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Phantom (2015 film)

 

PHANTOM

Phantom is a 2015 Indian action thriller film directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Siddharth Roy Kapur, and starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif in leading roles.^[3] The screenplay of the film has been written in coordination with author Hussain Zaidi's book Mumbai Avengers on the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai attacks.^[4] The film was released worldwide on 28 August 2015.^[5]

Directed by	Kabir Khan
Produced by	Sajid Nadiadwala Siddharth Roy Kapur
Written by	Kabir Khan Kausar Munir
Screenplay by	Kabir Khan Parveez Shaikh
Story by	Kabir Khan Parveez Shaikh
Based on	Mumbai Avengers by Hussain Zaidi
Starring	Saif Ali Khan Katrina Kaif
Music by	Songs: Pritam Background Score: Julius Packiam
Cinematography	Aseem Mishra
Production company	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release dates	28 August 2015
Running time	135 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹50 crore (US$7.5 million)
Box office	India ₹54.19 crore (US$8.2 million) Worldwide ₹63.24 crore (US$9.5 million) in 24 days[2]

Plot

Phantom begins with a car chase in Chicago, which ends with a man plunging into the icy waters of a river. Daniyal Khan (Saif Ali Khan) is convicted for murder and jailed. A flashback of 6 months ago takes us to the office of the Indian R.A.W. chief Roy (Sabyasachi Chakrabarty), where he and his trusted men (Rajesh Tailang, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) plan a daring covert operation. Daniyal, now a dead-end ex-soldier with a completely deadened sense of life and death is pulled out of oblivion and pressed into service by the spy agency to wreak vengeance on the men who planned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. He agrees on the reassurance that he will be reinstated in the Indian army to the same post from which he was removed, which means regaining the respect of his estranged father. His only team member, Nawaz Mistry(Katrina Kaif) helps him find his first target-Sajid Mir at the British England Cricket Match, and thus on determines his identity after breaking into his house and rigging up an explosion which makes the headlines. Coming back to the present, upon Daaniyal's arrest, he lands in the same jail as David Headley. Here he contacts Nawaz, in order to acquire 100 dollars so he can buy batteries, which hold a certain poison that kills you almost immediately upon hitting the tongue, which is also an un detectable form of murder, which will come out as a heart attack. After killing David Headley, the man who supposedly died upon falling in the icy river is found alive and Daniyal, who is using the alias of Jude Rosario in jail, is given bail and the police find it slightly suspicious, as if he entered jail with the intention of killing David and coming out. Then, he and Nawaz make a plan of going to Pakistan, where they will take down the last 2 perpetrators, Sahabuddin Umvi and Haaris Saeed. Here, they make plans of killing Haaris Saeed with an explosive planted in the mic during his speech. Though, when this plan fails, Daniyal pursues him in the car and shoots him in the head, causing an explosion. Now, with the Pakistani army and I.S.I pursuing them, they try and escape. Yet, there accomplices get shot. Now, they take a boat to escape through water, but Pakistani military find out and send patrol boats to apprehend all water vehicles and search them for Nawaz and Daniyal. They both hide in the water but Daniyal gets shot while shielding Nawaz from bullets and eventually succumbs to his injuries in Pakistani waters, leaving a heartbroken Nawaz to be rescued by Indian Navy, returning to the Taj and having 2 cups of tea, for herself and for Daniyal, fulfilling a promise made by him.

 Development

Kabir Khan and author S. Hussain Zaidi had come together to collaborate on Kabir's then untitled film, based on the scenario post-26/11 Mumbai attacks with Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif signed in leading roles.^[6] The screenplay of the film is an adaptation and is co-written in conjunction with Hussain's then unreleased book.^[7] The film earlier had a working title as Daniyal Khan, before being titled Phantom.^[8][9] Saif Ali Khan and Kaif have reportedly learnt Kurdish and Arabic for their roles.^[10][11] The plot of the Phantom weaves a fictional story to kill the perpetrators of 2008 Mumbai attacks- Sajid Mir, David Coleman Headley, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi (named as Sabahuddin Umvi) and Hafiz Saeed (named as Hariz Saeed). The film also depicts incidents similar to the Assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh and Boston Marathon bombing. Kashmiri Sufi singer Qazi Touqeer featured in the Afghan Jalebi song^.

Critical reception

Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave Phantom 3.5 stars, calling it an oversimplified but patriotic thriller.^[60] Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars calling Khan's performance " focussed, clinical and precise, as the role demands" while stating that Kaif is "able support " while performing action scenes. It also praised the background score.^[61] Rajeev Masand of IBN Live gave it 2 stars calling it slow paced, boring and a " wish fulfillment fantasy".^[62] Shubha Shetty-Saha of Mid-day gave it 3 stars stating the "powerful story is diluted by the use of too many cinematic liberties and a rather lazy screenplay", "Flaws aside, it talks of a real concern facing all of us, even while taking a flight of fantasy".^[63] Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave it 2.5 stars calling Khan and Kaif's performances "pedestrian" but calling the work of Sohaila Kapur, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Sabyasachi Chakraborty "power-packed".^[64]

