Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
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Cape of Good Films Sunshine Pictures | |
Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
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Running time | 160 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹50 crore[1] |
Box office | est. ₹178.4 crore[1] |
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty is a 2014 Indian
Kumar revealed that the story was signed by his
The film was released worldwide on 6 June 2014. Made on a budget of ₹500 million,
At Filmfare Award, Kumar was nominated for Best Actor.
Plot
Virat Bakshi, Captain in DIA, a secret wing of Indian Army, returns to his home in Mumbai on a holiday. On his arrival, his parents rush him to see Saiba Thapar, who they wanted him to marry. But Virat rejects her with an excuse that she is old fashioned and not his type. On the contrary, Saiba is a professional boxer, and is completely modern in her outlook. Virat notices her in a boxing match and falls in love with her instantly.
One day, while travelling in a bus with his friend, Sub-Inspector Mukund "Makhiya" Deshmukh, Virat, while chasing a man who he regards with suspicion when he tries to flee the scene of a check going on after a passenger reports his wallet as stolen, witnesses a bomb explosion killing innocent people. Virat manages to capture the man, Ajmal Lateef, who he realizes is a terrorist and has planted the bomb, but he escapes from the hospital with the help of a police mole. Virat kidnaps Ajmal again, interrogates him to ascertain the name of the police mole and also forces the police mole, corrupt ACP Ashok Gaikwad to commit suicide. He later discovers while examining contents in Ajmal's bag that a terrorist group has planned serial blasts in
When the leader of these sleeper cells, Shadab Ali Farooqui, whose brother, Afsar Ali, was also one of the sleeper bombers, finds out about the team of officers involved in the failure of the terrorist attack, he goes to Joel's house and kills his family and finds an album which has photos of team officers. He targets one officer's female relative from each team and kidnaps them. When Virat realises the plan, he substitutes one of the girls to be kidnapped, with his younger sister Preeti. Using his pet dog Rocky and his sister Pinky's dupatta, he manages to reach the terrorists' hideout. He eliminates all the terrorists and rescues all the victims, including Preeti, who was about to be killed after Virat's bluff was exposed. Virat also captures Asif Ali, who was the leader of the group but later kills him on realising that Asif is just the second-in-command of the sleeper cells.
When this tactic fails, Shadab decides to target the primary assailant himself. He kills Kapil and his family, he being one of the army officers, through a blast, and forces Virat, who he discovers is the man responsible for Afsar's death, to surrender. Virat decides to sacrifice his life and plans a suicide attack by instructing Mukund and his fellow officer Joel to follow him via a tracking chip inserted in his arm and plant a bomb at the terrorists' hideout. Virat then drives to a port in various cars, as instructed by Shadab and ends up on a ship full of terrorists. To his shock, Virat finds out that the cars he was asked to drive had bombs in them, which will frame him and his team as terrorists and also boost their plans to recruit sleeper cells in the Indian Army with the help of the Joint Defense Secretary of India Mr. Alvin D'Souza, who is also a member of this terrorist group. Meanwhile, Joel, who was in touch with Mukund as instructed by Virat, plants a bomb at the base of the ship. By this time, Virat realises he must get out alive, but during the one-on-one fight with Shadab, his shoulder is dislocated. However, he is able to pop it back into place and escapes with Shadab, holding him alive at gunpoint, on a boat before the ship explodes, after the ship explodes, Virat shoots down Shadab. The film ends with Virat forcing Alvin D'Souza to commit suicide and later returning to guard the border along with his team.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Virat Bakshi, Captain in DIA (a wing of Indian Army) and a Soldier[7]
- boxer and later Virat's girlfriend[8]
- Govinda as Major Pratap Panikar, Virat's senior commanding officer
- sleeper cells[9]
- Sub-Inspector in Mumbai Police
- Zakir Hussain as Alvin D'Souza, Joint Secretary of Defense
- Randheer Rai as Joel Singh, A groom and a soldier
- Gireesh Sahdev[7] in a cameo appearance as ACP Ashok Gaikwad
- Dipendra Sharma in a cameo appearance as Asif Ali, the second-in-command of the sleeper cells
- Maroof Raza in a special appearance
- Cherry Mardia as Preeti Bakshi, Virat's younger sister
- Apoorva Arora as Pinky Bakshi, Virat's youngest sister
- Indira Krishnan as Mrs. Thapar, Saiba's mother
- Prayas Mann as Afsar Ali, Shadab's brother and a sleeper cell
- Aarti Nagpal
- Athar Siddiqui as Army Officer
- Sourav Chakraborty
- Abhay Shukla
- Chirag Sethi as Siddharth, an Army officer
Production
The film's production commenced in 2013 with the working title of Pistol under the banner of
The production budget of Holiday is around ₹300 million (US$3.8 million) without Akshay Kumar remuneration, print and advertising costs.
The film was originally scheduled for a release in early May 2014, which would have clashed with the release of Action Jackson.[13] However, Action Jackson was pushed to December 2014.
Soundtrack
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Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Shaayraana" | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Arijit Singh | 4:21 |
2. | "Tu Hi Toh Hai" (Film Version) | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Kunal Ganjawala | 3:55 |
3. | "Ashq Na Ho" | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Arijit Singh | 5:53 |
4. | "Blame The Night" | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Arijit Singh, Aditi Singh Sharma, Piyush Kapoor | 4:39 |
5. | "Palang Tod" (Version 1) | Sukumar Dutta | Kaushik Dutta | Mika Singh, Ritu Pathak | 3:46 |
6. | "Tu Hi Toh Hai" | Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Benny Dayal | 3:58 |
7. | "Palang Tod" (Version 2) | Sukumar Dutta | Kaushik Dutta | Mika Singh, Ritu Pathak | 4:10 |
Total length: | 30:42 |
Reception
Critical response
The film has received positive reviews from the critics. ABP News similarly rated it 4.5/5, calling it a"fast-paced, exhilarating roller coaster ride"[15] Taran Adarsh gave 4/5 and states that it is a slick action-thriller that keeps you engrossed, enthralled and captivated all through, thanks to its fascinating premise and a watertight, razor-sharp screenplay.[16]
Filmfare critic praised the film as a "Genuinely smart action thriller".
Box office
The film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹178.4 crore against a budget of ₹50 crore. Hence, it was a box office success.
Territory | Collection |
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India | ₹153.43 crore Nett gross: ₹112.53 crore |
Overseas | ₹24.97 crore |
References
- ^ a b c "Holiday – Movie – Box Office India". Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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