Action Replayy (2010)

A young man tries to revive his parents' wilting marriage by traveling to the 1970s when their romance was budding and make it bloom: something more complex than he expects.

Director:

Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Writers:

Irshad Kamil (lyrics), Aatish Kapadia (dialogues)

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapoor

Cast

Credited cast:
Akshay Kumar	...	Kishen Chopra
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Mala Malhotra / Mala K. Chopra
Aditya Roy Kapoor	...	Bunty K. Chopra (as Aditya Roy Kapur)
Om Puri	...	Rai Bahadur Dhyanchand
Kirron Kher	...	Bholi Devi
Rannvijay Singh	...	Kundanlal Kapoor (as Rannvijay Singh Singha)
Neha Dhupia	...	Mona / Maa Jogeshwari
Rajpal Yadav	...	Bhiku
Randhir Kapoor	...	Professor Anthony Gonsalves
Sudeepa Singh	...	Tanya Gonsalves
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alok Kumar	...	Sri Kumaran

Storyline

After witnessing nothing but acrimony between his bickering Mumbai-based parents, Kishen and Mala Chopra, Bunty refuses to marry his girlfriend, Tanya Gonsalves. He is then introduced to her eccentric grandfather, Professor Anthony Gonsalves, and finds that the latter has invented a time-travel machine. Bunty travels back in time - specifically Holi 1975 - when Mumbai was called Bombay and gets to meet his parents when they were younger. He is shocked to find his buck-toothed wimpy father, and his mother - a goon-like tomboy. Amidst the terror of Raman Raghav, the impending Emergency of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, banning of multinationals - including Coca Cola - and the Charisma of superstar Rajesh Khanna - he sets about to try and set things right between not only his bickering parents but also his feuding grandparents. He will soon find out that his mother has another admirer - who will not leave any stone unturned to marry her.

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Plot Keywords:

period film | two word title | time machine | reunion | parents | 

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Taglines:

Romance 1970s ishtyle

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aishwariya Rai's looks in the song Zoro Ka Jhatka was inspired from Beyonce.

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Goofs

Bunty tells Kishen that he has meetings with Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag and Barack Obama. None of these people were well-known in 1975.

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Connections

Referenced in The Kapil Sharma Show: Rustom's Courtroom Drama (2016)

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Soundtracks

Chhan Ke Mohalla - Remix
Written by Irshad Kamil
Composed by Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan and Ritu Pathak
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Tad Stupid

Time machine is not an alien subject to Bollywood. "Krish" had touch- based on it to a certain degree. Had Shekhar Kapur devoted more time and conviction we would have seen Aamir Khan/ Raveena Tandon/ Naseeruddin/ Rekha in our own desi version of "Time Machine". Period drama, nostalgia, fashion, expensive sets, music, gaffs you name it, the time travel subject offers vast potential to deliver a well rounded entertaining product. Sadly "Action Replay" concentrates only on costumes (predominantly the prints and the polka dots) and the of course the sets. The screenplay is the biggest culprit and it appears as if it has been written and shot in parts making the narrative appear disjointed.

Akshay Kumar:: Very bad characterisation. The underdog personality was not fleshed out properly. The hairstyle was a big downer and so were his buck teeth.

Aishwarya:: Again her tomboy personality could have been worked upon. She was okay but only at a few places.

Adiya Roy Kapur:: Attempts hard to come across naturally but it shows.

Ranvijay Singh:: Should have watched a few more yesteryear villains (likes of Ranjeet/ Prem Chopra) to create a believable character.

Randhir Kapoor:: As a mad scientist, he was OK in his job.

Neha Dhupia:: Hardly any meat in the role.

Om Puri & Kiron Kher:: Completely wasted.

Rajpal Yadav:: A few good one-liners but predominantly irritating character.

The entire team should be lauded for keeping the diversion alive in the media circles that "Action Replay" was a copy of "Benjamin Button" while they were cooking a blatant plagiarised "Back to the future" behind the closed doors. Keeping the words "Back to the future" away from the media deserves a second round of applause and perhaps a quarter of the entire budget.

Music which is generally a strong points of Vipul Shah is a downer too. On the whole, "Action Replay" fails to delivers. Vipul Shah, you need to pull up your socks!!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

5 November 2010 (India)

Also Known As:

Action Replayy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,702,135

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blockbuster Movie Entertainers, Cinema Capital Venture Fund, PVR Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color