Drona (2008 film)
| Drona | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster for Drona | |
| Directed by | Goldie Behl |
| Produced by |
Shrishti Arya Sunil Lulla Amitabh Bachchan |
| Written by |
Goldie Behl Jaydeep Sarkar |
| Starring |
Abhishek Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Kay Kay Menon Jaya Bachchan |
| Music by | Dhruv Ghanekar |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya |
| Edited by | Shyam K. Salgonkar |
Production company |
Rose Audio Visuals |
| Distributed by | Eros Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Language | Hindi |
Drona is a 2008 Bollywood fantasy adventure superhero film directed by Goldie Behl, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan. Drona's special effects shots were worked on by EyeQube[1] headed by Charles Darby and David Bush. The movie features Indian martial arts such as Kalaripayattu, Chhau, Gatka, and sword fighting.[2] It was filmed in Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia. The trailer was attached to Vipul Shah's Singh is Kinng (2008) and Raghav Khattar's Marathi film Vishavnath (2008).
Made on a budget of 45 crores the film earned less than 15 crores and was a disaster at the box office.[3]
Cast
- Abhishek Bachchan as Aditya (Drona)
- Priyanka Chopra as Sonia
- Kay Kay Menon as Riz Raizada
- Jaya Bachchan as Queen Jayanti
- Ali Haji as Young Drona
- Conan Stevens as Demon
Crew
- Distributor: Eros International
- Production House: Rose Movies
- Director: Goldie Behl
- Screenplay: Goldie Behl, Jaydeep Sarkar
- Cinematography: Sameer Arya
- Assistant Cinematography: Vineet Malhotra
- Director Action: Tom Delmar
- Editing: Shyam K. Salgonkar
- Music Director: Dhruv Ghanekar
- Costume Design: Anaita Shroff
- Special Effects Design: David Bush
- Digital Intermediate Supervision: Steve Shaw, Digital Praxis
- The Making Of Drona: Nazar Abbas
Special effects
The movie was produced with budget over ₹45 crore (US$6.3 million) on special effects with a VFX experts of 60 working on the movie for over 6 months. Mainly the team has been collaborating with EyeQube Studios with Eros to achieve the perfect quality effects. Crew contained 250 visual effects artists animators designers painters matters and developers.[4]
Reception
Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the movie 2.5 stars and mentioned, "Considering its fantastical theme, Drona is officially escapist and hence isn't obligated to broadcast logic beyond conveying 'good wins over evil' and 'conquer your fear by facing it' message." The film became the biggest disaster of Abhishek's career.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bandagi" | Roop Kumar Rathod, Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| 2. | "Drona (Title Song)" | Dhruv Ghanekar | |
| 3. | "Drona (Title Song - Version 2)" | Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| 4. | "Nanhe Nanhe" | Sadhana Sargam, Nandini Srikar | |
| 5. | "Khushi" | Shaan, Suzanne DMello, Francois Castellino, Dean Devlin, Sunaina Gupta | |
| 6. | "Oop Cha" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Nandini Srikar | |
| 7. | "Oop Cha (remix)" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Nandini Srikar |
References
- ↑ Screen Weekly News Network (22 September 2008). "Unleashing visual effects in Drona". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ↑ Bamzai, Kaveree (2008-02-14). "Drona shows a number of Indian martial arts". India Today. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ↑ "Ten big-budget Bollywood box-office disasters". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Mahaldar, Manisha. "Drona, a visual treat with special FX". Ibnlive. Retrieved 29 April 2014.