Roy

<p>Kabir Garewal ( ), a casanova film maker and screenwriter, is making multiple films (GUNS Trilogy) based on a thief’s life and robberies. The first two films have been highly successful. In order to shoot the third part of the trilogy, he goes to , where he meets a London-based film maker Ayesha ( ). Kabir and Ayesha get friendly and soon fall in love. When Ayesha finds out about Kabir’s casanova past and believes him to be unchanged, she breaks up with him and returns to London. Dejected, Kabir goes into depression and returns to , leaving his film incomplete. After several attempts, Kabir is unable to find the perfect climax for his film. On his assistant Meera’s ( ) suggestion, Kabir attends a film festival as part of the jury, where Ayesha’s film is being screened. Ayesha thinks Kabir is stalking her and asks him to stay away from her. After his father’s ( ) death followed by him being sued by his film’s financiers, Kabir decides to move on and complete his film. In the parallel story of imaginary characters in Kabir’s film , an infamous Roy ( ) is a mysterious international whom no country seems to be able to get their hands on, including Detective Wadia ( ). On his new assignment, Roy goes to an unknown foreign land to steal an expensive painting only to find that its owner is the beautiful Tia (also played by ). Tia lives alone in a huge mansion where the painting is kept. So, Roy tries to befriend Tia during an art auction and soon impresses her with his charm. Sparks fly between them and both start spending time together, giving Roy entry into the mansion. Finding the right opportunity one night, Roy runs away with the painting, leaving Tia heartbroken. Roy later regrets this, as he realises he has fallen for Tia and decides to return the painting to her. After a small clash with the painting’s new owner, Roy manages to get it back. On receiving the painting, Tia realises that Roy is now a changed man and forgives him. Meanwhile, Kabir’s film is released and is hugely successful at the box office. In the end, Kabir proposes to Ayesha and they reunite, just like Roy and Tia in Kabir’s film. The movie ends with Roy and Tia walking together over a bridge, similar to the one in the stolen painting. The film was produced on a budget of (US$4.7 million), which included (US$3.5 million) for production and (US$1.2 million) for P&A. The film recovered (US$3.0 million) from satellite rights, (US$710,000) from music rights and (US$710,000) from overseas rights. The trailer of the film was released on 17 December 2014 and passed over 1 million views on within 24 hours. The film was promoted at famous reality shows like and . The songs of are composed by , and , “Sooraj Dooba Hai” and “Tu Hai Ki Nahi Whistle” become Hit in 2015. While the lyrics are written by , and Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay. The music rights for the film were acquired by . composed the . The first single, ” “, sung by , and composed by , was released on 21 December 2014. The complete album was released digitally on 14 January 2015. An additional Remix EP was released on 28 January 2015. The film received highly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator site reports a based on 5 reviews, with an average rating of 3.3 out of 10. Rajeev Masand on ibnlive gave it only one star, saying “The film limps lethargically and collapses in a predictable twist ending.” Rahul Desai and Aasir Tavawalla were even inspired to create a campaign called “Aakraman on Roy” to get their money back from the filmmakers. Taran Adarsh gave it 0 out of 5 called it a disastrous outing. The film grossed (US$6.9 million) worldwide.</p>