''Fugly'' (or ''"F*UGLY"'', as it appears on the poster) is an Indian

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film directed by

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and produced by Ashvini Yardi, Alka Bhatia and

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. It was released on 13 June 2014. The film features

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as one of many lead characters, including debut appearances from

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and

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Plot

Dev (

), Devi (

), Gaurav (

) and Aditya (

) are close friends. Gaurav is the son of the CM of Haryana, while the rest of his friends are commoners. Gaurav is uninterested in his family's politics and is the only educated person in his family. Gaurav is nice-hearted, but always high on adrenaline because of his influential father. He has a knack of getting into trouble with police because of this attitude, but the police tend to ignore his pranks. A local grocer, Nunu has an evil eye on Devi and one day gropes her in his shop. The four of them decide to teach him a lesson. At night, they decide to break into his shop and thrash him warning him not to see her again. Although outnumbered and in bad state Nunu challenges them to leave Devi behind for him. Dev is very angry and decides to teach him a lesson. They put him in their car's trunk and drive him to an isolated location. They are intercepted by Inspector R.S. Chautala (

Jimmy Shergill Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December 1970), also credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. Sheirgill began his film career with the 1996 thriller ''Maachis''. His bre ...

) who is patrolling the highway. Gaurav, as usual, tries to act smart and gets involved in a scuffle with Chautala. This enrages him and he suspects foul play. When he checks the car he discovers Nunu inside the trunk. Chautala kills Nunu in order to frame them in his murder case. In the morning after severe threat he puts up a demand of Rs. 6.1 million of ransom money, which they have to arrange in 24 hours. Gaurav is afraid to tell his father about the incident because he was actually involved in Nunu's kidnapping, since this would cost his father his CM chair. Somehow everyone is able to arrange 2.4 million. Chautala further blackmails them by recording them handing over the money to him, as evidence of attempting to bribe a policeman. He gives them 3 more days to arrange for the money with additional Rs. 1 million as penalty. The four of them are further forced to arrange a rave party with a drug dealer, which is again raided by Chautala. He forces them into drug dealing as well to extract more juice out of them. The four of them decide that they had enough and want to expose him in a sting operation. They almost succeed in extracting a confession out of him on camera, but are busted and Chautala also kidnaps Devi. Chautala outsmarts them on every step and the four slip deep into trouble with every step they try. Finally, they are arrested on false charges and meanwhile out on bail. Dev in the end decides that he has to sacrifice his life to expose the truth. In the next scene, Dev is in the hospital and his narration is interrupted by Chautala. He clears up the ICU room of everyone to have a private moment with Dev. Dev tricks him by cutting off his own life support and getting into a scuffle with Chautala. As the medics and reporters rush into the room, they find Dev dead and it appears as if Chautala has killed him. This is telecast live on the news. Chautala attempts to blackmail Gaurav's father in an isolated region but is shot dead by his colleague. Trailer launch of 'Fugly'

Cast

as Dev *

as Devi *

as Inspector R.S. Chautala *

as Gaurav *

as Aditya *

Anshuman Jha Anshuman Jha is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and theatre. He is known for his role in '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha''. He had been rated as one of the "Top Ten Bollywood Actors of 2010" by Rediff. He appeared in films such as '' Yeh Hai ...

as Cheeni (Special appearance) * Mansha Bahl as Dr. Payal *

Sana Saeed Sana Saeed (born 22 September 1988) is an Indian actress and model, who appears in Bollywood films and Indian television. Her first appearance was as a child artist in '' Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' (1998) and continued to do so in films like ''Har Di ...

as a dancer (Special appearance in song Lovely Jind Wali) *

as himself (Special appearance in Fugly Title Song) *

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as himself (Special appearance in Fugly Title Song)

Production

Plans for ''Fugly'' were announced in 2013, and actors such as Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar were confirmed to be performing in the film. Filming for ''Fugly'' was initially intended to begin in September 2013, but was delayed until October of the same year. Filming took place in Delhi and Mumbai, and the key song was shot in March 2014.

Release

Critical reception

Critic Subhash K. Jha gave it 4 stars and said that this film is thoughtful and at times brilliant. Moreover, it possesses a very rare virtue, a conscience.

Box office

''Fugly'' had a budget and grossed worldwide.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Prashant Vadhyar,

Yo Yo Honey Singh Hirdesh Singh (born 15 March 1983), known professionally as Yo Yo Honey Singh or simply Honey Singh, is an Indian music producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and an actor. He started out in 2003 as a session and recording artist, and became a b ...

Raftaar Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi and Punjabi music. He started his career as a dancer. He began his car ...

. All lyrics written by Yo Yo Honey Singh, Raftaar Dillin Nair, Arshia Nahid, Sumit Aroraa,

Niren Bhatt Niren Bhatt is a screenwriter and lyricist across mediums. He has written films like ''Bala'', ''Serious Men'', '' Made in China'', ''Ventilator'', ''Wrong Side Raju'' and '' Bey Yaar''. His recent work includes ''Bhediya'', starring Varun Dhaw ...

& Rajveer Ahuja.

References

External links

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