Boss

<p>The film starts with school teacher Satyakant Acharya Shastri, who has two children: Surya and Shiv. After Surya picks up brawls with another child multiple times and eventually kills him, Satyakant kicks him out and disowns him. Years later, Shiv grows up as the only son of his father. It is revealed that, after being disowned, Surya had saved the life of a transport businessman, Tauji, a.k.a. Big Boss, who had taken him in and raised him like a son for 15 years. Now, Surya has transformed himself into Boss, a suave, tough transport businessman who fights for justice. Shiv falls in love with Ankita, an early college acquaintance who turns out to be the sister of the corrupt Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ayushman Thakur. Ayushman is in cahoots with the corrupt and power-hungry Home Minister, Shoorvar Pradhan. Pradhan suggests to Ayushman that he should get Ankita married to his son Vishal. Ayushman agrees and decides that Ankita will marry him whether she wants to or not. Upon finding out she is in love with Shiv, he has Shiv arrested and convicted for crimes he hasn’t committed. It is also revealed that Surya didn’t murder his classmate. Instead, Satyakant accidentally impaled him when he shoved them into a room so that they would learn to deal with each other. Satyakant then tries to bail Shiv out and calmly explains to Ayushman. He is instead humiliated and thrown out of the police station. Without any choice, Satyakant turns to his other son for help, visits Boss, and gives him a photograph of Shiv, which convinces Surya that Shiv’s life is in danger. Boss meets Ayushman, and Vishal convinces him to free Shiv from all charges, telling him that Boss would kill Shiv when he is released from police custody. Boss, however, helps Shiv escape from custody. Pradhan sends his cops to capture Boss and take him to Ayushman’s farmhouse. Boss escapes from the goons and reaches Ayushman’s farm house. Pradhan calls Tauji there to complain about boss. In front of Tauji, Pradhan cancels his contract of killing Shiv with Tauji. After noticing Ankita, Surya asks her whether she loves Shiv — she replies positively. He takes the responsibility of getting Ankita married to Shiv in front of Tauji and her brother Ayushman. Satyakant and Shiv are attacked by a contract killer, Jabbar Bhai, and his goons, sent by Pradhan. Surya incapacitates Jabbar Bhai and his gang, saving his father and brother. Twenty-five of the MLAs of Pradhan’s political party are caught red-handed at a brothel with prostitutes by the media with the help of an unknown informer, later revealed to be Boss. Ayushman sets a trap against Shiv by setting up Ankita’s friend Dimple and arresting Shiv in a fake rape case. Surya then tortures Vishal and sets a fake time bomb in his bum to get him to ask his father to get Shiv freed from police custody. Tauji informs Satyakant that Surya did not kill his schoolmate and that it was an accident. Satyakant rushes to meet Surya along with Tauji, but their car is hit by a truck sent by Ayushman. Tauji survives the accident; Satyakant is injured and hospitalized. Finally, Boss brutally defeats Ayushman, followed by a long fight. In the end, Satyakant with Shiv is shown opening his arms, calling Boss to hug, and they reunite. The director, Anthony D’Souza, and the script writers during the scripting stages were searching for a magnanimous character who could do justice to the role of – Boss in the film – who is portrayed as a gangster who is ever-ready to help the needy and a larger-than-life character. They chose veteran actor as the narrator who would introduce Boss. According to reports Amitabh Bachchan was sent the script in advance and journalist-turned-producer Ashwin Varde (for whom the film marks his first project as a producer) offered Bachchan the role personally over a phone call which he readily accepted. Bachchan, in spite of his hectic schedule, completed the dubbing session at the earliest, on 31 August 2013 at 8:30 pm in Juhu’s BR Dubbing Theater in 30 minutes. To the crew’s pleasant surprise he improvised his lines as well. played a kind-hearted Haryanvi hero, known as ‘Boss’, and enacted the role of his father. portrayed ‘s younger brother’s role and Aditi Rao Hydari is paired opposite him. played the Boss’s mentor and played a ruthless police officer who is pitted against Kumar. plays the role of a police officer up against the character, Boss, marking the first instance where he is the antagonist of a film. It is also the second consecutive instance where his role is that of a police officer, with being the last one, in which he played Inspector Raja Ambat, based on real-life Raja Tambat. Roy and Akshay Kumar have an action sequence at the climax of the film, one of its highlights, shot in temperatures exceeding 47 degrees Celsius in and involving high-octane stunts that both actors performed successfully. Ronit Roy and Akshay Kumar acted in a movie after 20 years, (1993). The soundtrack featured nine tracks composed by , , and with lyrics written by , Manoj Yadav and Sahil Kaushal. composed the . The soundtrack CD containing the songs was released on 9 September 2013 to coincide with Akshay Kumar’s birthday along with the auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. acquired the film’s music rights. The soundtrack was preceded by the promotional video for the first and title track of the film “Boss Title Song” unveiled on YouTube on 30 August 2013 and subsequently for legal purchase as a soundtrack single on the digital music platform, . The second song “Party All Night” being marketed as a ‘party anthem’ was made on a budget in excess of ( ), with the fee of Sonakshi Sinha being ( ), thus making it the more expensive Bollywood music video ever shot and was released on 6 September 2013. The pre-look poster was released on 12 August 2013, and the first look was released on 13 August 2013. Akshay Kumar released the official teaser of on 14 August 2013, and was premiered with Theatrical trailer was launched on 28 August 2013, coinciding with . The star cast of , Akshay Kumar, Aditi and Shiv promoted the film on the show . Akshay Kumar and comedian-actor Johnny Lever made an appearance on the longest running comedy show Comedy Circus to promote their film. Akshay Kumar promoted the film on . Akshay will promote the film by jumping from the tallest building in Mumbai. Boss entered the Guinness World Records for the largest poster after beating ‘s This Is It. The poster, 58.87 metres wide and 54.94 metres high, was unveiled at Little Gransden Airfield, UK, on 3 October 2013. Macro Arts (UK) did the manufacturing; they had also made the previous -holding poster. An objectionable word in song “Party All Night” was muted, after a seeking a stay on release of was filed in . was released on 16 October 2013 in 2750 screens worldwide. It was given an by the for its action sequences and bikini scenes. was the first Indian movie released in . It was distributed in , , and in addition to the 400 screens already announced across , , and . It was also released in on the occasion of . The film received mixed reviews from critics. of gave it 4 out of 5 stars, saying that the film was “designed to magnetize lovers of commercial cinema and woo the BO”, especially for viewers who like “old-school entertainers”. stated that the film is average. Mohammad Kamran Jawaid of gave a positive review, calling it “an idiosyncratic masala fare” where “some of the (film’s) in-your-face flagrancy works (and) some doesn’t.”</p>