''A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky'' is a 2017 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 film
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written and directed by
Raj & DK.
The film stars
Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the television serial ''Dhart ...
in a dual role with
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress and model. She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Debuting with ''Aladin'' in 2009 she has since then es ...
and
Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
. Upon release, it was a critical and commercial failure.
Plot
2017: Gaurav Kapoor works at a software firm, based in suburban
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
, who plans to marry his girl friend Kavya, but she prefers a man who is more adventurous and risk-loving. Gaurav tries to ask Kavya on a date and also meets her parents, who consider Gaurav as a potential groom for Kavya. Meanwhile, Gaurav is ordered by his boss to visit
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
to close a business deal. It is revealed that Gaurav is actually Rishi Purohit.
2012: Rishi Purohit is a
clandestine
Clandestine may refer to:
* Secrecy, the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals
* Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity
Music and entertainmen ...
spy, working for a spy organization named ''Unit X'' headed of boss by
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Vijay Kumar Saxena. Rishi and his team attempt to extract intelligence from the
Chinese Embassy
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in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
. While escaping, Yakub-a teammate- shoots down an innocent civilian, which enrages Rishi. Rishi returns to Mumbai, where he talks to his superior Col. Vijay about retiring from the world of espionage.
Col. Vijay asks him to perform one last job for him, and this involves spying on a minister who Colonel. Vijay claims to be corrupt and ruthless and dreaded and cheap and rubbish man and wants to copy data from his cellphone into a hard drive which is wanted by Col. Vijay. Rishi does save contents into the hard drive, but Col. Vijay, having decided that Rishi is useless, instructs Yakub through a text message to kill him. Rishi senses the suspicion, and fights off Yakub and the other spies.
Yakub manages to shoot Rishi, destroying the hard drive, but Rishi escapes and meets the real Gaurav Kapoor. Gaurav, who works in a cyber firm in Miami, has important data about the minister's connections. When Gaurav is murdered by Yakub on account of being a liability, Rishi decides to adopt Gaurav's identity to successfully escape from Yakub after his last mission.
2017: After being unintentionally recorded in a viral video and recognised by the members of Unit X, Gaurav/Rishi is soon attacked by Koko, an associate of Unit X's local contact Jignesh. He is forced to abduct and hide Koko in his car, which is noticed by his friend Dixit, who tries to help him and unintentionally kills Koko in the struggle. Yakub and other Unit X agents track Gaurav/Rishi down, and confront him, where he finally confesses, as Rishi, that he needed a life.
Gaurav/Rishi is knocked down unconscious, and soon finds himself handcuffed with Kavya who had stopped by his house. Gaurav/Rishi uses his skills to escape with Kavya from the trouble, and ends up confessing to her that he is a retired covert operations specialist. Kavya berates Gaurav/Rishi, but later forgives him. Later that night, the two find themselves under fire after Unit X agents, headed by Yakub, raid the motel they are hiding in. Gaurav/Rishi hatches a quick scheme to retrieve the data, since the hard drive is damaged, and convinces Yakub to work with him on their final mission.
Gaurav/Rishi executes the heist with success, but security guards notices and begin chasing Gaurav/Rishi. Yakub aborts the operation and abandons him. They meet at Gaurav/Rishi's house, where Rishi kills most of Yakub's henchmen with the help of Kavya. However, Gaurav/Rishi spares Yakub and two of his thugs and orders him to leave his house. Driving away in Gaurav/Rishi's car, Yakub realises that the hard drive Rishi gave is blank, and the car's trunk contains Koko's corpse.
Dixit, working with Gaurav/Rishi, crashes into their car in a
side collision
A side collision is a vehicle crash where the side of one or more vehicles is impacted. These crashes typically occur at intersections, in parking lots, and when two vehicles pass on a multi-lane roadway.
Occurrences and effects
For fatali ...
, and police arriving on the scene discover the body. Yakub and his thugs are killed by the cops. Col. Vijay visits Gaurav/Rishi's house to confront him, but is killed in an explosion planned by Gaurav/Rishi. This neutralises Unit X, and Gaurav/Rishi and Kavya soon leave the city with new identities of Hemant and Pooja Khanna. Dixit buys
machine gun
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s from a local gun store in Miami before putting on a
hoodie
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and walking away.
Cast
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Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the television serial ''Dhart ...
as Gaurav Kapoor and Rishi Purohit (Double Role in Movie)
*
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez (born 11 August 1985) is a Sri Lankan actress and model. She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Debuting with ''Aladin'' in 2009 she has since then es ...
as Kavya Chetwani, Gaurav's girlfriend
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Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
as Colonel Vijay Kumar Saxena , , Climax Scene Guest Appearrance , , ( The Main Antagonist )
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Darshan Kumaar
Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film ''Mary Kom'' (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He is best known for the 2022 film, ...
as Yakub
*
Hussain Dalal
Hussain Dalal is an Indian actor and writer who is known for Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022), ''Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' (2013), 2 States (2014), Kalank (2019), Dhindora (2021), Toofaan (2021), Bring On the Night (2012) and Margarita ...
as Randeep Dixit, Gaurav's friend and colleague
*
Rajit Kapur
Rajit Kapur is an Indian film and theatre actor and director. He is known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film, '' The Making of the Mahatma'' for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles are as ...
as Sameer Chetwani, Kavya's father
*
Supriya Pilgaonkar
Supriya Pilgaonkar (née Sabnis) is an Indian actress who has worked in several Marathi and Hindi films and television series. She is married to actor Sachin Pilgaonkar and made her debut as Chameli in his superhit film ''Navri Mile Navryala''. ...
