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Himmatwala

  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
1.7/10
8.7K
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POPULARITY
56,557
10,143
Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
1.7/10
8.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
56,557
10,143
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Sajid Khan
    • Writers
      • K. Raghavendra Rao(original story)
      • Sajid Khan(story)
      • Farhad Samji(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Ajay Devgn
      • Tamannaah Bhatia
      • Mahesh Manjrekar
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Sajid Khan
    • Writers
      • K. Raghavendra Rao(original story)
      • Sajid Khan(story)
      • Farhad Samji(screenplay and dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Ajay Devgn
      • Tamannaah Bhatia
      • Mahesh Manjrekar
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 45User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

    Videos1

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    Trailer 2:26
    Theatrical Version

    Photos27

    Ajay Devgn, Mahesh Manjrekar, and Paresh Rawal in Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn in Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn in Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn and Zarina Wahab in Himmatwala (2013)
    Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Tamannaah Bhatia at an event for Himmatwala (2013)
    Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
    Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
    Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)
    Himmatwala (2013)
    Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in Himmatwala (2013)

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    Ajay Devgn
    Ajay Devgn
    • Ravi
    Tamannaah Bhatia
    Tamannaah Bhatia
    • Rekha
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    Mahesh Manjrekar
    • Sher Singh
    Paresh Rawal
    Paresh Rawal
    • Narayan Das
    Zarina Wahab
    Zarina Wahab
    • Savitri
    Adhyayan Suman
    Adhyayan Suman
    • Shakti
    Leena Jumani
    Leena Jumani
    • Padma
    Govardhan Asrani
    Govardhan Asrani
    • Banwari T.C.
    Anil Dhawan
    Anil Dhawan
    • Dharamurthy
    Rajendra Gupta
    Rajendra Gupta
    • Iqbal Chacha
    Vindu Dara Singh
    Vindu Dara Singh
    • Gopi
    Chunky Pandey
    Chunky Pandey
    • Michael Jai Kishen
    Roy Bronsgeest
    • City Fighters in Village
    Surveen Chawla
    Surveen Chawla
    • Punjabi Girl (Dhoka Song)
    Riteish Deshmukh
    Riteish Deshmukh
    • Ravi
    Dheeru Fulwara
    Rinku Ghosh
    Rinku Ghosh
    • Bhojpuri Girl (Dhoka Song)
    Mohammad Salman Khan
    • Salman
    • Director
      • Sajid Khan
    • Writers
      • K. Raghavendra Rao(original story)
      • Sajid Khan(story) (screenplay and dialogue)
      • Farhad Samji(screenplay and dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sajid Khan said so many people would want to see the film, it would sell out for 3 straight days. No one came to see the film. After 5 days, it was out of every theatre.
    • Goofs
      When the tiger is about to attack Tammannah, he is very close to her but when he goes to attack he is shown at a wide distance.
    • Crazy credits
      Ajay Devgan's appearance was used to credit himself playing the titular character of Himmatwala, instead of the traditional actor's name being printed on screen.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Policegiri (2013)

    User reviews45

    Review
    Top review
    1/10
    It will raise a big question on the intellect of 21st century's Indian viewers & their choice of entertainment if this becomes another notable Hit of 2013.
    Remembering the day, when I first heard Sajid Khan announcing an official remake of Jeetendra, Sridevi starrer HIMMATWALA released in 1983, I was really shocked since it was not a great film in terms of content despite of being a big hit in those tough years. Now the phrase 'those tough years' has been used here, since the decade of 80s is apparently considered to be the most forgettable, amateurish and indecisive decade of Bollywood in the history of its 100 years of film- making as far as the commercial films are concerned. So making a remake of a film selected from that era was quite strange and weird to accept all of a sudden. Yet considering the successful track record of Sajid Khan, I thought that probably he might have cracked some worth trying comic idea within the same storyline and maybe would come up with something interesting rediscovering the 80s in his own version.

    But surprisingly it was really unacceptable to find that Sajid does nothing of that sort in his over-hyped film to please the new age viewers and just sticks to the same old melodramatic script full of all clichéd plots not appealing to the present net generation at all. Now here an important question arises, that if one really is willing to see a film chosen from that forgotten era of the 80s, then he can easily opt for the original only, which at least would provide him the feeling of that 'Pleasant Nostalgia' watching the jumping jack, Jeetendra and the owner of thundering thighs, Sridevi along with the incomparable witty Kader Khan performing at their best. And if he can easily get to see the film on the net just for free or on a DVD for only a few rupees then why on earth he would like to see the same outdated acts being performed by the present big stars at a cost of a high priced ticket?

    In other words, if Sajid simply assumed that the viewers in 2013 will really be amused to see Ajay Devgan deliberately doing all those over the top fights and emotional sequences without any contemporary touches or favourable changes introduced, then he was gravely mistaken in doing so, because the films utterly fails to make any kind of entertaining or emotional connect of that sort with the viewers in its pretty long length of 150 minutes. And the same can also be said for its entire cast too wherein Ajay Devgan looks like a clown performing in that peculiar style of the 80s hero, Tamannajust manages to look beautiful awfully speaking "I hate Gareebs" in a childish tone and one truly feels pity seeing an extremely gifted actor Paresh Rawal performing such a silly act wearing a horrible wig. To add further Sajid's own self praised film falls completely flat in its soundtrack department too with the remixed tracks missing the required bubbly spirit and the fresh songs simply falling into the category of below average. However the cinematography does try to give you something to watch and so does the background music desperately trying to pump up the blood at regular intervals.

    Further replying to the bragging statements given by the director weeks before the release of his film I would like to say that for me neither Ajay's entry had anything exceptional to cheer for nor I could appreciate the stupid spoof played on Alfred Hitchcock's cult classic PSYCHO. So, if Sajid is firm on his statement of paying back the ticket amount to those who didn't feel like clapping on Ajay's entry in the film, then probably he would have to spend a lot paying many like-minded friends disagreeing to his assurances given like myself. In addition I also have another question for the director that if he was really making a film for that common man of the interiors who comes into the theater just for his escapist entertainment, then why were the few subtitles shown in the film written in English and not Hindi?

    Anyway, coming to the only silver lining in this black cloud, I would like to mention its two action sequences with the TIGER which easily transported me back to those years when we eagerly used to wait for a tiger fight in a film particularly the ones featuring the Garam Dharam. May be the kids would enjoy this more than the mature audiences which might become the only saving grace of the film to sustain in the home video market. Nevertheless, the truth remains that while watching the tiger in this bad remake, I just had the famous slogan in mind in a different form which said, "Save This Tiger" instead of "Save The Tiger" ironically.

    Summing up, one really needs guts to see this HIMMATWALA made with some questionable expectations by the makers, religiously following its outdated original of the past lacking the much needed appeal for the current generation.
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    • Apr 20, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 29, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Brave Man
    • Production companies
      • Puja Entertainment (India)
      • UTV Motion Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $270,880
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $197,770
      • Mar 31, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,644,563
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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