Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)

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Director:

Ashutosh Gowariker

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (lyrics)
Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay)
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Release Date:

3 December 2010 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History

Plot:

Deprived of playing football by oppressive British, children decide to join a group of freedom fighters.

Awards:

11 nominations

Cast

Abhishek Bachchan	...	Surjya Sen
Deepika Padukone	...	Kalpana Dutta
Sikander Kher	...	Nirmal Sen
Maninder Singh	...	Anant Singh
Feroz Wahid Khan	...	Lokenath Bal
Shreyas Pandit	...	Ambika Chakraborty
Samrat Mukherjee	...	Ganesh Ghosh
Vikramjeet Virk	...	Inspecter. Asanulla Khan
Munford Monty	...	Major Johnson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Reena Anurag
Arun Babani
Madhuri Bhandekar		(as Madhuri Bandiwdekar)
Jan Bostock
Anuradha Chandan
Alorika Chatterjee
Ashok Chatterjee
Supriya Chatterjee
Robert Drury
Molly Dutta
Paul Gatward
Amin Gazi
Shyam Gehlot
Upendra Joshi
Sharda Kapoor
Francis Mathew
Palak Muchhal
Suraj Mukherjee
Suneel Nagar
Debashish Naha
Pranay Narayan	...	Police Officer
Shama Ninawe
Arup Pal
Gargi Patel
Kashish Paul
John Pollard
Smith Seth	...	Jibon Ghoshal
Gaurav Sethi	...	Tarkeshwar Dastidar
Ram P. Sethi	...	Amjad
Aasif Shah	...	Burmese Gun Seller
Vishakha Singh	...	Pritilata Waddedar
John Tassi

Directed by
Ashutosh Gowariker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Javed Akhtar		lyrics
Ashutosh Gowariker		screenplay
Vijay Maurya		dialogue writer
Raoul Randolf		screenplay

Produced by
Ajay Bijli	....	producer
Sanjeev K. Bijli	....	producer
Lawrence D'Souza	....	executive producer
Ashutosh Gowariker	....	executive producer
Sunita Gowariker	....	producer
Kuldeep Rathore	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Sohail Sen		(background score)

Cinematography by
Kiran Deohans		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dilip Deo

Casting by
Shahid Hasan

Production Design by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai		(art direction)

Costume Design by
Neeta Lulla		(costumes)

Makeup Department
Zakir Ansari	....	assistant hair stylist
Rajendra Chavan	....	assistant makeup artist
Rekha Chouthani	....	hair dresser
Vijay Dalvi	....	assistant makeup artist
Rajbabu Gowda	....	assistant makeup artist
Asha Hariharan	....	hair stylist
Madhav Kadam	....	key makeup artist
Rajesh Kadam	....	assistant makeup artist
Titus Kinny	....	assistant hair stylist
Valerian Kinny	....	assistant hair stylist
Ramesh Mohanty	....	assistant makeup artist
Sanjay Mohanty	....	assistant makeup artist
Deepak Pan Patil	....	assistant hair stylist
Hema Sorate	....	hair dresser
Hanumant Rao Tanavarapu	....	assistant makeup artist
Serina Tixeira	....	hair stylist (as Serena Tixeira)
Serina Tixeira	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Vishal Agarwal	....	production manager
Inder Singh Bariya	....	production manager
Abul Syed 'Hassan' Ehsan	....	production manager
Kamlesh Kushwaha	....	production manager
Ranjeet Singh Solanki	....	production manager
Atul Trivedi	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rajkumar Bhagavant	....	third assistant director (as Raj K.)
Chaitanya Chopra	....	chief assistant director
Sandeep Modi	....	first assistant director
Satish Murugesan	....	second assistant director
Prachi Patel	....	third assistant director
Prosit Roy	....	second assistant director
Prince Shah	....	base assistant director
Vikas Sharma	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Vivek Mandrekar	....	visualiser

Sound Department
Stephen Gomes	....	sound designer
Stephen Gomes	....	supervising sound editor
Lochan Kanvinde	....	dialogue editor
Lochan Kanvinde	....	sound editor
Bhaskar Pal	....	sound editor
Hanif Mohd Sayed	....	boom operator
Sohail Sen	....	sound mixer
Sreejesh	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Vishal Tyagi	....	guns and effects

Visual Effects by
Neil Cunningham	....	creative director
Soumen Das	....	digital compositor
Salil Deshpande	....	senior digital intermediate producer
Abrez Mohammed	....	digital compositor (as Mohd Abrez)
Paresh Navlakha	....	digital compositor
Rajiv Raghunathan	....	digital intermediate production head
Shubham Singh Rathore	....	visual effects artist (visual effects)
Prashant Kumar Singh	....	paint artist
Milli Singhal	....	visual effects coordinator: Reliance Media Works