as Ramika Chetwani, Kavya's mother
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Amit Mistry
Amit Mistry (12 January 1974 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian actor drama, film and television actor. He had appeared in a number of tele serials, drama as well as films. He is mostly known for his appearance in Tenali Rama (TV series), Tenali ra ...
as Jignesh Patel
*
Sijoy Varghese
Sijoy Varghese (born 6 March 1971) is an Indian actor and advertising filmmaker. He has been involved in advertising and cinema for 20 years. As an actor he has portrayed characters in Malayalam films including: Bangalore Days, Avatharam, Jam ...
as Ramachandra Rao
*
Shaheed Woods
Shaheed K. Woods (born Shaheed Kamal Jihad Woods) is an American actor, comedian born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is best known for ''A Gentleman'', '' Midnight Delight'', '' Life! Camera Action...'' earning him accolades.
Early ...
as Koko
*
Kushal Punjabi
Kushal Punjabi (23 April 1977 – 26 December 2019) was an Indian film and television actor. He won the TV reality game show '' Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout'', the Indian version of US game show '' Wipeout'' in February 2011, taking home the pri ...
as Willy
* Zachary Coffin as CEO Jim
* Hemant Koumar as Robbie
* Nikita Sachdev as Nikki
*
Sharad Malhotra
Sharad Malhotra (born 9 January 1983) is an Indian actor, who primarily works in Hindi television and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 2004 with the role of Prince Goldy in ''Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag''. His first major role wa ...
Production
Development
Siddharth Anand has stated that the movie was originally developed and envisioned to be a sequel to the 2014 film ''
Bang Bang!
''Bang Bang!'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Abbas Tyrewala, Sujoy Ghosh and Suresh Nair. Produced by Fox Star Studios, it is an official remake of the 2010 American satirical acti ...
'' However, the movie was later redeveloped to be a standalone, which was also confirmed in a later interview.
Filming
Filming began in mid-2016 under the working title ''Reloaded''.
In September 2016, it was reported that the international shooting schedule of ''A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky'' had been canceled. Later it was revealed by a close source that "...there will be another long schedule in December but the location is yet to be finalised. It could be in Europe."
Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by
Sachin–Jigar
Sachin–Jigar is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya. They compose for Hindi and Gujarati language films. They have scored a number of successful soundtracks in recent times. Before working independently ...
while the lyrics have been penned by Vayu and
Priya Saraiya
Priya Saraiya (born 19 November 1984) is an Indian playback singer and lyricist in Bollywood. She is also a live stage singer for Bollywood and Gujarati Folk Songs.
Education and early life
Music Education
Priya Saraiya also known as Pri ...
. Its first song, "Disco Disco", sung by
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. ...
and
Shirley Setia
Shirley Setia is a New Zealand singer and actress known for her work in the Cinema of India, Indian film and Music industry of Asia, music industries. Born in Daman, India in the former union territory of Daman and Diu, she immigrated with her f ...
, was released on 17 July 2017. The second song released, "Bandook Meri Laila", sung by
Ash King
Ashutosh Ganguly, better known by his stage name Ash King, is a British-Indian singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6. He is a relative of prominent Indian singer Kishore Kumar. ...
and
Jigar Saraiya
''Jigar'' is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be a successful hit. The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film ''Kickboxer''.
Plot
Raju and ...
and rapped by
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 ...
and
Sidharth Malhotra
Sidharth Malhotra (; born 16 January 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He began his career as a fashion model, but left it to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the television serial ''Dhart ...
, was released on 24 July 2017. The song marks Malhotra's singing debut and was the most popular song on the album. The third song, "Baat Ban Jaye", sung by
Siddharth Basrur
Siddharth Basrur is an Indian vocalist, composer and a playback singer. He entered the indie music scene with his first band, Kinky Ski Munky. He is the frontman of Mumbai's progressive metal band Goddess Gagged. Basrur has contributed to Bolly ...
and
Priya Saraiya
Priya Saraiya (born 19 November 1984) is an Indian playback singer and lyricist in Bollywood. She is also a live stage singer for Bollywood and Gujarati Folk Songs.
Education and early life
Music Education
Priya Saraiya also known as Pri ...
, was released on 5 August 2017. The fourth song was a romantic one, "Laagi Na Choote", and was another chartbuster. It was released on 13 August 2017. The last song, "Chandralekha", sung by
Vishal Dadlani
Vishal Dadlani (born 28 June 1973) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer. He is one half of the duo Vishal–Shekhar, Front Man and vocalist of one of India's leading rock bands called Pentagram.
As a singer he has sung various h ...
and
Jonita Gandhi
Jonita Gandhi is a Canadian playback singer of Indian descent. She has recorded songs predominantly in Hindi and Tamil languages with few in Punjabi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Some of her most acclaim ...
, was released on 24 August 2017. The soundtrack of five songs was released on 24 August 2017 by
T-Series.
Critical reception
Domestic
''
Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, t ...
'' rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and concluded, "The film would have been a perfect entertainer had it held its cards closer to its chest. However, it still has plenty bang for your buck."
''
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 3 out of 5, saying, "A Gentleman is not a flawless film... but Raj and DK have managed to narrate the plain and full-of-cliches story in their own quirky style and their dialogues and the screenplay make it fun to watch."
UAE
The movie released on 24 August in Dubai, UAE. Dollz in Dubai gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars calling it a masala entertainer and wrote "It's a big step for Siddharth Malhotra who manages to carry the film and commands the screen with his presence. Yes, he's good looking but he pulls off the action sequences really well."
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