Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

<p>A masked perpetrator attacks an Indian , containing a weapon, and tells the that they will have to race-against-time to prevent the destruction of India. Captain Misha faces off against a masked attacker in , where she impales him, but the attacker’s wounds inexplicably heal instantly and he escapes. Misha reports the incident to Azad, who instructs her to enlist soldiers Firoz “Freddy” and Rakesh “Rocky” for the mission, but only Rocky only agrees to help. Misha and Rocky arrive in London and meet Parminder , an specialist assigned to assist them. In London, Azad gets shot by the masked perpetrator. The team infiltrates the to retrieve the stolen package. Freddy arrives to help them fight the masked men. Pam unlocks the vault, revealing that the package is actually Captain Priya Dixit, Freddy’s ex-girlfriend. Since the hard drives were at the risk of being hacked, the codes to , a highly advanced defence system, were encrypted inside Priya’s brain. The masked perpetrator and his army take Priya hostage and the perpetrator reveals himself as Kabir, a scientist and Freddy and Rocky’s former friend. In the past, Kabir intends to help the Indian Army with his latest invention: a program where clones based on Freddy and Rocky’s could be programmed with orders and win wars without being killed. When Kabir reveals his intentions to conquer the world using this invention, Azad orders him to shut it down since it would go against ethics. Kabir switches sides and sells the invention to India’s enemies. Priya reveals this information to Azad, where Freddy and Rocky are given orders to capture Kabir alive, but they end up killing Kabir and are court-martialed for not following orders, after which Freddy breaks up with Priya without any reasons. In the present, Kabir reveals that he survived because the person, who died due to Rocky and Freddy, was actually his clone Eklavya. Eklavya’s death left him vengeful as he loved the clone like a son. The masked men were actually Freddy and Rocky’s clones. Kabir reveals that he has also cloned Azad and killed the real one. Kabir kidnaps Priya and leaves Freddy and Rocky to die, but they kill Kabir’s henchmen and reveals to the team that Kabir plans to turn Pakistan and China against India by deactivating the and launching against the two countries, which would cause India’s reputation to be globally tarnished. Freddy, Rocky, Misha and Pam infiltrate Kabir’s base, where Kabir decrypts the password from Priya’s brain. Freddy and Rocky eventually face off against their own clones, who keep rejuvenating due to an internal power source. The duo kills the clones by luring them into a , causing them to explode. Kabir launches the airstrikes before Freddy and Rocky kill him. Priya reveals that is the password. The is reactivated, averting the airstrike and a potential war. In a post-credits scene, the team leaves the base, while Kabir survives, hinting at a sequel. In December 2021, and were signed for ‘s next under , which also backed the . Eventually, the film was announced on 8 February 2022. Zafar, apart from being the writer and director, also co-produced it under his own banner, AAZ Films. was signed to play an action-packed role, reuniting with Kumar after (2022). In December 2022, was roped in to play the main antagonist named Kabir. was cast in March 2023. Prior to that, and joined the film in January 2023. began on 17 January 2023 at in . The first schedule included an action scene shot in a set of before it moved to where other action scenes were shot. On 19 February 2023, Zafar confirmed the first schedule wrap. On 28 February 2023, the second schedule took place in the in which a major chunk of the film was shot in , and before it ended on 12 April 2023. Some high-octane action sequences were filmed featuring cars, bikes, helicopters and tanks. An action scene was shot at night in where a street was recreated as . Kumar also got injured while shooting a bike chase sequence. On 16 April 2023, last schedule began in with the shooting of few portions of the title track at . Action scenes featuring Cars, Bikes, Tanks, Horses, , Plane, and were shot. A set of Indian Army Airstrip was recreated at . Filming wrapped on 9 May 2023 except patchwork. On 21 January 2024, the filming for four final songs choreographed by kicked off in with Kumar, and Shroff which took place for 12 days. Firstly the title track was shot at and other locations of . Filming then moved to the where a romantic track with Kumar, Shroff, Sinha, Chhillar and Alaya F and a party track which also includes Prithviraj and Roy were shot. Last song shoot took place at where an Arabic style song was shot. On 1 February 2024, Kumar confirmed the schedule wrap. The work of the film is done by . The music of the film is composed by and lyrics are written by while the background score is composed by . The first single titled “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (Title Track)” was released on 19 February 2024. The second single titled “Mast Malang Jhoom” was released on 28 February 2024. The third single titled “Wallah Habibi” was released on 13 March 2024. The title track to the , sung by and , was recreated and used during a scene in the film. On 26 February 2024, a promotional event for the film was held in , where Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff performed live stunts and interacted with the crowd. The film was promoted at 2024 in . On 22 March 2024, Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff performed live at the opening ceremony. The of the film was launched at an event in on 26 March 2024. In February 2022, the release date of the film was announced as 22 December 2023 (in the week of ). However, in May 2023, a new release date of 2024 was announced by Pooja Entertainment. The film was released on 11 April in standard formats, , and in alongside dubbed version of , , and languages. acquired the theatrical rights for India and for overseas. The digital rights were acquired by . The film was premiered on Netflix from 6 June 2024. received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. On the website , 17% of 12 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.3/10. Ronsk Kotecha of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” goes out all guns blazing to make for an entertaining potboiler with heart-pounding action, cheeky humour and barely a dull moment.” Titas Chowdhury of gave 3/5 stars and wrote “Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s fun banters are pure gold. Prithviraj Sukumaran’s evil act keeps you on the edge.” gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “BMCM suffers due to a weak script and poor dialogues, however, it is a decent watch for the fans of Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, and those who patronize action movies.” Pratikshya Mishra of gave 2/5 stars and wrote “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan doesn’t, however, rely on portraying its heroes with the same ol’ hypermasculinity – these heroes like to have fun instead. Zinia Bandyopadhyay of gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote “Ali Abbas Zafar is an OG director when it comes to action. However, here it turns out to be a disappointment.” of gave 1/5 stars and wrote “Bade Miyan Chote Miyan offers not a single shred that could considered a saving grace. The story is astonishingly hollow.” Anuj Kumar of wrote “Writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar’s attempt to give the soul of Bollywood tropes an AI finish appeals in parts.” Monika Rawal Kukreja of wrote “For those with a penchant for action films, good, bad or ugly, BMCM will definitely make for a one-time watch.”</p>