Raja Natwarlal

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Raja Natwarlal
Prachi Shah
CinematographyRaaj A. Chakravarti
Edited byAnand Subaya
Music bySongs:
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Background Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production
company
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 29 August 2014 (2014-08-29)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
Language
Hindi
Budget₹470 million[1]
Box office₹268 million[2]

Raja Natwarlal is a 2014 Indian

Humaima Malik, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon and Deepak Tijori.[3]
The film was released on 29 August 2014 and received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Humaima Malik
). Feeling sorry for her, Raja decides he wants to go for a big catch so that he can marry his lady love and she won't have to work in a bar anymore. That's when the trouble starts. Along with Raghav, Raja makes a grand plan to swindle a huge amount of money from two baddies. The plan is successful and Raja decides to celebrate.

This is when Varda Yadav (Kay Kay Menon), a billionaire based in Cape Town, enters. The money actually belonged to him and upon realizing it has been stolen by two street cons Varda orders them to be killed. Varda's men find Raghav and kill him. Raja witnesses this and decide to avenge the loss.

He seeks the help of a seasoned crook Victor Singhal alias Yogi (Paresh Rawal), whom Raghav used to talk about before his murder. After a lot of persuasion, Yogi agrees to help Raja have his payback. Later it is revealed that Yogi is actually Raghav's older brother. Yogi trains him, and eventually, they form a team of crooks and set out to Cape Town to finish off Varda where he takes his revenge.

Cast

Production

In May 2013, it was first reported that

conman in the film.[6] In April 2014, the film's title was changed to Raja Natwarlal inspired by the 1979 Amitabh Bachchan film Mr. Natwarlal.[7]

In June, it was reported that

Badtameez Dil had been postponed, the start of the film's shoot was advanced to October 2013.[16] Principal photography commenced on 20 October 2013. Hashmi took special dance training for the film under choreographer, Raju Khan.[17]

Soundtrack

Raja Natwarlal
Feature film soundtrack
Length24:35
LanguageHindi
LabelTimes Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Anjaan
(2013) 		Raja Natwarlal
(2014) 		Govindudu Andarivadele
(2014)
External audio
audio icon Audio Jukebox on
YouTube

The film's soundtrack was composed by noted Tamil film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja who made his debut in Hindi films with the film.[19] The soundtrack album consists of six tracks: four romantic numbers including one reprise, one dance number and in Hashmi's words, "a dhinchak tapori" song.[20] The lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil. The tracks were unveiled on 30 July 2014 and premiered at Radio City.[21] The reprise "Tere Hoke Rehenge" was the first song to be released, although it was the last song to be recorded.[15]

Joginder Tuteja from Rediff.com gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, " Raja Natwarlal's music grows on you slowly", further adding, "Since debutant Yuvan Shankar Raja brings in a new sound with this album, he deserves a few hearings before one pronounces judgment".[22] Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Yuvan Shankar Raja has absorbed the ethos of the contemporary Hindi film song with far more accuracy, acumen and sharpness than any colleague down South with the exception of that redoubtable genius, M.M. Kreem. Yuvan Shankar Raja's tunes are quite trendy, and their appeal makes the score sound fresh despite generic similarities to today's 'hit' music. His production is immaculate and Irshad Kamil's lyrics, as usual, vary from the pithy to the occasionally needlessly Sufi".[23]

Raja Natwarlal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[24]
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Tere Hoke Rehengay"Arijit Singh4:03
2."Dukki Tikki"Mika Singh4:59
3."Tere Hoke Rehengay (Reprise)"Shweta Pandit4:29
4."Kabhi Ruhani Kabhi Rumani"Benny Dayal4:00
5."Namak Paare"Mamta Sharma, Anupam Amod3:45
6."Flip Your Collar Back"Benny Dayal3:59
Total length:24:35

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews upon release.[25]

The Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "With its twisting story, good-looking frames and zingy acting, Raja Natwarlal keeps you entertained".[26] Rachel Saltz from The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Deshmukh's setup can be overly fussy – some of the con machinations seem needlessly complicated and hard to follow, or maybe not quite worth following – but his payoff works. And his cast, too, hits the right notes and finds an easy rhythm".[27] Bollywood Hungama gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Kunal Deshmukh does a reasonably good job in Raja Natwarlal. There are a few repeated moments from his earlier films, but the plot of the film overshadows that. He manages to get the audiences glued to their seats throughout the film, a few loopholes notwithstanding".[28]

mid-day gave 2.5 stars out of 5, too, and wrote, "This film had huge potential but sadly one walks out of the theatre unimpressed by Raja Natwarlals antics and this film".[32] Rahul Desai from Mumbai Mirror wrote, "This film is far from perfect, but makes for an acceptable non-Italian version of The Indian Job-by entertaining solely within the confines of a revenge drama".[33] Sify wrote, "The film, with an impressive intermission point, is pacy and full of twists in the second half...Where the film falters is in insinuating incongruous melodrama and unnecessary characters".[34]

Shubhra Gupta from

livemint wrote, "You probably won't remember this film after you have watched it. There is no inventiveness in plot, treatment, and characterization—unlike the best con movies, not for a moment do any of the characters seem to be duping each other, and their wiles or avarice hold no surprises. Raja Natwarlal is unimaginative pulp; it begins and ends on a lukewarm note".[39]

Box office

The film's approximate opening day gross was ₹55 million (US$690,000) to ₹60 million (US$750,000),[40] while ₹52.5 million (US$660,000) were reportedly collected on Saturday; the overall weekend gross was ₹170 million (US$2.1 million).[41] At the end of the first week, the film had collected ₹259 million (US$3.2 million) and the overall lifetime collection were ₹268 million (US$3.4 million) according to Bollywood Hungama.[2]

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