Directed by | Samir Tewari |
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Produced by | Bhola Ram Malviya Shital Malviya |
Screenplay by | Mahesh Ramchandani |
Story by | Mahesh Ramchandani |
Starring | Arshad Warsi Soha Ali Khan Javed Jaffrey Vijay Raaz |
Music by | Amartya Rahut |
Cinematography | Aseem Bajaj |
Edited by | Dharmendra Sharma |
Distributed by | B.R Entertainment |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | 15 million (US$250,000) |
Box office | 38 million (US$620,000)[1] |
Cast
- Arshad Warsi as Joe B. Carvalho
- Soha Ali Khan as Inspector Shantipriya Phadnis
- Jaaved Jaaferi as Carlos
- Vijay Raaz as Monty Kalra aka M.K
- Shakti Kapoor as Khurana
- Vrajesh Hirjee as Hira
- Rajesh Balwani as Moti
- Geeta Basra as Gehna
- Karishma Kotak as Neena
- Ranjeet as Anil Virani
- Himani Shivpuri as Joe's Mom
- Manoj Joshi as Commissioner Pandey
- Snehal Dhabi as General Kopa Bhalerao Kabana
- Kunal Khemu in a Cameo Appearance
- Virendra Saxena as Naidu
- Babul Supriyo as Malik
- Chitra Shenoy as Sundari (MK's wife)
Production
The film's producers, Bholaram & Shital Malviya, invited top 3 Directors of Bollywood- Rohit Shetty, Subhash Kapoor and Indra Kumar, to unveil the first teaser look of the film at a leading suburban hotel in Mumbai on November 16, 2013.[12] The first look of the film was unveiled on November 2, 2013.[13] Arshad Warsi plays a detective for the very first time in a Hindi film and Soha Ali Khan dons the role of a police officer.[14][15][16][17] Soha learnt martial arts for her role.[16][18][19][20] Ajay Bagdai bought the all-India distribution rights of the film. The theatrical trailer of film was unveiled on the show Bigg Boss on November 24, 2013.[21]
Filming
Soha Ali Khan wore a bikini for the first time on-screen in this Bollywood film.[22][23][24] The film was shot in Goa, Mumbai and Bangalore.[25][26] Arshad Warsi also choreographed one of his own songs in the film.[27][28][29] Soha also performed a cabaret in the film.[30][31][32][33][34] Jaaved Jaaferi's character's name is 'Carlos' and he sported quirky looks each time he comes on screen. Some of them are that of an Afro man, a blonde woman, a sadhu baba and a Maharashtrian woman.[35] Kunal Khemu did a special appearance in the film.[36]
Marketing
Arshad Warsi and Soha Ali Khan promoted the film on Bigg Boss 7, during its trailer release.[37][38][39] Arshad and Soha also promoted the film on Comedy Nights with Kapil.[40][41]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
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1. | "Chumma Chaati" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Shefali Alvares, Amartya Rahut, Pinky Maidasani | 5:06 | ||||||
2. | "Mind Blastic" | Puneet Sharma | Neeraj Shridhar | 2:42 | ||||||
3. | "Ring Ring" | Virag Mishra | Subhajit Mukherjee | 2:56 | ||||||
4. | "Ae Ji Suniye" | Virag Mishra | Humsika Iyer, Amartya Rahut | 4:08 | ||||||
5. | "Carlos" | Javed Jaffrey | Javed Jaffrey | 2:02 | ||||||
Total length:
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16:54 THE END |