Shootout at Wadala (2013)

The first-ever registered encounter by the Mumbai Police, which took place on November 1, 1982. Based on a true story.

Director:

Sanjay Gupta

Writers:

Sanjay Bhatia (screenplay), Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande (screenplay) (as Abhijeet Deshpande)

Stars:

Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anil Kapoor	...	Afaaque Baagraan
John Abraham	...	Manya Surve
Manoj Bajpayee	...	Zubair Imtiaz Haskar
Tusshar Kapoor	...	Sheikh Munir
Kangana Ranaut	...	Vidya
Sonu Sood	...	Dilawar Imtiaz Haskar
Ronit Roy	...	Rajan Ambat
Mahesh Manjrekar	...	Inspector Bhende
Raju Mavani	...	Yakub Lala
Arif Zakaria	...	Sadik
Pankaj Kalra	...	Sayed Batia (as Pankaj Karla)
Karan Patel	...	Jamal
Hussain Sheikh	...	Abdul Phelwan
Vineet Sharma	...	Bhargav Surve
Raju Kher	...	Inspector Ambolkar

Storyline

Manohar Arjun Surve better known as Manya Surve is a bright college student in love with Vidya.He lives with his mother and step brother Bhargav Surve whose a local goon.Manya is arrested by Inspector Ambolkar for being on the spot when his brother killed a goon.Being humiliated and taken from college and put in jail where Bhargav gets killed by Potya and Manya is saved by Sheikh Munir.Manya and Sheikh Munir escape from jail and reach Bombay where they meet Zubair who offers them to join his gang but his brother Dilawar disapproves him.Manya then decides to form his own gang with Munir and Vira later joined by Gyancho and Jamal.Manya and his gang members become top criminals and wanted in the list of Inspector Afaque Baaghran who has to find a solution in order to stop the menace.

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Plot Keywords:

cleavage | gangland execution | gang | prison break | prison | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

3 May 2013 (India)

Also Known As:

S.A.W.

Box Office

Budget:

INR260,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$212,346, 5 May 2013

Gross USA:

$369,573

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$711,366

Company Credits

Production Co:

Balaji Motion Pictures, White Feather Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During development the real names of Dawood Ibrahim and other characters were used, but following the trailer the film went through troubles and hence all names except Manya's were changed.

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Goofs

In the final shootout, policemen are armed with 6-shot revolvers. No one is seen reloading and more than six shots are fired.

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Quotes

Dilawar Imtiaz Haskar: Dilawar imtiaz haksar :"crops grow due to rainfall,not by thundering of the clouds."
Manya Surve: Manya surve :"if I had to grow crops,then I would return to my village and plough the land. I wouldn't have been here to shoot with guns.

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Crazy Credits

Before end credits rolls, an epilogue about the sudden outcomes in underworld is shown after the encounter killing of Manya Surve.

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Connections

References Sholay (1975)

User Reviews

Blood, Guns, Crime...

SHOOTOUT AT WADALA is a crime/thriller directed by Sanjay Gupta, and starring John Abraham, Tusshar Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Sonu Sood, Manoj Bajpayee & Kangana Ranaut.

The film revolves around the life of Manohar Surve (John Abraham), who was a simple boy, interested in a good education. His brother gets into a fight with a crime lord, and due to his girlfriend's incessant begging, he helps his brother out. However, he didn't do anything although his brother killed him. The police come and take Manohar to prison for life under Section 302, even though he begs them to let him go because he didn't do anything. In prison, he befriends Sheikh Munir (Tusshar Kapoor), where they plan their escape which proves later to be successful, turning Manohar Surve to Manya Surve, on an ambition to become the don of Mumbai. The rest of the film involves Manya, involving himself with crime lords like Dilawar and Zubair Imtiaz Haskar (Sonu Sood and Manoj Bajpayee) as well as ACP Afaaque Bhaagran (Anil Kapoor), an honest cop trying to put an end to all of the crime in Mumbai.

Okay, so when I saw the trailer to Shootout at Wadala, I totally wanted to see it. So I booked my ticket for a late night show recently when it came out. The movie was given a strict A rating which I expected. So when the movie started it was pretty normal, but then the gore started. There's stabbing...shooting...killing. It's all pretty much that. And I was alright for it for a while, but then it got a little disturbing. Like, shoving a guy's head into a gola machine. However there are just two scenes like that in the film. This movie is a gang movie, we are supposed to expect that, and well that's the reality, since this movie is based on the real life of Manya Surve, with a few people's names changed like Dilawar Imitiaz Haskar, who was actually Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in real life. The movie is a little bit disturbing at times but its not a bad film to watch. I feel Sanjay Gupta has directed it EXTREMELY well, considering he managed to make us all see that this is the reality of the case. But even if we cut out the gore, the one thing that also bothered me was the item numbers. Take for example, 'Laila'. Sunny Leone is a pornstar in real life, and they needed a prostitute for the film. They really didn't need to take her. She was extremely unneeded, and her dance moves were extremely vulgar, which really annoying me. The one with Priyanka Chopra, 'Babli Badmaash' was extremely good. It wasn't vulgar, and it was a normal item song, which I appreciated after watching Sunny Leone dance around in her fashion.

The acting is EXTREMELY good, considering its start cast. John Abraham actually did really well as Manya Surve. He always has to scream but at times I really felt he was really Manya and I don't think I am going to see him in Desi Boyz the same way next time. He did his role fantastically as a man who was so innocent and how a simple underestimation turned him the wrong way. Anil Kapoor did well as usual. His role as ACP Afaaque Bhaagran was quite a serious one- an honest cop. So in my eyes, he did it well. Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood, always a pleasure. And Tusshar Kapoor actually did well in this one. Kangana Ranaut was pretty unused in this film, however whenever she was on screen, she did her role well.

On whole, this movie is a treat. If you want to know the whole story of Manya Surve and the first Mumbai Police encounter, see it. But do not see it if you are feint-hearted- its got a lot of gore, honestly. The movie's not as grand as SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA, which has no relation to this one, but its an alright time if you are watching this movie for the facts. Don't see it for entertainment, because halfway through the film, you may feel disgusted.

So, I'm just going to give this movie a 6/10. It didn't live up to the hype, COMPLETELY, but it did give me some of what I wanted.

Make way for "Bombay ka naya baap, MANYA SURVEEE!"