''Machine'' is a 2017 Indian romantic thriller film, directed by

Abbas–Mustan Abbas–Mustan is an Indian filmmaking duo consisting of brothers Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla and Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, known for directing stylish suspense, action and romantic thrillers in Bollywood with dark-lighted themes. The duo directed ...

. The film stars debutant Mustafa Burmawalla and

Kiara Advani Alia Advani (born 31 July 1991), known professionally as Kiara Advani (), is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language films. After making her acting debut in the comedy film '' Fugly'' (2014), she played MS Dhoni's wife in the ...

. The film has been produced by Jayantilal Gada, Haresh Patel, Pranay Chokshi, and Dhaval Jayantilal Gada. The film was released on 17 March 2017. It was extensively shot in Georgia.

Plot

Machine depicts the story of racing enthusiasts Sarah, the daughter of a very rich businessman Balraj, and Ransh, who meet each other due to circumstances. Sarah loses to Ransh at a car race event, Sarah later finds out Ransh, new in town, is her new classmate. As their bond becomes stronger, they eventually fall in love. After the accidental death of Sarah's friend/secret lover Aditya, they get married. However, Ransh deceives Sarah and tries to kill her for her money and property by throwing her off a cliff. She is eventually saved by Aditya's twin brother Raj, who is a commando in the Indian Army. Sarah and Raj come to know the exact reason for her killing when they find out Ransh was doing all this on someone's orders and is duping another rich businessman's daughter. They trace him and find that her own father had planned all these due to a very convoluted reason. He is not Sarah's biological father and is Ransh's biological father. They come to know that he only raised her as his own daughter for her wealth. He even kills Sarah's parents by planning it like an accident. When he was about to pull his gun to shoot her, Sarah shoots him and burns him alive with the money he looted. They both eventually try to take revenge on Ransh. Sarah tells that she is deeply in love with him. Ransh does whatever is fitted into his mind, whatever is instructed, he never realized her love for him and tried to murder her. After this, when Ransh understands, he comes forward, Raj sees the gun lying beside Ransh and throws a knife for the safety of Sarah, and Ransh realizes what he actually is. He realizes that he has his own brain and heart. In the end, Ransh understands he is truly in love with Sarah, and dies, confessing his true love for her.

Cast

as Sarah Thapar, Balraj's adopted daughter * Mustafa Burmawalla as Ransh, Balraj's biological son * Eshan Shanker as Aditya / Raj *

Ronit Roy Ronit Bose Roy (born 11 October 1965) is an Indian actor, known for his works primarily in Hindi television and films alongside Tamil and Telugu cinema. Roy has earned numerous accolades in his career including a Filmfare Award, two Screen Awa ...

as Balraj, Sarah's adopted father, Ransh's biological father *

Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played su ...

as Advocate Kapoor *

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as Darpan Gopal (Police Officer) (cameo appearance) * Vivek Vaswani as Mr. Thapar, Sarah's biological Grandfather *

Supriya Karnik Supriya Karnik is an Indian television actress and character artist in Bollywood, known for her negative roles. She is known for portraying comic roles in films like ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' and ''Welcome''. Television *'' Saath Saath Banayenge ...

as Stage Coordinator *

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as Kris Altar, Serina's father * Mayuresh Wadkar as Vicky Singh * Carla Dennis as Serina Altar, Kris' daughter * Mridanjli Rawal as Ayesha * Simran Mishrikoti

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, with

Dr. Zeus Baljit Singh Padam (Punjabi: ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਪਦਮ), better known by his stage name Dr. Zeus, is a British-Indian music composer, singer and music producer. He rose to fame in 2003 with his song "Kangna", which was voted the b ...

as a guest composer of a dance number. Lyrics are penned by Arafat Mehmood, Niket Pandey, Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammed Irfan and

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. Music rights have been acquired by T-Series. The song "Chatur Naar" is a remake of the song "Ek Chatur Naar" from the 1969 ''

Padosan ''Padosan'' () is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali-language film ''Pasher Bari'' (1952) based on a sh ...

''. The song "Cheez Badi" is a remake of the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" from the 1994 film ''

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'',

Critical reception

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gave the film 1.5/5, writing "Machine is the kind of film the director-duo would have got away in the 90s. Or maybe not. Even the squelchiest of plots need some acting chops and charisma: none of the young people, including the debutant Burmawla, is in possession of these crucial ingredients that makes a star." Rohit Vats of

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

gave the film 0/5, calling it "Worst film of Abbas-Mustan's career." Nihit Bhave of ''

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'' gave the film 1 out 5, criticizing the plot and the "lack of subtlety" in the film. Prasanna D Zore of

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gave the film 1 out of 5, writing "Machine is not a film in the first place -- it is a 148-minute parody that ends up possessing your mental faculties."

References

External links

* {{Abbas–Mustan 2010s romantic thriller films Films directed by Abbas–Mustan 2017 films Films shot in Georgia (country) Films scored by Tanishk Bagchi Films scored by Dr Zeus Films scored by Viju Shah Indian romantic thriller films 2010s Hindi-language films