Singham Returns
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Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
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Running time | 142 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹70 crore[2] |
Box office | ₹219 crore[2] |
Singham Returns is a 2014
The film was released theatrically worldwide on 15 August 2014, during India's Independence Day. Upon release, it broke several opening day records. Made on a budget of ₹70 crore, the film performed commercially well at the box office with a global gross of ₹219 crore, and stood up as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of 2014.[6]
Devgn reprised his role as a cameo for Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021), next films of Cop Universe. In December 2022, a threequel titled Singham Again began pre-production, which is set to release on 15 August 2024, exactly 10 years after the release of Singham Returns.[7]
Plot
Bajirao Singham, who is now a
After some time, Singham and Avni fall in love with each other. However, it is then revealed that Singham hasn't resigned and came to Shivgarh on an undercover mission to find evidence against Babaji. When they get back to Mumbai, Babaji starts threatening Singham's family. On the other hand, Rao harms all of Guruji's candidates, including Avni, because her in-hiding brother Kishore is one of the candidates. Singham manages to save everyone but before they resign, one of Babaji's henchmen, Altaf Khan, wakes up from a coma and testifies against him. Singham arrests Babaji and Rao. However, some party workers execute an attack outside the court, killing the witnesses. This causes Babaji and Rao to go scot-free. Singham and his team reach their house without wearing their police uniforms, joined in by police from all around Mumbai.
They successfully fight Babaji and Rao's men. Singham's team storm inside Babaji's house, and comically torture Babaji and Rao by firing a live round into both of their buttocks each. The wounded and humiliated Rao and Baba tell the truth, their confessions secretly being filmed and broadcast on live television and radio. A few weeks later, Guruji's party wins the elections. While being transported to jail in a van, Rao and Baba once again threaten and taunt Singham. Suddenly, the van stops and the driver walks away. A water tanker crashes into the van, sending it into a power station, killing both of them. One of Singham's allies, Inspector Dev Phadnis tells the media that there was a brake failure, and the incident is deemed as an accident (a plan that was fabricated by Singham which resembled the way Mahesh was killed).
Cast
- DCP Bajirao Singham, IPS, Manikrao and Lata's son
- Kareena Kapoor Khan as Avni Kamat, Bajirao's love interest and Kishore's sister
- Amole Gupte as Satyaraj Chander a.k.a. "Babaji", A fake religious leader and Prakash Rao's boss
- Anupam Kher as Central Minister Gurukant Acharya a.k.a. "Guruji", Vikram and Bajirao's teacher
- Senior Inspector Daya Singh
- Vineet Sharma as InspectorDev Phadnis
- Zakir Hussain as Minister Prakash Rao, a corrupt politician
- Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Sonalee Kulkarni as Menka Reddy, Singham's childhood friend
- Jitendra Joshi as Ashish Kumar, Menka's boyfriend
- Sameer Dharmadhikari as Kishor Kamat, Avni's brother & candidate of Guruji's political party
- Deepraj Rana as Rtd. Cpt. Sunil Prabhat, a candidate of Guruji's political party
- Sharat Saxena as Mumbai Police Commissioner Shiv Rathod
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Journalist Meera Shorey (based on Barkha Dutt)[8][9]
- Govind Namdev as Manikrao 'Manya' Singham, Bajirao's father
- Meghna Vaidya as Lata Singham, Bajirao's mother
- Uday Tikekar as Mr. Kamat, Avni & Kishore's father
- Shubhangi Latkar as Mrs. Kamat, Avni & Kishore's mother
- Pankaj Tripathi as Altaf Khan, a member of Babaji's illegal business
- Sachin Nayak as Bhola Singh
- Shriswara as Neeta Parmar, a television actress and member of Guruji's political party
- Rakesh Kukreti as Mr. Parmar, Neeta's husband
- Ganesh Yadav as Head-ConstableMahesh Jadhav
- Sarita Joshi as Mrs. Jadhav, Mahesh's mother
- Smita Tambe as Usha Jadhav, Mahesh's wife
- Ujjwal Gauraha as News Reporter
- Krishna Kotian as a Police Constable
- Aashish Warang as a Sub-Inspector
- Umakant Patil as an Assistant Sub-Inspector
- NRIcandidate of Guruji's political party
Production
Director
However, Devgn, the lead of the film, canned 20 days of photography for his other film Action Jackson, directed by Prabhu Deva and start another leg of the shoot from 10 November 2013.[13] After several delays owing to Devgn's shooting of Action Jackson concurrently the principal photography for a 15-day schedule of the film started from 15 May 2014 in Goa.[14] The shoot was held in few places like streets of Siolim, a village located at a distance of about 25 Kilometres from Panaji.[14] The ones which were held in Panaji were mostly indoor ones.[14]
Soundtrack
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- "Kuch Toh Hua Hai"
Released: 25 July 2014 - "Aata Majhi Satakli"
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The soundtrack for the film was composed by
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sun Le Zara" | Meet Bros Anjjan | Meet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh | 04:38 | |
3. | "Kuch Toh Hua Hai" | Sandeep Nath, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay | Ankit Tiwari | Ankit Tiwari, Tulsi Kumar | 05:07 |
4. | "Singham Returns Remix" (MBA Swag) | Shabbir Ahmed | Meet Bros Anjjan | Meet Bros Anjjan, Mika Singh | 02:49 |
5. | "Aata Majhi Satakli" | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Mamta Sharma, Nitu Choudhry | 03:14 |
Total length: | 20:39 |
Reception
Before 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 the depiction of Hindu saints in a bad light thereby hurting the religious sentiments.[18] Shetty denied the allegation stating that he has never made anything controversial in his career.[19]
Singham Returns received mixed reviews from Indian critics. It holds a rating of 27% on review aggregator
Box office
Singham Returns nett. collection over ₹321 million (US$4.0 million) on the first day of its release in India. Domestic nett of Singham Returns was ₹1.41 billion (US$18 million).[29] The film earned a final worldwide gross collection of ₹2.17 billion (US$27 million).[2]
Game
An official game based on this film has been released by Zapak Mobile Games Pvt. Ltd., for Android mobile phone users.[30]
Sequel
In December 2022, after years of planning, Rohit Shetty finally began the pre-production of Singham Again, the third film for Singham.[31] It stars Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Deepika Padukone who will portray a female cop in the film, and Jackie Shroff reprises his antagonist role as Omar Hafeez from Sooryavanshi (2021). Tiger Shroff also joined the crew as ACP Satya. [32] In April 2023, the release date was announced as 15 August 2024, exactly 10 years after Singham Returns. [33]
Spin-offs
Simmba
The 2018 film Simmba, a Hindi adaptation of the Telugu film, Temper,[34] is a spin-off of Singham. Simmba stars Ranveer Singh in the titular role as Inspector Sangram Bhalerao aka Simmba, a corrupt cop who after the murder of a girl, changes to honesty, and is directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. It also stars Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood in its lead roles while Devgn reprises his role of DCP Bajirao Singham from the previous films.
Sooryavanshi
The 2021-film, Sooryavanshi, is another spin-off of this film. This film stars Akshay Kumar as another DCP named Veer Sooryavanshi who joins hands with Simmba and Singham to stop a terrorist attack on Mumbai. This film was again directed by Shetty, produced by Johar, Shetty and Reliance Entertainment. Unlike the three previous films, this film had an original story.
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