Bachchhan Paandey

''Bachchhan Paandey'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farhad Samji and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez(In a special appearance) and Arshad Warsi. It is an official remake of the 2014 Tamil film '' Jigarthanda'' which itself was inspired by the 2006 South Korean film ''A Dirty Carnival''.

The film released theatrically on 18 March 2022. The film ended up bombing at the box office.

Plot

Myra Devekar, a budding director, is given a task by a producer to come up with a gripping and violent gangster story to produce a film. To satisfy the producer's commercial outlook and her hunger for making a realistic flick, she decides to study the life of a real-life gangster for the script. Her extensive research leads to menacing one-eyed Bachchhan Paandey of Baghwa, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen.

Myra travels to Baghwa where she meets her best friend Vishu and tells him about her film idea on Bachchhan. Vishu gets furious and asks her to leave but is later persuaded to help her with the film. Both Vishu and Myra start to target Bachchhan's henchmen in an effort to get closer to him. Virgin, one of the goons, tells them about his former girlfriend Sophie, who was killed by the former. Vishu and Myra plant a microphone in Virgin's mobile phone to eavesdrop on his conversations with Bachchan.

Later, it is revealed that Virgin was betraying Bachchhan for another criminal Rana Lohia, but is caught and killed by him. Vishu and Myra listen to the murder through the microphone, but are caught by Bachchhan's gang. Bachchhan sets out to kill Vishu and Myra, but agrees to spare them when he discovers that Myra is directing a gangster movie, under the condition that he plays the protagonist of the film. Myra initially doesn't accept, but Bachchhan kidnaps her producer, and Myra is forced to listen to his backstory to develop the script.

In a flashback, Bachchhan works for a corrupt politician Laalji Bhagat. After a fallout, the politician gets Bachchhan's girlfriend Sophie killed. In retaliation, Bachchhan murders Bhagat in the hospital where he was admitted for a wound.

Bachchhan and his goons do not know how to act, so they learn through Bhavesh Bhoplo, an acting coach. Bhavesh hits, threatens, and humiliates Bachchhan and his henchmen, much to their chagrin. Nevertheless, Myra dissuades them from harming Bhavesh for the sake of the movie. Bachchan and Myra soon develop feelings for each other.

The film is eventually completed and released in the theatres. Bachchhan and his goons initially get excited and promote the film named "BP," thinking it to be the gritty gangster drama that it was marketed as. To their horror, the film turns out to be a comedy that portrays them negatively. On the other hand, Myra's film is proved to be a blockbuster and gets praise from her media and her director who used to often criticize her a lot. Bachchhan and the goons decide to kill her for making his fear in people vanish but later on, refrain from him as Bachchhan gets evolved by heart and narrates her story that his ears were ringing to hear from her mother calling him and also his fans get impressed by him. Bachchhan, later on, becomes a star, and Kaandi, Bachchhan's close goon, gives up his habit of watching porn films. Vishu gets a lead role in an unnamed film. Bhavesh Bhoplo becomes the best acting teacher, Bachchhan gets recognized as the best comedy actor, and Myra as the best director. He also earns the respect of his mother, who hasn't spoken to him in ten years. He quits being a criminal and becomes an actor.

Cast

Production

Development

Bachchhan Paandey was initially supposed to a remake of Tamil film ''Veeram'' but the makers altered the script to come up with an original idea. Later sources, however, report that ''Bachchhan Paandey'' is a remake of the Tamil film ''Jigarthanda''.

The title derives from a character of the same name, played by Kumar, in the 2008 actioner '' Tashan''. The title was initially spelled ''Bachchan Pandey'' but was later changed to ''Bachchhan Paandey.''

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 6 January 2021 in Jaisalmer. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting was delayed, filming restarted on 6 January 2021. and was wrapped up in July 2021.

Music

The film's music is composed by Amaal Mallik, B Praak, Jaani, Vikram Montrose and Roy while lyrics are written by Kumaar, Jaani, Farhad Bhiwandiwala, Vikram Montrose and Azeem Dayani. The film's background score is composed by Julius Packiam.

Release

Theatrical

''Bachchhan Paandey'' was earlier scheduled to release on 1 January 2020, but was changed to 22 January 2021 due to Aamir Khan's request. The film finally released theatrically on 18 March 2022.

Home media

The film is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video from 15 April 2022.The satellite rights are acquired by Zee Cinema.

Reception

Critical response

Upon release, ''Bachchhan Paandey'' received mixed reviews from critics. Taran Aadarsh gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, Soaked in non-stop entertainment...Akshay Kumar is outstanding in action, massy role... Aimed at those looking for hardcore entertainment... Has ample clap-and-whistle moments for masses.

Ronak Kotecha of ''The Times of India'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and called it "a chaotic mess of quirky and clichéd characters".

Box office

''Bachchhan Paandey'' earned crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected 12 crore. On the third day, the film collected 12 crore, taking total domestic weekend collection to 37.25 crore.

, the film grossed crore in India and crore overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of crore. The film faced heavy competition from ''The Kashmir Files'', which was released one week earlier, and caused it to tumble at the box office.

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2020s Hindi-language films
Indian action comedy films
Films directed by Farhad Samji
Films scored by Amaal Mallik
Films scored by B Praak
Films scored by Vikram Montrose
Films about filmmaking
2022 action comedy films
Indian crime comedy films
Indian black comedy films
Films about murder
Films about organised crime in India
Hindi remakes of Tamil films