Commando: A One Man Army

<p>Karan Singh Dogra, a in , is captured by Chinese officials when his helicopter crashes on the Chinese border during a routine . Karan and his seniors are unable to convince the Chinese of the former’s innocence. The Chinese decide to brand Karan as a spy to defame internationally. Feeling the Chinese won’t comply, the orders to erase Karan’s record and identity and deny his existence. Karan is tortured for a year by the , but he later escapes while being taken to the Chinese . Karan runs into a woman, Simrit, who is running away from the gang of Amrit Knawel “AK-74″ Singh, a notorious gangster. Karan rescues her by fighting off goons headed by AK-74’s brother, where he decides to escort Simrit out of the town for her safety, but finds himself surrounded by AK-74 and his goons at a bridge. Outnumbered and outgunned, Karan jumps into the river along with Simrit, who later explains that AK-74 wants to marry her for political gains. Simrit reveals that AK-74 has total control over her hometown, where he rules her hometown through fear. Karan decides to help Simit. AK-74 uses his resources to pursue the duo into the jungle, where Karan uses his expertise in to fight AK-74’s men. After a long chase, Karan is caught by AK-74, who shoots Karan and throws him off a cliff. Later, AK-74 kills Simrit’s parents as a warning. Karan, having survived the fall, goes after AK-74. After combating his henchmen and also an Thebe sent by the Chinese, Karan defeats AK-74 and rescues Simrit. Karan takes the captured AK-74 to the town square, where he is almost thwarted by the cops who work for AK-74, but Karan is saved in time by his ex-superior officer Akhilesh Sinha. Karan proceeds to hang and kill AK-74, where he asks the people to be fearless and not be afraid of people like AK-74. Karan surrenders himself to Col. Sinha, where he tells his name to Simrit and promises to be back. The music was composed by Mannan Shaah, with lyrics penned by , while the background score has been scored by Prasad Sasthe. The soundtrack album was released on 28 March 2013 as a digital download on and . was released on 12 April 2013. received mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise for Vidyut Jammwal’s performance and action choreography. of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” is vintage good versus evil saga in a strikingly new avatar. A high-voltage action fare that’s racy, pulsating and packed with some adrenaline-pumping stunts.” Meena Iyer of gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote “If you are an action junkie and if you have peaked on ’s , then our desi Commando, is what you will term paisa-vasool entertainment.” gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “Commando is an out and out Vidyut Jamwal film that provides him with the platform to showcase his martial arts genius with immense aplomb and in full volumes.” gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote “If you’re an action fan, Commando – A One Man Army gives you enough bang for the buck.” Alisha Coelho of gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote ” is a one man show where Vidyut carries the entire weight on his shoulders.” Saibal Chatterjee of gave 2/5 stars and wrote “Despite all the bravura technical effort that has clearly been put into Commando, the end result simply isn’t compelling enough.” earned around (US$410,000) on its opening day. The film raked (US$1.3 million) over its first weekend. At its first week, it netted around (US$2.0 million) having decent business in single screens. The film’s collection grossed around (US$2.4 million) in . The film’s German distributor called Nameless Media released four limited edition media books in August 2019 that contained a apart from the original uncut version. In this alternate cut, the songs and interval card have been removed. After the film’s success, the film received two sequels titled and .</p>