Phantom (2015 film)
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Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹72 crore [1] |
Box office | ₹84 crore [1] |
Phantom is a 2015 Indian
Plot
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The film begins with a car chase in Chicago, which leads to a scuffle between a man ostensibly named Jude Rosario and an American male known as Matthew Brody. The scuffle ends with Brody falling into the icy waters of Chicago River, and his body missing. This results in Rosario being arrested and convicted of murder.
A flashback to six months prior shows the office of the Indian RAW chief Roy, where he and his trusted men plan a daring covert operation. The man, known as Jude Rosario in the opening sequence, is shown to be Captain Daniyal Khan, a dead-end ex-soldier with a completely deadpan sense of life and death which is pulled out of oblivion and pressed into service by the spy agency to wreak vengeance on the men who planned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. He agrees on the assurance that he will be reinstated in the Indian army to the same rank from which he was court-martialled, which meant regaining the respect of his estranged father, retd. Col. Usman Khan, and mentor, Dilawar Singh. His only team member, Nawaz Mistry helps him find his first target Sajid Mir at a cricket match in London. On reaffirming his identity after breaking into his apartment, Daniyal rigs up an explosion which kills Sajid, which makes the headlines explaining it was accidental, resulting in an investigation by the Pakistani ISI.
In the present day, Daniyal, aka Jude, has landed in the same jail as
Daniyal and Nawaz travel to Syria via
Daniyal and Nawaz go to
With the Pakistani army and ISI pursuing them, Daniyal and Nawaz make their way to the coast to escape through the
Cast
- Captain Daniyal Khan, Raj Rif
- Katrina Kaif as Nawaz Mistry, a former R&AW Agent
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Samit Mishra, R&AW officer
- Rajesh Tailang as Alok, R&AW officer
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Roy, RAW chief
- Middat Khan as Khalid (Restaurant owner in Lahore)
- Sohaila Kapur as a nurse, Amina Bi
- Mir Sarwar as Sajid Mir
- J. Brandon Hill as David Coleman Headley
- Shahnawaz Pradhan as Haaris Saeed
- Qazi Touqeer in Afghan Jalebi song
- Jameel Khan in Afghan Jalebi wedding song
- Kaizaad Kotwal as Pakistan Ambassador Shehriyar Baig
- Mukul Nag as Qureshi
- Sumit Gulati as Shehzad
- Yaad Grewal as a man in Sajid Mir's flat
- Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal as Captain Daniyal Khan's mother
- Denzil Smith as ISI Chief Haider
- Ashwath Bhatt as ISI agent Firoz
- Pooran Kiri as ISI agent Javed
- Anoop Gautam as Pakistani Commando Noor Mohammad
- Mohan Maharishi as the National Security Advisor – India
- Hemant Mahaur as Pakistani boatman
Production
Development
Filming
Filming began in October 2013 in
Marketing
The trailer of the film was released online on 25 July 2015.[35] A launch event was held on the same day with the presence of Kabir Khan, Sajid Nadiadwala, Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif.[36] A promotional song titled 'Afghan Jalebi (Ya Baba)' was released on 30 July 2015.[37] The video was choreographed by Ahmed Khan. Other promotional songs, 'Saware' was released on 13 August 2015 and 'Nachda' on 25 August 2015.[38][39] The world premiere of the film was scheduled on the closing night of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne on 27 August 2015.[40]
Saif and Kaif have also promoted the film on several Indian reality television shows, including
Soundtrack
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Afghan Jalebi (Ya Baba)" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Asrar (Syed Asrar Shah) | 03:43 |
2. | "Saware" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Arijit Singh | 05:21 |
3. | "Nachda" | Kausar Munir | Shahid Mallya | 05:23 |
4. | "Afghan Jalebi (Film Version)" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Akhtar Channal | 03:44 |
5. | "Afghan Jalebi (Dumbek Version)" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Akhtar Channal | 03:50 |
6. | "Ya Baba (Fitna Farebi)" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Nakash Aziz | 03:44 |
Total length: | 25:52 |
Reception
BizAsia gave a rating of 7 out of 10 stating
Release
Phantom was released on 28 August 2015 in 2600 screens in India.
Critical reception
Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave Phantom 3.5 stars, calling it an oversimplified but patriotic thriller.[57] Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars calling Khan's performance "focussed, clinical and precise, as the role demands" while stating that Kaif is "able support" while performing action scenes. It also praised the background score.[58] Rajeev Masand of IBN Live gave it 2 stars calling it slow-paced, boring and a " wish fulfillment fantasy".[59] Shubha Shetty-Saha of Mid-day gave it 3 stars stating the "powerful story is diluted by the use of too many cinematic liberties and a rather lazy screenplay", "Flaws aside, it talks of a real concern facing all of us, even while taking a flight of fantasy".[60] Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave it 2.5 stars calling Khan and Kaif's performances "pedestrian" but calling the work of Sohaila Kapur, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Sabyasachi Chakraborty "power-packed".[61]
Box office
Phantom grossed ₹84.6 million (US$1.1 million) on its first day.[62][63] On the second day it grew approximately 50% reaching a total of ₹212 million (US$2.7 million).[64] By the end of the first weekend, the receipts were ₹338 million (US$4.2 million) nett.[65] Phantom had a decent Monday as it grossed ₹42.5 million (US$530,000).[66] The film grossed ₹35.0 million (US$440,000) on its first Tuesday.[67] On its sixth day, it collected ₹33.1 million (US$410,000).[68] The first week domestic collection of the film stands at ₹474 million (US$5.9 million).[69] Phantom grossed ₹9.3 million (US$120,000) on its 8th day.[70]
Its first week overseas collection was ₹109.7 million (US$1.4 million).[69] By the end of second weekend, Phantom grossed ₹17.5 million (US$220,000) in U.K-Ireland, ₹37.32 lakh (US$47,000) in Australia, ₹1,201,000 (US$15,000) in New Zealand.[71]
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External links
- Phantom at Box Office Mojo
- Phantom at IMDb