Stunts
Ravi Dewan	....	stunts
Nishat Khan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Imtiaz Ansari	....	gaffer
Bibhuti Biswal	....	assistant camera
Pramod Gaikwad	....	assistant camera
Titu Kumar Jena	....	assistant camera
Ingle Kanishka	....	onset publicity photographer
Aslam Kashmiri	....	focus puller
Manoj Subir Mandal	....	second assistant camera
Mahendra Pradhan	....	assistant camera
Smruti Ranjan Sahoo	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Girdhar Swami	....	casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aditi Chatterjee	....	wardrobe assistant
Shruti Kanvinde	....	wardrobe assistant
Shachi Mehta	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Vasudevan Kothandath	....	digital intermediate editor
Sachin Kunal	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ranjini Hose	....	playback singer (as Ranjini Jose)
Pamela Jain	....	playback singer
Rafiq Sen	....	sound engineer
Simaab Sen	....	music programmer
Sohail Sen	....	playback singer
Suresh Wadkar	....	playback singer

Other crew
Nabeel Abbas	....	publicity designer
Laxman Bambras	....	chief accountant
Devang Bhavsar	....	production assistant
Chaitanya Chopra	....	director's assistant
Sherwin Fernandes	....	production assistant
Aakash Joshi	....	director's assistant
Ramaa Kandhari	....	office receptionist
Saad Khan	....	continuity supervisor
Anand Khedekar	....	office boy
Mudassir Mashalkar	....	set production assistant
Sudama Mashelkar	....	set production assistant
Alnoor Merchant	....	digital campaign
Alnoor Merchant	....	social media campaign
Alnoor Merchant	....	website design
Ram Mhatle	....	assistant accountant
Kiran Murty	....	production co-ordinator
Vishwanathan Nair	....	office administrator
Sumukh I. Purohit	....	production assistant
Gaurav Sethi	....	script supervisor
Prince Shah	....	base production assistant
Sunny Shah	....	production executive
Mohan Singh	....	office boy
Subhash Tawde	....	office boy
Vishal Tyagi	....	armourer
Umang Vyas	....	director's assistant

Production Companies

• Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.
• UTV Motion Pictures

Distributors

• Mind Blowing Films (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Viva Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Viva Entertainment (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd. (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• PVR Pictures (2010) (worldwide) (all media)

Other Companies

• B.R.Recording  foley re-recording
• Saba Studios  songs recording
• SonicFields  sound post-production
• T-Series  music on
• YRF Studios  songs recording

Runtime:

168 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Bengali | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA15+ (2010) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Goa, India

Company:

Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

The title of the film was taken from a song from Amitabh Bachchan's film "Main Azaad Hoon".

Soundtrack:

Vande Mataram

Vande Mataram!!!

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a movie about the Chittagong Armoury raid, that happened on April 18, 1930. The movie is very good as a movie, but as the rehash of a historical event which has its importance in the independence revolution of India, it is sadly a weak attempt from Ashutosh Gowariker. It has the things at right place, as a movie, but when a movie about a historical incident comes, the director has to pay attention to the real events that happened.Based on the book 'Do and die' by Manini Chatterjee, the movie slips away from the facts at several moments, even though it is a good work, as a film.

The movie starts with simple, yet awesome titles, and soon we are dragged into the Chotogram of 1930, a normal village of Bengal. Everything was fine there, until the British people capture an open ground, where the teenagers use to play football. And then, somebody suggests that if they can get their playground back, with the help of Surjyada, a Mathematics teacher in a school. Then we come to know that Surjyada and his friends Nirmal, Ambikada etc are revolutionaries who believe in the motto 'Do and Die'. Soon, the teenagers are bonded with the revolutionaries and they plan to fight against the britishers. Meanwhile, two young girls Preetilata and Kalpana also join the team.

Then they planned a raid on police lines Armoury, Cantonment, Telegraph office and Railway lines. They study the entire places, prepare well, and plans to execute it on 18 April, 1930. Everything goes fine, until they come to know that it was a 'Good Friday' and the britishers are not there. Also, they could capture only the guns, but bullets were not found there. Anyway ,they hoist a flag of India, and escape to the hills. They are then chasec by the army, many are killed and others are captured, and are finally sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The story is almost real, but the director wanted to give the story a gentle flavour, and he included light hearted romance between Nirmal and Preetilata, and one side infatuation of Kalpana with Surjyada, and also those football playing kids, fighting to British for their playground. Also, he added enough sentiments added in the movie, to make us wet our eyes at times. But what the makers could have done was to mention like 'This movie is based on the Chittagong Armoury Raid, and few events may vary from the real story.'

Coming to the movie, everybody has done good jobs. Abhishek Bachchan comes with a commendable performance after the commercially and critically dud, 'Raavan'. He is apt for Surjya's role and even he looks somewhat like the real Surjya Sen. His expressions are perfect. And I am happy to see Sikandar Kher on screen again, I always believed this guy has the talent in him, and he proved it again in this film. Deepika Padukone and Vishakha Singh look completely natural, and this will be a career booster for Vishakha Singh, after doing two forgettable movies in Tamil and one in Hindi. The rest of the cast is very good and everybody is perfect for their roles. Also, there is a strong chemistry between all of them that they look very good together on screen.

Sohail Sen has done an excellent job as the music composer of the film. All the songs are very good, and the BGM is also excellent. I guess Simaab Sen and Sohail Sen have worked together for BGM. The cinematography is fine.

On the whole, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a very good movie, It would have been a classic if the director did some more research on the historical events and facts. Anyway, don't miss it.