Badlapur (2015)

An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.

Director:

Sriram Raghavan

Writers:

Massimo Carlotto (story), Sriram Raghavan (screenplay and dialogue)

Stars:

Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Yami Gautam

Top Rated Indian Movies #210 | 4 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Varun Dhawan	...	Raghav
Nawazuddin Siddiqui	...	Liak Tungekar
Yami Gautam	...	Misha
Huma Qureshi	...	Jhimli
Neel Tyagi	...	Robin
Vinay Pathak	...	Harman
Radhika Apte	...	Kanchan / Koko
Pratima Kazmi	...	Liak's Mother (as Pratima Kannan)
Divya Dutta	...	Shobha
Kumud Mishra	...	Govind Mishra
Ashwini Kalsekar	...	Detective R. Joshi
Murli Sharma	...	Michael
Gopal K. Singh	...	Sub Inspector Khanolkar (as Gopal Singh)
Zakir Hussain	...	Patil
Avishek Lama	...	Commercial Model

Storyline

A young man (Raghu) wants revenge from the people who killed his wife and son in a bank robbery.There are two suspects in this case ,one escapes with the money and the other gets caught by the cops and is sentenced 20 years in jail. Fifteen years later he is suffering from cancer and he has only a year to live, so he requests Raghu to forgive his rest of the sentenced and let him get out from the jail. Raghu accepts his apology only on one condition that he names his partner. So after 15 years will Raghu be able to find the other suspect who destroyed his life? Will he punish him and take his 15 years old revenge?

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | bank robbery | cancer | music video during credits | music video | 

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Taglines:

Don't Miss the beginning.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

20 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

City of Revenge

Box Office

Budget:

INR 250,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

INR 320,000,000 (India), 20 February 2015, Wide Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$88,301, 27 February 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$370,843, 1 March 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International, Maddock Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

134 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos DTS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Varun Dhawan both had a powerful role in the film but Nawazuddin Siddiqui took most of the credits.

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Goofs

Just before interval, when Harman is shown entering a hotel, the receptionist tells him, "Good Morning sir, it's on third floor". He enters the lift when Raghav also joins him. Ideally, Harman should go to third floor, but since the background is visible from the lift, it can easily be seen that he exits the lift much above the 3rd floor.

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Quotes

Raghu: You are concerned about the lives of criminals, but what about the people whose lives they ruined?

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Crazy Credits

The title of the film appears in the beginning and the end of the film.

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Alternate Versions

The UA rated version of the film doesn't contain following scenes: Jhimil's intro song, her rape, one hammer hitting scene, Koko's bedroom stripping scene, lovemaking scene of Liak, kiss between Raghu and Shobha, along with few cuts in audio as well.

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Connections

References Theevram (2012)

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Soundtracks

Badla Badla
Lyrics by: Dinesh Vijan and Priya Saraiya
Music by: Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya
Performed by Vishal Dadlani, Jasleen Royal, Suraj Jagan

User Reviews

Rise of the Indian Noir!

From the first moment you set your eyes on the movie, you know that it's going to be highly stylish one. And it is! Not your Once Upon a Time in Mumbai sort of stylish. Rather stylish in truer and grittier sense.

The characters were just fabulous. You don't know whom to call the victim and whom the culprit. Just an unfortunate event that sets off a chain reaction transforming every one in the process for the good or worse.

The charms of the movie: Varun and Nawazuddin. The one I liked more was Varun for a very simple reason. Nawazuddin is an acclaimed actor though underrated. It's Varun who broke the stereotype chocolate boy image and got onto a new avatar. One that's disturbing and at the same time interesting. The only thing is, Varun's voice seemed childish in some scenes that demanded more impact. Other than that, Varun has my respect. Nawazuddin is Nawazuddin. I watch his every movie just to see him in action. Enough Said!

The twists and turns in this movie seemed natural. Never forced. Unlike other bollywood movies, where the twists are introduced out of nowhere, this one had twists that baffled me with it's sheer brilliance. The gore is limited to just few minutes but enough to make a huge impact.

The comedy is unintentional yet brilliant. The dialogues are not intended to make you laugh. But you laugh anyway. Even after the movie has ended. WOW! 2015 has been so good this far. Hope this continues for the rest of the year. Ugly, Baby, and now this.

I'll not urge you to watch this movie if you like masala movies Or, if you intend to watch a family movie. But, if you want a taste of the nastier grittier stuff bollywood has to offer, I can't think of a better movie right now than this one.

You'll either love this movie. Or, hate it. But this movie will definitely make an impact on you. That fer sure.