Blue

<p>An opening sequence shows a famous ship, , sinking in a storm and the captain emerging alone on the seashore. Aarav runs a successful fishing company called Blue Fisheries in the Bahamas. Sagar works as a diver for Aarav’s company. Sagar plans to marry his girlfriend Mona. Sagar’s younger brother Sam meets Nikki, a female biker who actually works for underworld gangster Gulshan in Bangkok. Sam defeats Gulshan in a bike race and asks Nikki out for dinner. Gulshan asks Sam to work for him, but Sam refuses unless there’s a large sum of money involved. Nikki explains to Sam that the job would pay $50,000. Gulshan hires Sam, but is actually set up by Gulshan and ends up costing Gulshan $50 million. Sam does not have the money and doesn’t think Gulshan will find him in the Bahamas. Sam arrives at Aarav’s company, and Sagar welcomes him happily. However, in the Bahamas, Sam is confronted by Gulshan and chased by his crew. Aarav saves Sam’s life. Sam tells Aarav what he did, and Aarav tells Sagar about the situation. Sam tries to convince Sagar to retrieve the treasure from . Sagar refuses. Gulshan bombs Sagar’s home and kidnaps Mona with a ransom of $50 million or Sam for her return. Sam decides that they need to go and rescue Mona as they already killed Nikki. They decide to find the treasure, pay off Gulshan, and use the rest of the money to live comfortably. Sagar is still hesitant, and it is revealed that Sagar has a haunted and shocking past with . Years ago, Sagar had to abandon his archaeologist father, Aadesh Singh, on the ship to save his own life. Sagar finally agrees to help. The three of them bring the treasure up and find that Gulshan and his gang have steered up next to their ship. He sends his men with Sagar, Aarav, and Sam to go and get the treasure. The three take care of Gulshan’s men there. However, Gulshan reveals that Aarav hired him to force Sam to flee Bangkok, kidnap Mona, and force Sagar to agree to go to the Lady in Blue. As Gulshan is beating Sam, Aarav shoots Gulshan dead, and he leaps into the ocean. Sagar, Sam, and Mona are forced to leave Aarav there as there is a storm approaching. Sagar vows never to come back to because he has always lost a kin there. His father first, and now his best friend, Aarav. Three months later, Sagar gets a call from Aarav. Aarav survived his leap into the ocean and reveals to them that his grandfather was Captain Jagat Malhotra, the traitorous captain of the ship, , who committed suicide after he was court-martialed. His motive to find the treasure was to bring honor back to his family name. Nikki is revealed to be alive, and her real name is Nikita Malhotra, Aarav’s wife. She apologises to Sam for keeping him in the dark, but the film doesn’t reveal if Sam accepted her apology or not. The film ends with Aarav and Nikki cuddling on one of Aarav’s boats as the end credits begin. The music of the film was composed by with lyrics provided by , , Rajat Arora, Raqeeb Alam and . The music was promoted and digitally distributed by The song “Chiggy Wiggy” was sung by pop singer and . Backing female vocals is given by and Phij Adams did the sound mixing for the song. Minogue also made a special appearance in the video of the song. The track “Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai”, which begins with a sequence of ‘s humming, followed by an loop presents handling a westernised rendition. The backing vocalists for the song are , Hentry Kuruvila, Shi Millhouse and Raven Millhouse. “Fiqrana” features vocals by and and was picturised as solo performances of , and . , the actor playing the film’s protagonist boycotted the promotional events since he was not included in this song, which remained chart-topper for many weeks. “Bhoola Tujhe” is a romantic song sung by . The Yeri voice for the song was by Kavita Belliga. The theme song for was sung by , with backing vocals by Raqeeb Alam, , , & . “Rehnuma” was sung by and . “Yaar Mila Tha” was sung by and with backing vocals by Ujjayinee Roy, Shi Millhouse and Raven Millhouse. This track was not included in the film, but it is conceptualised as a song played out between the characters of Akshay and Katrina after the end of the film’s plot when they talk about Zayed’s character. The official track listing: All lyrics are written by . The soundtrack of the film received positive reviews upon release. reviewed the music saying ” is a good album and has all in it to make a good impression at the music stands. In a way, the album comes at just the right time when there is quite some variety in store this Diwali. practically mixes up genres…” The film received mixed reviews from critics. of called the movie an ‘smartly crafted underwater thriller’, criticizing and at the same time praising the performance of the cast and the script. of gave the film a positive review, praising the star cast and action scenes and gave the film 4 stars out of 5. The director announced their intentions to make a sequel titled .</p>