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Shootout at Wadala
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanjay Gupta
Screenplay by
  • Sanjay Bhatia
  • Abhijeet Deshpande
  • Sanjay Gupta
Dialogues byMilap Zaveri
Story bySanjay Gupta
Hussain Zaidi
Based on
Dongri to Dubai'
by Hussain Zaidi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySameer Arya
Sanjay F. Gupta
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music bySongs:
Anu Malik
Mustafa Zahid
Anand Raj Anand
Meet Bros
Score:
Amar Mohile
Production
companies
Distributed byBalaji Motion Pictures through Raksha Entertainment
Release date
  • 1 May 2013 (2013-05-01) (India)
Running time
150 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹49 crore[2]
Box office₹82 crore[3][2]

Shootout at Wadala is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language crime action film written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy, John Abraham, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood and Mahesh Manjrekar. It is a prequel to the 2007 film Shootout at Lokhandwala.[4] In the film, Manya, a diligent student, lands in prison for killing a gangster who attacked his brother, Bhargav, who eventually dies. Soon, Manya escapes jail and forms his own gang to seek revenge.

Based on the book Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia by Hussain Zaidi, the film dramatises the encounter by Bombay police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. It took place at the junction adjacent to Dr. Ambedkar College, Wadala, Bombay on 11 January 1982.

Shootout at Wadala was released on 1 May 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics, It grossed over ₹82 crore (US$8.5 million) against a budget of ₹49 crore (US$5.1 million).

Plot

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The film opens with gangster Manya Surve, mortally wounded in a police encounter, recounting his life story to police officer Afaaque Baaghran.

Once a promising college student, Manya's life changes after he becomes involved in a murder linked to his elder brother Bhargav's underworld activities. Arrested and imprisoned in Yerwada Central Jail, Manya befriends fellow inmates Munir and Veera. Following his brother's death in prison, he transforms into a hardened criminal, eventually escaping from jail with Munir.

After failing to gain acceptance from Mumbai's powerful Haksar brothers, Manya forms his own gang and rises rapidly in the underworld. He eliminates several rivals, including gangster Bhatkar, and takes revenge on Inspector Ambolkar, who had publicly humiliated him. Amid escalating gang wars, Manya reunites with his former lover Vidya Joshi, but their relationship deteriorates due to his criminal lifestyle.

As tensions grow between rival gangs, Manya assassinates Zubair Haksar, making Dilawar Haksar and the police determined to eliminate him. Afaaque is assigned to track Manya and manipulates Vidya into revealing his whereabouts by promising that Manya will be spared if he surrenders.

However, the police stage an encounter and shoot Manya. As he dies from his injuries, a devastated Vidya realizes she has been deceived. The film ends with Afaaque confirming Manya's death, bringing the gangster's turbulent rise and fall to an end.

Cast

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Cameo appearances

Controversy

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During production, director Sanjay Gupta retained references to underworld figures despite concerns over potential legal and security implications. In early promotional material, Sonu Sood's character was identified as "Dilawar Imtiaz", a character reportedly based on Dawood Ibrahim.[9] However, on 27 January 2013, Balaji Motion Pictures released a revised theatrical trailer in which most character-identifying dialogue was removed. The appearance of the character based on Dawood Ibrahim was also significantly reduced, and several character names were changed in the promotional material, although John Abraham's character name remained unchanged in the film.[10]

Soundtrack

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Shootout at Wadala
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Mustafa Zahid and Anand Raaj Anand
Released19 March 2013
Recorded2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length49:26
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Music India
Anu Malik chronology
Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai
(2012)		 Shootout at Wadala
(2013)
Meet Bros Anjjan chronology
OMG – Oh My God!
(2012)		 Shootout at Wadala
(2013)		 Policegiri
(2013)
Mustafa Zahid chronology
Murder 3
(2013)		 Shootout at Wadala
(2013)		 Aashiqui 2
(2013)
Anand Raaj Anand chronology
Deewana Main Deewana
(2013)		 Shootout at Wadala
(2013)		 Zanjeer
(2013)
Singles from Shootout at Wadala
  1. "Babli Badmaash"
    Released: 14 March 2013
  2. "Aala Re Aala"
    Released: 24 April 2013
  3. "Laila"
    Released: 28 April 2013
  4. "Aye Manya"
    Released: 7 May 2013