Box office

Phantom grossed 8.46 crore (US$1.3 million) on its first day.[65][66] On the second day it grew approximately 50% reaching a total of 21.24 crore (US$3.2 million).[67] By the end of the first weekend, the receipts were 33.75 crore (US$5.1 million) nett. Phantom had a decent Monday as it grossed ₹4.25 crore (US$640,000).[69] The film grossed ₹3.50 crore (US$530,000) on its first Tuesday.[70] On its sixth day, it collected ₹3.31 crore (US$500,000).[71] The first week domestic collection of the film stands at ₹47.40 crore (US$7.2 million).[72] Phantom grossed ₹93 lakh (US$140,000) on its 8th day.[73]

It's first week overseas collection was ₹10.97 crore (US$1.7 million).[74] By the end of second weekend, Phantom grossed ₹1.75 crore (US$260,000) in U.K-Ireland, ₹37.32 lakh (US$56,000) in Australia, ₹12.01 lakh (US$18,000) in New Zealand.[75]Overall film hardly managed to get back its budget cost.[76]h

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Baahubali: The Beginning

 

Bāhubali: The Beginning (English: The One with Strong Arms: The Beginning)[8] is a 2015 Indian bilingual epic historical fiction film directed by S. S. Rajamouli.[9] Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, it is the first of two cinematic parts.[10] The film was simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed into Hindi, Malayalam and French languages. Baahubali: The Beginning features an ensemble cast of Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep appear in supporting roles.[11] Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide on 10 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics, and became the third global highest grossing Indian film of all time,and the highest grossing Indian film of all time within India.[12][13] Baahubali: The Beginning is also the first non-Bollywood Indian film to gross over ₹600 crore (US$91 million) worldwide.[14][15][16] Baahubali became the first non-Hindi film to nett. gross over ₹100 crore (US$15 million) in dubbed Hindi version in India.[17] It is also the highest grossing Telugu film of all time. An International version of Baahubali: The Beginning edited by Vincent Tabaillon was screened at the Open Cinema Strand of Busan International Film Festival, and the Indian Film Festival The Hague.[18] International version of the film is scheduled to be released in China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste along with some European and Latin American countries.[19] Baahubali: The Beginning, was made on a budget of ₹250 crore (US$38 million).[5]The film was shot using Arri Alexa XT camera; the principal photography began at Rock Gardens in Kurnool on 6 July 2013. Sabu Cyril was the production designer for the film, the original songs and background score of the film were composed by M. M. Keeravani, and V. Srinivas Mohan was the visual effects supervisor.

Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Writers: Vijayendra Prasad (story), S.S. Rajamouli (screenplay), 4 more credits »

Stars: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty | See full cast and crew »

 

Storyline

When Sanga and her husband, part of a tribe living around the province of Mahismathi, save a drowning infant, little do they know the background of the infant or what the future holds for him. The kid grows up to as Shivudu, a free-spirit wanting to explore the mountains and in the process learns of his roots and then realizes the whole purpose of his life and ends up confronting the mighty Bhallala Deva! Written by PipingHotViews

User Reviews

 Great cinematography with concept and story in it . Nice directorial work by S. S. Rajamouli and the budget reflects in a heavy content of the film . I thoroughly enjoyed the paid preview . Its a first real tribute from film industry to the greatest epics of all time "The Mahabharata" .

Luring action sequence and VFX and one of the nicest delivered again from south .

Making bollywood look bad again in India , its absolutely not catching up with the southern films .

I am a north Indian and not a great fan of south but they really making bollywood run for its money spree .

First I then Kanchana 2 and now the mighty Bahubali .

Story - 9/10 Acting - 8/10 Visuals - 10/10  

Baby - 2015

Ratings: 8.2/10 from 27,763 users  
Reviews: 192 user | 23 critic  

An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.

Director: Neeraj Pandey

Writers: Jayashankarr, Neeraj Pandey

Stars: Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati | See full cast and crew »  

Storyline

The country is perpetually under threat from terrorist powers and the common man walks unaware of the threats and the attacks that our Government controls and prevents. While the common Indian fights for everyday issues, there are deeper and bigger threats to him and his family that he will never know exist because it is the men and women in uniform that safeguard them. The men and women who put country before self, the men and women who define our history because they give a damn! Ajay (played by Akshay Kumar) is one such officer who is part of an elite team chosen from amongst the best in the Forces to form a covert Counter Intelligence Unit. In the course of foiling one terrorist attack bid, Ajay discovers a major threat to our nation - a plan to cause damage and strike fear at the heart of our very existence. The plot is masterminded by a maniacal leader whose organization has its tentacles spread across the world. As days progress, the unit goes through escalating challenges with...

User Reviews

Really well directed and excellent movie. Different approach and most important is the gripping story line and narration. A "MUST WATCH" movie in theater. The cinematography is good and is a delight to watch and synchronizes well with the movie. And needless to say, one of plus points of the movie is Akshay Kumar's acting as an authentic security officer. Taapsee is a delight to watch. Rana Daggubati's acting is also very good and has done a very good job as another security officer. The storyline and the plot are new and refreshing which highly complements the movie. The songs are good and matches well with the movie without boring or torturing the audience. If you liked the songs in Neeraj Pandey's previous movie "Special 26", then you are sure to like this too, actually the songs are even more good in Baby. And, needless to tell about "Neeraj Pandey", the director who has given us epics like "A Wednesday" and "Special 26". He has just proved his mettle yet again.