Kaabil

<p>Rohan Bhatnagar is a kind young man who has been since birth and works as an animation for a living. Through his friends, he meets Supriya, a who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two fall in love and get married. One night, on their way back home after dining out, they are interrupted by Amit Shellar, a local goon and younger brother of Madhavrao Shellar, a well-known politician. He and his friend, Wasim, drunkenly misbehave with the couple, enraging Rohan. The next morning while Rohan is at work, Amit and Wasim sneak into the house and Supriya. A horrified Rohan immediately calls the police; officer Chaubey advises him to get his wife medically examined in 24 hours to prove the assault. While Rohan and Supriya are on their way to the clinic, they are kidnapped by Shellar’s men and held captive for 36 hours. After being set free, Rohan and Supriya are criticized by police for the delay in getting Supriya , and are accused of being liars. Heartbroken, they return home. Supriya attempts to live normally but Rohan becomes silent and introspective, which hurts her. One morning, Rohan returns early from work to apologize to Supriya for not being as supportive as he should have, only to find her corpse, . Madhavrao visits Rohan and reveals that his brother Amit assaulted Supriya not once but twice. Rohan finds Supriya’s , which ascertains that Amit had assaulted her a second time; this second assault led to her suicide. Shattered, Rohan implies to officer Chaubey that he will avenge his wife’s death, mocking Chaubey that he will know who did it but will be able to do nothing about it, just like he did nothing about Supriya’s case. Rohan uses his voice-modulating skills to lure the culprits to places that Rohan knows well. First, he tricks Wasim and hangs him, leaving Amit’s handkerchief behind to frame Amit. He then lures Amit to the warehouse where he and Supriya were held captive for 36 hours. He finds Amit by scent, tying him down to be in an explosion. Chaubey suspects Rohan of Amit and Wasim’s murders and puts him under . Rohan gets past the police with the help of his friend and calls Madhavrao to a building under construction that was to be Rohan and Supriya’s new home. There, Rohan kills him and makes it look like a suicide. Rohan later relates the story to Chaubey: he made it look as if Amit killed Wasim, then Madhavrao committed suicide due to the pain of Amit’s death. With no evidence against Rohan, a blind man, Chaubey stands helpless. After this, Rohan scatters Supriya’s ashes in the sea. announced the film officially in January 2016 with portraying the lead role, producing the project and composing the . was confirmed to play the lead heroine while brothers and have played negative roles in the film. The film is produced by under his production house under FilmKraft Productions Pvt. Ltd. composed the music and provided the for the film and for the film’s sound design. The film’s cinematography was performed by and . commenced in in March 2016. Filming took place over 77 days and concluded in July 2016. The film was released on 25 January 2017 worldwide along with ‘s starring . opened in 2700 screens whereas opened in 3500 screens. On 2 February 2017, was released across , becoming the first Indian film to be screened in Pakistan, post lifting of ban on Indian films after the and its . It was released in along with its dubbed version titled . Following the good performance of the film at the box-office, Kaabil was released on around 200 more screens in India, on 2 February 2017. was released in on 5 June 2019 but performed weakly upon its release. of gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, “On the whole, is gripping, gut-wrenching and is likely to stay with you for a long time.” gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and said, “Hrithik does all the heavy lifting and remains the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie. He still has the moves. What he needs is a plot.” Meena Iyer of gave the film a rating of 4/5 stars, noting that the movie seemed to be inspired by the 1989 movie and the 2014 Korean movie . Iyer praised Roshan’s performance as his “all-time best”, and felt that the character Rohan was “vulnerable as a lover and menacing as a killing-machine”. Sarita A. Tanwar of gave the rating of 4/5 stars stating “Kaabil is old-school, emotional and forceful. And an absolute must for all Hrithik Roshan fans. And if you aren’t his fan, you might feel differently after this film”. Writing for , gave the film 2 out of 5 and called it a “predictable revenge and retribution saga that offers nothing new other than the visually impaired protagonists.” Rachit Gupta from wrote “Hrithik carries this film on his capable shoulders. His perfectly nuanced performance is the reason you’ll enjoy the thrills of Kaabil.” and gave the movie 3 stars out of 5. Bollywood Bubble gave the movie a rating of 4 out of 5 and said, “‘Kaabil’ will present you a far bitter truth. It’ll draw a very uncomfortable, shrewd reality wherein the ones in greater need of support are the ones often thrown on the edge, laughed at. It’ll show you a world in desperate need of more compassion, more kindness.” Joginder Tuteja of Movie Talkies gave the rating of 4/5 stars and said, “Rakesh Roshan has ensured that Kaabil turns out to be a commercial film for the audiences that has all the right ingredients in place and that too in the right proportions. It must have been quite a challenge to have three creative brains (Sanjay, Hrithik and himself) to blend seamlessly and deliver a product which is in just the right synch. That happens with Kaabil and that is the right reason why the final outcome keeps you glued on the screen right till the end.” criticized the movie’s plot and direction: “I’m not sure what’s more infuriating about this film – whether it’s regressive or stupid. Or whether it’s regressive and stupid and joyless and monotonous and silly and pointless. In fact, let’s call Kaabil for what it is: a B-movie with well-known actors. Worse, it’s exacerbated by shoddy CG, fake earnestness and a needless item number.” Udita Jhunjhunwala from gave the rating of 3/5 and wrote, “If you are able to look past many of these niggles it’s thank to Hrithik Roshan’s committed performance which keeps you rooting for his Rohan all the way.” Sukanya Varma from gave the film 2.5 on 5, and felt that “Kaabil serves nothing beyond an unabashed platform to vaunt a seething Hrithik, sentimental Hrithik, snarky Hrithik, sly Hrithik or spry Hrithik…”. Saibal Chaterjee from gave the movie 2.5 out of 5, calling the film “…paisa vasool ( worth the money) fare, if not more.” Mike McCahill from gave the film 2 out of 5, and remarked that “Sanjay Gupta’s tale of a blind dubbing artist avenging the ghost of his wife is the sort of nonsense the Indian film industry stopped churning out 20 years ago.” Complete soundtrack album was released on 21 December 2016 by . The soundtrack for is composed by . The song “Haseeno Ka Deewana” is a cover version of “Sara Zamana” from Roshan’s original soundtrack to the film (1981). The original version was sung by , and featured and in the music video. The cover version is sung by with rapper , while the music video is an featuring . All music is composed by .</p>