''Badlapur Boys'' is a 2014

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-language

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film directed by Shailesh Verma and produced by A. Muthu and Salim Tanwar. It stars Nishan, Saranya Mohan,

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and

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in lead roles. Ankit (Saurabh) Sharma Played the character of Deenu in this film. The film is about a team of

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players in a family romantic drama with sports as a backdrop. It is a remake of the

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editor A. Muthu, who has edited more than 50 films (including

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), took the remake rights of Tamil film

and produced this film.

Cast

* Nishan as Vijay * Sushant Kandya as Rajkumar * Saranya Mohan as Sapna * Ankit (Sourabh) Sharma as Deenu * Annu Kapoor as Surajbhan Singh *

as Manjari * Anupam Maanav as Dr. O.P Malhotra * Kishori Shahane * Aman Verma * Preet Saluja as Sajid * Boloram Das as Sadhu

Synopsis

The story centres on Vijay, a child whose village has been long deprived of water for

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. Vijay's father threatens the bureaucracy with

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if the village's basic need for water is not fulfilled. To set an example, the father sets himself ablaze before the villagers and the media. As fate would have it, his sacrifice is forgotten and instead his family is affected. Vijay grows up with the dream that one day, he will come face to face with the bureaucracy with a simple request; that his village 'Badlapur' receives government's attention to solve their water crisis. Vijay then performs in a

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competition in hopes of making a change, but punctures his rib and dies, but wins the competition. His coach then bring this fact in public and the

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finally agrees to these demands and the village have water for

once again.

Soundtrack

Box office

Badlapur Boys opened with 16 lakhs box office earnings on its opening day. The first weekend box office of the movie was approximately 43 lakhs INR. The lifetime revenues from this movie was 89 lakhs INR. Although the movie did not face tough competition, the film still was not able to garner much success.

References

External links

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Badlapur Boys - The Times of India
2014 films 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s sports drama films Hindi remakes of Tamil films Indian sports drama films Sports films based on actual events Films scored by Shamir Tandon 2014 drama films Kabaddi in India Films set in Maharashtra Films shot in Jaipur {{2010s-Hindi-film-stub