John Abraham as Kabir Ahlawat/Rocky/Handsome, A former RAW agent and Special Forces soldier
• Shruti Haasan as Rukshida (Special Appearance)
• Nathalia Kaur as Anna, Naomi's mother
• Diya Chalwad as Naomi, Rocky's best friend
• Yash Tonk
• Nishikant Kamat as Kevin Ferreira ^[6]
• Sharad Kelkar as A.C.P Dilip Sangodkar, A cop from Anti-Narcotics Bureau
• Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as A.C.P Rebello
• Suhasini Mulay as Carla Aunty, a child trafficker
• Teddy Maurya as Luke Ferriera, Kevin's brother.
• Kazu Patrick Tang as Atilla, Kevin's henchman
• Uday Tikekar
• Nora Fatehi (special appearance) in the song " Rock the party "

Production

Shruti Haasan has been cast as John Abraham’s wife, while a seven-year-old child actress named Diya(who was first seen in the movie Kick) plays an important character.^[7] Nathalia Kaur, who was seen in the item number Dan dan cheeni in Ram Gopal Varma’s Department, plays the mother of the child. But the theme of our film is the action. We are getting action directors from abroad—Eastern Asia—for the stunts," said Kheterpal. According to Sunir Kheterpal, the shooting in Hyderabad was for about 45–50 days. While the second schedule was filmed in Goa, the third was in Mumbai.^[8]

Release

The film earned ₹7 crore (US$1.0 million) in one day including paid previews in India.^[9] The film went down on day two with collections of ₹4.25 crore (US$630,000) crore nett.^[10] The film earned ₹3.50 crore (US$520,000) on third day and the film had a very low weekend of ₹18.75 crore (US$2.8 million) crore nett with ₹1.98 crore (US$290,000) crore nett on paid previews.^[11] The collections on Monday were low at around ₹2 crore (US$300,000) nett.^[12] The film grossed ₹21 crore (US$3.1 million) in its first week^[13] and ₹25.13 crore (US$3.7 million) by the end of its theatrical run.^[14]

Soundtrack

The music for Rocky Handsome has been composed by Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra, Ankit Tiwari and Bombay Rockers while the lyrics are penned by Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sachin Pathak, Sagar Lahauri and Shekhar Astitwa. The music rights have been acquired by T-Series. The album contains total 7 tracks. The first song "Rock Tha Party" was released on 15 February 2016.^[15] The full music album was released on 22 February 2016 which included 6 songs. Later an unplugged version of Alfazon Ki Tarah was released on 22 March 2016 voiced by Shreya Ghoshal, John Abraham and Ankit Tiwari.^[16]

Critical reception

Subhash K. Jha rated the film 4/5, writing " It would have to be a toss-up between ShoojitSircar's excellent political thriller Madras Café and now Nishikant Kamat's Rocky Handsome."^[17] Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5/5, writing "On the whole, ROCKY HANDSOME is for people who like action films. Despite the film having a simple plot, it has been garnished with engrossing drama and action stunningly. One can find the right mix of tension, action, emotion under one roof. A well-made action thriller."^[18]

References

External links

• Rocky Handsome at the Internet Movie Database
• Rocky Handsome at Bollywood Hungama