Himmatwala (2013)

When a temple priest commits suicide after being dishonored by an evil landlord, his son returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance.

Director:

Sajid Khan

Writers:

K. Raghavendra Rao (original story), Sajid Khan (story),

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mahesh Manjrekar

Bottom 100 #12 | 2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajay Devgn	...	Ravi Murti
Tamannaah Bhatia	...	Rekha Singh
Mahesh Manjrekar	...	Sher Singh
Paresh Rawal	...	Narayan Das
Zarina Wahab
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Asrani	...	Ticket Checker
Roy Bronsgeest	...	Streetfighter
Surveen Chawla	...	Item number
Ritesh Deshmukh	...	Ravi
Anil Dhawan	...	Dharam Murti
Rinku Ghosh
Rajendra Gupta	...	Iqbal
Leena Jumani	...	Padma
Amruta Khanvilkar
Chunky Pandey	...	Michael Jai Kishen

Storyline

An honest temple priest takes on more than he can handle when he bears witness to a murder and gives evidence in a court of law against a powerful landlord in his village. The landlord bribes his way to freedom and engineers a ploy to ruin the priests reputation and his status among his peers in the village. Ashamed of his tarnished reputation the priest commits suicide,and leaves his wife and young children to face the atrocities of the evil landlord. The son flees the village and travels to Mumbai to make a life, but returns years later to avenge the shame caused to his family. Thi

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Plot Keywords:

village | box office flop | man tiger fight | 1980s | tiger | 

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Taglines:

29th March 2013...The 80's will be back!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 March 2013 (India)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$197,770 (USA) (29 March 2013)

Gross:

$270,880 (USA) (19 April 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Puja Entertainment (India), UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

150 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Asrani who started in the original Himmatwala plays the role of ticket checker in this movie. Paresh Rawal essays Kadar Khan's character while in the original his wife Swaroop Sampat had played Jitendra's Sister.

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Goofs

The movie begins in 1983, but there is a cut-out of Top Gun at the back of the cage where the opening fight takes place.

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Connections

References Ghost Busters (1984)

User Reviews

Himmatwala is not worth a ticket.

I clearly remember when I first saw the trailer of Himmatwala and at the end of it written A Sajid Khan Entertainer, I was sure that another trash from sajid's kitty is going to see the daylight and this time I promised not to watch the movie in theater at least. Then finally i watched it in my Laptop and i was so happy that Sajid khan didn't prove me wrong.Each and every scene and the nuances of each character's depiction was so silly, unfunny and annoying that i completed the movie within 1 hr and 10 mins.The shocking thing was how could an actor like Ajay Devgn's caliber sign a nonsense movie like this? just for the sake of 100 Cr moolah that could make a hat trick other two being Bol Bachchan and SOS. Tamannah, please go back to south and if Trisha fails to grab a position in Bollywood, then of course you can't. Again as there are so many other bimbos flying high with success with khans without knowing acting then chances to sizzle on bollywood screen gets higher courtesy Sajid Khan.Sorry Jacqueline Fernandez. And yes Sajid, as you hate critics, so let me tell you am no critic and love Hindi films but know the difference between good and bad.And yes in a recent reality show where you were one of the judges,you were saying repeatedly " Your performance is like Sajid Khan's Blockbusters" gone horribly wrong at least from the multiplex collections of Himmatwala. And Multiplex audiences are more of a class. Rest You can think yourself..Please No Himmatwala 2....EARNEST REQUEST!!!