''Nikamma'' () is a 2022 Indian
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
-language
action comedy film directed by
Sabbir Khan. It is a remake of the 2017
Telugu film
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...
''Middle Class Abbayi'' and stars
Abhimanyu Dassani,
Shirley Setia and
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...
. ''Nikamma'' was released theatrically on 17 June 2022 and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audience.
The film was also a
box-office bomb.
Plot
Aditya "Adi" Singh is an unemployed youth with a
eidetic memory, having issues with his elder brother Raman as he dotes on Avni, Raman's wife (Adi's sister-in-law) and a
RTO officer. For this, he left home fifteen months ago and since staying with his paternal uncle. Raman soon summons Adi and tells him to accompany Avni, who is transferred to
Dhamli
Dhamli is a village located 35 km south of Pali Rajasthan.
Established in the 17th century, was granted as jagir to Budhsinghji of Harsolav, Champawat clan of Rathores by Maharaja Abhay Singhji of Jodhpur
Jodhpur (; ) is the second ...
for two months as Raman is transferred to
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. Avni compels Adi to do all the household chores, much to his annoyance. Adi tries to appoint a maid for house chores but Avni denies. She tries to pursue Adi to become a
software engineer, but to no avail. One day, Adi bumps into Natasha aka Nikki, who instantly proposes to Adi. Adi is taken aback and falls for Nikki. Soon, it is revealed that Nikki is Avni's cousin and comes to live with her. Adi later finds out Nikki's real identity and also she had been seeing Adi since Avni and Raman's wedding. Avni learns about Adi and Nikki's love towards each other and sends Nikki home. Adi soon gets frustrated and wants to go back with his uncle when he comes to visit. But soon learns from him that, it was Raman's decision to send him away from home not Avni's as Raman wanted him to become more responsible. Avni made him do all the chores and chopping for cooking to make him realise the essence of hardwork. Moreover, She sent Nikki home as she is planning to send a marriage proposal to her family for Adi. For this, she wanted Adi to take a decent job and even decided to sell her land to buy a house for Adi. She still didn't take child as she considers Adi as her elder child and wishes to see him settle down first.
On the other hand, Avni earns the enmity of
MLA Vikramjeet Bisht, who runs a taxi service called ''Super''. He floods the roads with his cabs to expand his business. When the
bus service association raises an objection, he sets fire to one of the buses, killing 40 people. Avni takes action against Vikramjit and seizes his illegal cabs, which enrages Vikramjit and goes to RTO office to kill her. At the same moment, Adi (who has learnt Avni's sacrifices for his sake) thrashes him in public and warns him. Soon, Nikki's father denies Avni's marriage proposal of Adi and Nikki due to Adi's enmity to Vikramjeet. Avni takes Adi to Vikramjeet's house and makes him apologise to Vikramjeet for his action. But, Adi and Vikramjeet agree to bet on Avni's life without letting anyone know about this. Vikram challenges Adi that he will get Avni killed within six days. Vikramjeet plans various strategies to murder Avni, but Adi intelligently rescues her. Vikramjeet secretly invites Raman in Dhamli to stop Adi from sending Avni to Banglore. The next day after their second marriage anniversary celebration, Avni goes missing. Meanwhile, Vikramjeet secretly Kidnaps Raman and hides him in one of his four cabs which Avni seized. Adi rushes to Vikramjeet's house to ask Avni's whereabouts but to his surprise Vikramjeet himself is unaware of Avni's missing. Surprising everyone, Avni in police uniform comes along with a police force. Actually, Avni is an IPS officer who is assigned on a secret mission to collect proof against Vikramjeet for his misdeeds. They already collected the footage of Vikramjeet killing a retired major which can be used against him in court and the reason of his suspension from upcoming MLA election. Soon, the video is spread into the media. Unable to accept his defeat, Vikramjeet shoots himself revealing Raman's Kidnap but doesn't say where he is captivated as he thinks losing Raman will be Adi and Avni's biggest loss and his biggest victory. Soon, he is taken to the hospital but is shifted to coma. Adi finally figures out Raman's location and saves him with the help of Avni. Adi and Nikki get reunited. At the end credit, the whole family is enjoying and laughing at Adi as Avni again refuses to replace Adi to a maid to do house chores. A mid-credit scene shows Vikramjeet's eyes opening up as the screen cuts to black.
