Shootout at Wadala

Shootout at Wadala
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjay Gupta
Produced by	Sanjay Gupta Anuradha Gupta Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Screenplay by	Sanjay Gupta Sanjay Bhatia Abhijit Deshpande Milap Zaveri (dialogue)
Story by	Sanjay Gupta Hussain Zaidi
Based on	Dongri to Dubai by Hussain Zaidi
Starring	John Abraham Anil Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Sonu Sood Manoj Bajpayee Ronit Roy Mahesh Manjrekar Tusshar Kapoor
Narrated by	John Abraham
Music by	Songs: Anu Malik Mustafa Zahid Anand Raj Anand Meet Bros Anjaan Background score: Amar Mohile
Cinematography	Sameer Arya Sanjay F. Gupta
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Production company	Balaji Motion Pictures
Distributed by	White Feather Films (worldwide)
Release date	3 May 2013 (2013-05-03)
Running time	150 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹48 crore (US$6.7 million)
Box office	₹75 crore (US$10 million) (domestic net)[2]

Shootout at Wadala is a 2013 Indian biographical-crime film^[3][4] written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. It is a prequel^[5] to the 2007 hit Shootout at Lokhandwala, and it is the second instalment of the Shootout film series. It is loosely based on the book Dongri to Dubai by Hussain Zaidi. The film features John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood in lead roles. The film dramatises the encounter by Mumbai police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. It took place at the junction adjacent to Dr. Ambedkar college, Wadala, Mumbai on 11 January 1982.

The film was slated to be released on 1 May 2013, but was released on 3 May instead, to coincide with the day that marked 100 years of Bollywood. The film released to mixed reviews from critics, and according to Box Office India, emerged as a "hit" at the box office.

Plot

In a police van, Afaaque Baagwan (Anil Kapoor) listens to the story narrated by a gangster, Manya Surve (John Abraham), who is gravely injured with a bullet-riddled body. Surve is a decent student at Kirti college, Dadar. He is in love with Vidya Joshi (Kangana Ranaut) and takes her to his mother to discuss about their marriage. Manya has an older brother named Bhargav Surve, who is a gangster. Bhargav is in conflict with an underworld don named Bhatkar (Ranjeet) and currently on the run.

Soon enough, Bhargav is attacked and beaten up by Bhatkar's goons. Manya steps in to save him. While Manya Surve clutches one of the goons, Bhargav stabs the goon and he dies on the spot. On the day of Manya's exam results, before he can discover his grades, Manya and his brother are arrested and publicly humiliated at college by Inspector Ambolkar (Raju Kher) and end up in Yerwada Central Jail. In prison, another convict named Munir (Tusshar Kapoor) saves Manya from being attacked by a goon named Potya (Chetan Hansraj) during lunch time. During this assault, Bhargav is killed. Munir befriends Manya and another convict named Veera. Veera trains Manya to become stronger. Manya trains and then eventually is challenged by Potya. Potya attacks him from behind and beats Manya up, to which Manya responds by stabbing Potya to death.

Later on, both Manya and Munir escape from prison while they are working on a railway track and try to join hands with two brothers who rule Mumbai's deals. The first brother, Zubair Imtiaz Haksar (Manoj Bajpayee), is cool and is impressed by Manya. However, the second brother, Dilawar (Sonu Sood), disapproves of Manya and dislikes him. After this, Manya forms his own gang which consists of him, Munir, Veera, and Gyancho, a sharpshooter brought by Munir. Soon enough, Manya finishes off Bhatkar (the gangster who had him and his brother arrested). Jamal, Bhatkar's bodyguard, also joins them. Next, Manya brings Ambolkar to his knees by beating him brutally in public. The story next shows the death of Sadiq, (Arif Zakaria) an unscrupulous news reporter, by Mastan. This breaks a fight between Haskar brothers and Mastan. Due to this, a truce is called by Haji Maqsood (Akbar Khan). The truce is short lived as Maqsood asks Manya Surve to finish Zubair. After Zubair's assassination, Dilawar kills Gyancho with the help of Jamal. He is about to kill Munir when Manya saves him. Later, Afaaque is asked to kill Manya by Dilawar. Even after his refusal, at first he agrees when police commissioner (Jackie Shroff) orders him to. The story comes to an end after the shootout and Manya's killing by police.

Cast

• John Abraham as Manya Surve
• Anil Kapoor as ACP Afaaque Baaghran (character based on Isaque Bagwan)
• Kangana Ranaut as Vidya Joshi
• Tusshar Kapoor as Sheikh Munir^[6]
• Manoj Bajpayee as Zubair Imtiaz Haksar (character based on Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar)
• Sonu Sood as Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar (character based on Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar)
• Akbar Khan as Haji Maqsood (character based on Haji Mastan) (cameo)
• Ronit Roy as Inspector Raja Ambat (character based on Raja Tambat)
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Inspector Bhinde (character based on Madhukar Zende)
• Siddhanth Kapoor as Gyancho (character based on Vishnu Patil)
• Ranjeet as Bhatkar Dada
• Jackie Shroff as Police Commissioner (fictional) (cameo)
• Raju Kher as Inspector Ambolkar (character based on Inspector Dabholkar)
• Arif Zakaria as Sadiq (news reporter) (character based on Iqbal Naatiq)
• Chetan Hansraj as Potya (character based on Suhas Bhatkar)
• Karan Patel as Jamal (Bhaskar's bodyguard) (fictional)
• Sanjeev Chadda as Veera (character based on Uday Shetty)
• Vineet Sharma as Bhargav Surve^[7][8]

Special appearances

• Sunny Leone as Laila in the item number "Laila"^[7][8] (role inspired from Shabir's girlfriend Chitra)^[9]
• Priyanka Chopra in the item number "Babli Badmaash". She looked very sexy in this role and was acclaimed by many critics henceforth.^[7][8]
• Sophie Choudry in the item number "Aala Re Aala"^[7][8]

Controversy

Director Sanjay Gupta knew the consequences of using Dawood Ibrahim's real name while shooting the film, but he carried on with Sonu Sood being addressed as "Dilawar Imtiaz" in the film.^[10] On 27 January 2013, Balaji Motion Pictures uploaded a new version of the theatrical trailer, and trimmed nearly every dialogue from the film off. The character of Dawood Ibrahim is only seen for three seconds in the new trailer, to avoid any problems. Also, the character names have been changed as well, except for Abraham's character, whose name remains the same in the film.^[11]

Soundtrack

The music of Shootout at Wadala is composed by Anu Malik, Anand Raj Anand, Meet Bros Anjjan and Mustafa Zahid. Anu Malik was asked to compose for two songs for this film which became instant chartbusters.

Critical reception

The film received a mixed reception from critics and audiences.

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[12]
Times of India[13]
Koimoi[14]
Zee News[15]
DNA India[16]
NDTV[17]
Yahoo![18]
IBN[19]
The Indian Express[20]
Rediff[21]

Box office

Sequel

Director Sanjay Gupta has stated his plans to make a third installment to the franchise. He has also said that he will restart his movie Alibaug, starring Sanjay Dutt, and turn it into the third sequel of the Shootout series. Also, actors Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham have been rumoured to star alongside each other. Abraham will portray real encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar. The project is currently untitled, but it has been reported to be an "epic revenge saga".

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shootout at Wadala.

• Shootout at Wadala on IMDb
• Shootout at Wadala at Bollywood Hungama