Shivaay

<p>Shivaay is a who makes a living by providing treks and climbing expeditions to tourists. One day, Shivaay saves Olga, a tourist, from an , and they eventually fall in love. Olga becomes pregnant but does not want the child. Shivaay begs her to give him the child, after which he says he will not stop her. Nine years later, Shivaay leads a happy life with his mute daughter Gaura until she discovers that Olga is still alive and in Bulgaria. Gaura insists Shivaay take her to Bulgaria. Despite his old sorrows, Shivaay finally agrees to take her to Bulgaria, where he saves a young child from . Shivaay seeks the ‘s help in tracing Olga and is assigned to Anushka. Led by crime baron Ustinov and his right-hand man, Changez, the traffickers kidnap Gaura. Shivaay chases the van, destroying various cars, but loses the van and is arrested by the Bulgarian police, charged with murder and trafficking. While in the police van, Shivaay imagines the officers in the van to be the same masked traffickers, and he attacks them, throwing out every single officer. The van accidentally falls off a dam, and the police think that Shivaay is dead, but Shivaay escapes by jumping from the van due to his skills and survives. Anushka tries to talk Shivaay into surrendering, but he refuses and instead escapes when the police arrive. Shivaay brings one of the saved prostitutes from a brothel to Anushka’s home to help her out. Anushka, who misunderstood Shivaay earlier, agrees to help him. Having seen the television coverage of Shivaay, Olga joins him, where they seek Wahab’s help to recover the footage of Shivaay’s various chases. Ustinov’s henchman, Ivanovich, arrives there and is beaten up badly, where he reveals Ustinov’s location. Shivaay discovers that Gaura has been taken away to be sold into the . Shivaay chases after the transport van carrying his daughter off to . A prolonged and vicious fight ensues as Changez, now revealed to be Captain Nikolai of the Bulgarian Police, attacks Shivaay, but gets killed by the latter in the snow-covered mountains. Gaura is reunited with Olga, who is now married to a wealthy Bulgarian, whom Shivaay thinks can provide Gaura with every comfort. He does not want to lose Gaura, but he heavy-heartedly leaves for the airport thinking his daughter is best happy with her new father. However, Gaura later arrives at the airport, and hits Shivaay in extreme anger for leaving her behind and thinking she wants to stay there. Shivaay apologises, and Gaura ends up crying in his arms. The shooting of the film started in November 2014, with the majority shot in , and . s soundtrack was composed by with a guest vocal appearance by the British pop-rock band . The lyrics were penned by and Sandeep Shrivastava. On 11 September 2016 the title track, “Bolo Har Har Har”, was released, sung by Mithoon, , , , Megha Sriram Dalton, and Anugrah. The second song, “Darkhaast”, was released on 22 September 2016, and featured vocals by and . All music rights of were acquired by . released on 28 October 2016. It released internationally in 60 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and Chile. However, the film was not released in Pakistan. The film’s runtime was later reduced by 19 minutes, and the new trimmed version was released in cinemas. On 27 October 2016, published that self-proclaimed film critic had uploaded the opening sequence of the film on Twitter, which he shot in a theater in . Devgn, the producer, was quoted saying that he would take legal action against Khan. gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote ” is a perfect emotional thriller that scores high on the account of its breathtaking visuals, amazing action and a high octane performance”. rated 3.5/5 stars and describes it as “full of emotion and action”. Renuka Vyavahare of gave 3/5 stars and wrote “Overall, Ajay is unstoppable in Shivaay but you wish he wasn’t! Laced with visual excellence, you applaud his film’s larger than life canvas but despite the efforts, his second directorial venture fails to engage you emotionally”. also rated the film 3/5 stars and states that the film “scores fairly on most accounts”. rated 3/5 stars and wrote “Ajay Devgn’s directorial is all about its stunning visuals and breath taking action scenes”. called the film a “perfect Diwali gift you can give yourself and your family this (Diwali) weekend”. for gave 2/5 stars and wrote, “What Ajay Devgan the star deserved, was a sharper director and a better script. In the end, there’s little else to Shivaay than the eye-watering locations (both in the Himalayas and in Bulgaria), and occasionally poignant moments between Devgan and the little girl who plays his daughter. Everything else is noise. Way too much noise”. of commented that the movie moves too slow, and “turns out almost three hours long with just a wisp of a story”. Anna MM Vetticad of described it as a heavy-handed, over-stretched film. Ananya Bhattacharya of gave 1.5/5 stars and praised the cinematography but criticized the writing. Raja Sen of gave the film 1/5, calling it an “absolute catastrophe”. Shubhra Gupta of gave 1/5 stars and wrote “The only thing your eye can rest on is the spectacular scenery. The rest is a bloated star vehicle” The four-week worldwide grossing of film was between (US$15 million) and (US$17 million). was released alongside Ranbir Kapoor’s and collected 102.4 million from India on its opening day, which was less than s 13.30 crore domestic first day. grossed more than 1.39 billion. The film collected (US$560,000) from ( and ), (US$92,000) from , (US$110,000) from , (US$52,000) from and (US$3,500) from . , an official game based on this film, was released by , for Android mobile phone users.</p>