Singham Returns is a 2014 Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. A sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgan reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead. The film was released worldwide on 15 August 2014 and was declared a Super Hit by Box Office.
Plot
Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgan) gets transferred to Mumbai and he discovers that one of his team members (Mahesh) is found dead with large bags of money. Bajirao decides to unearth the truth behind it and in this process, he collides with a powerful Baba Ji, Gurukant Acharya (Amole Gupte) who has high profile connections with politicians.
Cast
- Ajay Devgan as D.C.P. Bajirao Singham
- Kareena Kapoor Khan as Avni Kamat
- Amole Gupte as Satyaraj Chandra Baba
- Anupam Kher as Gurukant "Guruji" Acharya
- Dayanand Shetty as Inspector Daya
- Vineet Sharma as Inspector Phadnis
- Zakir Hussain as Prakash Rao
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Chief Minister Vikram Adhikari
- Sameer Dharmadhikari as Kishore Kamat
- Deepraj Rana as Sunil Prabhat
- Sharat Saxena as Police Commissioner Rathore
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Meera Shorri
- Govind Namdev as Manikrao Singham
- Pankaj Tripathi as Altaf
Production
Filming
Director Rohit Shetty announced his thoughts on making a sequel to one of his finest movies Singham (2011). After filming Chennai Express with Shahrukh Khan, Shetty reportedly has begun filming for Singham 2 with the lead star Ajay Devgn. Filming was expected to go on floors by December 2013 after Shetty's last directorial venture, Chennai Express (2013) released with Shetty starting the work of Singham 2's pre-production along with that of his another film which incidentally is a sequel too, Golmaal 4. However Ajay Devgn the lead of the film canned 20 days of photography for his another film Action Jackson, directed by Prabhudeva and start another leg of the shoot from 10 November 2013. After several delays owing to Devgn's shooting his other film Action Jackson concurrently the principal photography for a 15 day schedule of the film started from 15 May 2014 in Goa. The shoot was held in few places like streets of Siolim, a village at located at a distance of about 25 Kilometres from Panaji. The ones which were held in Panaji were mostly indoor ones.
Music
The soundtrack for the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit Tiwari and Yo Yo Honey Singh. All the composers composed one song each. The soundtrack album contains four songs and one remix.
The first single track "Kuch Toh Hua Hai" sung by Ankit Tiwari & Tulsi Kumar was released on 25th July 2014.
Another single "Aata Majhi Satakli" sung and composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh was released on 1st August 2014.
Track listing
Critical reception
Prior to its release on the eve of Independence Day on 15 August, a right-wing Hindu organisation, HJS wrote to the CBFC asking that the film be banned on grounds of depiction of Hindu saints in a bad light thereby hurting the religious sentiments. Shetty denied the allegation stating that he has never made anything controversial in his career.
Singham Returns received mixed reviews from Indian critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4 stars and said "The film is a complete mass entertainer with power-packed drama, hi-intensity dialogue and towering performances as its aces. The brand value attached to it coupled with a long weekend will help the film reap a harvest and rule the box office in days to come." Rohit Khilnani of India Today gave 3 stars and said "Singham Returns is strictly for fans". Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave two stars and said "Watch Singham Returns for the action, not comedy". Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave 2.5 stars and said "Ajay Devgan and the thrills his punches manage to evoke but the wafer thin plotline, hammy acting, predictable narrative and the lack of fun and excitement that drives a Rohit Shetty film". Shubra Gupta of the Indian Express gave 1.5 stars and said "The sequel to ‘Singham’ is chock full of the usual car on jeep action. Explosions go off at regular intervals. Shootouts â€" one really well shot â€" occur frequently. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2.5 stars and said "The predictable story tires you out eventually".
Box office
Singham Returns has earned 203 crore (US$32Â million) worldwide.
References
External links
- Singham Returns at the Internet Movie Database