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 #200 | 4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
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

The film is named Badlapur after a popular city on outskirts of Mumbai in Thane district.

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Goofs

Bank robbers escape in Yami Gautam's Honda SUV. The movie is set in 2001, and at that time Honda SUV was not available in India.

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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

Jeena Jeena Remix
Performed by Atif Aslam
Flute & Glockenspiel Shirish Malhotra
Programmed by Hyasinth Dsouza

User Reviews

Nawaz rocks in a brilliant thriller !!

I've loved Sriram Raghavan's films. They're a bit different from the rest that Bolloywood turns out year on year. And he knows how to make a good thriller and keep his fans like me edge of their seats.

Badlapur is the story of Raghu (Varun Dhawan) who is simmering in revenge after his wife and son are killed in a bank robbery all gone wrong. Of the two robbers, Liak (Nawazuddin) is caught and arrested and sentenced for 20 years. He claims that he did not kill the women and child, it was his partner who did. Raghu waits for the next 20 years to get is revenge.

On the face, Badlapur is a revenge story. But see inside and its a tale of two lonely men trying to seek comfort and solace. And in the 15 years, they become desperate. One has time while the other hasn't.

As the movie progressed, it did manage to pop up a few questions - about the concept of revenge, redemption and right or wrong?

And these questions came thanks to the brilliant performance of Nawauddin. Nawaz is at the moment India's best actor and he just leaves his mark. U feel anger and pity while also laugh at his stupidity.

Varun is good and uses his eyes well but no where close to Nawaz. The rest of the cast is very good in their small roles especially Huma Qureshi, Prathima Qazmi and Radhika Apte.

The movie does have a few pits and you might question the roles played by the women.

However, this is a brilliant psychological thriller and a must watch for all thriller fans.