Roar (2014 film)
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''Roar'' is a 2014 Indian
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-language film written and directed by
Kamal Sadanah Kamal Sadanah (born 21 October 1970) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is the son of producer and director Brij Sadanah. Career Kamal made his acting debut alongside Kajol in the 1992 film ''Bekhudi'' which did not perform well a ...
. The film was premiered by
Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
at an event in Mumbai on 31 July 2014, ahead of a 31 October release. It is an epic tale of a team trying to outsmart the acute senses of the infamous
white tiger The white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the Mainland tiger. It is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, in the Sunderbans region and ...
who is looking for her cub.


Cast

*
Abhinav Shukla Abhinav Shukla (born 27 September 1982) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and films. He participated in '' Bigg Boss 14'' and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11''. Early life and education Shukla was born on 27 Sept ...
as Pundit *
Himarsha Venkatsamy Himarsha Venkatsamy (born 15 February 1984) is a South African model and actress, known for winning the Kingfisher Calendar Hunt in 2010, defeating Anjali Lavania and Nidhi Sunil in the final round. She made a special appearance in the 2010 B ...
as Jhumpa *
Achint Kaur Achint Kaur is an Indian television and Cinema actresses and is best known for playing the antagonists ''Mandira'' and ''Pallavi'' in Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap operas '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' and ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', respective ...
as Forest Warden *
Subrat Dutta Subrata Dutta (born 16 November 1975) is an actor who appears in Indian films. He is best known for his role in Bollywood films like Talaash: The Answer Lies Within, ''Talaash'', ''Tango Charlie'', Zameen (2003 film), ''Zameen'', ''The Shaukeens' ...
as Bheera *
Nora Fatehi Nora Fatehi (born 6 February 1992) is a Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer who is predominantly known for her work in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her debut ...
as CJ *Ali Quli Mirza as Hero *Aadil Chahal as Kashmiri *
Varinder Singh Ghuman Varinder Singh Ghuman is an Indian professional bodybuilder and actor. Ghuman won Mr. India in 2009 and he was awarded 2nd place in Mr. Asia. Career Bodybuilding Ghuman hails from Gurdaspur, Punjab, and is the world's first vegetarian profess ...
as Cheena *Aaran Chaudhary as Sufi *Pranay Dixit as Madhu *Pulkit Jawahar as Uday


Production

''Roar'' was shot in the dense mangrove forest, showcasing the animal-man conflict, and the film has aerial visuals of the Sundarbans and over 800 shots with special effects. Director Kamal Sadanah said, "We spent four months doing the test shoots and we shot with trained tigers from Los Angeles and Thailand and composited these sequences with the ones taken at Sundarbans with VFX". He concluded by saying that he had to take up an online course in visual effects along with his producer Abis Rizvi.


Crew

LA-based Michael Watson, whose resume has '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'', was hired as the director of photography, and a special team from Scandinavia was signed to film the aerial shots using helicams. Producer Rizvi said, "With an international crew of 150 on board and a 300-member VFX team, it took us 12 months to edit the film and put our audacious dream out on celluloid. Academy Award winner
Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Pookutty has worked in Hind ...
was signed for
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."


Reviews

''Roar'' gathered mixed reviews.
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mentioned it as, Novelty of the concept makes it an interesting film and appreciated its editing and computer graphics and said the film would show you something that you didn't even know existed in India, concluding it as a smartly executed film which deserves attention. While ABPLIVE criticised it as a film only for brain dead. Subhash K Jha wrote that, Roar is a visual swagger and splendour with stunning shots of the natural beauty of the Sunderbans, if you're the sort who grants leeway to movies for stretching its neck out beyond the domain of the conventional. He observed its photography as 'brilliant'. Rediff gave 2 and a half stars and mentioned Roar would not disappoint you and the film's strengths are the novelty of the concept, and the judicious use of Computer Graphics.
Filmfare ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English language, English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, r ...
mentioned it as entertaining, shot like a Hollywood film which has some genuinely great Computer Graphics. It also wrote that the camera work is at par with any big-budget Hollywood film, and the cinematography showcases the flora and fauna of the Sundarbans on a grand scale, and the special effects are superlative. Movie talkies gave it 3 stars saying Technical brilliance and the film's stage & setting – This is what makes Roar stand out from the crowd in a major way.


Box office

As per
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, Roar collected 15 million on its first day of release, and a total of 4.75–5.0 million net as weekend collection. While movieglamour website reported that Roar is doing moderate business and collected 70.0 million from its first 4 days,
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reported that Roar collected 83.8 million at the end of its 1st week run.


See also

* Tiger attacks *
Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans, in India and Bangladesh are estimated to kill from 0-50 (mean of 22.7 between 1947 and 1983) people per year. The Sundarbans is home to over 100 Bengal tigers, one of the largest single populations of tigers in one ...
*
Champawat Tiger The Champawat Tiger was a Bengal Tigress responsible for an estimated 436 deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon division of India, during the last years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century. Her attacks have been listed in the ...
*
Thak man-eater The Thak man-eater was a female Bengal tiger who killed and ate four human victims (two women, two men) between September and November 1938. She was operating in Kumaon, at the Nepalese border, between the villages Thak, Chuka, Kot Kindri and Se ...


References


External links

* * {{Official website, http://roarthefilm.com/ 2014 films Indian adventure thriller films Sundarbans 2010s Hindi-language films Films set in West Bengal 2010s adventure thriller films Films about tigers Films about hunters Tigers in India