Cast
*
Abhimanyu Dassani as Aditya Singh (Adi)
*
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty; Née Shetty; 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Hindi-language films. Shetty made her screen debut in the thriller ''Baazigar'' (1993) which garnered her nominations for two Filmfare ...
as Avni Singh
*
Shirley Setia as Natasha "Nikki"
*
Samir Soni as Raman Singh
*
Abhimanyu Singh as
MLA Vikramjeet Bisht (Vikram)
* Naren Kumar as Tipu
*
Sachin Khedekar
Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Neta ...
as Nagendra Singh
*
Sudesh Lehri as Suresh Trivedi
*
Vikram Gokhale
Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor, Chandrakant ...
as Retired Major
* Sammratt Kapoor as Darshi
Production
Development
''Nikamma'' was announced in June 2019. It is a remake of 2017
Telugu film
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...
''Middle Class Abbayi'' starring
Nani.
Filming
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
kicked off in July 2019, and Shetty joined the sets next month.
The shooting was stopped in March 2020 owing to
COVID-19 pandemic in India, before resuming in October 2020 and
wrapping up in first week of November 2020.
Home Media
The post-theatrical digital streaming rights were acquired by Netflix and was premiered on Netflix on 14 August 2022.
Music
The music of the film is composed by
Amaal Mallik,
Javed–Mohsin,
Vipin Patwa
Vipin Patwa is a music director, singer and composer who composes music for Hindi Movies, particularly for Bollywood.
Early life
Vipin Patwa was born in Uttar Pradesh, India to a business family and was brought up in New Delhi. He was a very ...
and Gourov Dasgupta with lyrics written by Danish Sabri, Shabbir Khan,
Kumaar
Rakesh Kumar Pal, known mononymously as Kumaar, is an Indian lyricist active in Bollywood cinema. Some of his more successful songs include '' Rula ke gaya ishq, '' Tu bhi royega'', '' Dil ki aadat'', ''Baby Doll'','' Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan'', ...
and
Sanjay Chhel
Sanjay Chhel is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist.
Early life
Sanjay Chhel was born on 14 October 1967 at Dwarka in Gujarat, India. He spent his childhood in Mumbai. He is son of art director and production designer Chhel Vayeda.
...
.
The song "Nikamma" was recreated by
Javed–Mohsin from the track "Nikamma Kiya Is Dil Ne" for the 2002 film ''
Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa
''Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa'' ( en, What Did the Heart Say?) is a 2002 Indian Hindi romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sanjay Chhel. The film was a remake of the Telugu film '' Swayamvaram''.
Cast
* Tusshar Kapoor as Rahul Vashisht
* Esha Deol as ...
'' which was sung by
Shaan,
Sanjivani Bhelande and written by
Sanjay Chhel
Sanjay Chhel is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist.
Early life
Sanjay Chhel was born on 14 October 1967 at Dwarka in Gujarat, India. He spent his childhood in Mumbai. He is son of art director and production designer Chhel Vayeda.
...
.
Release
''Nikamma'' was released on 17 June 2022.
Reception
''Nikamma'' received mostly negative reviews from critics and audience.
Shubhra Gupta of ''
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...
'' gave 0.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "This Abhimanyu Dassani-Shilpa Shetty starrer is a film so moth-balled that it would have been roundly rejected even in the 80s." BH Harsh of ''
Firstpost
''Firstpost'' is an Indian online news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18.
The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by Raghav ...
'' gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that amongst all the genres Hindi Cinema has ever birthed or embraced, the 'Masala film' genre remains the most employed and yet the most misunderstood." Rachana Dubey of ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
'' gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Overall, the film could have done a lot if the writing was more clearly structured, the editing tighter and the direction a lot more focussed on finer details of the story and characters." Saibal Chatterjee of ''NDTV'' gave 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Abhimanyu Dassani struggles to rise above the script. Shirely Setia is a fetching presence but she has some way to go before she can be regarded as a finished article."
Box office
''Nikamma'' was released in 1250 Screens. It earned only ₹51 Lakh' box office on its opening day.
References
External links
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