The music of the film is composed by Anu Malik, Anand Raaj Anand, Meet Bros Anjjan and Mustafa Zahid.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Aala Re Aala"Neelesh MisraAnu MalikSunidhi Chauhan, Mika Singh5:44
2."Laila"Sanjay GuptaAnand Raaj AnandMika Singh & Anand Raaj Anand3:36
3."Babli Badmaash"KumaarAnu MalikSunidhi Chauhan4:27
4."Ek Din Ke Liye" Anu MalikSunidhi Chauhan & Anu Malik0:48
5."Yeh Junoon" Mustafa ZahidMustafa Zahid4:52
6."Aye Manya" Meet Bros AnjjanAdnan Sami, Meet Bros Anjjan & Shaan4:56
7."Goli" Meet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Sudesh Bhosle, Anil Kapoor & John Abraham4:08
8."Babli Badmaash (Remix by Gourav Das Gupta & Roshan Balu)" Anu MalikSunidhi Chauhan & Anu Malik4:47
9."Aala Re Aala (Remix by Gourav Das Gupta & Roshan Balu)" Anu MalikSunidhi Chauhan, Mika Singh & Anu Malik5:02
10."Laila (Remix by Gourav Das Gupta & Roshan Balu)" Anand Raaj AnandMika Singh & Anand Raj Anand3:27
11."Yeh Junoon (Remix by Mayur Sahani)" Mustafa ZahidMustafa Zahid4:01
12."Goli (Remix by Mayur Sahani)" Meet Bros AnjjanMeet Bros Anjjan, Sudesh Bhosle, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham3:38
Total length:49:26

Reception

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The film received a mixed reception from critics.

The ratings for the film provided by the reviewers have been tabulated. Below the table lies a collection of excerpts from the reviews, which can be matched to the respective rating as given in the table by seeing the source.
Review scores
Source Rating
Bollywood Hungama[11] StarStarStarStarStar
Times of India[12] StarStarStarStar
Zee News[13] StarStarStarHalf star
DNA India[14] StarStarStar
NDTV[15] StarStarHalf star
Yahoo[16] StarStarHalf star
IBN[17] StarStar
The Indian Express[18] StarStar
Rediff[19] StarStar

Box office

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India

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Shootout at Wadala had an opening of around 65% occupancy[20] and went on to collect ₹101.9 million (US$1.1 million) on first day.[21] The two-week domestic distributor share is ₹ 255.0 million approx.[3][22] The final total came out to be ₹820 million (US$8.5 million).[3][2]

Overseas

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Shootout at Wadala collected $900,000 over its first weekend.[23] Its final overseas collection was US$1.625 million.[24]

Budget and marketing

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Shootout at Wadala was made with a budget of ₹50 crore (US$5.2 million)[2] of production costs. The prints and marketing budget was ₹15 crore (US$1.6 million).

Future

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Director Sanjay Gupta has stated his plans to make the third installment to the franchise, Shootout at Byculla based on the JJ Hospital shootout in 1992 by Dawood Ibrahim's D Company against the Arun Gawli gang for the latter's killing of Ibrahim's brother-in-law Ismail Parkar (the husband of Haseena Parkar). He has also said that he will restart his movie Alibaug, starring Sunny Deol, Govinda Ahuja, Emraan Hashmi and turn it into the third sequel of the Shootout film series. Also, actors Abhishek Bachchan, Shabir Ahluwalia and John Abraham have been rumoured to star alongside each other. Abraham will portray a real encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar. The project is currently untitled, but it has been reported to be an "epic revenge saga".[25][26]

References

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  1. ↑ "SHOOTOUT AT WADALA (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Shootout at Wadala – Movie – Box Office India". Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Shootout at Wadala Two Weeks Business". Box Office India. Retrieved 18 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "shootout-wadala-will-prequels-kick-start-new-trend-bollywood". starblockbuster.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tusshar to play gangster in 'Shootout at Wadala'". Mid-Day. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Shootout at Wadala Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Kamath, Sudhish (4 May 2013). "Shootout at Wadala: Guns, girls and goggles". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "One dead, one caught". Hindustan Times. 22 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Dawood's name changed to Dilawer in Shootout at Wadala". The Indian Express. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Dawood Ibrahim, other names removed from Shootout at Wadala promos". Hindustan Times. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bollywoodhungama Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "TOI review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Zee News review". Zee News. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Film Review: Watch Shootout at Wadala at a single screen to experience its true flavor". DNA: Daily News and Analysis. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "NDTV Movies review". NDTV. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Yahoo Movies review". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "IBNLive review". IBN. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "Indian Express review". The Indian Express. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "Rediff.com review". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Shootout at Wadala Has Good Opening Bombay Talkies Is Poor". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Shootout at Wadala First Day Territorial Breakdown". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Data". Box Office India.[dead link]
  23. ↑ "Numbers". Box Office India. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
  24. ↑ "Top Ten Overseas Grossers 2013 upto August". Box Office India. Retrieved 29 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  25. ↑ "Sanjay Gupta's next Shootout film might star Abhishek Bachchan – Times of India". The Times of India. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  26. ↑ "Sanjay Gupta on completing the first draft of 'Shootout 3': Tried to reinvent, not repeat". freepressjournal.in. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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