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<p>The film opens on 18 March 1987. The scene then transitions to flashback. Ajay calls a local police station to obtain more manpower for a . He speaks to SI Ranveer Singh who agrees to send the required number of support officers. Ajay, with accomplices P. K. Sharma, Joginder Khurana and Iqbal Ali, meet the supporting officers and conduct the raid. After they successful raid at a minister’s house, it’s revealed that Ajay and P. K. are fake CBI officers, along with their two accomplices. They then move to different parts of the country and merge into their everyday lifestyles. Ajay’s love interest, Priya Chauhan, an about-to-be-married teacher, is introduced. The crew meets again in at the behest of P. K. for his daughter’s wedding. Ranveer, with his senior officer, meets the mini prosecutor of the earlier raid, who reveals that he doesn’t want the news to appear in the public domain because he wants to protect his image. The senior officer suspends Ranveer, along with his colleague Shanti, for being irresponsible. Waseem Khan, an honest CBI officer lives with his wife and child in . A disgraced Ranveer meets Khan, and they join forces to apprehend Ajay and his accomplices. Meanwhile, the next raid planned by Ajay is conducted on a traders’ business in , with the raiders posing as officers from the . Following the more difficult but successful raid, Khan insists that this should be reported in the newspaper, despite nobody coming forward to report it themselves, as is involved. Upon seeing this in the newspaper, Ajay and P. K. decide to conduct their “big job,” a final raid in . Meanwhile, Ranveer finds information about P. K. and Khan orders his phone. When P. K. is talking to Ajju on the phone, Khan procures several details about them. Under Khan’s orders, officers track the crew to Bombay to a hotel where they’re staying. They plan to raid and hence rob a big jewellery store. Ajay, followed by a CBI officer, goes to a newspaper to advertise for “50 dynamic graduates” with details of an interview. Khan embeds his officers among the candidates and they are selected. Khan finds out the details of the training process, which includes a mock raid. It is stated that, on the day, the candidates will be trained and then led out for the mock raid in the afternoon. To find out more, Khan and Ranveer go to the hotel and force their way into Sharma’s room. He divulges the information about the raid, following a threat of violence. He also mentions that Ajay is taking revenge on the CBI for not appointing him. Khan orders Sharma to ensure everything proceeds as normal. On the day of the raid, Khan takes charge of the jewellery store and replaces the goods with fake jewellery, with the originals being moved to the jewellery store’s own workshop. Ajay informs the recruits that he will come in a different vehicle to them. P. K. leaves with the recruits in a bus, but leaves the bus at police headquarters, saying that he will arrive with Ajay. He also states that nobody should leave the bus until they arrive and that he is going to verify the paperwork for the raid at the Police HQ. In reality, he goes to meet Ranveer and Shanti. With Ajay, a raid of the workshop is carried out. Ajay then goes and meets Priya, who is ready for departure at the airport. Meanwhile, at the , Khan is informed that the raid was conducted at the workshop and all jewellery in the workshop along with the jewellery that was moved were stolen. Khan works it all out for himself, realizing that Ranveer was part of the gang and he wasn’t a real police officer and they were set up right from the beginning and Ajay and his gangs have misled him to think he is in control all the time. Furious and at the same time impressed by the cunning of Ajay and his gang, Khan starts laughing loudly and applauds the entire robbery plan and execution. Later, Khan receives a for Rs. 100 that Ajay had taken from him with the message that he could not steal the honest earnings of an officer. The film ends with Khan being told over the phone that the CBI has information about the perpetrators. At the same time, Ajay and P. K. are seen enjoying a match happily at the . Credits as per given in film:- The film takes its foundations from the , when 26 people posing as CBI officials raided a jewellery store in , . and were reported to have been considered for the lead role. It went to Akshay Kumar as he was Pandey’s first choice. Manoj Bajpai was signed to play the CBI officer. and Anupam Kher plays a vital role. Kajal Aggarwal plays a specially-written role of Ajay Singh’s love interest as a school teacher. Akshay Kumar slashed his fee by half for . Shooting began on 23 February 2012 in . The first schedule of the film was shot in , following which the unit moved to . The soundtrack album of was composed by noted South Indian film composer credited as . , was roped in as the guest composer for the song “Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfen” which was written by , and the rest of them were penned by . All the songs were recorded at in , and Silver Harmony in . The music rights were acquired by and the album was released on 9 January 2013, at a promotional event held in , Mumbai. The background score of the film is composed by . All music is composed by and lyrics were written by , except the track “Gore Mukhde Pe Zulfen” was composed by as guest composer, and lyrics written by . released on for around (US$1.4 million). The producers have (US$5.9 million) investment on , as the film has fetched around (US$4.1 million) from sale of the territory rights across India. was made on a budget of around (US$3.5 million), with a publicity and advertising budget of around (US$1.4 million). The theatrical trailer was released online on 20 December 2012. The first promos of and were attached to . The movie was distributed all over India by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Wide Frame Pictures. Akshay Kumar, with the rest of the cast of , were scheduled to visit the crime spot of the incident that inspired the film. A special screening was held for officials on 5 February 2013. of gave the score of 4 out of 5, and said ” is an intelligently woven, slick and smart period thriller with its subject matter as its USP. It’s sure to get listed as one of the most gripping heist dramas based on real life occurrences.” , writing for , gave 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it one of the best films of the year and praising its attention to detail, its character building, the plot’s steady but sure sense of immediacy and urgency, and the elaborate cat-and-mouse chase between the conmen and the police. She criticises the unnecessary addition of the love angle in an otherwise gripping script, along with the unconvincing nature of its climax. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and wrote, ” is an intelligently scripted, superbly acted, enthralling and believable heist film that is more than just that.” Resham Sengar of rated the film 4 out of 5, stating, “Very rarely would you come across a logically scripted and intelligently-directed drama thriller churned out from the good ol’ Hindi cine factory these days. And here’s a promising Neeraj Pandey for you who is back with a bang (and bang on target) with another awe inspiring film .” of CNN-IBN gave 3.5 out of 5, saying ” works on account of its meaty, realistic plot and nicely fleshed out characters. This is solid, assured filmmaking, evident in the meticulous detailing of its 80s production design. The film charms you with its subtle humor, through characters played by Jimmy Shergill and Divya Dutta.” Madhureeta Mukherjee of gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars, while adding, ” doesn’t stun you with a social message like Pandey’s ‘ ‘, but it grips, excites and ahh…climaxes too! And no … you can’t fake this one! Catch it for pure cinematic orgasm.” Sukanya Verma for gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and said, ” is one of the finest films of the year so far.” Newstrackindia stated that is a no-nonsense film from Akshay. opened at 30% occupancy on Thursday morning but it improved steadily till the evening shows to 60% due to positive reviews. The film netted (US$680,000) on its first day and further grow to make (US$2.7 million) in its first weekend. The film collected around (US$440,000) nett on Monday. It netted around (US$4.6 million) in its first week. In its second weekend it has a collection of around (US$240,000) to bring its ten-day figure to around (US$5.7 million) nett. In its second week, the film netted (US$2.1 million) taking its total business to nearly (US$6.7 million) in India. It eventually netted around (US$7.8 million) with a distributor share of (US$3.8 million) in domestic market. The worldwide gross of stands at (US$15 million). had low opening overseas with a collection of $1.25 million its first weekend. It further netted around $2.35 million in ten days. Its final overseas collections was US$2.75 million. was remade in Tamil titled (2018) starring and in lead roles, and was directed by . The film was released on 12 January 2018.</p>